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"New Rule: You can't call it 'coming out of the closet' when the door was wide open."
—Bill Maher on Clay Aiken
Marik: Oh what, just because a guy likes to dress effeminately, and hang around with another extremely attractive man, and read yaoi, and flaunt his gorgeous abs, and stroke a phallic symbol suggestively in every other scene, that automatically makes him gay?!
Bakura: Kinda.
Zorc: Yeah, kinda.
Teddy Bear: Yep!
—Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series
Everyone knows these characters are gay except the characters themselves. Any suggestion to the characters that they are gay is met with a too-emphatic statement of their heterosexuality. If they finally come out of the closet, no one will even pretend to be surprised. Often played for laughs.
Sometimes also falls under the Open Secret category, with somebody who's basically open about their sexuality, but for whatever reason (often fear of some form of legal or employment discrimination) can't afford to confirm it directly.
This is Truth in Television often enough, but let's leave it at that.
Examples of Transparent Closet include:
Haruka Suzushiro from the Mai-HiME manga, apparently feels that girls having relations with other girls is wrong. Although in her Lotus Eater Machine dream, she rules the school and all women serve her naked. Especially her rival Shizuru, who wears a leather dog collar and is made to get down on hands and knees so Haruka can use her as a nude bench (note that Yukino, her childhood friend who honestly has a crush on her, is exempt from this treatment). How does Haruka get out of the dream? She refuses to accept that she could ever be that happy.
In the anime version, Natsuki Kuga fits this trope, though she isn't confirmed to be gay until one of the art books. She's the perfect stereotype of a biker dyke (if perhaps a fair bit more attractive than per the stereotype), and Mai mentions that her lack of interest in any men has most of the school thinking she's gay. Natsuki's reaction to this is a mix of surprise and bluster, though she never exactly denies it.
Shibuya Yuuri of Kyou Kara Maou is raising a daughter with his beautiful male fiance whom he shares a bed with every night in a world where same-sex marriage is taken for granted and still insists loudly on his heterosexuality. He's not only in a transparent closet, he's in a transparent closet he carried with him from an alternate dimension.
Except it is an accidental engagement and Wolfram did kind of bully his way into sharing parenthood of Greta and sleeping in Yuuri's bed, and Yuuri spends a lot of the beginning of the show forgetting that they got accidentally engaged, because he figures it's an accident and doesn't mean anything, and then, because he's clueless and king of a certain river in Egypt, ignores the fact that Wolfram has fallen for him heavily for about seventy episodes. He does get dreamy over female characters on a couple of occasions, but he doesn't actually acknowledge the underlying gay situation enough to actually insist that he's straight. It's just a no-go area. It twists his brain when he does have to think about it, and he does not want his family to hear about it, but his oblivion is an art form. If you're in gay situations that mean nothing to you, and take no actual gay action, does that really get you gay points?
"Oh, I forgot about that." "You forgot?!" "Well, it's not a big deal. Pretend it never happened." "I can't do that! It would hurt my self-respect!" "Well, you can reject me, then. I don't care about my pride." "I can't do that either!" "Why not? Hey, Wolfram, wait! Do anything but shut yourself in the closet!" It's actually a wardrobe.
Yuuri's mom used to dress him up as a girl when he was little. He really hates that. She did give him a fairly broad view of OK, though, and he has so little preconception of homosexuality that even while totally blocking out the fiance issue he isn't at all uncomfortable observing that given men are beautiful. Which they are.
Stunning young guy in season three basically plays the Damsel in Distress card hard in order to gull Yuuri into being used in war. Works really well, if not exactly sexually, playing on Yuuri liking to be the hero, and if Wolfram were willing to do this he might actually get somewhere. But he won't, because he's proud and lacks the subtlety to be devious.
Setsuna of Mahou Sensei Negima is so obviously gay for Konoka that practically everyone knows it despite her frequent denials. Asuna knows it. Evangeline knows it. Friggin' Negi knows it. Naturally in Chapter 256, when Jack Rakan revealed to everyone present how Setsuna had finally shared her First Kiss with Konoka, no one reacted besides Setsuna herself.
In Azumanga Daioh, it's dead obvious that Kaorin has the hots for Sakaki, although she tries to play it off. It gets a massive Lampshade Hanging from Osaka in the 10th anniversary comics (see the page pic).
The whole premise of Miyuki-chan in Wonderland by CLAMP
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: While there are no openly lesbian characters, Rainbows are straighter than Subaru, who has a long-standing friendship with the Tsundere Teana, serving together in the Bureau for four years before opportunities for their dream positions presented themselves, and with Subaru almost constantly e-mailing Teana afterward. Subaru also enjoys fondling Teana's breasts while she's asleep, and glomps Teana when seeing her for the first time in a year and a half.
When Wiccan of the Young Avengers came out to his parents, their response was to say that they always knew and welcome his boyfriend to the family. The problem is he was trying to reveal that he and his boyfriend were superheroes.
Lt. Cecil "Doubtful" Milk in Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, who takes the Ambiguous out of Ambiguously Gay. He can't seem to keep a girlfriend, is hip to the latest fashions, and despite being the sole survivor of several hot engagements the sternest word he's ever used is "ghastly". He repeatedly fakes fatal wounds, using his "last request" to goad Captain Darcy into performing romantic gestures towards him; everyone, him included, sees these as hilarious pranks and nothing more. Near the end of the first miniseries he confesses that he wants to be Darcy's bride, with the both of them later agreeing that he had gone temporarily insane from stress. When his uncle tries to specifically broach the subject, Doubtful doesn't seem to be aware that there's such a thing as being gay.
Also, his last name was Milk. Like... Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California.
Played straight in Ultra: Seven Days; Cowgirl's friends often tease her about her boyfriend's obvious (and strongly denied) homosexuality, and the fact that he is clearly engaging in a homosexual affair with his sidekick. It's subverted, however, in that the fact that Cowgirl herself also turns out to be gay and in the closet completely floors them... despite the fact that Cowgirl herself is in many ways rather butch.
Light in A Cure for Love:
Light: I'm not gay.
L: Oh, my apologies, I forgot that you're the sexual scourge of womankind. You obviously only have sex with me because you roll over in your sleep and misjudge the distance. Maybe you're sleepwalking... or maybe the term, 'sleepfucking', would be more appropriate. Maybe you're completely unaware of what you're doing.
Light: It happens.
Light again in My Stupid Reality: "The day a man like that retires is the day I come out of the closet... Wait, it's not that I'm in the closet, I just meant... it's impossible ok! Never gonna happen."
In Fever Dreams Light doesn't like to think of himself as gay even though he's only ever enjoyed having sex with men. He is forced to come out in order to convince Rem that a relationship with Misa would never work.
Pretty much the entire premise of In and Out, to the point that the protagonist's buddies bring Barbra Streisand movies to his bachelor party.
Wally Terzinsky in The Kids in The Hall: Brain Candy. Despite his tendencies to masturbate to gay porn, dream about gay sex, and get arrested naked at gay rest stops, it takes wonder-drug Gleamonex to get him to finally realize that he's gay.
Lance Delune in The Ladies Man, the leader of "Victims of the Smiling Ass", who likes Greco-Roman wrestling a little too much.
Captain Shakespeare, in Stardust, maintains a reputation as a fearsome pirate captain, among his crew as well as the rest of the populace, whilst owning an extensive closet for crossdressing in the privacy of his cabin. When he's found out, the crew admits that they always knew, but do not particularly mind.
This one's an interesting semi-subversion; the crew knows, but outsiders evidently remains in the dark.
As Straight Gay as Jack and Ennis of Brokeback Mountain are, they can barely keep their hands off each other when they're together - Ennis' wife Alma finds out about them when she sees them kissing, outside, in broad daylight. Sure, they're in love, but this is 1960s Wyoming.
Jay of the View Askewniverse's infamous response to being accused of fantasizing about other men during masturbation: "Dude, not all the time!" Among many other incidents, including Silent Bob breaking his silence in one of the deleted scenes of Clerks II to accuse him of being "a deeply-repressed gay man". Word of God is that the character is actually closet bi.
Then there's this bit in the original Clerks:
Jay: You know, Silent Bob, you're a rude motherfucker, but you're cute as hell. I could go down on you, suckle you, line up a couple other guys and start making like a circus seal. (kneels down and starts pantomiming this) What the hell, fucking faggot? I hate guys. I love women!
Megan in But I'm a Cheerleader! fits this trope perfectly. She never suspected she was gay and strenuously argues the point when confronted about it, saying that she has a boyfriend she's been going out with for two years. When asked if they've had sex, she says she's a Christian. Another character responds, "It's really easy to be a prude when you're not attracted to him, isn't it?"
Inverted Trope in the very same film by having one of the lesbians (the Butchest one, at that) come out as straight.
Ray in the first two Scary Movie films.
Sorta paralleling the previous example, the main character of Saved lives in a heavily conservative Christian town and believes her figure skating boyfriend is straight. Once she suspects he's gay, she tries to cure him with sex and winds up pregnant, triggering the main plot of the movie.
"Gay-in-denial Mob tough guy" is pretty much the whole character of Corky's brother Peter in Corky Romano. Even the FBI knows -- "latent homosexual" is the core of their profile on him.
The officious and cruel prefect Denson in Lindsay Anderson's if..... "All this homosexual flirtatiousness -- so adolescent", while he looks longingly at blond junior boy Bobby Philips.
Corky St. Clair in Waiting for Guffman.
Marc Hall in the Canadian film Prom Queen comes out to his parents when he needs to ask their help to convince the school to let him bring his boyfriend to prom. Their response: yes, I know.
"Marc, your hair? It's blue. And you have a poster of Celine Dion on your wall."
In Mary Renault's The Charioteer, Andrew Raynes is gay and in love with his male best friend. This is obvious to the friend, who's also gay, and to an older guy, gay as well, who acts as a father figure to Andrew. Andrew, however, has no idea, though sometimes he wonders: "This doesn't seem very -- very sensible. Other people aren't like this...It makes me feel, in a way, jealous, without knowing what of...Things happen that one can't completely...the feeling of being different..." He does eventually realise, and writes in a letter, "Often before when I have been fond of people I have got somehow caught up in it all round; but I am such an average person, it must be quite common I thought." Given that Andrew is nineteen, that this is England in 1940, that his rigid religious beliefs declare homosexual sex wrong and that his only previous contact with homosexuality has been seeing a boy at his school who "used to bully the little boys, and terrify them into doing what he wanted" get expelled, it's not so surprising that he hasn't got things figured out.
In the first season of The L Word, Dana and her friends all know that she's gay, but she keeps up a Transparent Closet Masquerade in front of everyone else, dragging a Beard with her to all of her social functions, and so forth.
Tobias in Arrested Development, who has a habit of accidentally making every second or third sentence he says a homosexual innuendo.
To be fair, he's at least twice shown signs of being sexually attracted to Lindsay. I'm willing to call him bi leaning gay.
The irony of course being Lindsay's actress is gay, while Tobais's actor is not.
There's also Barry Zuckercorn, whose frequent homophobic remarks are contrasted with his penchant for hanging out at rest stops and taste for Transvestite hookers.
Barry: Last time they were balls. I really wish they were balls.
This is the entire premise behind Jonathan in Help Me Help You.
...and Josh in Veronicas Closet. (No pun intended. Honestly.)
... and Gil in Frasier. There was one episode where he was talking about him and his wife wanting to lose weight in the New Year, so he'd baked "motivational" muscular gingerbread men. The problem was he couldn't stop eating them...
Gil: This is my last little man, I promise. Oh, Gil, who are you kidding?
Frasier: No-one, Gil.
Stephen Colbert's right-wing persona, in a perfect satire, indicates regularly that he's attracted to men while vigorously denying it, and the character's cartoon features a hero modeled after himself who regularly hops into bed with women, all of whom say "You've obviously had hundreds of girlfriends" and just about all of whom turn out to actually be man-eating monsters. In one episode, they show a diagram of his brain; one section is labeled "repressed homosexual urges".
Six Feet Under had Father Jack (not to be confused with the Father Ted character of the same name), who initially was portrayed as a slightly effeminate, fairly liberal, gay-friendly priest. Audience members could be forgiven for expecting him to be outed at some point in the series, but when David suggested Jack might be gay (as he had assumed), he denied it. Still, comments he made in one of his later appearances suggested that perhaps the closet had been transparent all along, and that he had since vacated it.
Maybe??? He was caught renting gay porn...
Rajesh Koothrappali of "The Big Bang Theory"
Devon Banks, Jack's corporate rival on Thirty Rock, claims to have been "cured" of his homosexuality, but still seems aroused by pretty much anything with a penis. His closet involves getting engaged to the CEO's daughter, by all appearances mentally retarded.
Played with, in that he is not closeted because of any of the usual reasons, but rather, is faking his heterosexuality in order to inherit the company through said engagement. He has also admitted that he is gay to Jack, because he knows well enough that Jack can't do anything about it.
Done for a dramatic reveal in the pilot of Kings. Crown Prince Jack Benjamin tries to hide behind the facade of a party-hard, womanizing career officer, but when he confronts his father about not being appreciated for his military efforts, Silas rips into Jack about his secret, revealing that he's known for a long time. Jack's reaction makes it clear that he's been terrified of the king finding out for a long while.
Jack: Is it my reputation, the 'party prince,' is that it? None of that matters - dad, it's not who I am--
Silas: Oh, if only it was. What would I give for a playboy who couldn't keep it in his pants, who runs through women? But what I have is a son who shows no interest in them. Oh, you thought I didn't know? I've been keeping pictures of our family out of the free press for years. What you do at night with your boys, after your show of skirt-chasing, is a disgrace.
Andrew Wells in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Never actually confirmed, however heavily, heavily implied that not only is Andrew gay, he's in love with Warren.
Issue 3 of Season 8 has him saying he's bored since all the Slayers (remember, all female and all very fit) want to do is play strip poker. Combine that with some of his actions in his appearances in Season 5 of Angel and a flashback of him and Jonathan sharing a bed in Mexico in Season 7 and it's safe to say he's gay.
Reality Subtext: The actor, Tom Lenk, is openly gay.
At first Willow and Tara are this to the viewers, as tons of implications are dished out long before they outright say anything. The rest of the cast who don't interact with the two of them together much are far more surprised to find out.
Lampshaded when Faith in Buffy's body figures it out within minutes of meeting them together.
Jen has a date like this in The IT Crowd episode "Work Outing".
Also in Black Books where Fran has a date with a man who was in the navy before he became an antiques dealer, phones his mother five times a day, enjoys Shirley Bassey and thinks the linking factor between Elton John, Ian McKellen and Jean-Paul Gautier is that 'they're all fabulous!'. Writer Graham Linehan seems to enjoy this trope.
Salvatore Romano on Mad Men is an interesting case. The character throws out just about every 'gay' marker imaginable, and is easily recognized as such by the audience, but because the show is set in the early 1960s, almost none of his straight colleagues recognize this. His facade is so effective that he's been married for at least two years and his wife barely noticed anything; the only one of his colleagues who is aware of Sal's sexuality is Don Draper, who only knows because he saw Sal half-naked with a bellhop while escaping a fire at a Baltimore hotel. Don keeps the secret; he's not the judging type, and has a secret of his own anyway.
Tom and Crow on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Debatable though. In ten years, Crow is the one who tends to act rather camp, particularly in the Comedy Central era, and is the Bot on record as having had an erotic dream about Tom and the one who went all giggly at the thought of touching Robert Redford. In contrast, Tom... is curvy and has a good singing voice. As with everything in Mystery Science Theater 3000 continuity, though, Rule of Funny in in full effect.
Played with in one of the Joel-era episodes. Tom and Crow are discussing how various celebrities "were one", and Joel wondered what they were talking about. Crow tried to work up the courage to tell Joel, but fainted. Tom finally came out and admitted it:
Tom: "Joel, Crow and I ... are robots. There, I said it."
Joel: "Oh. Well, I knew that."
Tom: "What? How?!"
Joel: [smirking to the camera] "It's more than a little obvious."
Kurt Hummel on Glee, at the beginning of the show.
Robin in The Smoking Room, to a tragic (well, tragicomic) extent: by the time everyone finally tells him that they already know and they don't care, the object of his obsessive crush, Ben-from-the-mailroom, has already come out, dumped his fiancee, and started dating another guy.
Kenny in The War at Home. He has a crush on his straight friend Larry, the joke being that everybody recognises his blatantly gay characteristics apart from Larry himself.
Helen in Drop the Dead Donkey has a Coming Out Story where she tells her mother she's a lesbian. Her mother already knew. "Rock Hudson, now, that was a shock."
In Torchwood: Miracle Day, the steward on a flight being taken by the main characters is repeatedly assumed to be gay, despite his protests. Eventually, he is worn down enough to admit "it was only one time."
Wyckyd Sceptre, a fictional band in Mr. Show. They completely fail to comprehend the fact that they are gay, despite being confronted with video of themselves having gay sex.
Brad Bottig, Sue's off-again, on-again boyfriend on The Middle. Brad and Sue seem to be the only two people unaware that Brad is gay.
Beverley Leslie from Will and Grace.
"Gay Boyfriend" by Garfunkel and Oates is about dating one. [1]
Rod in Avenue Q.
Glinda from Wicked is a more hard to notice version, especially since she "loved" a man. It was more so her thinking she loved him then a true cover-up. Interesting she doesn't have such "feelings" for Fiyero in the books however she is married to a man she doesn't love (obviously).
So...translucent closet?
Um...I'm pretty sure that if she is hard to notice and YMMV on whether or not she loved Elphaba romantically, as it was never actually confirmed, that makes the closet anything but transparent.
