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Russian Phone Pranksters Dupe Trudeau as 'Greta Thunberg'
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has become the latest victim of a pair of notorious Russian pranksters who called him while posing as Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. In the phone call published on the Vovan and Lexus comic duo's YouTube page this week, the fake Greta grills Trudeau about NATO, other world leaders and…
Investigation Claims to Uncover Putin's Extramarital Daughter
Russian President Vladimir Putin may be the father of a secretive St. Petersburg millionaire's 17-year-old daughter, the Proekt investigative website reported Wednesday. Yelizaveta Vladimirovna Krivonogikh "bears a phenomenal resemblance to the Russian president," Proekt reported, citing photographs it said it had obtained. Her mother Svetlana Krivonogikh is the beneficiary of a company that owns a…
Moscow Plans Expanded Social Credit-Style Tracking System – Open Media
Moscow plans to track its residents' "loyalty" with detailed digital profiles akin to China's social credit system, the Open Media news website reported Tuesday, citing public documents. Moscow City Hall has since 2017 been collecting the gender, age, income level and relationship to other people signed up to its mos.ru website as part of the…
Russian Lawmaker, LGBT Activist Named Among World's Most Influential Women
Feminist Russian lawmaker Oksana Pushkina and prosecuted LGBT activist Yulia Tsvetkova have been named among the world's 100 most inspirational and influential women in 2020 by the BBC. This year's edition of the BBC's annual 100 Women list aims to highlight women who act as leaders of change. The BBC left one of the 100 spots…
Russia's Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 500 in New One-Day Record
Russia reported a record high of 507 new coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday as the Kremlin acknowledges the heavy strain placed on the country's healthcare system but continues to rule out a new nationwide lockdown. The country's total number of fatalities now stands at 37,538, a figure widely believed to be undercounted due to tallying methods. An analysis…
Russian Hospital Fined for Coronavirus Patient 'Cover-Up'
A Russian hospital has been fined for concealing more than 1,000 coronavirus patients earlier this fall, with the regional health officials blaming the national authorities for a misunderstanding. A court in the city of Ufa handed a 200,000 ruble ($2,600) fine to the Kuvatov Republic Clinical Hospital on Monday after finding them guilty of withholding…
Rosneft Develops Production of Arctic and Winter Grades of Diesel Fuel
Scientists from Rosneft Oil Company have developed unique catalysts for the production of diesel fuel of the Arctic and winter grades.
In 2020, Bashneft Releases 1.2 Million Small Fry of Valuable Fish Species into Water
During the summer and autumn of 2020, Bashneft, a subsidiary of Rosneft, replenished the water bodies of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Nenets Autonomous District, and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District with small fry of valuable fish species.
Key Belarus Opposition Figure Charged With Graft and Fraud
Belarus authorities said Tuesday that opposition politician Viktor Babaryko — who until his arrest had intended to run against President Alexander Lukashenko in the August election — was charged with corruption and money laundering. For over three months Belarus has been gripped by historic protests against the re-election of strongman leader Lukashenko, 66, who secured a sixth term…
Ozon Shares Jump 40% on U.S. IPO
Shares in Russian online retail giant Ozon surged by more than 40% in the first minutes of trading after the most eagerly anticipated Russian initial public offering (IPO) in years. Ozon is the country's second-largest e-commerce player and is placing itself to become Russia's answer to Amazon with a plan to consolidate and dominate the…
St. Petersburg Dad Takes 6 Children Hostage – Reports
A drunk father took six children hostage in his St. Petersburg apartment during a suspected dispute with his wife, Russian news outlets reported Tuesday. According to Interfax, police responded to a call by the hostage-taker's wife, who said she was unable to get inside the apartment where she heard the children crying. Special forces ended…
Russia To Vaccinate Mink Against Coronavirus Amid Mutation Fears
Russia plans to vaccinate its minks against the coronavirus after a mutated form of the virus found on mink farms prompted mass culls in Europe, the Defense Ministry's Zvezda news channel reported Monday. Earlier this month, Denmark said it will cull its entire population of about 17 million mink after discovering a mutated Covid-19 strain…
Is the WHO Too Soft on Russia?
In May, as Russia was tentatively emerging from a nationwide lockdown and clocking up near-record numbers of new infections, Russian officials began mounting an aggressive public campaign to present Moscow's handling of the coronavirus as faultless. Central to that was boasting about the country's low number of fatalities compared with Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere. …
Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Nov. 24
Russia has confirmed 2,138,828 of coronavirus and 37,031 deaths. Nov. 24: What you need to know today Russia confirmed 24,326 coronavirus cases and a new record of 491 deaths. A contact tracing smartphone app developed by the Ministry of Digital Development is now available on App Store and Google Play. The app, called Gosuslugi.COVID Treker, alerts users of…
Russia Says Its Sputnik V Coronavirus Vaccine 95% Effective
Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, its developers said Tuesday as Russia seeks a leading role in the high-stakes global race for a safe, effective vaccine that can end to the deadly pandemic. The calculations were based on preliminary data obtained 42 days after volunteers received the first dose, the Health Ministry, the…
Russian Jehovah's Witnesses Targeted in Fresh Raids
Russian authorities have arrested Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow and across 20 other regions as part of their latest investigation into the religious group that is officially banned as "extremist," investigators said Tuesday. Video released by the Moscow branch of the federal Investigative Committee, which investigates major crimes, showed masked men prying open an apartment door…
Russia Says Chased off U.S. Warship in Its Pacific Waters
A Russian warship caught a U.S. Navy destroyer operating in Russia's Pacific waters on Tuesday and chased it off, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said. The USS John S. McCain, a guided-missile destroyer, violated Russia's territorial waters by moving two kilometers beyond the maritime border at 03:17 GMT into Peter the Great Gulf, the ministry said in…
Putin Still Won't Congratulate Biden Despite Start of Formal Transition
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden despite news that the Trump administration has approved the formal presidential transition process, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Trump eased some lingering post-election uncertainty by tweeting late Monday that the agency that works with incoming administrations would begin work to assist Biden's team. While the…
Yevgeny Lebedev Named 'Baron of Hampton and Siberia' in Britain
Queen Elizabeth II has granted Russian-British media mogul Yevgeny Lebedev the title of "Baron of Hampton and Siberia," according to the British government's official journal of record The Gazette. The British monarch conferred a lifetime peerage to Lebedev, 40, after his longtime friend Prime Minister Boris Johnson nominated him in July. Reports suggested that Lebedev's…
Russian WWII Vet Given Presidential Medal for Raising Coronavirus Funds
President Vladimir Putin has awarded a Russian World War II veteran for raising funds to support the families of doctors who died from coronavirus, according to a government decree published Monday. Zinaida Korneva, 98, received the Decoration "For Beneficence" for her "great contribution to charitable and public activities," the decree said. The medal recognizes charity…
Russian Peacekeeper Wounded in Deadly Nagorno-Karabakh Mine Blast
A Russian peacekeeper has been wounded and an Azerbaijani soldier killed in a mine explosion in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, Russia's Defense Ministry said Monday. Four emergency workers from the unrecognized ethnic Armenian republic of Nagorno-Karabakh were also wounded in the region's Tartar district, the Defense Ministry was cited as saying by Interfax.…
Ice Storm in Russia's Far East Linked to Climate Change
A freak snowstorm that has battered parts of the Russian Far East and left 100,000 residents without electricity for several days is linked to climate change, analysts and activists say. The storm that hit the Primorye region and its capital of Vladivostok last Thursday brought down trees and power lines and covered outdoor surfaces in…
Russia Fines Pussy Riot Activists for Hanging Pride Flags
Russian courts on Monday fined two Pussy Riot activists for hanging rainbow flags on several government buildings last month to mark President Vladimir Putin's birthday. On Oct. 7 — Putin's 68th birthday — members of the anti-Kremlin punk group draped the flags associated with LGBT pride on buildings in Moscow including Russia's Supreme Court and the…
Putin Signs Law Raising Income Tax for High Earners
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law on increasing income tax for high earners in the first move away from a flat tax system in place since 2001. Starting next year, the tax rate will rise from 13% to 15% on incomes over 5 million rubles (about $65,800/55,370 euros at the current exchange…
Bashneft Water Treatment Facilities Process 65 mil m3 of Wastewater
Bashneft (an enterprise of Rosneft Oil Company) has treated approximately 65 million cubic metres of wastewater at the Ufa Refining Complex's biological waste treatment facilities since their launch and brought them to the full process mode.
