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Tony C. Grant
Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:00-3:00 p.m.
Tony C. "Big T" Grant, age 49 of Trenton, IL and formerly of southern Illinois, born December 23, 1965 in Metropolis, IL, a son of Bailey and the late Norma June, nee Spraggs, Grant, died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, IL, with his family by his side.
Tony received his Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice and worked as a Correctional Officer at the Vienna Correctional Center in Vienna, IL. He enjoyed deer hunting, searching for arrow heads and other Indian artifacts, collecting baseball memorabilia, was a big Kentucky Wildcats and St. Louis Cardinals fan, but most of all enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and attending all of their events.
Surviving is his father, Bailey Grant of Vienna, IL; his wife, Judy, nee Lange, Grant, of Trenton, IL, whom he married June 17, 1997 in Gatlinburg, TN; his children, Amanda Harris and husband Justin of Elkville, IL, Kaleigh Grant and friend Jared of Vienna, IL, Cory Jasper and wife Jennifer of Trenton, IL and Greg "Pudge" Jasper and wife Casey of Aviston, IL; 5 grandchildren, Travis, Tyler, and Bree Jasper, Gracie and Claire Jasper; a special nephew, Jason Grant and wife Miranda and their children, Wyatt, Kylee, and Mason of Vienna, IL; his siblings, Larry Grant and wife Eilene of Anna, IL, Rodney Grant and wife Rhonda of Haleyville, AL, Nancy Pass of Goreville, IL, Gary Grant and Ronnie Grant both of Vienna, IL; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Donald Lange and wife Diane of Stone Church, IL and Robert Lange and wife Diana of Mascoutah, IL; and nieces and nephews.
In addition to his mother, Norma June Grant, he was also preceded in death by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Wilbert "Whip" and Esther, nee Kruse, Lange.
Funeral Services will be Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Moss Funeral Home in Trenton, IL with Rev. Mike Rucker officiating. Interment will follow in Greenmount Cemetery in New Baden, IL.
Visitation will be Thursday, September 10, 2015 from 12:00-3:00 p.m. at the Moss Funeral Home in Trenton, IL
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to American Parkinson Disease Foundation or to the Clinton County Humane Society and will be received at or through Moss Funeral Home, 105 S. Main, Trenton, IL 62293.


Members of Duran Duran have lost none of their stage presence or charisma over the years. Don't miss them.
This February, Grand Cayman is giving visitors yet another reason to rejoice upon arrival. The first KAABOO Cayman is fast approaching (Feb. 15 and 16) and local and international guests alike are squaring up to dive into this multi-sensory, two-day escape.
KAABOO Del Mar, held in Del Mar, California, launched in 2015 and now Cayman has its own KAABOO on the horizon.
Cayman's purpose-built site is hard to miss when driving along the bypass past the Kimpton Seafire + Spa. Large structures featuring huge murals are preparing to beckon thousands to a festival that mixes music with comedy, cocktails and culinary delights.
KAABOO was created as an adult escape from the everyday and to give people a unique, clean and safe environment in which to let loose and enjoy themselves. From amazing music all the way down to keeping the bathrooms clean (which is always important), the KAABOO team is all about making guests comfortable and happy.
The many twists and turns that come with attending one's first music festival can be daunting and some might get that little twinge of anxiety when heading into the unknown waters of nonstop music for two days. For those who want a little more information about what to do and how to get the most out of their experience, there are plenty of tips and tricks to know to help ensure there are no missteps when diving into KAABOO Cayman.
For more information on KAABOO Cayman, visit www.kaaboocayman.com. The full schedule of the weekend will go live on Tuesday.
First thing's first: Where should you pick up your pass once you have purchased your tickets online at kaaboocayman.com? The answer is easy.
Once a confirmation email has been received, the KAABOO guest should then head to one of several Grand Cayman box offices located at the airport, Regatta Office Park, and the festival entrance (closer to the event) with their ID and confirmation code so they can pick up their wristband. More information on how to retrieve one's wristband and when it can be done, can be found at kaaboocayman.com. Even though you can get your wristband at the gate, it is recommended that you pick it up in advance so there will not be any delays when you get to the festival. Remember the size of the audience we are talking about.
Wouldn't you prefer to get there ready for action? Take advantage of the early pickup opportunity.
Alternative rock group Live of the hit songs 'Turn My Head' and 'Lightning Crashes' is one of the many bands in the lineup.
For those wondering when they should expect the show to get into full swing, gates open on Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. and KAABOO will be open to guests until 2 a.m. the next morning.
The second day of KAABOO will be on Feb. 16, which runs from noon until midnight. Performances, whether they be music, comedy, or a live chef demonstration, will occur throughout the day after 1 p.m. on Friday and after noon on Saturday; plenty of time for everyone to get their fix of talent.
Once inside KAABOO, there's plenty to see and do. Between all the different elements, there is no shortage of entertainment. When it comes to the music, performances come in a variety of forms. Headliners typically perform between an hour-and-a-half and nearly two hours. Other musicians perform anywhere between 30 minutes to just past an hour. Whether it is the big names in the business, or the lesser known groups that will be the hitmakers of tomorrow, music will be in heavy supply for all guests.
After your wristband has been obtained, the next step is to remember what is and is not allowed at KAABOO Cayman. After all, the last thing you want is to be stopped at the gate because of an inappropriate item. This could mean having to take it home and then drive back again.
Smaller items like blankets and beach towels, bags under 18"x12"x8," empty water bottles, binoculars, strollers/wheelchairs/medical scooters, sunscreen and bug repellent (non-aerosol) and GoPros without the pole or extender are permitted. However, attendees should note that bicycles, folding chairs, pets of any kind (other than service animals), weapons, illegal substances, skateboards, scooters, umbrellas and professional recording equipment are not permitted.
A full list of items that are allowed (or not) can be found at kaaboocayman.com/event. Take a look ahead of time so you are well prepared.
Guests who are interested in experiencing KAABOO Cayman on a grander scale can purchase (or upgrade) to an Amplify VIP pass, which is available at three levels: Silver Thatch, Royal Palm, and Ultimate Hang (now sold out). Each level comes with an exclusive selection of features, benefits and activities. All VIP passes come with a parking pass (limit one per transaction), preferred viewing areas, priority entrance lanes and access to the Thursday night Sneak Peek party featuring Stealing Oceans, just to name a few of the perks.
Of course, the Thatch General Admission pass is a fun adventure in and of itself, but getting to party like a pro is something to think about.
KAABOO Cayman is sure to be an unforgettable experience. The outstanding music lineup, knee-slapping comedy, larger-than-life artwork and delicious cuisine all come together under the sun to create a beautiful weekend on Seven Mile Beach. Get ready to dance, sing, laugh, indulge, eat and get inspired all weekend long. Get ready to KAABOO!