Actually it has been confirmed...Repeatedly, by both the original actors, actresses, and the books author that she was in love with Elphaba.
To quote: "[Glinda] could recall far more clearly how she and Elphie had shared a bed on the road to the Emerald City. How brave that had made her feel, and how vulnerable too." Clearly, not transparent at all.
Roy Cohn in Angels in America does this right to the face of the doctor who diagnoses him with AIDS.
Roy: I don't want you to be impressed. I want you to understand. This is not sophistry. And this is not hypocrisy. This is reality. I have sex with men. But unlike nearly every other man of whom this is true, I bring the guy I'm screwing to the White House and President Reagan smiles at us and shakes his hand. Because what I am is defined entirely by who I am. Roy Cohn is not a homosexual. Roy Cohn is a heterosexual man, Henry, who fucks around with guys.
The leader of the missionaries in The Book of Mormon is this played for laughs, claiming that he managed to take his gayness and "Turn it Off." He obviously didn't.
Thomas MacLaine of Deadly Premonition is an unsubtly effeminate Shrinking Violet of a man. Of course, that's not so much the surprise as to who he happens to be involved with. That and the fact that he's not only a homosexual, but a transvestite.
Inverted Trope in Fans!, where Shanna pretends to be a lesbian from high school until well after college, so badly that when it's over, Will and Jackie haven't even noticed.
Nanase in El Goonish Shive, until the Opposite Sex Clone of her former boyfriend shows up.
Not really, the only one who ever guessed it was the also gay Justin. The only reason that everyone knew was that because Susan messed up and told everyone about it. However it is implied that this trope will come into play soon, as she recently had a very obvious and very public argument with her girlfriend.
Sarah finds out while she and Grace are hiding behind the couch at the birthday party, intending to surprise Susan and Nanase. Grace was unsurprised, saying that she thought it was obvious that Nanase and Ellen had feelings for each other. Also, Susan had started to pick up on these feelings before Nanase had, working it out when Nanase mentions Ellen's V5 pheromones which Ellen didn't have anymore. A recent comic reveals that she'd suspected her of being gay since sophomore year.
The Spider Cliff Mysteries: Barlow's matrimonial plants in The Third Vault. Or maybe not.
Ethan in Shortpacked! A bit strange, since his personal revelation comes the day after apparently great sex with a hot woman.
Ethan was Straight Gay. Faz, on the other hand, is implied to pursue Amber with all of his might solely to be able to consider himself not gay (after an encounter with Ninja Rick).
Ethan's an interesting example, because while Amber kept telling Robin that Ethan was gay, neither of them actually knew that at all. Amber made it up to get Robin to give up on Ethan, and when Robin tells Ethan that he's supposed to be gay, that's when the epiphany hits him. Given that Ethan's a Straight Gay, this is more of an Accidental Truth on Amber's part than a Transparent Closet.
Sara from Penny and Aggie does not realize she is gay and aggressively accuses nearly everyone else around her of being a closeted homosexual (despite having fantasies about Lindsay Lohan) until she kisses Marshall and discovers/admits to herself that she is gay.
Stan, as well, to the point where people discuss it at length, in the same room.
Most of the cast of Misfile believe Emily is living in one of these, partly because Emily makes sure to constantly remind them that she isn't gay.
It should be noted that the "girl" she's attracted to is psychologically male, so the situation is... unique.
Due to this, debate rages on and off of the Misfile forums on whether Emily qualifies as straight, gay, bi, or just Ash-sexual.
Most of the cast is incorrect. The only two who seem to have even considered otherwise are Missi and Emily herself. For people to believe Ash as the lesbian is much more viable, unfortunately, the only person to realize that completely on her own is the niece of the devil.
Angela explains in Punch an Pie how she came out as bi to her friends: "They knew before I did. There's nothing like a loud chorus of 'Christ, FINALLY' to take the wind out of your sails."
Keti from Footloose since An was revealed to be female, who still loudly denies having any feelings for her, despite the Luminescent Blush whenever they're in the same room, even as she's dragged her friends into tailing her on a cross-country foot trip into a pirate lair.
Matt, from Concession.
"You've been in denial. Everyone else has figured this out and grown to accept it. Everybody but you."
Marluxia from Ansem Retort. Everyone in the series has figured out that he's gay, and when he finally announces it, the only reaction is being told that this is less interesting than Seinfeld re-runs.
Colin of the Friendly Hostility/Other Peoples Business universe. As Fox points out:
"Sorry, but it's like that "pope is secretly Catholic" shocker"
These exact words are used in reference to Sweden from Scandinavia and The World.
This strip of Something Positive: "The nicest closets have glass doors."
Inverted early on with Monette, although it didn't last forever.
Mecha Maid in Spinnerette's attraction to the title character is incredibly evident to everyone else but Spinnerette herself. When she finally gets the nerve to ask Mecha Maid whether or not she's attracted to her, Mecha Maid chooses to lie and tells her that their relationship is strictly friends.
Mr. Garrison, in earlier episodes of South Park. Since then, Garrison's touched every single point of the GLBT spectrum...first being a man in denial, then a Camp Gay, transgendered man-to-woman, Camp Lesbian, transgendered woman-to-man, and back to Camp Gay (or possibly still attracted to women) again.
Xandir from Drawn Together, until he comes out in the third episode.
Xander Crews from Frisky Dingo. The huge gay porn collection and the posters of male celebrities all over his house are kind of a give-away, but he still insists that he's straight. To be fair, he does seem to like women, but a repressed attraction to men is pretty obvious, too; among other things, he pretty quickly turned to doing gay porn after losing his fortune.
Gus the android in Tripping the Rift is at his most Camp Gay when insisting he's not gay.
Waylon Smithers from The Simpsons. Mr. Burns is probably the only one who's actually fooled.
Patty was one as well, to Homer anyway. Marge however was surprised to find out.
Homer: Hey Marge, here's another bombshell. I like beer. (walks off laughing)
Riley Freeman plays with this on The Boondocks. Everyone but Riley knows Gangstalicious is gay. Riley concludes that Gangstalicious can't be gay because he likes Gangstalicious's music and he's not gay. Gangstalicious's new fashion line convinces Granddad that Riley is gay. Huey takes advantage of Granddad's suspicions to get his own room and then, at the end of the episode, Riley, who is EIGHT, tearfully confesses his homosexuality to Granddad.
It should be noted though, Riley only thought he was gay just because he was a fan of Gangstalicious.
The Larry 3000 on Time Squad, starting on the episode "Blackbeard, Warm Heart" and getting more and more transparent until it reached its peak in "Ex Marks the Spot."
Shore Leave and Sky Pilot from the O.S.I. were this when they briefly appeared during the season three finale, having apparently transformed into born-again Christians who'd banished their "demons" through prayer and faith. As it turned out they were faking it and it was all part of an elaborate Xanatos Gambit on the part of Hunter Gathers to get Brock enlisted in the fight against un-unionized supervillains.
The topic of this (non work-safe) article from The Onion.
Also this pretty much embodies everything about this trope
Marik in Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series, as lampshaded to hell and back in the third Evil Council video.
Marik: I'm not gay! [Bakura laughs] What? What's so funny?
Bakura: Come on, Marik, we all know!
Marik: Know what?
Rex: Uh, heheh, yeah, we know.
Weevil: Heheh, yeah, we know.
Pegasus: I definitely know!
Marik: Know what? What the hell does everybody know?
Bakura: Marik, I believe it's time you came out of the closet.
Marik: Oh, what, just because a guy likes to dress effeminately and hang around with another extremely attractive man and read yaoi and flaunt his gorgeous abs and stroke a phallic symbol suggestively in every other scene, that automatically makes him gay?!
Bakura: ...Kinda.
A Running Gag in Death Note the Abridged Series Kpts 4 tv:
Light: Raye Penber, I couldn't help but notice.... * sniff* your hair smells like strawberries.
And then there's the Music Video. (Warning: severe Auto-Tune ahoy)
Light: *looking at porn* Oh, that girl's got a pretty ... face ... OH, check out that hot guy in the backgroun-uh, I mean, check out those classifed files in the background ...
Ryuk: Gay.
As L comments, "It's very creative how you dot your 'i's with hearts."
Zigzagged by The Nostalgia Critic. He goes between In Touch with His Feminine Side and I Want to Be a Real Man regularly, likely because he was Raised as the Opposite Gender, and it depends on how he's feeling if he'll be embarrassed about crushing on guys or open about it.
The slang term in the gay community for people who are obviously gay but still claim to be straight is "Fire Hazard", as in flaming gay, but still in the closet.
It's gotten to the point where "Homophobe" is now practically a synonym for "Closet Gay". No actual heterosexual man spends as much time thinking about gay sex as much as they yell about it. Hell, most gay people don't think about gay sex as much as they do! There is, incidentally, some scientific evidence in support of this.
Rather tragically the case with Oscar Wilde. Bosie put immense pressure on Wilde to sue Bosie's father for libel, since Bosie and his father were locked in an eternal Battle Royale over just about everything, and Bosie used Oscar's anger at the card as a weapon against the old man. Not only did his cunning plan backfire, it took out one of the world's great playwrights as collateral damage.
Liberace, to the point where he successfully sued for libel when the British Daily Mirror newspaper hinted that he was[1] Fred Armisen's impersonation of Liberace on Saturday Night Live (on those Vincent Price Holiday Special parodies) plays around with this a lot.
Clay Aiken (who, however, did come out after fathering a child, saying that he didn't want to raise a child with a lie). It's worth mentioning that very few people were surprised.
Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Ted Haggard, Roy Ashburn, and numerous other conservative closet cases. Hell, up until the Barney Frank scandal, a lot of liberal politicians did this too.
Also David Brock (now trying to make amends for his past sins with Media Matters).
Foley's closet was even more transparent than the others. That was public knowledge! It wasn't his gayness that was the problem, it was that he sexually harassed under-aged boys.
To the north, there's federal Conservative MP John Baird. Interestingly enough, he was outed not because of a scandal but because a conservative commentator was asked to name an openly gay Conservative MP and picked Baird despite the fact that he was (technically) still in the closet.
Andrew Shirvell, who stalked and tried to sabotage the career of Chris Armstrong, a gay student much younger than him. Shirvell was fired from his job and has been interviewed many times but has not admitted to being gay yet. But you only have to watch an interview with him to know it.
In Germany, after a coalition row in the city of Hamburg, then senator (more like a state secretary) Roland Schill shocked the city with "outing" then mayor Ole van Beust at a press conference. Only that everybody had known for years and in the mostly liberal city nobody gave a damn. Which more or less ended Schill's career (along with some misdemeanors).
Somewhat inverted by Neil Patrick Harris, who has been openly gay for years, but regularly plays misogynistic womanizers (Barney in How I Met Your Mother and himself in the Harold and Kumar films).
It's interesting to note that in those films, he's not credited "As Himself" but rather "as Neil Patrick Harris" to point out that this is not how he is in real life, but rather a composite character who happens to bear his name. Also worth noting is that he wasn't out when the first movie was filmed; the humor in his portrayal was because he was more famous at the time for playing Doogie Howser.
The final H&K film features both him and his real-life husband, and explains that he's just playing gay to pick up women.
Same goes for Dan Butler, a proud gay man in real life who plays the over-the-top heterosexual macho "Bulldog" Briscoe in Frasier.
Rob Halford, until his coming out in 1998. He wore leather outfits you could only find in a special shop in London. The closet apparently wasn't transparent enough though since there have been tales of guys in the 70's asking where he got his outfits and still not figuring it out even after visiting said shops.
Yoshiki Hayashi of X Japan, if bisexuality counts, when he announced his relationships with hide and Toshi in a 2010 interview.
In solo music to be released in 2011 (the lyrics of one were leaked as was the title of another), it looks quite like Toshi has similar feelings, Bi the Way. Let the Shipping begin!
David Hyde Pierce (Niles on Frasier): "My life is an open book, I just don't choose to read it to you." He came out in 2007 during his Tony acceptance speech in which he thanked his longtime partner, Brian Hargrove (who was one of the writers for the FOX sitcom Titus).
When Jim J. Bullock announced he was gay, the whole country said "Yeah, and...?"
As one comedian drolly remarked, "Yeah...thanks for connecting the dots on that for us, Jim..."
When Rosie O'Donnell came out, the press treated it as a big story, even though no one was actually surprised.
Same with Ellen DeGeneres.
and Amanda Bearse (a.k.a Marcy Rhoades-D'Arcy from Married... with Children).
Wanda Sykes before she came out.
Ernst Röhm, leader of the SA. There's a joke:
Hitler was furious when he found out that Röhm was gay! How furious will he be when he learns that Göring is fat and Goebbels is small?
Elton John is a semi-example; he claimed for years that he was bisexual and in the late 1980s (briefly) was married to a woman, before admitting he was homosexual.
Comedians Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly were all about this trope, in spite of (or perhaps because of) their Camp Gay stage personae. Reilly didn't officially come out until the final years of his life, and Lynde never did, but their sexuality was never really in doubt except to the most clueless. A woman at a party once asked Lynde why he hadn't settled down with a nice girl. His reply (after a long, incredulous Beat): "Have you been living in a cave?!!"
In a similar vein, long-time openly gay British actor Rupert Everett was discussing a male ancestor with a fairly upper class woman on Who Do You Think You Are and it was only after a long conversation in which he repeatedly described the man as "delicious" and "devilish" complete with flouncy hand movements that she asked, in an affronted upper-class manner "Do you bat for the other side?! [[[Beat]]] Why yes, I should think I do."
Singer Johnny Mathis has been reticent about discussing his sexuality throughout his career. In an early-'80s magazine interview, he stated that "Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to." After Mathis began receiving death threats in response to the article, he made a policy of not broaching the subject again publicly.
Noel Coward never explicitly admitted to being gay, because "There are still a few old ladies in Worthing who don't know."
The late, great Freddie Mercury of the band Queen certainly counts, albeit as a strange example. Extremely flamboyant on stage and in his music videos ('Crazy Little Thing Called Love' and 'I Want To Break Free' spring immediately to mind), and describing himself as both gay and bisexual in private, the actual truth seemed to fly over the heads of his adoring audiences until shortly after his death from AIDS (back when it was considered a "gay disease") in 1991. Even then, despite 20 years of controversy and privacy, no one seemed particularly surprised.
As my coworker put it, the band's name was Queen.
Ricky Martin came out after about two decades of speculation. The guy's sexuality was speculated about since his last Menudo days. Before his Anglo debut, there were rumors of gay orgies surrounding him; when he dated and actually became engaged to a famous actress, the girl was immediately labeled as The Beard by many gossip columnists. Some would say a decade too late as his music isn't too popular in the mainstream anymore, though he's also said that was precisely why he didn't want to do it then since it might ruin his career.
How many people were actually surprised when Lance Bass came out of the closet?
Sean Hayes, best known for playing Jack on Will & Grace, finally came out after dodging the question for over ten years.
Darren Hayes of Savage Garden, who came out and married Richard Cullen in 2006.
When REM frontman Michael Stipe came out of the closet, the general consensus was "when was he ever in?" While he didn't talk about it prior to his coming out, he didn't exactly keep it a secret.
Derren Brown, a famous British hypnotist and mentalist, was a little disappointed at the general lack of surprise at him coming in the Brtish newspaper The Independent. Many people agreed that his style of dress and general behavior at the very least hinted at this. Since then, Derren has refrained from talking about his personal life on TV, except for a rare comment, such as enjoying the look of David Tennant in a "tight-fitting wet suit" on one of his shows.
Figure skater Johnny Weir has just come out of the closet in his new book "Welcome to My World". Not fooling anyone Johnny. Of course, Weir counters that he was never in the closet, he just felt no need to publicly declare his homosexuality.
Mexican actor and singer José Christian Chávez Garza from RBD (Mexican rip-off from Rebelde Way) was in a transparent closet (as every male member of RBD) until his outing.
John Waters has never directly "come out" as he thinks having to announce one's sexuality seems "square." As for his parents, he says they never asked because they were worried the answer would turn out to be something worse.
People magazine made a big fuss when Jim Parsons "officially" came out in a recent interview and the general reaction was something along the lines of "no shit, why are you pretending this is news?" Like Johnny Weir, Jim was never actually in the closet, he simply never publicly discussed it before.
↑ English libel laws of the time were remarkably different from modern American laws. In the USA the burden of proof is upon the plaintiff, who has to show not just that the defendant lied but also that it did so deliberately and with malice -- "absence of malice" is a valid defense. Not so in England, where "absence of malice" only applies to opinions, not facts that turn out to be untrue or simply unproven. The burden of proof is also more evenly placed -- the test is whether the story could affect how a reasonable man sees the complainant. In Liberace's case there was a clear presence of malice in the opinion parts of the review (the article was scathing) and there was no question that a reasonable man would see the complainant differently after reading it. In the absence of any actual evidence that Liberace was gay, that was more than enough.
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A friend recommended this link to me – this might be a necessary item to buy if you intend on growing grains, (I for one am looking at pearl millet – Link to seeds )… might be nice to make Corn bread or porridge with fresh ground corn or whatever grain.
I do need to mention though that this is why the Irish and English cultures were revolutionized by the discovery and importing of potatoes – they don't need to be milled and made into bread and they produce more per hectare then grain, ( they don't keep as long as grains do though) the best being red sweet potatoes if you live in South Africa – they grow like weeds – propagate themselves , and you can make a sweet syrup from them to sweeten anything by boiling down the water after cooking them and squeezing out the juice.
pumpkins also make great flour if dried and ground -( or so i hear ) and the yields are good.