Siberian Schoolkids Charged With Terror Over Minecraft Plot – Reports
Three Siberian schoolchildren have been charged with terrorism over an alleged plot to blow up a virtual security building in the popular block-building game Minecraft, according to reports. Investigators in the Krasnoyarsk region announced the arrest of three 14-year-old "anarchists" over the summer on suspicion of training at abandoned sites to commit acts of terrorism.…
NYT's Russia Job Posting 'Russophobic,' Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Says
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has slammed The New York Times' job posting for a Russia correspondent, criticizing it for "political bias" and "Russophobia." In its description for the job posted early last week, The New York Times lists its requirements for an ideal candidate along with a description of the job's location, "Vladimir Putin's Russia." …
7 Die From Drinking Hand Sanitizer at Party in Russia
At least seven people in the Far East Russian republic of Sakha have died from drinking hand sanitizer at a party, authorities and news reports have said. Nine people consumed the hand rub from a five-liter container that they purchased from a local store, the regional branch of consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said in a…
Russia Plans Biometric Database for Citizens, Foreigners – TASS
Russia plans to create a national biometric database to identify both citizens and foreign nationals via face recognition and fingerprints, state media reported Sunday. Russia's Interior Ministry told the state-run TASS news agency it plans to develop the centralized biometric database in 2021-23. The database will allow the authorities to identify individuals or bodies through…
Russia Confirms Record 25K Coronavirus Cases
Russia has confirmed more than 25,000 new coronavirus infections in a single day for the first time since the pandemic hit earlier this year. Health officials reported 25,173 new infections across Russia's 85 regions Monday, bringing the national total to 2,114,502 cases. The country surpassed 2 million cases three days ago. Over 23% of those…
Thousands March in Belarus Opposition Rally in Minsk
Tens of thousands of Belarus opposition protesters took to the streets on Sunday, the latest large-scale rally against President Alexander Lukashenko's contested re-election. For more than three months Belarus has been gripped by historic weekly opposition rallies following Lukashenko's reelection to a sixth term in August, which Western governments have refused to recognise. Tens of…
Russia has confirmed 2,089,329 of coronavirus and 36,179 deaths. Nov. 22: What you need to know today Russia confirmed 24,581 coronavirus cases and 401 deaths. First samples of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrived in Hungary, its developers reported Friday. In a move that has drawn criticism from the European Commission, Hungary is set to become the first EU member…
Armenia PM Urges Stronger Military Links With Russia
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called Saturday for greater military cooperation with Russia, a day after Azerbaijani troops began moving into disputed territory previously held by Armenian separatist forces. "We hope we can reinforce cooperation with Russia not only in the security sector but also military and technical cooperation," he said, according to his press service. "Of course,…
Russia Imposes Reciprocal Sanctions on 25 UK Officials
Russia on Saturday imposed sanctions on 25 British officials, responding to penalties Britain imposed in July against the same number of Russians over human rights violations. "In response to unfriendly actions by the British authorities and on the basis of reciprocity, the Russian side made a decision to impose personal sanctions on 25 representatives of Great…
Russia Extends Western Food Imports Embargo to End 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday extended an embargo on Western food imports introduced in 2014 until the end of 2021, an economic measure that mainly affects EU imports. The Russian embargo was in response to EU sanctions introduced after Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula, sanctions that Brussels renewed for another six months at the…
Russia Virus Toll, Deaths, Hit New Highs
Russia on Saturday registered record numbers for daily infections and deaths from the coronavirus, two days after having passed 2 million cases. Health officials reported 24,822 new infections and 476 deaths, bringing the national total to 2,064,748 million cases and 35,778 fatalities since the beginning of the year. While those figures suggest a lower death rate…
Swiss Prosecutors to Close Magnitsky Probe – Reports
Swiss prosecutors plan to close a nearly decade-old money laundering investigation into allegations made by the late lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Swiss prosecutors opened the money-laundering probe in 2011 after Hermitage Capital, once the largest foreign investor in Russia, claimed that a former Russian tax official moved fraudulent tax refunds through Swiss bank…
Moscow, St. Petersburg Residents Least Likely to Catch Coronavirus – Study
While Moscow and St. Petersburg are the epicenters of Russia's coronavirus outbreak, a new analysis claims that its residents are among those with the lowest risk of getting coronavirus within the country. Residents of Perm and Voronezh, on the other hand, are among those most likely to contract the virus, with the risk of getting…
Macron Accuses Russia, Turkey of Promoting Anti-French Sentiment in Africa
President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia and Turkey of seeking to promote anti-French sentiment in Africa by funding people who whip up resentment against France in the media, in an interview published Friday. "We must not be naive on this subject: many of those who speak, who make videos, who are present in the French-speaking media are funded…
Ice Storms in Russia's Far East Prompt State of Emergency
Freak ice storms following an abnormal weather phenomenon have left 150,000 people without water and electricity in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok and prompted a state of emergency. The exceptional weather brought down cables and trees with the government of the Primorye region declaring a state of emergency. "The situation with the electricity…
In a Poor Russian City, Coronavirus Hits Hard
IVANOVO — In this hardscrabble city in central Russia, the morgues are full and well-paid jobs are scarce. Though many of Russia's outlying regions are struggling with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Ivanovo — a working-class city of 400,000 located 300 kilometers northeast of Moscow — is coping worse than most. "It's impossible…
Russian Jailed for Sharing Military Secrets With CIA – TASS
A Russian citizen who worked on naval ships has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempting to pass military secrets to the CIA, the state-run TASS news agency reported Friday. Yury Yeshchenko is accused of trying to share confidential information about advanced weaponry of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet. According to the report,…
Russia Preparing Golden Visa Scheme – Reports
Russia is planning to introduce a golden visa scheme, offering foreigners a permanent residency permit in exchange for investing in the Russian economy, the Izvestia news site reported Friday. Draft legislation drawn up by the country's Economy Ministry would seek to woo foreign investors by offering residency rights for investments in the Russian economy starting…
Russia has confirmed more than 24,000 new infections for the first time since the pandemic hit the country eight months ago. Russia's coronavirus information center confirmed a new record of 24,318 infections across all 85 regions Friday. Moscow, the epicenter of Russia's outbreak, recorded a new daily high of 6,902 cases as did St. Petersburg…
Russia has confirmed 2,039,926 cases of coronavirus and 35,311 deaths. Nov. 20: What you need to know today Russia confirmed the record-breaking number of 24,318 coronavirus cases and 461 deaths. First samples of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrived in Hungary, its developers reported Friday. In a move that has drawn criticism from the European Commission, Hungary is set to become…
Russia Battles Exiled Parishioners for French Church Ownership
Russia is fighting exiled parishioners for ownership of an Orthodox cathedral in France as the Kremlin is accused of an "aggressive" campaign to reclaim pre-revolutionary churches overseas, The Guardian has reported. The St. Nicholas and St. Alexandra Church in the city of Nice, run by the descendants of emigres who fled the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution,…
Zvezda Shipyard Launches Steel Cutting for Liquified Gas Tankers of Ice-Class Arc7 New Ship Series
The Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has commenced steel cutting for a liquefied gas tanker of ice-class Arc7, the flagship in the new series.
Belarus Adds Opposition Telegram Channel Founders to Terror List
Belarusian authorities on Wednesday added the creators of the Nexta Live opposition Telegram channel, which mobilized protesters during the country's ongoing post-election rallies, to a list of terrorists. Protests in the ex-Soviet country broke out in early August after strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko won a disputed reelection for a sixth term. The opposition believe political…
Russia Threatens to Block YouTube for 'Censoring' State Media
Russia could block YouTube and other major U.S. social media platforms for "censoring" content from Russian state media, according to draft legislation submitted to parliament Thursday. The draft bill explains that the Prosecutor General's Office and the Foreign Ministry would be able to identify foreign platforms they view as violating Russians' rights by restricting content.…
St. Petersburg Opposition Official Questioned By Police After Ripping Putin Portrait
St. Petersburg police have questioned an opposition official after he tore up a portrait of President Vladimir Putin that replaced one of poet Alexander Pushkin, Russian media reported Thursday. Five officers arrived at the Smolninskoye municipal district session Wednesday to investigate reports that deputy Nikita Yuferev ripped Putin's portrait, according to the St. Petersburg-based Fontanka.ru…
RN-Uvatneftegaz Plants 600,000 Saplings of Siberian Pine
RN-Uvatneftegaz Company, part of Rosneft Oil Company's upstream complex, planted 600,000 saplings of Siberian pine in the south Tyumen region in autumn 2020.