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Report on Colo (Indonesia) — 24 June-30 June 2015
Smithsonian / US Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report,
24 June-30 June 2015
Managing Editor: Sally Kuhn Sennert
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 2015. Report on Colo (Indonesia). In: Sennert, S K (ed.), Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 24 June-30 June 2015. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
Weekly Report (24 June-30 June 2015)
0.162°S, 121.601°E; summit elev. 404 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
PVMBG reports that seismicity significantly increased on 8 June, particularly volcanic and shallow-volcanic earthquakes; 12 volcanic earthquakes were recorded on 22 June (previously, 1-5 events per day had been recorded), and there were 11 shallow volcanic earthquakes on 23 June (previously, 1-8 events per day had been recorded). On 24 June the Alert Level was raised to 2 (on a scale of 1-4). However, observers at the Colo Volcano Observation Post in the Wakai village did not see plumes during April-23 June. Residents and tourists were warned not to approach the volcano within a radius of 1.5 km.
Geological Summary. Colo volcano forms the isolated small island of Una Una in the middle of the Gulf of Tomini in northern Sulawesi. The broad, low volcano contains a 2-km-wide caldera with a small central cone. Only three eruptions have been recorded in historical time, but two of those caused widespread damage over much of the island. The last eruption, in 1983, produced pyroclastic flows that swept over most of the island shortly after all residents had been evacuated.
Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG, also known as CVGHM)

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Sheldon "Bugs" Deal
I'd love to know how "Bugs" Deal got his nickname, and there are two I find interesting about this photo. First, it was dated 1958 and may have been one of the frontal nudes that got Frank Collier arrested for obscenity in 1959. Second, the sea grass checkerboard mat he is standing on is very similar to one we see often in Bruce of LA's work. I'm sure they made huge numbers of those things, but what are the chances that they would show up in physique photos from opposite ends of the continent?
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Big Dude January 20, 2023 at 2:52 AM
Jerry, I see The Shadow on his right thigh! This man is really outstanding, and it's sad to think this beautiful photo might have contributed to Mr. Collier's arrest.
Vintage Muscle Men January 20, 2023 at 6:37 AM
The shadow is indeed nice, the arrest truly awful.
Calorman January 20, 2023 at 6:00 AM
I don't mind the sea grass mat - although it does look like Silvio Berlusconi's hair transplant - but the Rapunzel's Tower backdrop is a bit disconcerting for so stunning a model... with such short hair. It is hideous to think that this might have led to Frank Collier's arrest.
You're right about the backdrop. It looks like a stage set from a not very talented high school drama club. I need to research that arrest some more. I seem to recall there was something out of the ordinary about it. Truly hideous, no matter the interesting details.
What about the 2 hanging maracas?
Vintage Muscle Men January 20, 2023 at 2:46 PM
Which hanging maracas? I see two sets.
The ones on the wall, the other pair don't make noise when you shake them!.... ;-)
Thanks for clarifying, lol.
Bugs Deal had a good, natural physique. Good frontal nude by Collier and far from obscene. You think his prosecutors would have been busy going after real criminals:(. As for the mats, they were ubiquitous back then, we had them in our family's breezeway/patio room in So Cal. My folks got them at the Akron back in the day....:)
David Life model January 21, 2023 at 9:37 PM
This is wonderful. Did he get lost? But what a splendid physique.


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Jagannath Rath Yatra – more famously known as the Car festival of the Hindus, has an extreme uniqueness associated with it. The mythology and the rituals of this Indian festival happen to be very deeply connected with the relationship with God. This Hindu ritual of Jagannath Temple Puri witnesses a huge number of people from around the world and forms one of the major sacred gatherings. It is known as the Shreekhetra Dham of India.
On 2018, the Indian festival falls on July 14. The world famous Jagannath Ratha Yatra Indian Festival is celebrated every year on the 2nd day of Shukla Paksha (cycle of moon) in the month of Asadh, the 3rd month according to the lunar calendar followed in some parts of India. The icon of Lord Jagannath, Lord Baladeva and Subhadra are a carved and decorated wooden stump with large round eyes and with stumps as hands. It is made of wood, which is an exception to common Hindu iconographic deities of stone.
Jagannath Temple Puri, is one of the most miraculous establishments in existence. The happenings associated with it are out of human imagination. If you understand the story then the theory of life and existence of Lord Jagannath will hover around your mind in an unbelievable way! The temple architecture is still a mystery for modern science. The increasing weight of deity's wooden idols, while carrying temples to chariot (rath) at the time of Puri Jagannath still a magical mystery for all.
Mythology says that the once King Indradimna – ruler of Puri had a dream and immediately he followed the instructions of the dream. He then found the heart of Lord Krishna floating in the sea. Since then it is believed that the heart rests in the wooden idol of Lord Jagannath.
The flag on top of the Sikhara of the temple always floats in opposite direction of the wind.
44. The strange 45-storey ritual!
Every day a priest climbs the dome of the temple which is as tall as a 45 story building and changes the flag. This ritual has been continuing for 1800 years. The ritual says if it is not changed any day, the temple must be shut for the next 18 years.
55. Is it the real Sudarshan Chakra?
You can see the Chakra at any corner of the city of Puri. It had done such a way that you can feel the Chakra is facing towards you irrespective of your position. It was installed 2000 years ago.
The engineering structure of the temple is so unique that the shadow of the main dome cannot be observed at any time.
77. No space for Birds and planes!
Nothing flies above the temple. At any temple in India, birds fly and sit atop the temple except Puri Jagannath temple. This is really surprising.
The Prasadam is cooked in earthen pots on the firewood. Exactly 7 pots are put on top of another. The mystery is the topmost pot gets cooked first followed by the bottom pot in order.
In any place on earth, the wind from sea comes to the land in the daytime and in the evening it blows from land towards the sea. But in Puri, the opposite occurs.
On entering from Singhadwara, as one takes the first step inside the Jagannath Temple Puri, you can't hear any sound produced by the ocean. But when you cross the same step outside the Temple, you can hear it.
The Chariot does not move, even if numerous people pull it; until and unless the King of puri – The Gajapati's do not come and perform a ritual known as 'Chera pahanra'.
It is said that- Taking Darshan of these three gods during Jagannath Rath Yatra is considered much auspicious when taken in Shubh Muhurat. Jyotirvid provides details on auspicious time and muhurat for such sacred occasions. Take a glance of divinities on this propitious Car Festival and wash away all your sins.
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Q: How to explode only on the last occurring delimiter? $split_point = ' - ';
$string = 'this is my - string - and more';

How can I make a split using the second instance of $split_point and not the first one. Can I specify somehow a right to left search?
Basically how do I explode from right to left. I want to pick up only the last instance of " - ".
Result I need:
$item[0]='this is my - string';
$item[1]='and more';

and not:
$item[0]='this is my';
$item[1]='string - and more';

A: Here is another way of doing it:
$split_point = ' - ';
$string = 'this is my - string - and more';

$stringpos = strrpos($string, $split_point, -1);
$finalstr = substr($string,0,$stringpos);

A: If I understand correctly, you want the example case to give you ('this is my - string', 'and more')?
Built-in split/explode seems to be forwards-only - you'll probably have to implement it yourself with strrpos. (right-left search)
$idx = strrpos($string, $split_point);
$parts = array(substr($string, 0, $idx), substr($string, $idx+strlen($split_point)))

A: You may use strrev to reverse the string, and then reverse the results back:
$split_point = ' - ';
$string = 'this is my - string - and more';

$result = array_map('strrev', explode($split_point, strrev($string)));

Not sure if this is the best solution though.

A: Why not split on ' - ', but then join the first two array entries that you get back together?

A: How about this:
$parts = explode($split_point, $string);
$last = array_pop($parts);
$item = array(implode($split_point, $parts), $last);

Not going to win any golf awards, but it shows intent and works well, I think.

A: I've stumbled uppon the same, and fixed it like so:
$split_point = ' - ';
$string = 'this is my - string - and more';

$reverse_explode = array_reverse(explode($split_point, $string));

A: I liked Moff's answer, but I improved it by limiting the number of elements to 2 and re-reversing the array:
$split_point = ' - ';
$string = 'this is my - string - and more';

$result = array_reverse(array_map('strrev', explode($split_point, strrev($string),2)));

Then $result will be :
Array ( [0] => this is my - string [1] => and more )

A: this is my - string - and more

*

*Use common explode function to get all strings

*Get sizeof array and fetch last item

*Pop last item using array_pop function.

*Implode remaining string with same delimeter(if u want other delimeter can use).

Code
$arrSpits=explode("", "this is my - string - and more");
$arrSize=count($arrSpits);

echo "Last string".$arrSpits[arrSize-1];//Output: and more

array_pop(arrSpits); //now pop the last element from array

$firstString=implode("-", arrSpits);
echo "First String".firstString; //Output: this is my - string

A: I am underwhelmed by all of the over-engineered answers which are calling many functions and/or iterating over data multiple times.  All of those string and array reversing functions make the technique very hard to comprehend.
Regex is powerfully elegant in this case.  This is exactly how I would do it in a professional application:
Code: (Demo)
$string = 'this is my - string - and more';
var_export(preg_split('~.*\K - ~', $string));

Output:
array (
  0 => 'this is my - string',
  1 => 'and more',
)

By greedily matching characters (.*), then restarting the fullstring match (\K), then matching the last occurring delimiting substring (" - "), you are assured to only separate the final substring from the string.