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American Pharoah Points to Breeders' Cup® Classic
By Victoria Barnett | September 03, 2015
Good news! We can all sit back and breathe easy! We've been anxiously awaiting the decision surrounding
Triple Crown™ winner American Pharoah and his retirement, and it looks like we finally have our answer.
Thursday morning, Owner Ahmed Zayat announced that he will keep American Pharoah in training despite his unfortunate second-place finish last Saturday in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga.
"I have discussed all aspects of American Pharoah's race last Saturday in the Travers — and his condition since the race — with our whole team, and have decided American Pharoah deserves another chance, so we are pointing to the Breeders' Cup Classic," Zayat told ESPN.com and the Daily Racing Form.
Originally, Zayat's "gut feeling" told him to retire the 3-year-old superstar because it appeared he was tailing off. However, after conversing with those affiliated with the colt, he decided that American Pharoah deserves "redemption."
"I am very confident in my decision," Zayat said. "Not a moment has gone by since the race on Saturday when I have not thought about this decision. My initial concern right after the race was about American Pharoah's condition, because he did not run his 'A' race. He has come out of the race in great shape. And after examining all the evidence and talking it over with our team —Bob Baffert, my son Justin, Jimmy Barnes, and Victor Espinoza — I believe there were a combination of factors that prevented American Pharoah from running his absolute best on Saturday. I have every confidence that he can run to his best again, and he deserves the chance to do so."
With American Pharoah in the mix for the Breeders' Cup Classic, along with other standout horses such as Beholder, horse racing fans are going crazy. We would love to see American Pharoah go for horse racing's "Grand Slam." Talk about an awesome way to finish a career!
"I am very confident that this is the right decision for American Pharoah," Zayat said. "He loves to race. He has provided my family, racing fans and general sports fans with great thrills this year. He won the
Triple Crown™ earlier this year, and he deserves the chance to be in the sport's premier year-end event."
At the end of his career, American Pharoah will retire at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky. But thankfully that is put on hold for now!
Image courtesy of Breeders' Cup®
Witness the Excitement of the 2015 Breeders' Cup® Classic
With this exciting news finally announced, I think we can all agree the 2015 Breeders' Cup is the place to be this October. Zayat is pointing American Pharoah towards the Breeders' Cup Classic, and we know you can't pass up the opportunity to be there. What better place to be than at Keeneland watching the first Triple Crown™ winner in 37 years finish his career?
With an Official Ticket Package direct from Breeders' Cup through QuintEvents, you can enjoy the Breeders' Cup Classic from the incredible Trackside Luxury Chalet. Witness the racing action from the second floor, or make your way to the lawn, while enjoying food, beverage and private tellers. We have very limited inventory, which is selling out quickly, so make sure to secure your spot soon!
Go to the 2015 Breeders' Cup!