Russia Starts Building $850M High-Speed Arctic Internet
Russia has started building high-speed internet infrastructure in the Arctic to be used by large ports and oil and gas companies, the Federal Sea and River Transportation Agency announced Wednesday. The trans-Arctic underwater fiber optic cable will stretch across 10,000 kilometers from the northwestern port of Murmansk to the Pacific port of Vladivostok. The Sea…
New University Laboratories Opened in Samara State Technical University with Syzran Refinery's Support
With support from the Syzran Refinery, an enterprise of Rosneft Oil Company's refining complex, three new university laboratories were opened in a branch campus of the Samara State Technical University.
Russia's Coronavirus Cases Top 2 Million
Russia's coronavirus cases crossed the 2 million mark Thursday, according to an official tally of single-day infections and deaths, as officials acknowledge the deteriorating crisis but resist reinstating lockdown measures. The national coronavirus caseload reached 2,015,608 after Russia confirmed more than 23,000 coronavirus infections in a single day for the first time since the start…
Bolsonaro Beams as Putin Praises His 'Masculinity'
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was beaming Wednesday after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin praised his "masculinity" in a speech, triggering a flood of jokes online about a budding "bromance." Putin lavished praise on Bolsonaro Tuesday in an address to a virtual summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South…
Picketing 'Slavic Santa' Arrested on Red Square
A man dressed in a Santa suit was detained on Red Square late Wednesday for staging a single-person picket against the scrapping of Moscow's New Year celebrations due to the coronavirus, the Apologia Protesta legal aid group said. Two "elves" accompanying the protester were also reportedly detained. A photo posted by Apologia Protesta showed the…
Oxygen Pipe Explodes at Moscow's Main Coronavirus Hospital
An oxygen line has exploded at Kommunarka, Moscow's main coronavirus treatment center, on Wednesday, city authorities said. Video posted to social media showed clouds of white steam rising from the hospital, which is currently treating 733 coronavirus patients. The RBC news website quoted eyewitnesses as saying that they saw the smoke following a loud bang. In…
Putin 'Alarmed' by Russia's Spike in Virus Deaths
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday voiced concern over the country's rising coronavirus fatality rate but said the outbreak was under control. Russia has recently registered a sharp rise in new infections but has stopped short of introducing strict measures like some European countries. Health officials reported a total of 1.99 million infections Wednesday, which…
'Uighur Jail' Note Found in St. Petersburg Shoe Alarms Human Right Experts
Arslan Gibadullin was eager to try on an expensive pair of The North Face slippers he'd treated himself to in an online shopping spree after collecting them from a pick-up point in St. Petersburg last Thursday. "I got home and started putting the shoes on. As soon as I shoved my hand in one of…
Russia has confirmed 1,991,998 cases of coronavirus and 34,387 deaths. Nov. 18: What you need to know today Russia confirmed 20,985 new coronavirus cases and 456 deaths. A total of 221,000 patients with confirmed coronavirus infections are currently undergoing treatment across Russia's hospitals and approximately 5,000 of them require mechanical ventilation, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said Wednesday. Coronavirus patients currently occupy…
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Which is Which? What's the Difference?
The Social Security Administration (SSA) runs two separate income programs for disabled people - Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSA also determines eligibility for the federal Medicare program for disabled and aged Social Security recipients, and tells states and localities who is on SSI so that they can be given Medicaid cards. States and localities determine Medicaid eligibility for everyone who is not on SSI, and run the rest of their Medicaid programs with federal financial help.
SSDI: Social Security Disability Insurance is an insurance program that sends out monthly checks to disabled workers who have paid Social Security taxes (called "FICA" on your paycheck stubs). You must have worked for at least 5 of the past 10 years before you apply to be "currently insured", or covered, but the minimum time is less if you're under age 31 when you become disabled. The amount you get depends upon how much you have paid in taxes and for how long, since SSDI is an insurance - not a welfare - program. In general, the higher your earnings have been and the longer you have earned them, the higher your SSDI check will be. Benefit amounts vary from a low of about $200 monthly to a high of about $1,600; the average SSDI check is about $850, but this average does reflect low wages paid in the South, in rural areas, and in small towns. Big city workers who've enjoyed big city paychecks do better. If you have minor children, whether or not you live with them, they can also get smaller "auxiliary" checks to support them when you become disabled, and so can their other parent if he or she stays home to take care of them while they're under age 16. The children's and other parent's checks will continue, and even increase, after your death, when the checks are renamed "survivors' benefits." SSDI checks start at the end of the fifth month after the "date of onset," the day you became "disabled" under the Social Security rules by meeting the medical rules as well as not engaging in substantial gainful activity ("SGA"; see main text above).
Medicare - the very same health plan that retired people over 65 enjoy - can be obtained after receiving SSDI for 24 months, afetr experiencing permanent kidney failure for 3 months and, if you have ALS (LOu Gehrig's diease) just as sooin as your SSDI starts. Medicare has two parts: Part A, which you pay for through your payroll taxes, and which covers overnight hospital bills, hospices, home health care and very limited, partial nursing home care; and Part B, three-fourths of which is paid for by federal income tax, and one-fourth ($54.00 a month in 2002, deducted from your SSDI check) by you. It pays for doctor, ambulance, emergency room, clinic and most other outpatient care (except drugs and nutritional products). Medicare has an inpatient hospital Part A deductible of $812 in 2002 for most admissions, and a $100 yearly Part B deductible. It then pays 80% (or 50% for psychiatrist care) of its "allowable" fee schedule.
SSI: Supplemental Security Income is a welfare program for disabled people who meet the Social Security medical and SGA disability rules and whose income and assets are below the eligibility levels. SSI allows assets of $2,000 liquid; a separate bank account of up to $1,500 for "burial"; a vehicle of any value, if used to go to medical care; household furnishings; certain self-employment business equity and equipment; and a lived-in home of any value. The SSI income level in 2002 is $545 per month (but it's higher in most wealthy industrial states, which supplement this amount). All gross income counts against this level: SSDI, earnings, pensions, gifts, contributions, bank interest, dividends, veterans' benefits, etc. If your SSDI check is below the SSI level, you can get SSI as well as SSDI. Before comparing gross income to this level, SSI disregards (i.e., doesn't count) $20 per month of any income, out-of-pocket Impairment Related Working Expenses (IRWEs: medical costs you pay to enable you to work) and $65 and half the rest of any earnings. If the resulting countable income is above the SSI income level (again, $545 in most---but not all-- states), you're not eligible. If it's computed to be less, you get an SSI check for the difference between your countable income and the SSI level - and, as a "fringe" benefit in most but not all states, a Medicaid card.
Medicaid is run by the state and local governments. It completely covers hospitalization, clinic visits, emergency room visits, doctors' visits, hospices, home health care, nursing home stays, ambulance and outpatient prescription drugs. Medicaid has very small co-payments for prescriptions, doctor visits and some other care. While all hospitals and almost all drug stores accept Medicaid, most doctors don't, and many home health agencies, nursing homes, and hospices are also reluctant to accept Medicaid. People on SSI are eligible for Medicaid, and in most but not all of the states in the nation, SSI sends lists of recipients to the local government, which then automatically sends Medicaid cards out to them. But in some states, you must always apply separately for Medicaid at the welfare office, even if you're on SSI.
It's possible - indeed, sometimes it's absolutely necessary - to be on both Medicare and Medicaid. In that case, Medicare first pays medical bills up to whatever its rules allow, then Medicaid pays the rest. Always get Medicaid, if you can, to supplement Medicare, because with it, you'll have a way to pay deductibles and co-payments that you would otherwise face without it. Moreover, Medicaid pays for some things Medicare doesn't cover at all - most notably, drugs. Conversely, always get and keep Medicare (including Part B) even if you are already on Medicaid. Medicare pays doctors and hospitals more than Medicaid does, and therefore will make them more likely to accept you as a patient and devote adequate time to your case. Don't be afraid of the Part B monthly premium, either. Once you're on Medicaid, it will start paying the Medicare premium for you, and your SSDI check will go up by $54.00.
