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What an unexpected treat.Long before Pricilla and all the others, there was Craig Russell. His impersonations remains vividly embedded in my brain because besides the look and mannerisms, I perceived the soul of the characters in question. They are not caricatures but tributes. His Judy Garland is heartbreaking and his Mae West hilarious.As if all that was not enough we have a screenplay of such intelligence and wit that I'm surprised this film is not a classic. When Holly's doctor finds out she lives with a man, he tries to warn her about the risks (she's bi polar) of an emotional, sexual entanglement. She reassures him telling him "Don't worry, we sleep in separate worlds" Lovely.
... has made me think of this movie thousands of times since I saw it (and marveled at Taylor) at the old Playboy Theater in Chicago on a particularly nasty winter night. This was when it (and I) first came out, and I've not seen it since, so pardon my fumbles on the details, but.... One character is *waaay* down in the pit of despair toward the end of the film, and second character basically delivers a get-over-it slap: "You're just like everybody else. You're alive and sick and living in Toronto...." The audience roared. Who needs "alive and well"? We all *are* alive and sick and living wherever. And alive and sick (or sick of heart, or sick of it all) and living lots of places since, it's slapped me back into a smile more times than I can count. It was quite a gift, in its sweet neurotic way.
The late Craig Russell is the star of Outrageous! It was a cult favorite
here in the Boston area, playing for weeks at the late lamented Orson Welles
Cinema. I had a bright red T-shirt with the movie logo on the front that I
treasured for years.
First and foremost, the film is a document of his brilliant performances; he not only got the look and mannerisms of his subjects down cold, he also spoke and sung all the voices himself!
The plot, such as it is, is a tale about his attempts to become a successful performer, and about his schizophrenic friend and how he and she support and heal each other. It's not bad, but the performances are the heart and soul of the film.
Outrageous! was long out of print; happily for the world, it's available again. Get it while you can.
Outrageous is a very special film. Imagine you live in the 70s and you were in a club or theatre anywhere in Canada or the USA. The announcer says: Ladies and Gentlemen. Mrs. Judy Garland. You think by yourself. Judy Garland? I thought this woman is dead. But the women on the stage is not Judy Garland but Craig Russell (a Canadian), one of the best female impersonators of our century. Because he was not only able to imitate the look of his idols (many great actresses and singers from the 30s to the 60s). He could also imitate the voices of the women. In the film he plays a gay character (which he really was) who shares a flat with a schizophrenic woman and makes his unbelievable shows at the evening. Craig Russell died too early of AIDS and he made only two films: Outrageous and the sequel. Craig Russell was a unique person and after his death Canada and the world had lost one of its greatest idols.
Both leads are spectacular. Unlike most early (pre-AIDS) gay films, this still hits the spot. I've been ruined for life by these (actual, not lipped) impersonations. All by themselves, the impersonations are worth renting/buying this film, but the rest of the story is also superbly done. This should prove to those who get their kicks out of ridiculing Canadian films that they were wrong.
Outrageous! is a truly remarkable film, and an attest to
the genius of Craig Russell. The film opened in Manhattan
during the early fall of 1977 without so much as a trailer or publicity of
any kind...just word of mouth. Within one
week people were queuing up in droves to see it! Not
coincidentally, Craig Russell, the film's star, was
staging his brilliant one man show "A Man And His Women"
right around the block from the cinema. This masterful
stroke of showmanship made him the toast of Manhattan.
Outrageous! is a film about human relationships and
acceptance...of loving, supporting and encouraging those
people whom you care about. It's filled with character
studies that are rich and evocative.
Craig Russell was truly a genius. He was in my opinion
the greatest female "impressionist" of all time. By
utilizing his own vocal talents, facial expressions and
simple make-up and costume changes, he would transform
into Mae West, Talulah Bankhead, Bette Davis, Judy
Garland, Carol Channing or Peggy Lee (to name but a few)
so seamlessly, one would easily forget they weren't
witnessing the genuine article. His one man show "A Man
and His Woman" which played at "Theatre East"in Manhattan allowed
to see the true extent of his talent
that was only touched upon in the film.
Outrageous! is a film that dramatically changed and
enriched my life. The film should be restored and reissued both
and on DVD. It sends a profoundly
positive message that should be passed on to future
R. Stephen Weber Burbank, CA
["If a caterpillar was afraid of wings it would never
become a butterfly, and people would say, 'Look, there's a
worm on the tree....' But they'd never seen it spinning
colors into the air......"]