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A naïve young man receives a worrying transmission from his brother, just before he disappears. A hidden war, born of a blood feud, threatens to spill out across the entire galaxy. The connection between the disappearance and the blood feud war breaking out will rock all involved and bring the whole galaxy to its knees.
The sound of the engines changed as the ship came in for the landing. Checking his timepiece, Saxon saw it was 10pm local time. Feeling groggy and somewhat tired, he stood up and carefully navigated himself across the bar area, heading to the nearest window to get a better view. He wasn't the only one as it seemed everyone on board was doing the same.
The window he chose to look out of was huge. However, there were 30-40 people of all descriptions in front of him. Saxon's height meant he was a head above some of them but could only make out the tops of buildings and the sky. Even so, the sky was fascinating to see. Until Saxon left home 3 weeks ago, the only colours he'd seen in the sky were from Blue to yellow to red depending on the time of day.
Now though, even at dusk, he could see this was very different. The last thing he ever imagined was the colour of the sky. He thought about the people he might meet, the places he'd go and the sites he'd see. But he never ever expected the sky.
It was a clear evening outside overall. The few clouds dotted about just added to the awe of the sky. The clouds themselves, were green. The sky though, was a magnificent deep purple mixed with shades of green & yellow. It glistened and almost seem to change colour with the wind. How a sky could do that was beyond Saxon. He just wanted to touch it.
Transfixed, Saxon stayed frozen for a second. He snapped out of it as he felt a little nudge below him. Just as he looked down he saw what he thought was a little kid taking something from his coat pocket, then trying to run. Saxon reached out. He managed to grab the kid before he could get away. The kid dropped Saxon's wallet and continued to try and run. Saxon let go and picked it up. He checked and found it intact.
Making his way towards the shuttle exit, he couldn't now wait to be off this ship. 3 weeks was a long time to be cooped up. Even in a transport ship this size. Stepping passed the guards and onto soil again was a wonderful sensation. Just to be back on land was amazing.
This new place was rammed with people moving to and fro. It was a rough place that looked to be full of hunters plying their trade and heading out in groups to kill the dangerous wild animals that lived outside the compound. Saxon wasn't interested in hunting though. He was looking for his brother, Karcise.
This place was the site of the last place he had been in contact and Saxon wondered how he had ever been here. He saw a doctor with a line of people waiting. He appeared to be giving them some kind of steroid for an extortionate amount of cash.
This place was definitely not Haler anymore that was for sure. Haler was a quiet planet that was slowly getting hotter each year and drying up to desert because the sun was dying. No way, this planet, Drast, was thriving. The temperature was cold, but bearable and it seemed to contain people from all over the system looking to add to their skills by hunting the various creatures that live here.
Looking around the starport, Saxon thought this wasn't exactly your ideal holiday destination. The area itself was largely fenced off allowing only 3 entrances. Various buildings were enclosed within this fenced area. The shuttle itself was on a platform directly above where he was standing. He could see a banking point and various shopping areas dotted about as well as people and companies offering money for hunting the various creatures on the planet. Looking for a good place to start his search, he heard music from the far left corner of the starport. He headed to it with haste and opened the door. It was a pub. The perfect place to begin.
Saxon knew little of this world yet, when he walked in the pub, he recognised the familiar bar culture that seemed to populate every pub on every planet. Even so, there was always subtle differences that made each place its own. Looking to the left corner, he spied a small 3-piece band using instruments he'd never seen before. The music produced was strange to say the least, yet it had a definite rhythm and beat that Saxon liked. Changing direction he headed to the bar along the right wall. Not sure what to order, or even if the bartender spoke his language, or more importantly, in fact whether he had the guys' language in his translator, he positioned himself near the bar. Close enough to look part of the furniture but far enough away the bartender doesn't notice he's 'at the bar'.
Scanning around the room, Saxon noticed a wide variety of people. Not people in the context he was used to though. These were people from all different planets. He didn't recognise any of them for their home planet though his translator was picking up the conversations. The translator itself was basically a miniature circuit board implanted within his ear drum. Saxon didn't understand how it worked but it allowed him to hear completely differently. Somehow, instead of hearing all sound, the translator filtered and recognised speech of known languages. It then removed those sounds and replaced them with Saxon's language. It allowed him to hear the conversations of everyone around him. The distance could be adjusted so it picked up voices from far away or whispered voices. If it didn't recognise a language, it took it to be normal world sound and left it alone. Normal sound was the sound of the world around him. The sound of the wind whistling through the trees. Vehicles travelling past, animals and anything else that isn't recognisable speech.
Saxon had this implant installed just before he left. He asked for as many languages as possible to be loaded. There was only one issue though in that he would still speak his own language. So, although he could understand what was being asked, anyone he talks to may not be able to reply unless they have a similar implant. Thankfully, these implants are galaxy wide so there is little chance of someone not having one installed. Some even install them in infants as soon as they learn to talk. It is still possible though. Saxon thought it might be quite fun to come across someone without the implant but, now he was here, he dreaded it in case he offended the other person.
Listening around, he only noticed 2-3 people in the pub that he couldn't understand. 1 of those was the singer which he didn't mind so much. He could tell from what he heard that these people we all either hunters or doctors, nothing more. Most were talking about their latest kills, or how they single-handedly took on a pack of some creature or another. Others were simply saying how much fun they were having hunting in groups.
Saxon wasn't sure exactly how he hoped to get the information he required. He knew Karcise had been here less than a month before. He knew KC, as that's what he called him, had left but had no idea where to. KC had a house here before though and he hoped to find something nearby that might be a clue to where he is now.
"Ok, thanks very much sir" Saxon slipped him some coins.
"No problem at all" the bartender said.
"Karcise ya say? The animal tamer! Oh yes, I knew him well. Your brother? Are you sure?
"Thanks again, I will." Saxon said as he darted out of the pub and ran over to the ticket booth. Immediately, he bought his ticket to Trotska & waited for the next shuttle. He was suddenly even more excited than when he first arrived. The first sights and sounds of a new planet was one thing, but the thought of seeing his brother again was overwhelming. When the shuttle arrived, Saxon boarded and went straight to his cabin. The journey would take around 24hrs according to information. Saxon intended on being well rested for his search when he arrived.