Little-known programs can mean an extra $54.00 monthly in Social Security checks and extra medical benefits for disabled and elderly persons who are on Medicare but are not also on SSI or Medicaid already.
Those with Social Security and other income under $1,016* monthly will see the Medicare Part B premium ($54.00 in 2002) that's now being deducted restored to their checks once the Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLIMB) and Qualified Individual (I) [QI (I)] programs begin paying it for them.
Those with Social Security and other income under $758* per month will not only have the $54.00 restored to their Social Security checks too - the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program will also pay the hospital admission deductible ($812 in 2002), the $100 annual doctor bill deductible, the 20% of doctor and outpatient bills that Medicare doesn't cover, any Part A premium that may be due any Medicare HMO copayments and (at state option) even any extra premiums charged by Medicare HMOs.
In computing eligibility, it's the total Social Security amount that counts against the $1,016 and $758 income levels. The checks only show the net amount - after the $54.00 Medicare premium has been deducted. So, in computing total income, one must add the $54.00 Medicare Part B deduction back onto the net check amount.
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries can keep their Medicare even if they return to work - and they should do so, even if they secure employer health coverage. (When you have a serious illness, two health insurances in force beat only one, and, besides, Medicare covers some things private coverage doesn't, and it won't lapse, like an employer plan will, if you are laid off or become too sick to work again.) Medicare coverage is available - for a lifetime, even after returning to work - as long as one continues to have the condition which originally qualified one for SSDI.
For those who are working, QMB and SLIMB/QI(I) disregard*(that is, don't count) $65 and half the rest of gross earnings per month, and out-of-pocket medical expenses you pay yourself, before comparing your net, countable income to their eligibility levels. This means that someone who has given up SSDI to resume work can have gross monthly earnings of $2078-- or more, depending on paid medical expenses--and still get SLIMB/QI(I) to pay his $54.00 premium. And to get QMB to pay the premium and also deductibles, co-payments and any Part A premiums that might later come due, total monthly wages must be below $1,561-- or more, depending on medical costs. Income levels are higher where there are additional family members.
In addition, recent laws now allow more than half the states to give Medicaid to employed disabled persons using income levels far, far higher than used for disabled persons who are not working; check with the welfare office.
* Income levels for these programs are higher in Alaska and Hawaii. For Alaska, QMB is $923; SLIMB/QI(I) is $1246; and QWDI is $1846; for Hawaii, QMB is $850; SLIMB/QI(I) is $1148; and QWDI is $1700; for those with no earnings, subtract $20 from gross before comparing net income to the eligibility level; for those working , subtract $85 and half the rest of gross earnings, plus paid medical expenses, before comparing net income to the eligibility level. Connecticut also disregards (doesn't count) $183 monthly per person, thus making its income eligibility levels for these programs $183 higher per month per person. The income levels quoted are based on the year 2002 poverty level figures; they're updated each February at www.dhhs.gov.


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Podcast 87: Carla Lucero and Dr. Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz
February 27, 2022 February 27, 2022 Peter SzepPodcast
We welcome two creators of the upcoming LA Opera production of The Three Women of Jerusalem: Carla Lucero, composer/librettist, and Dr. Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz, translator.
Lucero is the first Latinx and female composer to be commissioned for the LA Opera's Cathedral Operas. We discover how they translated the opera into Spanish while retaining the same poetic meter, as Lucero will produce the opera in English as well.
We also discuss the significance of the Stations of the Cross, on which the opera is based, as well as why Lucero chose three anonymous women in the 8th station to be the heroines of the story. She also makes a fascinating choice on how to personify Jesus in the opera.
The massive production will be at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and will feature 3 orchestras and 3 choirs. We can't wait to see this "love letter to LA," which fuses ideas from feminist, Latinx, and borderlands cultures into an uplifting whole.
BIO: Dr. Rita Urquijo-Ruiz
Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz is a Mexicana/Chicana queer educator, writer, activist, and performer born in Sonora, Mexico and raised in southern California. She is a professor of Spanish and Chicanx/Latinx cultural and LGBTQ+ studies. Her academic interests are Mexican, Chicanx, and Latinx literatures, cultures, gender and sexuality, as well as theater and performance studies. As a daughter of the Mexico/US borderlands, her approach to teaching and writing is interdisciplinary by nature and her work centers the stories of socially and economically marginalized communities in these two bordering countries. She is the first member of her extended family to receive a college degree and in 2019, she became the first Latina faculty to go through the ranks of assistant, associate, and full professor at Trinity University.
Her academic and artistic work has been presented at local, national, and international conferences such as El Mundo Zurdo by the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa, the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social/Women Active in Letters and Social Change (MALCS), the Association for Jotería, Arts, Activism, and Scholarship (AJAAS), the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS), and the International Conference on Chicano Literature and Latino Studies by HispaUsa, in Spain.
CARLA LUCERO
Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén (The Three Women of Jerusalem), also a Spanish language work, is commissioned by LA Opera. It will premiere March 19th, under the baton of Maestro James Conlon, at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles.
It is the first by a female composer and the first Spanish-language opera to be commissioned for LA Opera performances at the Cathedral.
It will also be LA Opera's first large-scale public performance to incorporate musicians participating via online conferencing, something that the company has embraced throughout the pandemic via the LA Opera On Now platform of digital programming.
WUORNOS, her opera about "America's first female serial killer", Aileen Wuornos, premiered at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, winning "10 Best of Stage" from The Advocate and OUT magazines.
Juana, premiered in 2019 with Opera UCLA, a Spanish language opera about 17th century Mexican feminist icon, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, will have its New York premiere this summer with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble.
touch, is about blind/deaf American writer and activist, Helen Keller. The libretto is co-written with Marianna Mott Newirth. It premieres in 2024 with Opera Birmingham.
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BIO: Dr. Rita Urquijo-RuizRita E. Urquijo-Ruiz is a Mexicana/Chicana queer educator, writer, activist, and performer born in Sonora, Mexico and raised in southern California. She is a professor of Spanish and Chicanx/Latinx cultural and LGBTQ+ studies. Her academic interests are Mexican, Chicanx, and Latinx literatures, cultures, gender and sexuality, as well as theater and performance studies. As a daughter of the Mexico/US borderlands, her approach to teaching and writing is interdisciplinary by nature and her work centers the stories of socially and economically marginalized communities in these two bordering countries. She is the first member of her extended family to receive a college degree and in 2019, she became the first Latina faculty to go through the ranks of assistant, associate, and full professor at Trinity University.
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Considering 2000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 3
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ami Perrin, Anabaptism, Aristotle, Augustine, Council of Trent, doctrine of justification, England, Erasmus, Girolamo Savonarola, humanism, Indulgences, Jesuits, Johannes von Staupitz, John Calvin, John Knox, John Wesel, King Edward, King Henry VIII, lesser magistrate, Libertines, Martin Bucer, Martin Luther, Menno Simons, Moscow, Ottoman Empire, Peter Martyr, Philip Melanchton, Philip of Hesse, Plato, Queen Elizabeth I, Rationalists, Renaissance, Schmalkaldic League, Scotland, Servetus, sola scriptura, Spiritualists, witch hunts, Zwingli on September 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »
For those who have forgotten, my reading project this year is 2000 Years of Christ's Power, a church history set by Nick Needham. Each quarter I'm reading one of the 4 volumes in the set. Due to vacation I started the 3rd volume a little late but finished it before the end of the quarter. A whole week to spare.
Volume 3 covers the Renaissance and Reformation. It covers quite a bit of material since the Reformation was not a uniform movement. By no means am I an expert on the history of the Reformation, but have read a fair amount. Needham provided plenty of nuance in his discussion, bringing in other factors that influenced people and events. There was plenty here I didn't know and found beneficial particularly on interactions between groups seeking elusive unity. One issue that kept arising, and preventing union, was communion. Attention is paid to the different views and meetings over those views. Another distinctive mark of the series so far is present here as well. He addresses events in Eastern Orthodoxy during this time period in the final chapter. That he refuses to limit himself to Europe is one of the strengths of this set.