A: Assuming you only want the first occurrence of $split_point to be ignored, this should work for you:
# retrieve first $split_point position
$first = strpos($string, $split_point);
# retrieve second $split_point positon
$second = strpos($string, $split_point, $first+strlen($split_point));
# extract from the second $split_point onwards (with $split_point)
$substr = substr($string, $second);

# explode $substr, first element should be empty
$array = explode($split_point, $substr);

# set first element as beginning of string to the second $split_point
$array[0] = substr_replace($string, '', strpos($string, $substr));

This will allow you to split on every occurrence of $split_point after (and including) the second occurrence of $split_point.

A: Just an idea:
function explode_reversed($delim,$s){
  $result = array();
  $w = "";
  $l = 0;
  for ($i = strlen($s)-1; $i>=0; $i-- ):
    if ( $s[$i] == "$delim" ):
      $l++;
      $w = "";
    else:
      $w = $s[$i].$w;
    endif;
    $result[$l] = $w;
  endfor;
return $result;
}
$arr = explode_reversed(" ","Hello! My name is John.");
print_r($arr);

Result:
Array
(
    [0] => John.
    [1] => is
    [2] => name
    [3] => My
    [4] => Hello!
)

But this is much slower then explode. A test made:
$start_time = microtime(true);
for ($i=0; $i<1000;$i++)
  $arr = explode_reversed(" ","Hello! My name is John.");
$time_elapsed_secs = microtime(true) - $start_time;
echo "time: $time_elapsed_secs s
";

Takes 0.0625 - 0.078125s
But
for ($i=0; $i<1000;$i++)
  $arr = explode(" ","Hello! My name is John.");

Takes just 0.015625s
The fastest solution seems to be:
array_reverse(explode($your_delimiter, $your_string));

In a loop of 1000 times this is the best time I can get 0.03125s.

A: Not sure why no one posted a working function with $limit support though here it is for those who know that they'll be using this frequently:
<?php
function explode_right($boundary, $string, $limit)
{
 return array_reverse(array_map('strrev', explode(strrev($boundary), strrev($string), $limit)));
}

$string = 'apple1orange1banana1cupuacu1cherimoya1mangosteen1durian';
echo $string.'

'.print_r(explode_right(1, $string, 3),1).'
';
?>

A: $split_point = ' - ';
$string = 'this is my - string - and more';
$result = end(explode($split_point, $string));

This is working fine

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An explosion has targeted a water tanker that supplies water for the displaced people in Lafole village 25 kilometres west of Mogadishu on Wednesday, witnesses said.
The water Tanker is funded by MSF Swiss and it is yet unclear why it was targeted.
The driver of tanker survived and the blast caused no other casualties.


I have been writing since the age of seven, when I was given my first journal. My affinity for words grew and continues to grow as I do. I've written children's books, poetry books, erotica, fiction and memoirs.
My first published work is my memoir entitled Inside a Thug's Heart, compiled from an exchange of letters, poetry and conversations with the late rapper Tupac Shakur. The book was published via Kensington Publishing in hard cover in 2004, re-released in paperback in 2009 and released again as an ebook in 2013. This award-nominated book was also translated into Polish.
By the persuasion of my mother, I published my second book, a poetry book entitled My Mind's Poetry: Relationships. After receiving an onslaught of emails from fans who wanted to understand how to begin pulling their stories together, I wrote and published the first volume of a petite book series entitled I Have a Story: Getting Started.
My latest release, The Block, has become my obsession, a trilogy I never saw coming. The first installment has touched people in ways I would have never imagined. The sequel, The Block: Truth Revealed, will be out late May 2014; and the final installment, The Block: Twisted Labyrinth, will be released spring 2015. I have also written numerous independent projects for clients.
Aside from authoring several titles, I have also been hired to write scripts for animation, live production, television, film and ghostwriting. I LOVE telling stories! Having the ability to indulge in a profession that allows that makes life fabulous!
My advice to aspiring writers is simple yet challenging: JUST WRITE! Don't get caught up on what to do with your manuscript once you're finished. You'll find finishing will be the most challenging part of the entire journey.
Don't throw any ideas away. Jot them down and pull them out when you get stuck. Those random ideas come to you for a reason and it may not hit you until the middle or the end of your project. SAVE them! Find someone you trust to bounce ideas off of. Don't be afraid to reach out to people and ask for help; Lord knows we all need it from time to time. Don't worry about what will sell. Write what moves you.
There is nothing more gratifying than staring down at your finished manuscript.
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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., leT SESS.-CHS. 320-322-JULY 13, 1949 [CHAPTER 320] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Rebecca Levy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Rebecca Levy, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $6,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Rebecca Levy against the United States arising out of the death of her husband, Isaac Levy, which resulted from his being struck by a United States Army vehicle in Seattle, Washington, on September 26, 1944: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 321] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of the late Manuel Graulau V6lea. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to the administrator of the estate of the late Manuel Graulau Velez, who was fatally injured on February 19,1943, when struck in Carolina, Puerto Rico, by a United States truck. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of such accident: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved July 13, 1949. 1135 July 13, 1949 [H. R. 3077] [Private Law 154] Mrs. Rebecca Levy. July 13, 1949 (H. R . 3313] [Private Law 1655 Manuel Oraulau V1lez, estate. [CHAPTER 322] AN ACT For the relief of Ignacio Colon Cru. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000 to Ignacio Col6n Cruz, who was injured on October 17,1941, by a United States Army truck in Road Numbered 4, kilometer 0, Guayama, Puerto Rico. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of such accident: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection July 1, 1949 [H. . 320] [Private Law 156 Ignacio Co6n Cruz.
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Type of post: Chorus news item
Posted By: Glenn Martin
Date Posted: Sat, 7 Mar 2020
MK Acapella is delighted to announce the appointment of Roger Pinsent as their new Music Director. Roger will commence with Milton Keynes' very own male barbershop chorus on Monday 9th March 2020 at their rehearsal venue, "The Crypt" at the Chrysalis Theatre, Milton Keynes. Roger takes over from Lyn Kidby as the Music Director, after she retired at the end of 2019, after over 5 years during her second time as the MD.
Roger was born and brought up near Leatherhead in Surrey. Shortly after gaining an Associate London College of Music qualification in Voice at the age of 20, he hitchhiked around Cornwall and stayed there for 30 years. He was awarded a BA (hons) in Music at Dartington College of Arts in 1990, and has continued studying during his career – most recently being awarded a Masters of Music in Conducting (MMus) last year. He is a qualified teacher (PGCE) and has a MA in Composing for Film and TV.
Roger started his career, teaching voice and keyboards on a peripatetic basis with the Cornwall Music Service while also playing keyboard in a couple of bands. He started his Music Director career in 1995, as the arranger, composer and director of the Maritime Festival Choir. Since that time, he has been the Music Director for various choirs from Operatic Societies to School based choirs, as well as running numerous "Come to Sing" courses. Roger is also a partner in "Yarnweavers" an audio book production company. Roger returned to Surrey in late 2016 and currently conducts two Guildford-based choirs, the Surrey Fringe Barbershop Chorus and the Everyman Choir, as well as the Croydon Male Voice Choir.
Glenn Martin, MK Acapella's Chairman said "We are delighted that Roger has agreed to join us as our Music Director. We are an aspirational chorus, who are looking to; improve our sound, increase our membership, and develop ourselves as singers and as a chorus. Roger has a special skill set of knowledge, passion and communication which will enable us to move towards our objectives and achieve our potential."