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Being Iron Hands, they can take the "Blessed Autosimulacra" upgrade which can repair hull point damage at the end of the turn. If you choose, the Vindicators can remain stationary and fire multiple shots but at a risk of taking a hull point, the Blessed Autosimulacra upgrade helping to mitigate this.
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Q: How can I test the arguments a Rust program passes to another program? I'm writing tests for a command-line tool which lets you specify a pager. I want to test that the tool passes the right arguments. I figured I'd write a single-line binary that checks the arguments and exits with a non-zero status code (plus some STDERR output) if they're not right, then put a test under tests/ that runs this binary and checks its output, which I can run as usual using cargo test. This setup works if I place the binary under src/bin, but then the test binary is also installed when using cargo install.
When I placed the .rs file for the binary under tests/, it simply wasn't compiled into a binary.
I tried putting it under a crate in the same workspace, but then it's not built when running cargo build in the root crate… unless I specify it as a default member, in which case we're back to it being installed when using cargo install.
For example, given code like this:
use std::process::Command;

fn run_pager(pager: &str) {
    let output = Command::new(&pager)
        .env("SOME_VAR", "FOO")
        .spawn()
        .expect("failed to run pager");

    // do something with the command
}

And a stub test-binary.rs that looks like this:
use std::env;

fn main() {
    assert_eq!(env::var("SOME_VAR").unwrap(), "FOO");

    // …produce output with special markers…
}

How can I write tests/passes-correct-args.rs:
#[test]
fn runs_pager_with_args() {
    // pass `test-binary` to `run_pager` and verify output
}

A: Make your test binary a new Cargo project under src and then reference it in your main projects as a dev dependency using a relative path.