The first chapter covers the Renaissance, which in God's providence give birth to the Reformation. The humanists were those who developed a great fondness and dependence on the "ancient books" that had in many places been forgotten. They began to read Plato and Aristotle, Augustine and fell under the spell of Greek and Hebrew. It was a revival of the knowledge of the past. There were pockets of the Renaissance in Italy, Germany, England, France and Spain. It was not a uniform movement with ideological goals. But many humanists, like Erasmus, begin to see and confront the problems they saw in the church. There were some theological critiques due to the renewed influence in Augustine, but largely they focused on moral issues.
The humanists laid the groundwork for the Reformation by bringing the study of Greek and Hebrew, and Augustine (among others) back into vogue. Many began to realize the rich heritage of the Church and how it differed at points with parts of their contemporary church. The theology of Rome was not uniform either. The theological aspects of the Reformation would later produce more uniformity in Roman Catholic theology as a response.
There were "Reformers" before Luther, people who expressed "evangelical" theology and called for changes within the Church. They would influence communities, but not a nation like Luther did. Needham notes people like John of Wesel who held to an early form of sola scriptura, attacked indulgences, rejected transubstantiation and enforced celibacy of priests. He was deposed from his office and subjected to the Inquisition. 79 years old, the Inquisition was too much for him and he renounced his "heresies". He was sentenced to imprisonment in an Augustinian convent where he died 2 years later. Wessel Gansfort was a teacher who made many of the same criticisms, though he accepted a form of transubstantiation. He managed to escape the Inquisition. Girolamo Savonarola led a moral reform in Florence in which people burned their pornography, cosmetics and gambling devices. In his preaching he also attacked the corruption of the papal court. He was a strong Augustinian, and therefore drew the ire of the Franciscans.
One of the ironies of the Renaissance is the rise of the witch hunt. In such a time of great learning, there was also a time of great superstition and fear regarding black magic. Over 300 years governments put thousands of men and women accused of black magic to death. Estimates range (widely from 100,000 to as much as 9 million). For instance, in Geneva while Calvin was alive 2-3 women a year were executed by the government for witchcraft. Most were hanged, not burned.
Needham moves to Luther in whom all of this took root, and through whom all of this came to be a crisis that rocked Europe. While a monk and professor, Luther's spiritual guide was Johannes von Staupitz. He was a professor of biblical studies at Wittenberg University, as well as a disciple of Augustine. He was highly influential on Luther. Luther would take over Staupitz' duties in 1512.
The initial dispute was over indulgences. Eventually the dispute moved to the root of that dispute: justification. But this took a few years. Luther's personal breakthrough on the issue of justification likely took place in 1518-19 (with Melanchthon's help), after the 95 Theses sparked the controversy. Men like Spalatin, Carlstadt and Melanchthon joined Luther. Some for a time (Carlstadt) and others for a lifetime (Melanchthon).
As one considers the Reformation, you see the different tensions that emerge. There was the theological tension between Augustine and Aquinas (despite being greatly influenced by Augustine), nationalism and the Holy Roman Empire, informed faith and implicit faith. The Reformation was about salvation, worship and Church government as well as the Church's relationship with government.
The 3rd chapter focuses on 1521-1531 as Luther's views began to shake up and shape much of Germany. In Germany a state church developed under the authority of the magistrate. There were no more Church courts, thereby unrolling the reforms of Hilbebrand.
All was not fine and dandy however. It was the Peasant's Revolt, which was a misunderstanding and misapplication of Christian liberty among other things. There was also the iconoclast vision of Carlstadt and Zwilling in Wittenberg. They were concerned with actions, not hearts and went far beyond where Luther was willing and disrupted the city.
This period includes the beginning of the Swiss Reformation under Zwingli. While there were many common points with Luther, the one big difference was the Lord's Supper. While they tried to work it out, it seemed insurmountable. Luther would condemn the Swiss Reformed, not even counting them as brothers. The milder Melanchton would maintain his friendship with them and would end up counting John Calvin as one of his best friends.
Needham then brings us to Calvin whose reformation when deeper than Luther's on many points. It would have gone deeper still if not for the hindrances of the local magistrate which saw itself as controlling the church. Under this chapter he includes Bucer who would have a great influence on Calvin, as well as Peter Martyr. Martyr would work with Calvin to "finalize" the Reformed doctrine of communion as distinct from transubstantiation, Luther's view and Zwingli's memorial view. Emphasis was placed on our union with Christ, the nature of signs and the role of faith in receiving that which they symbolized by virtue of that union.
He then focuses on Calvin. One of Calvin's contributions was his view of the Church in distinction to the Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anabaptist views. Calvin is dependent on Bucer but was able to say it better, with more force and able to implement it far more than Bucer did. They distinguished between the visible and invisible church, argued that the church and state work together but that the church was not controlled by the state. The church must exercise church discipline lest the visible church become corrupt.
Needham spends a fair amount of space on the controversy with Servetus. This "tragic episode" should be seen in a larger context of Calvin's controversy with the Libertines or Perrinists. The Libertines opposed Calvin in his desire to enforce moral discipline. They often had loose morals and many held hetrodox views: pantheism, denying the inspiration of the Scriptures etc.. The Libertines made life very difficult for Calvin: so difficult he often wished God would let him leave. At the time of the Servetus trial and execution, Ami Perrin was the chief magistrate.
Servetus was considered a heretic by Roman Catholics and Protestants alike for his denial of the Trinity. Over the years he had correspondence with Calvin in which Calvin tried to reason with him. Eventually Calvin decided to no longer offer pearls to swine. Servetus was arrested and condemned by the Inquisition, but escaped the prison before he could be executed. For reasons unknown he went to Geneva where he was arrested.
The trial was a contest not only between Servetus and Calvin (a primary witness against him) but also between Calvin and the Libertines (who controlled the city council). In one of histories great ironies, Servetus believed that the magistrate should put heretics to death. He just didn't believe he was the heretic. The Libertines used this as an opportunity to harass Calvin, putting every conceivable obstacle in the way to justice according to Genevan law. They strung it out even as they knew they couldn't acquit him with all the western world watching. The council condemned him to death by burning. Calvin argued for a quicker, less cruel manner of death. His old friend, Farel, called Calvin soft.
The Libertines had destroyed their credibility by how they conducted the trial. In the next elections they lost power. In response they staged a riot, for which the ringleaders including Perrin were arrested and convicted. Most were banished, but Perrin was sentenced to death. He was able to flee Geneva to Berne to avoid his sentence. But the Libertines troubled Geneva no more.
Calvin's work as a pastor and theologian of the first order was not carried out in ease. "He was a constant martyr to arthritis, migraine headaches, bleeding from the stomach, bowel disorders, hemorrhoids, inflamed kidneys and kidney stones, fever, muscle cramps, and gout." He endured all of these without the benefit of modern medicine.
The 5th chapter covers what is called the Radical Reformation. Needham views this time as one of Reformations, not a single Reformation with different branches. This is due to the complexity of this phenomenon regarding theology and the view of the state and worship.
Needham identifies three Radical tendencies. Any group may have more then one of these tendencies, but any one of them put them outside of the Lutheran and Magisterial Reformations. Those three tendencies were Anabaptism (rejection of infant baptism and baptizing people "again"), Spiritualist (rejecting the authority of the Word for the Spirit apart from the Word) and Rationalist (rejecting the authority of the Scriptures for the authority of one's on reason).
Some groups majored on Anabaptism, thinking the Reformers at the time weren't going far enough in their rejection of Rome. Many of them were peaceful groups wanting to live out their faith in an increasingly dangerous environment due to the political realities of the time. One of their distinctive views was that of a "pure church" comprised only of the truly committed. Today this is expressed in a "regenerate church" in which being in the covenant is conflated with salvation. This is the presupposition that drives credobaptism. Zwingli, for instance, believed the Swiss Brethren were asking too much of him- to abandon the existing church and form this new separatist religious communities. Early on, Anabaptists like Grebel did not seek to change the mode of baptism to immersion but that would come and become a shibboleth for "real baptism" among Baptists today. Zwingli saw their baptisms and celebration of the eucharist as anarchy since they were outside of the established church.