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6LACK Debut Shows R&B Is Still Honest
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2016 has been a year full of excellence in storytelling through music, and breakout R&B phenom 6LACK has been no exception. His debut album "Free 6LACK" captures his personal journey through relationships, his rough come up, and his handling of success. Like a lot of popular R&B of the past couple years, his sound has a dark edge to it throughout most of the project. While he is able to capitalize on this trend and generate a widely appealing sound, he maintains authenticity and depth.
The first two singles, "PRBLMS" and "Ex Calling", received significant acclaim on streaming platforms and radio alike. This is especially unique for "Ex Calling", because the beat is borrowed from Atlanta superstar Future's song "Perkys Calling" from his Purple Reign mixtape. Being an Atlanta native himself and an artist who thrives on heavy trap/hip-hop beats, the union of 6LACK's vocal talent and the uptempo instrumental produced by Southside was natural and bound to make a hit record. Moments in music like these are indicative of the connected times we live in, proving that the sharing of information advances the vehicles which cultivate creativity.
Sonically, the album has a quality of weight and mood that cannot be overstated. 6LACK's sound is characterized by a soulful whine on of top beats that are a true signature of the setting in his physical space and time. This formula of using primarily trap drums and ultra resonant emotional soundscapes underneath fresh vocal talent has propelled many artists to near-over-night success. The twist we see in 6LACK is his diversity in the way the album's beats are implemented, coupled with his unique voice which bears no resemblance to any other artist in his field. The foundation of his discography has been set with real ingenuity of sound and a successful display of pop appeal. His debut album is currently available on Apple Music to stream and download.
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August 2014 – Restructuring of Medicare's Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) & Other Issues
1. CHANGES TO MEDICARE'S QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS (QIOs)
CMS has restructured its Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program to separate the beneficiary complaint review functions from the quality improvement functions.
The change information described below is response to many years of urging CMS to separate the review of beneficiary complaints function of QIOs from that of the QIO function of assisting providers of services with quality of care improvement activities. To that end, in March of 2006, the Institute of Medicine (IoM) released a report, "Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization Program: Maximizing Potential. That report recommended removing from QIOs the function of performing quality of care complaint investigations for Medicare beneficiaries. The CMS response below designates two QIOs to work exclusively on beneficiary complaints.
In response to the IoM report, the Center for Medicare Advocacy held a conference to explore the types of entities that would be most appropriate to handle beneficiary complaints. See https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/News/Archives/Projects_QIOConference.htm (site visited August 15, 2014) and https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/Projects/QIOConference/Background/BackgroundPaper.LegalPerspective.pdf (site visited August 15, 2014). For this conference, the Center for Medicare Advocacy received support from the Commonwealth Fund, AARP, and other sources,
For Beneficiary Complaints (Beneficiary and Family-Centered (BFCC) QIO contractors)
On May 9, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the first phase of its QIO restructuring of the QIO functions. In the first phase, CMS has contracted with Livanta LLC (for geographic areas 1 and 5), located in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, https://www.google.com/search?q=Livanta+LLC&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb, and KePRO (for geographic areas 2, 3, and 4), located in Seven Hills, Ohio, https://www.google.com/search?q=KePRO&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb.
These contractors will be responsible for ensuring consistency in the review process with respect to beneficiary complaints. CMS describes these two contractors as its Beneficiary and Family-Centered (BFCC) QIO contractors. The states in the designated geographic areas are: Area 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virgin Islands; Area 2: District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia; Area 3: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming; Area 4: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Area 5: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. CMS will introduce the program changes with the beginning of its five year, 11th Statement of Work – the QIO contracts cycle – on Aug. 1, 2014.
Presently, Medicare beneficiaries and their advocates are experiencing delays in reaching staff of the Beneficiary and Family-Centered (BFCC) QIO contractors to review claims information and related matters. It is important to stay vigilant as the new system continues to roll out and take shape.
For Assisting Providers with Quality Improvement (Quality Innovation Network (QIN)-QIOs)
On July 18, 2014, as part of the restructuring of the QIO program – separating the beneficiary quality of care complaint review process from provider quality improvement functions — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded additional contracts to assist providers with quality improvement matters. The new contracts represent the second phase of QIO restructuring. These QIOs will be known as Quality Innovation Network (QIN)-QIOs. See http://cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Press-releases/2014-Press-releases-items/2014-07-18.html?DLPage=1&DLSort=0&DLSortDir=descending. Each QIN-QIO will work on strategic quality improvement initiatives.
2. RECENT REVISION TO HOSPICE AND PART D GUIDANCE
As discussed during the last Alliance Call in June 2014, CMS issued policy in March 2014 that greatly restricted access to prescription drugs by hospice patients (see, e.g., see the Center's Weekly Alert "Hospice and Access to Medications – New CMS Guidance" (April 10, 2014) available at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/hospice-and-access-to-medications-new-cms-guidance/).
As discussed below, on July 18, 2014, CMS revised – and greatly improved – this guidance. The following is excerpted from the Center's Weekly Alert "Hospice and Access to Medications Update: CMS Replacement Guidance" (July 24, 2014) available at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/hospice-and-access-to-medications-update-cms-replacement-guidance/.
When Medicare beneficiaries elect the hospice benefit, they waive Medicare coverage for all care and services related to the terminal illness that are not on the hospice plan of care and provided through the hospice provider. This means that when a terminally ill beneficiary elects hospice, all of the medications needed to control the pain and symptoms related to the terminal illness should be paid for by the hospice provider from the hospice Medicare payment. All medications that are not related to the terminal illness should continue to be paid for by the beneficiary's Medicare Part D Plan Sponsor (insurance company that administers the beneficiary's prescription drug benefit).
On March 10, 2014, CMS issued a memorandum entitled, "Part D Payment for Drugs for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice – Final 2014 Guidance." The Guidance directed Part D Plan Sponsors to "place beneficiary-level prior authorization (PA) requirements on all drugs for beneficiaries who have elected hospice…" This direction was based on the mistaken assumption that once a beneficiary elects hospice, all of her medications will be related to the terminal illness and thus the financial responsibility of the hospice provider. After the original memorandum was issued, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and over 40 other advocate and provider organizations, including the American Medical Association, asked CMS to rescind the policy because it created significant barriers for beneficiary access to necessary Part D medications.
Replacement Guidance
On July 18, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to Part D Plan Sponsors and Medicare hospice providers replacing its March 10, 2014 Guidance. Pursuant to the replacement guidance, the only Part D medications requiring a "hospice prior authorization" are: analgesics (medications used to treat pain); antiemetics (medications used to treat nausea); laxatives; and anxiolytics (medications used to treat anxiety). This means that when Medicare beneficiaries elect hospice they should not have difficulty accessing medically necessary medications that are not related to their terminal condition through their Part D plans.
The replacement guidance is effective immediately, however within the text of the replacement guidance, CMS indicates that Part D Plan Sponsors are "encouraged" to fully implement the policy by no later than October 1, 2014. Pursuant to the replacement guidance, once a Medicare beneficiary elects the hospice benefit, Part D Plan Sponsors should continue to fill medications as they were filled prior to the election except for analgesics, antiemetics, laxatives, and anxiolytics. For these four categories, the Part D Plan Sponsors should require prior authorization. This is because these four categories are usually related to palliative treatment for the terminal illness and related conditions, and thus are usually, (but not always) covered as part of the Medicare hospice benefit.
The replacement guidance is significantly better than the original. Fewer medications will require prior authorization and as long as Part D Plan Sponsors, pharmacists, and hospice providers comply with its requirements, Medicare beneficiaries should not experience difficulty accessing their Part D medications. Unfortunately, the replacement guidance, like the original relies upon the good will and prompt diligence of hospice providers, pharmacies, and Part D Plan Sponsors to ensure Medicare beneficiaries do not lose access to medications necessary to prevent pain, nausea, constipation, and anxiety. It also gives no time frames, with the exception of a formal coverage request, to ensure that the sponsors, pharmacists, and providers act expeditiously.
Moreover, the replacement guidance, like the original, provides no real appeal process for hospice patients who believe the hospice provider is providing the wrong medication or not enough medication to control the symptoms related to the terminal illness.
3. COMPARING INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITIES (IRFs) v. SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES (SNFs) – IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT REFORM PROPOSALS
A study assessing the outcomes of patients who were treated in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) with clinically and demographically similar patients who received their post-acute rehabilitation in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) finds that IRFs provide better care to their patients over a number of outcome measures – IRF patients live longer, spend more days at home and fewer days in health care institutions, have fewer emergency room visits and, for patients with some diagnoses, fewer rehospitalizations. In short, the study by Dobson DaVanzo & Associates (July 2014) shows that clinical outcomes for IRF patients are considerably better than clinical outcomes for SNF patients, but costs are higher for IRF patients than for SNF patients.
These findings have significant implications for site-neutral payment proposals and bundling demonstrations, both of which are likely to shift patients to SNFs. Site-neutral payments would likely reduce payments to IRFs, reduce the availability of IRFs for Medicare patients, and increase cost-sharing for Medicare patients. Post-acute bundling would also likely shift Medicare patients from IRFs to SNFs. IRFs should be available to Medicare patients who need, and could benefit from, their services. Site-neutral payments and the bundling demonstrations, though, appear to undermine the availability of IRFs for Medicare patients who need post-acute care.
For more information, see the Center's Weekly Alert "Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities and Skilled Nursing Facilities: Vive la Difference" (July 21, 2014), available at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/inpatient-rehabilitation-facilities-and-skilled-nursing-facilities-vive-la-difference/.
4. OVERSIGHT OF THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUPMENT PROSTHETICS ORTHOTICS AND SUPPLIES (DMEPOS)
Note: The following material is excerpted from a July 24, 2014 letter the Center sent to
Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Center is aware that many vendors are dissatisfied with the DMEPOS competitive bidding program. We fear this dissatisfaction is translating into actions that create barriers to beneficiaries' ability to get necessary DMEPOS items and services. For example, beneficiaries have contacted us about suppliers who won bids but now say the payment they receive is too low for them to fulfill their contract obligations to deliver equipment in a timely manner or to provide necessary supplies.
Since early 2014, the Center has noticed a significant increase in supplier non-compliance with delivery and set up obligations, primarily in areas of the United States in which the competitive bidding program became operative in July 2013.
While some suppliers say that the competitive bidding rates are too low, others seem genuinely uninformed about their delivery and set-up requirements. In our July 10 CMA Alert, the Center set out the delivery and set-up responsibilities of suppliers by product category. That information is available at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/delivery-and-set-up-guidelines-for-durable-medical-equipment-prosthetics-orthotics-and-supplies-dmepos/.
Advancing Access to Medicare and Health Care
The July 10 CMA Alert also identified the following examples of recurring DMEPOS delivery and set-up issues that have been brought to our attention:
• DMEPOS Orders Are Taking An Unduly Long Time To Be Delivered
Suppliers are not always delivering DMEPOS in a reasonable time. Delivery of necessary medical items such as reclining wheelchairs and oxygen has taken as long as a month or more, and only after repeated calls to the supplier and/or re-faxing of orders. Such delays are stressful, can impede a timely hospital discharge, and can impair a beneficiary's quality of life.
• Some Suppliers Are Refusing To Provide Certain DMEPOS Items
After receiving a bid contract, some DMEPOS suppliers either stop supplying a certain item, or Medicare beneficiaries are no longer able to use the same DMEPOS supplier they have used in years past. The beneficiary then has to find a new supplier, one that is covered by Medicare and has their required DMEPOS. Unfortunately, this often proves difficult, and beneficiaries suffer in the meantime, either using equipment that they are not accustomed to or that is not optimal for their medical situation. This has also been experienced with liquid oxygen and ostomy supplies.
• Some Suppliers Are Refusing To Deliver Prescribed DMEPOS Items
Some suppliers will refuse to have DMEPOS items delivered directly to a beneficiary after a hospital or skilled nursing facility discharge, which means that the beneficiary may go home without their needed DMEPOS, and must wait until that DMEPOS is delivered by mail. Sending a beneficiaries home from a hospital or skilled nursing facility without their necessary medical equipment is unsafe and inappropriate.
• Some Suppliers Do Not Honor Their Repair Obligations
DMEPOS suppliers are obligated to assist beneficiaries with necessary repairs of their DMEPOS equipment, yet some suppliers are avoiding this responsibility. For example, beneficiaries, or their caregivers, are forced to search to find a supplier who will repair their wheelchairs.
The DMEPOS competitive bidding program is law and should be followed. We encourage the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to enhance its monitoring and expand its enforcement of current DMEPOS law, regulations, and vendor contracts. Similarly, there must be a vigorous and on-going campaign to educate competitive bid winners and consumers about the rules of the competitive bidding program. Likewise, CMS must use it power to sanction non-compliance.
We are disappointed that neither the HHS OIG nor the GAO, in recent reports about the DMEPOS program, identified the access, delivery, and set-up concerns identified above. In addition, the Center takes issue with the recent GAO and OIG reports on the success of the DMEPOS program and beneficiary access to the equipment and supplies they need. (See our comments at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/memorandum-gao-and-oig-reports-note-no-problems-in-beneficiary-access-to-dmepos-beneficiary-advocates-disagree/.)
Thus, we ask the Office of the Inspector General to perform a comprehensive study to assess supplier actions, and beneficiary access to necessary DMEPOS, under the competitive bidding program.
5. LITIGATION & POTENTIAL LITIGATION
Problems with Medicare Appeals – As previously discussed during Alliance calls, the Center's experience with dismal success rates in beneficiary appeals at the lower levels of review are quite staggering, and have been getting exponentially worse over the past few years.
On June 4, 2014, the Center filed a complaint in United States District Court in Connecticut against Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (at that time), on behalf of plaintiffs who have been denied a meaningful review of their Medicare claims at the first two levels of appeal. The case was brought as a class action, and the four named plaintiffs represent thousands of Medicare beneficiaries in Connecticut who cannot get a meaningful review of their case. Instead, Medicare beneficiaries receive almost automatic denials of coverage, which is essentially "rubber stamped" at both the Redetermination and Reconsideration levels. The problem persists throughout the country.
For more information, see the Center's press release "Lawsuit Challenges Unjust and Inefficient Medicare Appeals Process" (June 5, 2014), available at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/lawsuit-challenges-unjust-and-inefficient-medicare-appeals-process/
ALJ Delay Issues – The "rubber stamp" denials at the lower levels of Medicare appeals have resulted in huge backlogs to receive an ALJ hearing – the only meaningful review of a Medicare appeal and chance for success. The statute and regulations require that an ALJ issue a decision within 90 days of the Request for Hearing. While the Chief ALJ has stated that individual beneficiary cases should not be delayed, still most of the Center's cases are greatly exceeding statutory timelines for decisions. The Center would like to hear from Advocates with similar ALJ delays. We are considering our options to solve the ALJ delay problem for beneficiaries.
Jimmo v. Sebelius (Improvement Standard) No. 11-cv-17 (D.Vt. filed 1/18/11). As reported during previous Alliance calls, the Settlement in Jimmo was approved on January 24, 2013 during a scheduled fairness hearing. As previously discussed, CMS has issued revisions to its Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to ensure that Medicare coverage is available for skilled maintenance services in the home health, nursing home and outpatient settings. CMS also implemented a nationwide education campaign for all who make Medicare determinations to ensure that beneficiaries with chronic conditions are not denied coverage for critical services because their underlying conditions will not improve.
For more information, see the Center's website at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/hidden/highlight-improvement-standard/;
Bagnall v. Sebelius (Observation Status) No. 3:11-cv-01703 (D. Conn., filed 11/3/2011). In November 2011, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the National Senior Citizens Law Center filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals who have been denied Medicare Part A coverage of hospital and nursing home stays because their care in the hospital was considered "outpatient observation" rather than an inpatient admission. When hospital patients are placed on observation status they are labeled "outpatients," even though they are often on a regular hospital floor for many days, receiving the same care as inpatients. Because patients must be hospitalized as inpatients for three consecutive days to receive Medicare coverage of post-hospital nursing home care, people on observation status do not have nursing home coverage. They must either privately pay the high cost of nursing care or forgo that skilled care. The number of people placed on observation status has greatly increased in recent years. As previously reported, unfortunately, on September 23, 2013, a federal judge in Connecticut granted the government's motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Plaintiffs appealed, but limited the appeal to the issue of the right to an effective notice and review procedure for beneficiaries placed on observation status. Their opening brief was filed on February 13, 2014. Both the AMA and the American Health Care Association filed amicus briefs in support of plaintiffs, and the American Hospital Association filed an amicus brief that was neutral as to the parties. The Secretary's brief is due on May 15, 2014.
There is bipartisan support in both the House and Senate to fix this problem. Representatives Joseph Courtney (D-CT) and Tom Latham (R-IA) have introduced the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 (H.R.1179) to help Medicare beneficiaries who are hospitalized in observation status. This bill would require that time spent in observation be counted towards meeting the three-day prior inpatient stay that is necessary to qualify for Medicare coverage of SNF care. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has introduced a companion bill, S.569, cosponsored by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME).
For more information about observation status, including pending legislation see: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/medicare-info/observation-status/.
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A: Although it doesn't convert LaTeX directly into HTML, I can really recommend PDF2htmlEX. It's a free software project, which delivers stunning results from the output of PDFtex. Its available for all major platforms (Linux, Mac Windows).