[dev-dependencies]
test_binary = { path = "src/test_binary", version = "0.1" }

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A Melting Pot Of Sounds – Pelin Opcin talks about the EFG London Jazz Festival
Latest Jazz News
Alyn Shipton spoke to Pelin Opcin, the EFG London Jazz Festival's new head of programming, about the themes of openness, diversity and global awareness she's bringing to this year's event
Following John Cumming as director of the EFG London Jazz Festival – well, those are big shoes to step into," says Pelin Opcin (pictured above left), the new head of programming. "I'm not naïve enough to think I can do what he's done in terms of the London, UK and international scenes, but after 13 years running the Istanbul Jazz Festival, I think bringing my attitude, my contacts and my musical relationships to London could be good."
Ticking off the challenges: getting to know the UK jazz world better; coming to terms with a huge, intricately organised festival that runs across many different types of venue compared to the looser, more spontaneous feel of Istanbul; and continuing to reach out to the wider market beyond the most dedicated jazz fans, Pelin is anything but naïve. She recognises that she's coming into both a supportive team, and a festival that was at least partly-planned when she arrived (as is the way with big international events with stars' diaries juggled years ahead), but she is determined to bring in her own brand of creativity and imagination.
"2018 is a landmark year," she points out. "It's the centenary of the WWI armistice, and the 70th year since the Empire Windrush brought its first thousand passengers from the West Indies. So we've events to reflect these two significant anniversaries, but also we want to reflect the current atmosphere in the jazz world, the things everyone is thinking about. For example, at the European Jazz Network conference in Lisbon in September, it adopted a manifesto to put womens' role in jazz at the forefront. It's a reminder to all of us, but in London it's continuing work that the Festival has already been doing over the last decade: to reflect women's position in society. So this, and another aspect of the London Festival, which is to portray both Britain's cultural diversity, and that of the global jazz scene, are things that should not even need to be discussed but done out of necessity!"
That cultural diversity is on show with an opening night concert at King's Place by Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and his Rivers of Sound Orchestra, which merges jazz with middle-eastern microtonal scales, the Arabic 'maqam' modes. "I was proud to host him in Istanbul," recalls Pelin, "but this is his UK premiere, and I think people will be blown away by his fantastic integration of styles into a large 17-piece ensemble. Equally, a week later in the same venue on 24 November, Ian Shaw will present the Citizens of the World Choir, singers drawn from refugees, asylum seekers, volunteers and campaigners, many of whom Shaw met when he was working in the refugee camps in Northern France. These concerts show the arts as a great exemplar of peaceful co-operation. Personally, I think the arts get nourished in times of crisis. Artists reflect what's happening around them, and we can provide a platform for a great collection of musicians to comment on what's going on in the world, whether it's the current political climate, or even the growing problem with the visa situation for musicians coming to work here in London.
"This is something I learned in Istanbul. When the Taksim Square protests and the attempted coup of 2016 happened, we kept going, and as it turned out we were presenting the EST Symphony in memory of Esbjörn Svensson, and it became a concert to commemorate not just him, but also those who lost their lives in Taksim Square."
So, I ask if the Windrush concert is to draw attention to the plight of those people in the news recently whose UK citizenship has not been properly recognised by this country? "Of course that theme is present, but we see this as a positive agenda, a celebration of the members of society whose families or forbears arrived on the Windrush, It's been a bittersweet experience for many, but what we want to underline is their absolutely huge contribution to society and particularly to music.
"Anthony Joseph (above centre) came up with the idea, and I'm pleased to say it's developed into a series of events that go way beyond the festival with literature, films, poetry and discussions kicking off in mid-October and leading up to our Barbican concert on 17 November, with a new suite by Jason Yarde, plus the poet Brother Resistance, and the calypso artists Mighty Sparrow and Calypso Rose. And we're also screening the film 1,000 Londoners at the Barbican that afternoon, and holding discussions with director Rachel Wang, and some of the people featured in the film."
The Caribbean is not the only part of the world to be featured, as there's a strong South African focus. Hugh Masekela (above right) is being remembered at the Festival Hall, with musicians from his last regular band, plus Oliver Mtukudzi and Sibongile Kumalo. And if that great South African singer wasn't enough, Miriam Makeba is being celebrated by the Royal Academy of Music at a free show in the Clore Ballroom. The Festival also hosts the final of the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year with Monty Alexander chairing the judges. Truly an impressive start for the festival's new director!
For more info visit www.efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk
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When you are a musician, you are forever a musician and SconeFest is a celebration of this. Teamed up with scones from the Country Women's Association, we will celebrate a program of original music written by local artists of all ages. Featuring Frank Loves Joan, Sing Australia and more with a section for slow fashion making and bake-offs, SconeFest will be a nostalgic journey through music and past-times. The event will conclude with a large community jam session! So, if you have never had a CWS scone then you must attend and for those who have you know why you need to come! A perfect way for the whole family to spend a wintery Sunday afternoon!


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Diamonds really are a girl's best friend as artist and DJ Mo Kelly stressed when she launched The Jack & Jill Children's Foundation Christmas Gift Ideas for 2018.
"In true Marilyn style Mo modelled one of the two real diamond pendants to be found in Jack & Jill Candles this Christmas. The candles are made in Ireland by Celtic Candles and are available in two delicate fragrances - Red Dahlia or Coconut, Water and Lime," said the Jack & Jill Foundation.
"Every candle has a sparkling costume pendant in the base and two will have a real diamond pendant. Loyes Diamonds of Baggot Street, Dublin have generously donated two new necklaces, after the original diamonds were found by two lucky purchasers; one of whom was given the candle as a Christmas present last year. The candles are available for €19.95 on www.jackandjill.ie or in Jack & Jill Charity Boutiques in Naas, Newbridge and Crookstown."
Jack & Jill must raise €3.5 million annually to provide it's home nursing care and respite service and is reliant on the generosity of the public especially as the year comes to a close.
"There are many ways to support the charity with every €16 raised providing one hour of care and helping to keep sick children at home this Christmas. Jack & Jill currently cares for 12 children in Co. Kildare," it said.
Other gift ideas include tickets to the Lord Mayor's Charity Ball in the Mansion House in January, Christmas books, Santa's Magical Trail at the Clanard Court, Athy, and a festive CD with Celine Byrne, Soprano, performing 'O Holy Night'.


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TRAILERS OF THE WEEK: F9:The Fast Saga & Army of The Dead!
Published on April 19, 2021 April 19, 2021 by theworldsbestblogwithpaulwrightLeave a comment
WEEK 4 of Worlds Best Media's SPRING 2021 Movie & TV Preview begins with this installment of TRAILERS OF THE WEEK! We have the sick new trailers for F9: The Fast & Furious Saga, with the talented Justin Lin returning to direct, and Army of The Dead, directed by Zack Snyder! Let's start with Army of The Dead starring Dave Bautista. Now, I know what some of you are thinking, probably that you're a little sick of Zack Snyder after so much coverage of his Justice League film last month. However, I LOVE zombie movies, Snyder directed one of the best zombie movies of all time with Dawn of The Dead, and this trailer looks fucking sick! Take a look below…
Army of The Dead premieres on Netflix and Select Theaters 5/21/21
Next up, we have F9: The Fast Saga or The Fast and The Furious 9 or who gives a shit? We all now why we show up for this absurdly entertaining series of films. Out of the 2 trailers we're highlighting this week,the one with zombies is the MUCH MORE realistic of the two. After a year long delay due to COVID, F9: The Fast Saga finally hits theaters this June. I make no apologies, I fucking LOVE these movies and you can't bet your ass that this is one of my MUST WATCH movies this summer!
F9: The Fast Saga hit theaters 6/25/21
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PAUL'S MOVIE OBSERVATION!
Published on February 8, 2020 December 1, 2020 by theworldsbestblogwithpaulwrightLeave a comment
Today on "The World's Best Podcast", we're debuting the first installment of our brand new segment, we call: "Paul's Movie Observations!". Sometimes I'll see something interesting in a movie, comic book or TV series that I'd like to share with my audiences, but doesn't necessarily merit devoting a full episode of "The World's Best Podcast". That's where "Paul's Movie Observations" will come in! They're going to be shorter segments, tackling one specific subject. If you enjoy it, please let us know in the comments below, we always love getting feedback, so Thanks!
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Thank You For A Great 2018!
Published on January 1, 2019 January 1, 2019 by theworldsbestblogwithpaulwrightLeave a comment
This New Years Eve… party like you're partying with The Avengers! You only go 'round once!
As we close out 2018, I just wanted say a heartfelt thank you to all of our readers, listeners, and supporters. World's Best Media wouldn't exist without you and I'm so grateful to you all for helping to make my silly dream a reality.
I also want to give special shout outs and thank yous to our fantastic contributors and a few other great people who've helped World's Best Media in so many ways. To Michael Cole, Chocolate Diamond Media, Ryan McDonald, Paul Sr., you guys help make this whole thing work, so thank you very, very much. I'm eternally grateful.
To the guys at The Hall of Comics in Southborough, MA, Mathew Wright, Constance Wright, Matt Supple, Marc Rodolfo, & Sam Gryzbowski, you all know what wonderful things you've done and your help and support keeps me going. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
All of you have given me a gift I can never repay. Thank you. But make sure you stick around, because 2019 is shaping up to be our best year yet!
Now, I like to end every New Years Eve by watching this classic moment of quiet friendship, between two iconic DC characters. It's a great little moment. Enjoy and Happy New Year!
Have a safe and happy night!
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Jaya Ganga (French: Jaya, fille du Gange) is a feature film made by writer, filmmaker and screenplay writer Vijay Singh.

The film stars Asil Rais and Smriti Mishra as leads.

Based on Vijay Singh's first novel Jaya Ganga, In Search Of the River Goddess (French:Jaya Ganga, le Gange et son double) Penguin Delhi/London 1985. Rupa & Co. Delhi 2005, 2021. Ramsay Paris 1985; Ginkgo éditeur Paris 2005, Rajkamal Prakashan Delhi 2021, the film has been shot on locations across Northern India, including Gomukh, Gangotri, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Chunar, Benares, and also in Paris and Limours, France.

Showcased at several film festivals across the world, it was first screened at the Montreal International Film Festival in the official competition category. Its first screening in India was at the 27th International Film Festival of India in New Delhi in January 1996, and it was later released in other cities in 1997. Its releases in India and Europe got it critical and commercial success. This was also the debut for its lead actress Smriti Mishra.

Plot
Nishant, a young Indian writer from Paris undertakes a journey along the river Ganges, right from its source in the Himalayas. Constantly haunted by the fantasy of a woman called Jaya from Paris, he meets Zehra, a poet and a dancer on the banks of the River Ganges. Zehra brings back the memory of Jaya and Nishant loses himself in her. Love takes over and he wants Zehra to be a part of his journey. While they are enjoying their journey, Nishant receives a telegram. And Zehra soon discovers how Nishant's fantasy could lead to a series of surprises....