They also seemed to shun theology. The Schleitheim Confession is a case in point. It "dealt exclusively with matters of morality and Church order." With regard to the latter it develops their understanding of the ban or shunning. They thought everything flowed out of lifestyle, and theology arose from their "ethical and communal concerns", which is quite the opposite of the Magisterial Reformation and Luther. This led to a rejection of the Augustinian views of salvation found among the Reformers. They were semi-pelagian or even Pelagian in their understanding of salvation. They rejected the forensic doctrine of justification by faith alone, and maintained Rome's conflation of justification and sanctification. Like Rome they feared it was a license to sin.
Since Zwingli was forced to engage them on baptism, his own position changed. Early on he wrote that infant baptism was "neither right nor wrong." In 1523 he was committed to infant baptism. In his engagement with the Anabaptists he formalized a biblical defense of infant baptism rooted in the covenant and connected to circumcision. One of his key texts was Romans 4, which was one of the key texts in my transition to Reformed infant baptism.
Unfortunately, some Anabaptist groups began predicting the return of Christ. Perhaps this was a consequence of their pure, or true, Church focus. Now that the true Church had been established, Christ would/could return.
Menno Simons was one of the more balanced Anabaptists. But one way he differed significantly from the Reformers was his formulation of sola Scriptura. He disallowed any appeal to tradition. It was not simply that Scripture alone is the final authority, but cleaved Scripture and the church from the past for help in understanding Scripture. That is a very dangerous place to be.
The more a group also drank from the Spiritualist well the more dangerous that group became. This thread subordinated all external authorities, including Scripture, to the "living voice of God speaking directly in in the individual's heart." It was about "inward personal experience." Sebastian Franck went so far as to argue that God deliberately placed contradictions in the Bible to point us away from it to the Spirit. At its worst it also resulted in the Munster community which was filled with sexual license and violence before the armies came to lay siege.
The Rationalist Radicals subordinated all external authorities, including to Scripture, to human reason, often called "right reason". As a result they rejected the doctrines which were revealed but not provable by reason: the Trinity and the Incarnation. The most famous of them was Socinus.
Needham moves to the topic of Europe divided. Here is where the politics of the time rises in prominence. There were power struggles galore as states sought independence from the Holy Roman Emperor and regional churches sought independence from Rome and the Pope. At times it stained the Protestants, including Luther, Melanchthon and Bucer, when they approved of the bigamy of Philip of Hesse. This was significant because Philip's role in the Schmalkaldic League which united Lutheran states against the Emperor. When Luther died, Charles struck and defeated the League. He could defeat their armies, but not their faith.
The Reformation spread to the Scandinavian countries, first gaining a toe hold in Denmark. Luther's death also saw the growth of the Reformed faith in Germany due to the work of people like Peter Martyr. France experienced stiff resistance to the Reformed faith with quite a few persecutions and eventually a war that split the nobility. The Catholic League formed an alliance with Spain to destroy the Huguenots. Philip Duplessis Mornay, a Huguenot, developed Calvin's statements on the lesser magistrate into A Defense of Liberty against Tyrants, which would be a theological justification for the English Civil War, the American Revolution and the horrible excesses of the French Revolution.
In addition to the divisions on the European continent, divisions would come to the British Islands. The 7th chapter focuses on England and Scotland. Here as well politics and religion formed a dangerous combination at times with persecution breaking out periodically, particularly by Mary as she sought to restore Catholicism as England's faith. It all began with a king's idolatrous pursuit of an heir. His three children from three mothers led to a see saw effect. Edward embraced Protestantism, Mary Catholicism and Elisabeth was Protestant but more concerned with uniformity. Her Act of Supremacy reasserted the throne as the Head of the Church of England setting the stage for the rise of the Puritans and the English Civil War.
In Scotland there was no king like Henry VIII, but plenty of internal struggle between Catholic royalty and Protestant nobility. We see the rise of John Knox (who spent time in England and Geneva as well as a French slave galley to make for an interesting resume).
The Catholic Counter-Reformation was not quite uniform. Needham spends some time on the evangelical Catholics. They affirmed justification by faith alone but typically maintained allegiance to the Pope and the doctrine of transubstantiation. One of these was Luther's old mentor, Staupitz. While a faithful Catholic, his books were placed on the index of forbidden books in 1563. Others included Albert Pighius, Jacob Sadoleto and Juan de Valdes.
One the other side of the spectrum was the rise of Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits. A former military man, he organized his order in similar fashion and acted like it was on, moving into "enemy territory" to reconvert the Protestants.
Rome also responded to the Reformation with the Council of Trent. Intended to be ecumenical, it was anything but that. The Pope(s) and Emperor struggled over the Council including its composition and location. They each had factions loyal to them. The Catholic Evangelicals were involved in early meetings but soon were pushed out. Roman Catholic theology had a greater breadth and variety leading up to the Reformation. Trent changed all that, bringing greater uniformity with its anathemas and affirmations. Needham notes that the anathemas were largely aimed at straw men. They consistently misinterpreted Protestants.
In the East, the Church fell on hard times to the spread of the Ottoman Empire. The courting of Rome for help didn't work, and alienated much of the Orthodox masses who greatly resented the Pope and Roman Catholicism. The Russian Orthodox, among others, saw this compromise as close to apostasy. The Ottoman Empire defeated Constantinople and made Christians 2nd class citizens. They allowed the Patriarch of Constantinople to exist, but began to appoint men to the position. There was some correspondence with the Lutherans who wanted to remind Rome that there were churches tracing their roots to the early church that rejected Rome and the Pope's authority. It didn't get far due to stark theological differences.
The power vacuum created by the Ottoman conquest was filled by Moscow which was granted the position of Patriarch city. Oddly, the Russians didn't seek to push the Ottomans out of Constantinople. While offended that Constantinople looked West instead of North, they did nothing about it. But the compromise of the South lead Russian Orthodoxy to believe they alone held to the true faith, a view which still exists today.
There is obviously much more in this volume. I've only touched on some highlights. As usual, this volume is engaging in its writing. Some history can be dreadfully dull as written. Needham's isn't. He hits on some points that other historians seem to overlook. He also rejects the temptation to neglect the Eastern Church after the Great Schism. This is good and informative reading that includes sections of original source material. Can't beat that.


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Tomorrow weather is forecasted to be partly cloudy. The visibility is going to be around 20 km i.e. 12 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1004 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 22 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 11 °c at night. It will be dry with no precipitation and cloud covering 31% of the sky, the humidity will be around 62%.
On Tuesday weather will be light rain shower with daytime temperature reaching 20 °c. Night time temperature are expected to be 11 °c.We expect around 2.4 mm of precipitation to fall. The visibility is going to be around 17 km i.e. 10 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 997 mb. We expect around 2.4 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 68% of the sky, the humidity will be around 72%.
Wednesday seems to be patchy rain possible. Toulenne, France visibility is going to be around 16 km i.e. 9 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1002 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 19 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 8 °c at night. We expect around 3.2 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 71% of the sky, the humidity will be around 68%.
Moderate rain at times will be the weather pattern for the Thursday. The visibility is going to be around 15 km i.e. 9 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1010 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 13 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 9 °c at night. We expect around 23.5 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 82% of the sky, the humidity will be around 78%.
Looking at the weather in Toulenne, France over the next 7 days, the maximum temperature will be 22℃ (or 72℉) on Monday 22nd April at around 1 pm. In the same week the minimum temperature will be 6℃ (or 42℉) on Saturday 27th April at around 4 am.
The national weather service for Toulenne, France is reporting Thursday 25th April to be the wettest day in the coming week with around 5.50mm (or 0.2 inches) of rainfall. Make sure to carry an umbrella if you are out and about in Toulenne, France.
The windiest of all days will be Wednesday 24th April as wind will reach 18mph (or 30kmph) at around 4 pm.
Please also visit Toulenne Historical Weather, Text Weather and Weather Charts pages. Historical or past weather forecast page provides historical weather forecast from 1st July, 2008 till now in 3 hourly interval. Text weather page will allow you to get a weather text summary for next 14 days and weather chart page displays weather pattern like temperature, wind speed, gust, pressure, etc. in graphical mode for next 14 days. We hope you like it.


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Published Handbell Music of Malcolm C Wilson
Title, Range, Level, Date of publication, Publisher, Code, Additional instruments.