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The "un-highlights tour" continues as our friends at Museum Hack describe the objects they chose for the Museum Hack gallery.
In the original, the "Delaware River" is MUCH wider than the actual Delaware would have been. This is because the artist, Emanuel Leutze, was actually German, and used the Rhine river (which is much wider) as a "stand in" for the Delaware. In this lithograph, the river appears much narrower and more historically accurate.
There is a rower just to the right of Washington in the original who looks suspiciously feminine - we call her "the lady in red." The lithograph has butched this figure up a little, because Washington would NOT have been crossing the Delaware that night with a lady (or WOULD he….?).
If you look at George Washington's…*ahem*... "sword area" in the original, you may notice two small round objects. This is George's watch fob, but the artist placed it in such a way that it actually censored out of several school textbooks (presumably so children wouldn't giggle at what they perceived to be Washington's family jewels). The artist of this lithograph has totally changed the color/contrast of the fob, I assume to avoid this perception.
There are several more fun and scandalous details in this piece. If you're ever in New York City, come by and let us show you the real one!
There must be a story there!, we thought.
The sculptor Aitken also designed the carving on one side of the US Supreme Court building - it's a nice depiction of Lady Liberty. Appropriate, right?
But he also carved a depiction of HIMSELF sitting to Lady Liberty's left. Humble, right?
What an odd photograph of a parrot and some grapes, you say? WRONG! It's a painting! Done in the photorealist style by the ONLY woman who was part of that movement, Audrey Flack. She preferred her style to be called "Superrealism", because she would exaggerate colors and textures, saying "an apple is never red enough, nor a sky blue enough." She did one almost identical painting to Bounty called Parrots Live Forever (how great is that title?).
Audrey Flack's art was often criticized for being "too feminine" - many of her paintings include lipstick tubes, necklaces, and hand mirrors (like this one). She was getting badmouthed by feminists, traditionalists, other members of the photorealist movement...you name it. AND YET - she was the FIRST photorealist painter to have a work enter the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 1966. BOOM.
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, !866. Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Gift of Barbara B. Millhouse, 1983.2.40.
Robert Ingersoll Aitken, A Thing of Beauty, circa 1910. Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Gift of Richard Earl Johnson, 2008.4.1.


