add status indicator for remote requests [watson]

[nhmood]

filename : watson line # : 26 tag : todo md5 : 15dd4063c6a9f19f7ee9a1ce64b84b00

# [todo] - add status indicator for remote requests
#        - we know # of requests and which we are on, can do it that way
# [todo] - change github issue checks to -d instead of issue?key=val
# [todo] - add remote / local options and necessary logic
# [todo] - replace open/closed issue var with just all and closed?

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# Global parameters 
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# For testing
#use strict;
#use warnings;

# For color print outs
use Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);