Information about each title is included for use by a compère or use in printed concert notes.
All titles can be ordered direct from the publishers indicated or from your usual music supplier, or from Jeffers (www.handbellworld.com) in the USA, or Whitechapel Handbell Music Shop in the UK.
Adagio, 2-3 octaves, level 2-, 2008, Agape, Hope Publishing Company, code 2421.
This arrangement is of the theme from the 2nd movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concerto for clarinet and orchestra (K622), his last instrumental work completed before his death in 1791. This music has been used on the soundtracks of movies such as Out of Africa (1985), Green Card (1990) and Wasabi (2001).
Click below to listen to a recording by The Agape Ringers
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An Advent Tapestry, 3-5 octaves, level 2, 1993, Lorenz, 20/1007
Incorporates the melodies "Veni, Emmanuel", "Wachet Auf", and "Helmsley". Commissioned for Maghull Parish Ringers in Merseyside.
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All in the April Evening, 3-5 octaves, compatible with SATB version, level 3, 2003, Roberton Publications, code 95514
This arrangement is compatible with the vocal 4-part choral classic by Sir Hugh S Roberton but can also be performed with handbells alone. It employs echo, mallet, thumb-damp, LV, mallet-roll, suspended mallet and brush-damp handbell techniques. Sir Hugh Roberton (1874-1952) conducted the most famous of all Scottish choirs, the Glasgow Orpheus Choir, for all of its 40 years and over a thousand concerts, and he composed or arranged hundreds of songs and part songs, many of them for the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. Some of these like All in the April Evening, have become "standards". Roberton composed this telling, but simple Easter message at a time of great personal tragedy, and it is probably one of the most famous of all choral songs. He was knighted in 1931. The request to make this arrangement for handbells came from Hugh Roberton's son, Kenneth Roberton, who himself was a conductor of note and founder of the Roberton publishing business. This arrangement was premiered in concert at the end of the National Residential Ringing Week at Dunblane Cathedral on Friday 1st August 2003.
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Amazing Grace, 3-5 octaves, and unison voices or solo instrument, level 4, 2003, Beckenhorst Press, HBSE2 (includes parts for solo instrument in C, unison vocals, and Great Highland Bagpipes)
Based on the traditional melody wedded to the John Newton test (to which this arrangement can be performed). Commissioned for the Handbell Ensemble of the American Guild of Organists, Savannah Chapter and premiered by them in February 2003 in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Massed item at National Residential Ringing Week in Dunblane Cathedral August 2003. Massed selection at International Handbell Symposium 2004 in Toronto, Canada. Massed selection at AGEHR Area 1 Festival Conference 2005 (University of New Hampshire), Bay View Week of Handbells 2005 (Michigan) and AGEHR National Festival Conference 2006.
Click play below to hear a recording of this arrangement with handbells and solo flute.
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Click play below to see and hear a performance of Amazing Grace by Distinctly Bronze under the direction of David R Davidson in Dunblane Cathedral.
Andante from Water Music, 2 octaves, level 3, 1995, Flagstaff, HB 163
Massed ringing selection 3rd Scottish Handbell Festival 1991.
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Andante Grazioso, 2-3 octaves, level 2, 2009, Flagstaff, FL HB 428
Theme from 1st Movement of Piano Sonata No. 11
K331 (1778) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791).
Mozart's Piano Sonata No 11 has been used in films such as "Three Daring Daughters" (also known as "The Birds and the Bees"); "Confession" and "Reversal of Fortune".
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Gordon-Colebrooke Scores Best British GT Career Finish In Home Race
Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke and his Century Motorsport team made the trip to Northamptonshire's Silverstone circuit for the third round of the British GT Championship and the blue riband event of the season, the Silverstone 500.
After having endured a tough weekend last time out at Snetterton, Gordon-Colebrooke and his team were determined to bounce back at the WHIreland Wealth Management driver's home event.
The team had a positive start to the weekend on Saturday with two promising free practice sessions. In both wet and changeable conditions, the BMW M4 GT4 prepared by Century Motorsport showed good pace and Gordon-Colebrooke was feeling confident in the car.
Subsequently, Gordon-Colebrooke moved on to qualifying with high expectations after practice. Unfortunately, he got held up on his best lap thanks to a slow moving GT4 car and as a result, the team just missed out on the top ten in qualifying.
After a quick Sunday morning warm-up session and some practice pitstops, the Buthlaw Automotive and Tyrrell Automotive backed racer was ready for the three-hour endurance race around his home track.
Gordon-Colebrooke took the start and managed to keep his nose clean as he stayed behind the wheel for the majority of the first hour of the race, before handing the driving duties over to teammate Angus Fender from a top ten position.
Getting back into the car just after the halfway point of the race, the Lillingstone Dayrell-based driver enjoyed some good battles during his second stint and managed to gain a number of positions, all whilst impressively fending off a couple cars that were on much fresher tyres.
Thanks to his efforts, the #43 Century Motorsport BMW was in the hunt for a top five result as Fender took over within the final hour of the race. A great stint saw him stay out of trouble and bring the car home in seventh overall in GT4 and fourth in the Silver Cup for their best result of the season so far.
Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke: "Across the two practice sessions the car felt excellent. When I was out in FP1 it was very wet and cold, extremely slippery to start with, but the car did feel good. When FP2 came the conditions were changing from wet to dry and the car felt excellent to drive.
"We were confident of a strong qualifying session but unfortunately it proved quite frustrating. We had the pace to be in the top ten for sure, but on my fastest lap I got held up by a slow-moving car and we reckon that cost me around six to seven tenths of a second.
"It was a really tense race, but fortunately it all went well for us. We had some incredibly fun battles throughout the race and certainly had to fight our way up the order. All in all, we're pleased with fourth place in the Silver Cup. Both myself, Angus and the rest of the team will be looking to build on today as we head into the second half of the season."
Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke and the Century Motorsport team will be in action in the fourth round of the British GT Championship in just two weeks' time (22-23 June) at Donington Park. All the races throughout the season can be streamed live on the British GT website.
Image from Jakob Ebrey Photography.
Weather Stymies Gordon-Colebrooke In British GT Finale
Misfortune Denies Gordon-Colebrooke Oulton Park Podium Finish
Gordon-Colebrooke Fights Back For Fantastic Snetterton Podium
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The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2005 All-Conference Team, and three Southern Jaguars were honored with first team All-SWAC selections, and one with second team honors. The team was selected by nominations and votes from the member schools' coaches and sports information contacts.
Offensive lineman, Lunda Wells, earned first team honors, garnering All-SWAC honors for the first time in his career. Wells, a co-captain, was a key component in helping the Jaguars average 288 yards per game passing, 2nd in the SWAC. The senior from Baker, LA, is currently in graduate school at Southern, pursuing a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice.
Joe Sykes, earns first team defensive line honors for his play for Southern this season. Sykes, a transfer from West Virginia, came in a contributed immediately, leading the SWAC with nine sacks, while finishing third on the team in tackles with 53, and a team leading 16 tackles for loss yards. Sykes is a Therapeutic Recreation major, from Grenada, MS.
Co-captain, James Vernon, earns 2005 first team All-SWAC honors as the punt returner. Vernon led the SWAC and was 2nd in Division I-AA, averaging 18.7 yards per return. Vernon went 85 yards for a punt return touchdown in the Bayou Classic. This marks the second consecutive season that Vernon has eanred All-SWAC honors. In 2004, James Vernon earned 1st team honors as a wide receiver.
Grambling State quarterback, Bruce Eugene and Mississippi Valley State linebacker Tyler Knight, took top Offensive and Defensive honors. Arkansas-Pine Bluff's, Mickey Dean, took top rookie honors, and SWAC Newcomer of the Year is Hakeem Muhammad of Prairie View A&M.
All ten member institutions had at least two players receive all-conference review. Grambling State had the most players selected for the all-conference teams with 11 players chosen (four on first team). Mississippi Valley State had the most first-team selections with six players receiving first-team honors and eight players chosen total. Alcorn State had eight all-conference selections (five on first team). Alabama A&M had seven players receive all-conference honors (three on first team). Southern had four players (three first-team choices) chosen for all-conference awards. Alabama State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff each had four players receive accolades with one each on first team. Jackson State (two first-team awards), Texas Southern (one first-team selection), and Prairie View A&M each had two players receive all-conference honors.