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SETUP
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Copy the whole svn function from the svn-color.sh file to your bash resource
file (mine is ~/.bash_profile).

Dont forget to refresh your bash_profile by sourcing it: source ~/.bash_profile

You're done. The svn function overrides the svn executable, which it call
directly from its full path.

You can disable colors at any time with the --nocol option.

TODO
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- Add colors for output of "update" which is slightly different
- Tweak string matching to ignore false positives
- Check/add zsh compatibility

COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (c) 2010 Jean-Michel Lacroix. See LICENSE for details.

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World Health Organisation monitoring new coronavirus variant
By Press Association Share
By Alexander Britton, PA
A new coronavirus strain, named Mu, has been designated a variant of interest by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Mu, or B.1.621, was first identified in Colombia and cases have been recorded in South America and Europe.
The WHO's weekly bulletin on the pandemic said the variant has mutations suggesting it could be more resistant to vaccines, as was the case with Beta, but that more studies would be needed to examine this further.
It said: "Since its first identification in Colombia in January 2021, there have been a few sporadic reports of cases of the Mu variant and some larger outbreaks have been reported from other countries in South America and in Europe.
"Although the global prevalence of the Mu variant among sequenced cases has declined and is currently below 0.1%, the prevalence in Colombia (39%) and Ecuador (13%) has consistently increased.
"The epidemiology of the Mu variant in South America, particularly with the co-circulation of the Delta variant, will be monitored for changes."
There are currently four coronavirus variants of concern, as deemed by the WHO, with the Alpha variant – first recorded in Kent – seen in 193 countries, Beta in 141, Gamma in 91 and Delta in 170 countries, while Mu is the fifth variant of interest.
Covid-19: Data suggests Omicron wave is 'turning around'


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Last year we were shopping for tile for our bathroom. And, we were discussing local shopping options.
Tile has never been on hubby's radar and so therefore taking in details of his surroundings has obviously never been important. I can't imagine why you wouldn't want to absorb any valuable information, as you're driving mindlessly down the road, for possible future use. But, apparently hubby feels differently.
There have been many other examples over the years.
So, I know he has the ABILITY to see small details, and to notice things around him. It seems that he's just decided that any extraneous information may clutter his brain. Apparently his life is far easier if he relies on me as his source of detailed information. This way, he can ask about things he's interested in and he can ignore EVERYTHING else.
The biggest challenge with this strategy is this….
If you admittedly don't see things around you and, therefore, I need to bring stuff to your attention for you to see it…. You cannot call it nagging!
So, as you can see, there really are flaws in his logic… And, I have conclusively demonstrated that there is no way I am a nag!
A (Hubby [me]) + B (relevant information) = C (knowledge) and C (knowledge) does not = D (nagging).
oh and I saw the weed, but it isn't lawn care day and you know how I like my routines.
Well if you want to know where a tile store is just look on Google local search. I wouldn't want to clutter up my mind with where a tile store is. Why isn't the carpet we put down 20 years ago just fine?
This is possibly the best one yet!!
I love these blogs….I sit and nod (and laugh) while reading them. Are all hubbys cut from the same cloth?
How about a blog on selective hearing?
Ahhhhh Kes, you're getting ahead of me my dear….. "selective listening" is coming……..personally, I think it's worse than selective vision!
OMG! My husband is the most unobservant person on the planet! (I tell him this all the time). He'll step right over the garbage that's waiting to be put out, and claim that he didn't see it!
My hubby is exactly the same way & I hate to tell you he's 64, so they don't grow out of it. If I say something he tells me "That's your job." I've given up!


I must apologize to those who always question me with the tone,"your post are never colorful"!
I am sorry guys,but I am that kind of person who would love to portray myself on my blog,rather than being someone else and pretend to like certain trends and go follow the band wagon.
If we look around to the accessories section,most of them is either neons or being burst of colors. Black jewelleries are either sidelined to few particular dressing like pastels or white , or they are just ignored to earrings.
My look in this blog can be some how related,as I paired my monochrome outfit with monochrome accessories and pretty much love the look.
This look is some how you carried with the sense of confidence to carry all white,grey and black tones in all confidence and some how actually look pretty.
For the accessories,a big ring and few brass bangles,and grey colored studded chain with pendant with lotus joined sling bang completed my expected look.
This look is more kind of party look,with rebel as message and confidence as the feather.
Hope you guys like this blog.