Cast
 Asil Rais - Nishant
 Smriti Mishra - Zehra
 Paula Klein - Jaya
Vijay Singh- Sanjay
 Anupam Shyam - Bulldog

References
Notes

Bibliography
 Jaya Ganga, the book, exoticindiaart.com
 Jaya Ganga, film music, emusic.com

External links

 BBC
 Article in The New York Times
  Jaya Ganga, Stockholm International Film Festival

French romantic drama films
1990s Hindi-language films
Films based on French novels
Films based on Indian novels
Films set in India
1996 films
Films shot in Uttarakhand
Films shot in Uttar Pradesh
1996 directorial debut films
Indian romantic drama films

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HomeNewsBus NewsFirstGroup shows 'resilient performance' in half year results
FirstGroup shows 'resilient performance' in half year results
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Announcing its half-year results, FirstGroup has reported an adjusted operating profit ahead of expectations, driven by proactive revenue recovery and strong cost control. The Group said that it has seen a substantial reduction in passenger volumes reflecting travel restrictions and other pandemic effects. Revenue of £3,101.6m fell by £838.2m (23.8%), with reduced passenger activity offset by government procurement of services to enable socially distanced travel, and strong revenue recoveries from North American contract customers.
The Group reports an adjusted operating profit of £10.4m. Despite significant fall in revenue, profit reduction held to £99.1m against the previous period through variable cost savings of around £34m in fixed cost reductions and other management action, including appropriate use of job retention measures.
The Group reports a robust adjusted cash flow in the period, which it says ws stronger than expected, and a current liquidity of £805m in free cash and committed undrawn facilities, consistent with average levels since April.
In North America, First Student reports 59% of buses currently operating following recent increases in coronavirus cases and around 75% of home-to-school revenue pre-pandemic including recoveries from customers not yet operating full service, along with an 87% retention rate in bid season with major awards in Indianapolis and Charleston, and new contracts including Pennsylvania, boosted by acquisitions in Canada in the period and another signed this month.
The First Transit division is delivering around 86% of expected revenue pre-pandemic with a 91% contract retention rate including its $225m Houston fixed route contract, and new business wins including $88m Atlanta paratransit contract.
Greyhound is operating around 45% of pre-pandemic mileage through management of service levels to match demand and underpinned by rural intercity bus service grants, and currently delivering approximately 41% of pre-pandemic revenues in the US.
The Group remains in discussions with respect to the sale of Greyhound, and continues to rationalise its property portfolio for value, reducing our footprint by moving operations to facilities it says are better tailored to its needs.
As a result of divestment of North American businesses, the Group's focus is set to return to the UK where First Bus is reported to be operating near-full service levels to meet passenger demand within social distancing rules under a government agreement in place until such time as it is no longer needed;. The division is making plans for transitional period that would follow, including a proposal for recovery partnerships between local authorities, the DfT and operators. Passenger volumes recovered to around 60% of pre-pandemic levels in some areas prior to second UK lockdown. The Group has committed to operate a zero-emissions fleet by 2035, and to cease purchasing diesel buses after 2022.
Commenting on the results, Chief Executive Matthew Gregory said: "The health and safety of our passengers and employees is our priority and they can be confident that our trains and buses are safe. We have implemented social distancing measures, enhanced cleaning protocols and innovative technology to improve the customer experience. I am very proud of the extraordinary efforts and commitment from all our employees during these challenging times.
"Whilst the outlook remains uncertain due to the pandemic, we performed ahead of our expectations in the first half, have taken prudent action to reinforce the balance sheet and are confident in the resilience of the Group.
Looking ahead, we will continue to work with our customers and communities to deliver safe, reliable and increasingly sustainable transportation as societies begin to look beyond the crisis and passengers return."
First Bus will cease to purchase new diesel buses after 2022. RICHARD SHARMAN
Autoglym secures contract to keep 7,200 British buses cleaner than ever
Adventure Travel Seeking Charity of the Year to 'Win a Bus for 2021'


Creatinine 5 mg/dl is so high and indicates patients are at End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), also called Kidney Failure. Dialysis or kidney transplant is always considered as the only way to treat Kidney Failure. Is that true?
No. There are some alternatives to dialysis or kidney transplant. But in some cases, dialysis is necessary to control some symptoms, even though it cannot solve the underlying problem.
Creatinine is the waste in the blood. Dialysis can help remove this kind of blood wastes and toxins. However, dialysis is not necessary unless they have uncontrolled symptoms such as swelling, heavy proteinuria or high blood pressure.
You can send your test report to us at kidney-symptoms@hotmail.com or leave a message below. Our doctor on duty will reply you within 24 hours.
There are some natural treatments for lowering creatinine 5. In our hospital, Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, we mainly use traditional Chinese herbs. Here is a brief introduction about our herbal treatments.
-Maikang composition. It is liquid medicine taken by patients. It is to detox the body by promoting Qi (energy flow) and unlocking meridians.
-Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. As one of the mainly used methods in our hospital, it can increase blood circulation effectively. The effective ingredients have the function of anti-inflammation, anti-coagulation, blood vessel dilation and extracellular matrixes degradation. With increase blood circulation, kidneys can get enough oxygen and blood volume to repair the damaged renal tissues.
-Stem Cell Therapy. Unlike herbal remedies, this therapy is a new treatment based on stem cells. Stem cells can differentiate into other stem cells or divide to produce functioning cells. In our hospital, we can provide patients with six types stem cells with different charges.
Any questions, please be free to contact with us!


After a long, full life, our family matriarch, Margaret (Peggy) Swetnam Tait of Amherst, N.S. has gently and peacefully made the short journey home. She is survived by her daughter, Cathy Simpson, grandson, David Simpson, (Karen), two granddaughters, Allyson Marshall (Jason) and Ansley Simpson (Richard Dauphinee), two great-grandchildren, Kaelyn and William Simpson, nieces Gail Swetnam, Chris Swetnam (Joe McNeil), Joan Reeves (Don), and nephews Peter and David Swetnam (Margot). She was predeceased by her husband, Robert (Bob), her parents, Florence and Benson Swetnam, her three brothers, Leslie (in infancy), Ralph (Mornie), Ivan (Ada) and niece-in-law Debbie. Peggy served with pride in the Women's Army Corps during WWII, was a valued bank employee and a crackerjack legal secretary over the course of her formal working life. An avid bridge player from her teens, she enjoyed the game right to the end and was never happier than when she was playing 7 No Trump! She was also a voracious reader and crossword puzzle aficionado, two activities that along with bridge kept her mind sharp. The cottage at Amherst Shore, where she happily spent 92 or her 95 summers, remained her all-time favorite spot to be. Listening to her stories told over a drink of dark rum at Happy Hour on the deck at the Shore will always be a fond memory for those who knew and loved her. She has been cremated and visiting will take place at Campbell's Funeral Home Nov 18th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. A funeral service will be held at Christ Church, Amherst, Nov 18th at 3:00 PM, Rev. Will Ferrey and Rev. Charlotte Ross officiating. A reception will follow in the Christ Church parish hall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to any charity--Peggy's favorites were VON, Cumberland Hospice, Palliative Care at Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, and the Molly Appeal (Dalhousie Medical Research). The family would like to thank the Centennial Villa for their wonderful care and service.


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/*
 * lookup and dentry operations
 */

#ifndef __AUFS_DENTRY_H__
#define __AUFS_DENTRY_H__

#ifdef __KERNEL__

#include <linux/dcache.h>
#include "rwsem.h"

struct au_hdentry {
	struct dentry		*hd_dentry;
	aufs_bindex_t		hd_id;
};

struct au_dinfo {
	atomic_t		di_generation;

	struct au_rwsem		di_rwsem;
	aufs_bindex_t		di_bstart, di_bend, di_bwh, di_bdiropq;
	struct au_hdentry	*di_hdentry;
} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */

/* dentry.c */
extern const struct dentry_operations aufs_dop;
struct au_branch;
struct dentry *au_lkup_one(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *h_parent,
			   struct au_branch *br, struct nameidata *nd);
struct dentry *au_sio_lkup_one(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *parent,
			       struct au_branch *br);
int au_h_verify(struct dentry *h_dentry, unsigned int udba, struct inode *h_dir,
		struct dentry *h_parent, struct au_branch *br);

int au_lkup_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bstart, mode_t type,
		   struct nameidata *nd);
int au_lkup_neg(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bindex);
int au_refresh_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent);
int au_reval_dpath(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int sigen);

/* dinfo.c */
void au_di_init_once(void *_di);
struct au_dinfo *au_di_alloc(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int lsc);
void au_di_free(struct au_dinfo *dinfo);
void au_di_swap(struct au_dinfo *a, struct au_dinfo *b);
void au_di_cp(struct au_dinfo *dst, struct au_dinfo *src);
int au_di_init(struct dentry *dentry);
void au_di_fin(struct dentry *dentry);
int au_di_realloc(struct au_dinfo *dinfo, int nbr);

void di_read_lock(struct dentry *d, int flags, unsigned int lsc);
void di_read_unlock(struct dentry *d, int flags);
void di_downgrade_lock(struct dentry *d, int flags);
void di_write_lock(struct dentry *d, unsigned int lsc);
void di_write_unlock(struct dentry *d);
void di_write_lock2_child(struct dentry *d1, struct dentry *d2, int isdir);
void di_write_lock2_parent(struct dentry *d1, struct dentry *d2, int isdir);
void di_write_unlock2(struct dentry *d1, struct dentry *d2);

struct dentry *au_h_dptr(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bindex);
struct dentry *au_h_d_alias(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bindex);
aufs_bindex_t au_dbtail(struct dentry *dentry);
aufs_bindex_t au_dbtaildir(struct dentry *dentry);

void au_set_h_dptr(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bindex,
		   struct dentry *h_dentry);
int au_digen_test(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int sigen);
int au_dbrange_test(struct dentry *dentry);
void au_update_digen(struct dentry *dentry);
void au_update_dbrange(struct dentry *dentry, int do_put_zero);
void au_update_dbstart(struct dentry *dentry);
void au_update_dbend(struct dentry *dentry);
int au_find_dbindex(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *h_dentry);

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */

static inline struct au_dinfo *au_di(struct dentry *dentry)
{
	return dentry->d_fsdata;
}

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */

/* lock subclass for dinfo */
enum {
	AuLsc_DI_CHILD,		/* child first */
	AuLsc_DI_CHILD2,	/* rename(2), link(2), and cpup at hnotify */
	AuLsc_DI_CHILD3,	/* copyup dirs */
	AuLsc_DI_PARENT,
	AuLsc_DI_PARENT2,
	AuLsc_DI_PARENT3,
	AuLsc_DI_TMP		/* temp for replacing dinfo */
};