Senior hurling boss Davy Fitzgerald has named the 26-man panel for this Saturday's All-Ireland qualifier with Offaly at Cusack Park, throw-in 7pm. Brendan Bugler, Conor McGrath, Colm Galvin and Aaron Cunningham all return to the panel, while Cathal O'Connell misses out due to a calf strain. Captain Patrick Donnellan is absent due to suspension. The starting 15 will be announced on Friday night from the panel of Patrick Kelly (Inagh-Kilnamona), David McInerney (Tulla), Cian Dillon (Crusheen), Seadna Morey (Sixmilebridge), Brendan Bugler (Whitegate), Conor Ryan (Cratloe), Jack Browne (Ballyea), Patrick O'Connor (Tubber), Colin Ryan (Newmarket-on-Fergus), John Conlon (Clonlara), Tony Kelly (Ballyea), Shane Golden (Sixmilebridge), David Reidy (Éire Óg), Shane O'Donnell (Éire Óg), Conor McGrath (Cratloe), Donal Tuohy (Crusheen), Aaron Cunningham (Wolfe Tones na Sionna), Bobby Duggan (Clarecastle), Domhnall O'Donovan (Clonlara), Darach Honan (Clonlara), Paul Flanagan (Ballyea), Conor Cleary (Kilmaley), Nicky O'Connell (Clonlara), Peter Duggan (Clooney-Quin), Gearoid O'Connell (Ballyea) and Colm Galvin (Clonlara).


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M S International, Inc. Completes Distribution Center Expansion in New York City / New Jersey Metro Area
M S International Inc., North America's Leading Supplier of Premium Surfacing Products, announced the completion of its expanded distribution center in Edison, New Jersey.
MSI's expansion includes a new 350,000 sq. ft. distribution center offering an extensive selection of MSI's entire product lines of natural stone, quartz, and porcelain. The facility includes new state-of-the-art showrooms for each of our major product categories.
For countertops, the Slab Selection Showroom features a new Natural Stone Slab Selection Center where customers can view over 350 colors of natural stone in a customer-friendly environment which includes upgraded flooring and lighting. In addition, just a short walk away, the Q™ Premium Natural Quartz Gallery and Selection Center displays the entire Q™ Collection of over 40 colors.
The new Flooring and Decorative Mosaics Showroom exhibits MSI's complete line of hundreds of different SKUs of porcelain, granite, marble, travertine, glass, limestone, ceramic, and other materials, including over 100 new products introduced by MSI this year. From stylish product installations all around to the digital kitchen, bathroom, and stacked stone visualizers, customers can find design inspiration anywhere they look.
Finally, the new Hardscape Gallery features stunning installations of stacked natural stone ledger panels, pebbles, and pavers, all indoors to provide a comfortable customer viewing experience.
According to Rup Shah, Co-President of MSI, "As we continue to support the growth of our customers and new product introductions, we needed to expand our offices, showrooms, and ultimate stocking capacity. With the expansion into the new distribution center, MSI now occupies three major buildings in Edison, New Jersey totaling over 600,000 square feet. We invite our customers to come and see all the new exciting products MSI has to offer."
The New Distribution Center is conveniently located at:
45 Brunswick Avenue
About M S International, Inc. Founded in 1975, MSI is a leading nationwide distributor of flooring, countertop,decorative mosaics and wall tile, and hardscaping products. Headquartered in Orange, California, MSI also maintains distribution centers across the United States and Canada. MSI's product line includes natural stone, porcelain, ceramic, glass and quartz products imported from over 36 countries on six continents. The company maintains an inventory of over 125 million square feet. For more information, visit www.msisurfaces.com.


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Urs Festival
The Urs festival is held at Ajmer, Rajasthan every year at the tomb of the Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, commemorating his symbolic union with God. The Urs, commemorative celebration is held in the solemn memory of Khwaja Muin-nddin Chisti, a sprightly respected Sufi saint fondly revered as the benefactor of the poor, popularly known as Gareeb Nawaz. The Dargah Sharif in Ajmer is the place where the Saints mortal remains lie buried and is the site of the largest Muslim Fair in India.
Pilgrims from all over the world gather to pay homage. Qawalis (poems) are presented in the saint s honour and religious assemblies (mehfils) and fatihas (mass prayers) are held. The lakeside town of Ajmer also called Ajmer Sharif (holy) comes alive during the Urs which attracts thousands of devotees irrespective of caste, religion etc. The largest Muslim fair in India that springs up at this time displays religious objects, books, rosaries, embroidered carpets and silver ornaments and much more.
Mehfils & Qawwalis are held and mass prayer calls for the eternal peace of the mankind. An interesting ritual is the looting of Kheer (Milk Pudding), which is cooked in two large cauldrons, called Degs and distributed to the devotees as tabarruk (blessed food). The lakeside city of Ajmer is located in central Rajasthan, and is held in great reverence by devotees of all communities who call it Ajmer Sharif (Holy Ajmer). It is here that the mortal remains of the highly respected Sufi saint Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chishti lie buried.
The Khwaja came from Persia and established the Chishtia order of fakirs in India. He is popularly known as Gharib Nawaz (protector of the poor) because he dedicated his entire life to the service of mankind. His spartan life spanned almost a hundred years and he embraced death in solitude while he had withdrawn to his cell for six days, asking not to be disturbed.
The Dargah Sharif in Ajmer is the site of the largest Muslim fair in India. More than five lakh devotees belonging to different communities gather from all parts of the subcontinent to pay homage to the Khwaja on his Urs (death anniversary) during the first six days of Rajab (seventh month of the Islamic calendar.)
The pilgrims who come to seek the blessings of the Khwaja make rich offerings called nazrana at the holy spot where the saint has been entombed.
The offerings of rose and jasmine flowers, sandalwood paste, perfumes and incense contribute to the fragrance that floats in the air inside the shrine.
The shrine receives a number of Chadars, Ghilaph and Neema, which are votive offerings from several hundred thousand devotees.These are brought by devotees on their heads and handed over to the khadims inside the sanctum. Outside the sanctum sanctorum of the dargah, professional singers called qawwals in groups sing the praises of the saint in a characteristic high-pitched voice. People gather around them and listen attentively, sometimes clapping to the rhythm of their instruments.
The Urs is initiated with the hoisting of a white flag on the dargah by the Sajjada Nashin (successor representative) of Chishtis. It is done on the 25th of Jamadi-ul-Akhir (sixth lunar month), with the accompaniment of music. On the last day of the sixth month, the Jannati-Darwaza (gateway of heaven) is flung open early in the morning. People cross this gate seven times with the belief that they will be assured a place in heaven. On the 1st of Rajab, the tomb is washed with rose water and sandalwood paste and anointed with perfumes. This ritual is called ghusal. The Sajjada Nashin then covers the tomb with an embroidered silk cloth.
On the 6th day of Rajab, after the usual mehfil and the sound of cracker-bursts accompanied by music, the Sajjada Nashin performs the ghusal of the tomb. Fatiha and Salamti are read. A poetic recitation called mushaira is arranged in which poets of all communities arrive to recite compositions dedicated to the Khwaja. The Qul (end-all) on the 6th of Rajab marks the end of the Urs.
At night, religious assemblies called mehfils are held in the mehfil-khana, a large hall meant for this purpose. These are presided over by the Sajjada Nashin of the dargah.
Qawwalis are sung and the hall is packed to the capacity. There are separate places reserved for women who attend the mehfil. The mehfil terminates late in the night with a mass prayer for the eternal peace of the Khwaja in particular and mankind in general.
The Dargah is located at the conjunction of three bazaars. There are a number of restaurants around the Dargah where visitors can choose from a variety of dishes most of which are non-vegetarian preparations. Guesthouses on the road leading to the Dargah offer accommodation that ranges from economical to luxurious. Many other guesthouses are strewn across the city. The shops in the market around the Dargah sell flowers, prayer mats, rosaries, textiles, and general merchandise as well.
Ajmer is 132 kms. Southwest of Jaipur and 198 kms. East of Jodhpur. It is connected by road to Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur and Kota. Ajmer is a railway junction on the Delhi-Ahmedabad section of the Western Railway. During the Urs, special buses ply from cities all over India carrying people to Ajmer and back.