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15 Companies That Are Killing It With Equal Rights
Jim Probasco , Benzinga Staff Writer
July 02, 2014 4:33pm 1288 Comments
The Supreme Court's decision on Monday, in Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby, exempted some companies from offering contraceptive coverage for women workers.
The ruling raised concerns among equal rights proponents about potential discrimination against members of the LGBT and other communities, based on similar "religious belief" grounds.
Many companies, however, including some of Fortune 500's most notable, have moved in an entirely different direction -- going out of their way to support equal rights for workers and promoting their "equality" stand with customers.
Here are 15 companies that are killing it in the equal rights department.
Fortune 500 Favorites
For the past 12 years the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) has published a Corporate Equality Index rating companies (on a scale of 1 to 100) on policies, benefits and practices that affect the LGBT community.
For 2014, a record 13 of the top 20 companies on the Fortune 500 list achieved a perfect score of 100.
Chevron (NYSE: CVX)
Ranked number three among Fortune 500 companies Chevron boasts about its HRC perfect score on the corporate website, under "Diversity."
Additional "equality" markers include the fact Chevron was the "first major integrated energy company to include sexual orientation in its nondiscriminatory policies and offer domestic partner benefits to our employees."
In 2012, the company received the Women's Business Enterprise National Council top corporation award for the opportunities it provided women entrepreneurs.
Related: 5 Publicly-Traded Companies That Support Marriage Equality
Chevron also received a Corporate Diversity Leadership Award from the National Society of Black Engineers in 2012.
General Motors (NYSE: GM)
As the number-five company on Fortune's list of 500 top corporations, General Motors has traditionally carried a lot of clout when it comes to equality in both the workplace and marketplace.
A press release from GM Chief Diversity Officer Ken Barrett demonstrates the company's commitment to equality.
From basic employment protection to inclusive benefit policies to recognition of married LGBT couples – regardless of where they live – GM has worked hard to create an approach to equality that, in Barrett's own words is "as diverse as the community itself."
General Electric (NYSE: GE)
Close behind GM is GE, which sits at the number six position on the Fortune 500 list. GE has more than 300,000 employees worldwide. Diversity and inclusiveness, the company says, is "an essential part of … productivity, creativity, innovation, and competitive advantage."
In recognition of its focus on equality, in addition to that perfect HRC score, GE was named one of both Woman Engineer Magazine's and Equal Opportunity Magazine's Top 50 Employers.
The company was also named Minority Engineer Magazine's number-one employer, as well as one of the top 50 employers cited by CAREERS & the disabled Magazine.
Rounding out the balance of the HRC Fortune 500 "equality" 13 are Ford (NYSE: F), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), AT&T (NYSE: T), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK), Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Citigroup (NYSE: C).
Related: The Top 23 Gay Marriage Supporters in Business Today
Two Worth Special Note
Some companies with less-than-perfect CEI scores (so far) have nonetheless drawn praise for bold action and advocacy.
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX)
Although the company's 2014 HRC CEI score of 90 wasn't perfect, it was only lacking in one area, the offering of transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage.
In all other areas, include public engagement, Starbucks shined. This fact was highlighted last year at a stockholder meeting, in which a shareholder challenged CEO Howard Schultz on the company's strong support for same-sex marriage.
Saying it was not about the bottom line but about "respective diversity" Schultz then added, "You can sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another company."
Burger King (NYSE: BKW)
More recently, the world's number-three hamburger chain made what many considered a number-one move in support of the LBGT community -- by introducing a "Pride Whopper." Burger King sold the sandwich during the Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco last week.
The rainbow packaging said, "We are all the same inside."
Actions like this could help the company improve it's less-than-impressive 55 CEI score and join a growing number of corporations that have made "equality" part of corporate structure.
At the time of this writing, Jim Probasco had no position in any mentioned securities.
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Biden promotes unity, turns to business of transition
Biden heads into his first full day as president-elect on Sunday with key staffing decisions to make as the coronavirus rages.
Author: WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
Published: 9:58 AM EST November 8, 2020
Updated: 9:58 AM EST November 8, 2020
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Joe Biden used his first national address as president-elect to vow to heal a deeply divided nation, declaring it was time to "let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end" and reaching out to the millions of people who voted against him to say, "Let's give each other a chance."
His calls for reconciliation at a Saturday evening victory celebration came even as President Donald Trump continued to argue that the election had been stolen from him, an indication that the divisive politics that have gripped the U.S. over the past four years are far from over.
It also suggested that even as Biden seeks to build out a government during his transition to the presidency, the president has little interest in helping him do so.
"For all those of you who voted for President Trump, I understand the disappointment," Biden said during a drive-in event in Wilmington, Delaware. "It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again."
RELATED: President-elect Biden pledges to be unifying leader
RELATED: Read, watch President-elect Joe Biden's full victory speech
Biden heads into his first full day as president-elect on Sunday with key staffing decisions to make as the coronavirus rages. The always-frenzied 10-week transition period before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 already has been shortened by the extra time it took to determine the winner of Tuesday's election.
The second Catholic to be elected president, Biden planned to attend church at St. Joseph on the Brandywine near his home in Wilmington, as he does nearly every week. He began Election Day with a visit to the church and the grave of his son, Beau, a former Delaware attorney general who died of brain cancer in 2015.
President-elect Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
His top priority in the transition is expected to be quickly naming a chief of staff. Biden suggested during the campaign that his first call after being elected would be to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, but his advisers have not said whether the two have spoken yet.
Biden said Saturday that he would announce a task force of scientists and experts Monday to develop a "blueprint" to begin beating back the virus by the time he assumes the presidency. He said his plan would be "built on bedrock science" and "constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern."
RELATED: President-elect Biden launching teams to review federal agencies
RELATED: Biden to announce COVID-19 task force Monday
Biden was on track to win the national popular vote by more than 4 million, a margin that could grow as ballots continue to be counted. He made Trump the first incumbent president to be denied a second term since Republican George H.W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton in 1992.
His running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, used her first address as vice president-elect to showcase her history-making place as the first Black woman to become vice president, an achievement that comes as the U.S. faces a reckoning on racial justice. The California senator is also the first person of South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency and the highest-ranking woman ever to serve in government.
"While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last," Harris said in her speech Saturday night.
RELATED: Read, watch Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' victory speech
RELATED: Harris pays tribute to Black women in 1st speech as Vice President-elect
To win, Biden successfully unified different wings of the Democratic Party around their universal loathing of Trump, garnering support from progressive insurgents and establishment moderates alike.
"The party came together to defeat Donald Trump," said Brian Lemek, a longtime progressive fundraiser and executive director of Brady PAC, which invested $6 million on 2020 candidates supporting gun violence prevention efforts and voting rights. "His main job right now, we all think, is to heal the nation."
Biden senior adviser Ted Kaufman said the transition team will focus on the "nuts and bolts" of building the new administration in coming days. He said Biden plans to speak to legislative leaders and governors from both parties.
Biden may not make top Cabinet choices for weeks. But he built his presidential run around bipartisanship and he has spent the days since Tuesday's election pledging to be a president for all Americans. That suggests he could be willing to appoint some Republicans to high-profile administration positions.
Many former Republican officeholders broke with Trump to endorse Biden's campaign. His selection of some of them to join the new government could appease Senate Republicans, who may have to confirm many of Biden's choices for top jobs. The GOP could retain control of the chamber after two special elections in Georgia on Jan. 5.
Still, too much across-the-aisle cooperation could draw the ire of progressives. Some already worry that uncooperative Senate Republicans could force Biden to scale back his ambitious campaign promises to expand access to health care and lead a post-pandemic economic recovery that relies on federal investment in green technology and jobs to help combat climate change.
"I think there will be a huge misuse of the word 'unity' to imply that we need to water down the ideas that Joe Biden just campaigned on," said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. He said the country was more united around bold solutions to big problems than small-scale efforts.
Biden's efforts at bipartisan reconciliation, meanwhile, could still be derailed by Trump's refusing to concede the presidential race. It wasn't clear if Biden and Trump would meet in coming days, as is the modern tradition. Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield told CNN late Saturday that there's been no contact between Trump's team and Biden's.
Symone Sanders, a Biden campaign spokeswoman, said "Donald Trump does not get to decide the winner of elections."
"The people decide, voters in the country decide," Sanders said. "And voters have made their choice very clear."
Some of the president's supporters used similar language to make the opposite argument.
"The media do not get to determine who the president is. The people do," tweeted Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri. "When all lawful votes have been counted, recounts finished, and allegations of fraud addressed, we will know who the winner is."
On Sunday morning, President Trump tweeted two quotes, one from Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro Chair of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, and Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House.
...and Detroit with a long series of election problems (to put it mildly)." @JonathanTurley
....Where it mattered, they stole what they had to steal. @newtgingrich
Twitter flagged the quote from Gingrich saying "this claim about election fraud is disputed."
AP National Political Writer Steve Peoples in New York contributed to this report.