/*
 * di_read_lock_child, di_write_lock_child,
 * di_read_lock_child2, di_write_lock_child2,
 * di_read_lock_child3, di_write_lock_child3,
 * di_read_lock_parent, di_write_lock_parent,
 * di_read_lock_parent2, di_write_lock_parent2,
 * di_read_lock_parent3, di_write_lock_parent3,
 */
#define AuReadLockFunc(name, lsc) \
static inline void di_read_lock_##name(struct dentry *d, int flags) \
{ di_read_lock(d, flags, AuLsc_DI_##lsc); }

#define AuWriteLockFunc(name, lsc) \
static inline void di_write_lock_##name(struct dentry *d) \
{ di_write_lock(d, AuLsc_DI_##lsc); }

#define AuRWLockFuncs(name, lsc) \
	AuReadLockFunc(name, lsc) \
	AuWriteLockFunc(name, lsc)

AuRWLockFuncs(child, CHILD);
AuRWLockFuncs(child2, CHILD2);
AuRWLockFuncs(child3, CHILD3);
AuRWLockFuncs(parent, PARENT);
AuRWLockFuncs(parent2, PARENT2);
AuRWLockFuncs(parent3, PARENT3);

#undef AuReadLockFunc
#undef AuWriteLockFunc
#undef AuRWLockFuncs

#define DiMustNoWaiters(d)	AuRwMustNoWaiters(&au_di(d)->di_rwsem)
#define DiMustAnyLock(d)	AuRwMustAnyLock(&au_di(d)->di_rwsem)
#define DiMustWriteLock(d)	AuRwMustWriteLock(&au_di(d)->di_rwsem)

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */

/* todo: memory barrier? */
static inline unsigned int au_digen(struct dentry *d)
{
	return atomic_read(&au_di(d)->di_generation);
}

static inline void au_h_dentry_init(struct au_hdentry *hdentry)
{
	hdentry->hd_dentry = NULL;
}

static inline void au_hdput(struct au_hdentry *hd)
{
	if (hd)
		dput(hd->hd_dentry);
}

static inline aufs_bindex_t au_dbstart(struct dentry *dentry)
{
	DiMustAnyLock(dentry);
	return au_di(dentry)->di_bstart;
}

static inline aufs_bindex_t au_dbend(struct dentry *dentry)
{
	DiMustAnyLock(dentry);
	return au_di(dentry)->di_bend;
}

static inline aufs_bindex_t au_dbwh(struct dentry *dentry)
{
	DiMustAnyLock(dentry);
	return au_di(dentry)->di_bwh;
}

static inline aufs_bindex_t au_dbdiropq(struct dentry *dentry)
{
	DiMustAnyLock(dentry);
	return au_di(dentry)->di_bdiropq;
}

/* todo: hard/soft set? */
static inline void au_set_dbstart(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bindex)
{
	DiMustWriteLock(dentry);
	au_di(dentry)->di_bstart = bindex;
}

static inline void au_set_dbend(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bindex)
{
	DiMustWriteLock(dentry);
	au_di(dentry)->di_bend = bindex;
}

static inline void au_set_dbwh(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bindex)
{
	DiMustWriteLock(dentry);
	/* dbwh can be outside of bstart - bend range */
	au_di(dentry)->di_bwh = bindex;
}

static inline void au_set_dbdiropq(struct dentry *dentry, aufs_bindex_t bindex)
{
	DiMustWriteLock(dentry);
	au_di(dentry)->di_bdiropq = bindex;
}

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */

#ifdef CONFIG_AUFS_HNOTIFY
static inline void au_digen_dec(struct dentry *d)
{
	atomic_dec(&au_di(d)->di_generation);
}

static inline void au_hn_di_reinit(struct dentry *dentry)
{
	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
}
#else
AuStubVoid(au_hn_di_reinit, struct dentry *dentry __maybe_unused)
#endif /* CONFIG_AUFS_HNOTIFY */

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* __AUFS_DENTRY_H__ */

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On January 6, 2014 a 2-year-old girl dies in the forests of Guinea in West Africa. Her parents and community mourn a loss that happens too often in this part of the world. What they didn't know was that her death was the start of the worst outbreak of Ebola in world history.
Three months later, the disease was identified as Ebola, by which time the virus had spread to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia. It then burst onto the world stage with desperate scenes in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. By late October, the disease had entered neighboring Mali, infecting 40 people.
Now about 10,000 cases of Ebola have been identified and about 5,000 have died. The World Health Organization (WHO) calculates that the number of cases could double every three weeks if the outbreak is not brought under control. The virus spreads because local health systems in these countries are weak. These nations are still struggling to recover from long civil wars that occurred in the 1990s. They are among the poorest nations in the world. In 2012 Liberia had a per capita income of $782, compared to the United States at just under $50,000.
The Catholic Church, which sponsors between 40% and 70% of African health facilities (WHO), has also acted in response to the crisis in West Africa. Pope Francis expressed his grave concern for "this implacable disease that is spreading especially in Africa, and in particular among the most disadvantaged populations". He urged the world community "to take all necessary measures to eradicate the virus and to alleviate the suffering of those who are so sorely afflicted".
The Church is mobilizing its Caritas organizations to distribute hygiene kits to families, training clergy and other community members, broadcasting Ebola messages on the radio, and providing food to families affected by the crisis. In September, Catholic Relief Services committed $1.5 million to increase its efforts to conduct Ebola education services. On November 4, representatives from Caritas agencies worldwide will meet to coordinate efforts to rapidly increase their response.
There is a challenge beyond the immediate crisis of containing the disease. The international community needs to help strengthen health systems in developing nations to prevent future outbreaks of such diseases.
You can support the Church's work to stop this deadly disease by contributing to Catholic Relief Services and urging our government to do more.
Stephen Hilbert is a policy advisor on Africa and global development at the USCCB's Department of Justice, Peace & Human Development.
Join Catholic Relief Services in ending the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.


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ROAD Podcast: Dre Sinatra
November 17, 2022 Events News
On this week's episode of the ROAD Podcast, the crew is joined by LA's finest, Dre Sinatra. Dre Sinatra credits tracks like the New Boyz's "You're A Jerk" for bringing hip hop to the bottle services clubs in LA in the 2000's, shares a throwback story about KRS-One getting boo'd at Colony Mondays, and compares NYC "Black Diamond Parties" to LA's Made Nightlife with Crooked. Dre speaks on becoming Ray J's DJ, DJ'ing for LA Chicano rap artists like "Lean like a Cholo" Kilo, and giving himself one year to accomplish being a full-time DJ. He also discusses his Twitch streams and his relationship with DJ Franzen. Dre also recounts being on Ray J's TV show "For the Love of Ray J", becoming Ty Dolla $ign's DJ, and never getting caught up in the celebrity lifestyle. He shares his opinion on the Wiz Khalifa incident at Poppy Nightclub and his top three hip hop records of 2022. Finally, Dre Sinatra speaks on his upcoming tour life.
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November 18, 2022 News Press


Bradley Cooper co-stars with Lady Gaga in this tragic love story. Seasoned country musician Jackson Maine discovers and falls in love with struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer until Jackson coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as her career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons. Frequent strong language.


Technical report with proofs of submission to CCS11 !!!
Assisting lab work in Algorithmics, first year, first semester, at ENSIMAG.
T.A. of Progamming Languages and Compiler Design.
Course slides (those are last year's slides, this year we did not study everything, just learn the ones Pr Lakhnech presented during the sessions, e.g. not denotational semantics!!).
Vademecum for natural semantics, a summary of all the notations.
Exercise sheet 1, on Natural Semantics.
Correction of exercise 4 quetions 2, an example of proof of semantic equivalence.
Correction of exercise 8, an example of an induction proof.
Exercise sheet 2, on static and dynamic links for procedures and variables.
Optional homework. You can find here subject A and subject B. Here are the correction of version A and the correction of version B.
Exercise sheet 1bis, on Structural Operational Semantics.
Exercise sheet 3, last exercise on 'static' semantics and about the abstract machine's operational semantics.
For the first part of the course, you can find help in the Nielsons' book, or in Glynn Winskel's book entitled The formal semantics of programming languages, an introduction, edited by MIT Press.
Introduction to Computer Science (basics about algorithms and how to design a website), first year of Biology, Université Joseph Fourier.
PhD In a nutshell, my PhD topic consists in studying how to automate the verification (or synthesis) of proofs of cryptographic protocols.
Pr Lakhnech, Pr Bruce Kapron, Pr Gilles Barthe and myself are currently developping a logics designed to carry out proofs of security schemes directly in the computational framework. The need for this kind of formal tools to help clarify proofs of security is now widely accepted in the community (e.g., see [Halevi'05]).
As a lot of security notions are defined in terms of indistinguishability and negligibility of events, this is the kind of statements the logics addresses. It allows to state exact security results for active adversaries. Called CIL, for Computational Indistinguishability Logic, the logic is independent from any specific computational hypothesis or general paradigm (e.g. the Random Oracle Model), though those can be plugged in to close branches of proof trees if needed. CIL does not depend on a particular form of programming language. We believe this versatility and the generality of the logic rules will allow to carry out a lot of proofs in CIL.
Proofs have been designed already for IND-CPA security of OAEP, the FDH signature scheme, PSS, and IND-CCA security of OAEP in undergoing work.
CIL was presented at CCS'10, you can find the final version of the paper here .
Part of my work is supported by the ANR project SCALP. In this framework, I have the opportunity to interact and help formalize CIL in the french proof assistant Coq.
to appear, LPAR-16 : An equational logic for probabilistic terms.