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SDP will wipe out N177trn debt in three budget cycles ― Presidential Candidate
•harness taxes from 30m additional Jobs to shore up revenue
•says Nigeria has 220m human assets, houses world largest gas deposit
•as Labour Party (LP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) maintains debt to be re-negotiated
Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo has said that he was not afraid of inheriting the N177 trillion debt which would be left for his administration by May 29, at the handover ceremony after winning the February 25 presidential election.
Adebayo said Nigerians should not be worried about the evidence of failure by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration that hired an unimaginative team to head the Central Bank of Nigeria and create debts instead of managing the economy.
Adebayo who spoke exclusively to Tribune Online said, the cumulative debt of N177 trillion Naira would be paid off in three budget circles, by his administration while Nigerians would have the full benefit of good governance which would fully activate sections of the Nigerian constitution that deals on welfare.
He said he does not see liability in Nigeria as he prepares to activate the various assets of the nation to turn around the grim situation to one, of international envy.
According to him, the 220 million population Nigerian citizens remained an asset that can be harnessed by creating jobs with living wages that could be taxed to pay up the debts.
He said that conversion of the land assets to various agricultural production would also harvest more taxable revenue to boost and address critical needs of the economy.
Adebayo told Tribune Online that he decided to contest for the presidency of Nigeria because of the myriad of challenges facing Nigeria, which in his view, are no challenge at all given the huge assets which abound in the country.
His words I knew these problems before I declared to run. In fact if these problems were not there, I would not have taken interest to run.
"When you have a debt profile that is put at N177 trillion, you are looking at the death side, what about the asset side?
"When I take my oath of office I am not just inheriting the debt, I am inheriting 220 million people. I am inheriting entrepreneurs. Nigerians are so lively highly energetic and already to work. I am inheriting the largest gas reserve. I am inheriting a vast agricultural land.
"I mean everything, all other things, solid minerals and all other assets. so the debt is so small when compared to the assets that we have. So, what I will do is, looking at structure of our debt
"If I push our revenue up by 32 % we will be fine but the window of pushing our revenue up is about 300 percents. And if I push down the wastage and the corruption by three quarters 75% with some saving pockets here and there. And do some mop up. I think that Nigerians would not even remember that we have debt profile at all.
We will retire the debts within three budget, the debt will be insignificant and the people will get employment, if I get 30 million jobs added to the workforce. The taxation on pay as you earn alone, will wipe this debt off.
"If I get agriculture productivity in four belts in the country, lower Kebbi upper Niger, in southern Kaduna plateau, axis, if I get agriculture in Oke Ogun. Part of south west Nigeria and do Agriculture in Benue that will significantly deal with the problem.
"I don't worry about that. It is not the load that kills but how you carry it, so, these debts represent a deficits of imagination. A deficit of creativity, a deficit of competence. Why I said so is not because I am in the mood to insult anybody
"I said so because their original sin is not managing our revenue accruers very well because they didn't mandate revenue accruers due to three problems that they have created for them selves include the fact that they don't have the competence to do an appraisal of revenue profile and capture all the revenue subheads and govern all the revenue sub-head prudently.
"Secondly, they are tardy in administration and supervision as the result? So many leakages even within the one they captured.
"Thirdly, they have collected campaign funding and other support from those who are benefiting from leakages and blind spots?
"So in other to keep their friends happy with them the their political structures, they have created no-go areas, as a result of that, they are not able to capture enough revenue.
"Because they have hired an unpatriotic and unimaginative Governor of central bank. So they're able to create debts, like a drunken sailor and turned he central bank to a casino that is why they have all these crises
Labour Party: We shall renegotiate the payment
The Nigerian Labour Party has said it would research into the various sources that accumulated to the N77 trillion under the President Mohammadu Buhari administration when it takes over in 2023 with a view to ascertain their statuses and evolve a payment strategy..
The Labour Party said the debt would be settled through productive measures to be adopted by the administration of people's party that would ensure that each of the 774 local governments are centres of production to boost the financial statuses of the population and the Gross Domestic Product of the country.
Chief spokesman of the Obi-Datti presidential campaign council, Dr. Yunusa Tanko said this to the Nigerian Tribune.
His words "It is indeed a huge task, however, the Labour Party would renegotiate debt and their payment strategy
"Leverage in the fact that we want to make this Nigeria nation as a production nation to be able to take care of the debts as it were.
"Subsidizing production to make it fast to have people working in all the 774LG producing
"Look into the areas to make sure that our economic stakeholders go into research on the debt managing situation because the debt is from many sources and we look at it critically."
ADC says it will renegotiate budget and not honour those that fail test of best practices.
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Kachikwu Dumebi, argued that he would also re-negotiate the debt to seek debt forgiveness and dismiss debts that do not confirm to international best practices.
"If the Nigerian people give me their mandate as President of Nigeria, I will renegotiate all debts. Any debt that doesn't meet internationally accepted standards of transparency and due process will not be honoured.
"All other valid debts will be renegotiated with a view to seek debt forgiveness and reduction. All revenues leakages will be plugged while we rebase and broaden the economy to allow room for new SME's to emerge.
"Once we strengthen and support the middle class, create new jobs, boost manufacturing and increase non-oil exports, we will be in a better position to pay down or pay off all legitimate debts.
Dumebi emphasized that "The tragedy of the Nigerian story is that our debts have grown out of proportion but the Nigerian people have nothing to show for it."
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The supply of decent coal for steam locomotives is, so I am informed, becoming scarce and what there is is rarely thoroughly suitable for the engines' furnaces and in that respect the GWR locomotives have a special diffculty. Their combustion chambers – otherwise known as 'fireboxes' were designed to burn South Wales steam coal. I guess the number of people who can recall the look of this very special coal is growing less by the year. So I'm attaching this view of the tender of 7035 'Ogmore Castle' taking water on Gloucester shed in 1962 . It had brought in an express from Paddington for Cheltenham and I rode on the footplate from Swindon to Gloucester and back. When the train arrived in Gloucester station the tail lamp end of the train was facing Cheltenham and a large 2-6-2 tank engine backed on to that end to take the coaches, or some of them, north to Cheltenham. 7035 went to shed to clean the fire, take on Welsh steam coal and water for the return trip. I think the aspect of the shny, sparkly, Welsh coal will be a surprise to many. It was lovely looking stuff as befitted lovely engines.


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    $.win.open();
    require("specs/index")($);
    _.extend($, exports);
}

var Alloy = require("/alloy"), Backbone = Alloy.Backbone, _ = Alloy._;

module.exports = Controller;


Not one to watch if you get vertigo.
On The Graham Norton Show, Tom Cruise described the biggest Mission Impossible stunt sequence ever filmed. In involves him flying, and then dangling out of, a helicopter.
Because just flying a helicopter would be too damn easy.