I first saw "Outrageous" 22 years ago, (this will sound strange) I was so moved by it's greatness and at the time didn't have a VCR that I recorded it with a hand held tape recorder-audio-and that was how I 'watched' the movie for years til I got it on video. That is how incredibly touching, and GREAT this movie was and is! In it's unique way it almost reaches out and literally touches your heart if you let it. (And maybe even teach you a thing or two about life, love, people, and most important, FRIENDS!!)
It's low budget shows in its grainy print and poor sound, but the quality
performances by the entire cast make up for the films shortcomings.
The late Craig Russell pulls out all the stops as he displays his talent for female impersonation. Hollis McLaren is the ideal nut case. And Helen Shaver, in one of her earlier roles, is ideal as the friend who is accepting of people for who they are, embellishing their positive traits.
My one criticism of the film is the costuming. Not Russell's drag apparel, which matched each of his impersonations perfectly. But other wardrobe choices in the film were distractingly awful, especially during the Christmas party scene. Russell's jumpsuit was about 3 sizes too small, and Shaver's dress was something out of Ringling Brothers' clown reject closet.
Still, students and lovers of independent film will admire this one for its style, its daring, and its overall effort.
At first I reacted against the sentimentality of the madness-as-nonconformism theme, which is really mostly down to Hollis McLaren; as Craig Russell's heavily medicated roommate, she gets more than a little familiar when she expresses her downturns with hushed gibberish or staring through her fingers. But in between episodes she really gets to articulate the bill of outsiders' rights, and Russell is right there with her. No comparable clichés in this film's depiction of the Toronto gay scene, a diverse yet claustrophobic enclave that places transvestites on the bottom of a depressingly rigid hierarchy - an economic threat to closeted hairdressers, stealth patriarchs to the second-wave dykes. At a time when cinematic queerness was synonymous with effete self-loathing, this sympathetic and detailed depiction of a complex, vital skid-row subculture was decades ahead of its time, and has real time-capsule value today. All of which to say is that they're far from just marking time between Russell's impersonations, which are definitive even if he did steal them from Mae West herself. Put the two together and you've got a film that synthesizes social engagement and entertainment value with almost unprecedented verve.
This has been a favorite for years and years... it's touching, and basic, and about love and acceptance: multi-layered, it professes a simple lesson. Hollis Mc Laren is AMAZING in her role: she rips your heart out. Definitely should be part of any "gay" movie collection. (I question the label... this is 2006, after all, and personally I am tired of labels. Why can't we all just love? Let's have a Whatever Pride Parade!) Craig Russell demonstrates the bravery inherent in the early proclaimers of the gay movement, but his message speaks to everyone: be yourself, and society be damned! This is an unforgettable film, and highly worthy of your attention.
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The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US presidential election, while his predecessor, Malcolm Turnbull, succinctly said “what a relief”.
Morrison on Sunday morning local time said he looked forward to coordinating with the new Biden administration on Covid-19 and on technologies to reduce “global” emissions.
Donald Trump, who was on the golf course when the news broke that he was to be a one-term president, has not yet conceded defeat and is continuing to make unsubstantiated claims casting doubt over the legitimacy of the process.
But world leaders, including Morrison, have lined up to congratulate the president-elect and his running mate, Kamala Harris.
The Australian prime minister said: “Today, the world faces many challenges, including managing the Covid-19 pandemic, on both a health and economic front, ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and peace and stability.”
“American leadership is indispensable to meeting these challenges and upholding the rules, norms and standards of our international community,” Morrison said in a statement.
“We also look forward to working with president-elect Biden and his administration to continue to fight the Covid-19 global pandemic and recession, to develop a vaccine, drive a global economic recovery, and develop new technologies to reduce global emissions as we practically confront the challenge of climate change.
“We welcome the president-elect’s commitment to multilateral institutions and strengthening democracies.”
Congratulations to @joebiden and @kamalaharris – Australia wishes you every success in office. The Australia-US Alliance is deep and enduring, and built on shared values. I look forward to working with you closely as we face the world’s many challenges together.
— Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) November 7, 2020
With Biden’s victory projected, Turnbull, the former Australian prime minister, kept his reaction on Twitter succinct.
Congratulations Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! What a relief that you won. 🙏🙏🙏
— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) November 7, 2020
He later told ABC TV that Biden’s win would mean a return to “normal transmission” with the US administration no longer making decisions by “wild tweets” in the early hours of the morning.
Biden has pledged that America will rejoin the Paris agreement and will reach net zero emissions by 2050. The incoming president is also signalling he will take steps to reinvigorate global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – a development that is expected to ratchet up diplomatic pressure on Australia.
Morrison has been emphasising that Australia will take a technological approach to emissions reduction, and the Coalition is thus far resisting pressure to sign up to a net zero commitment by mid-century despite being a signatory to the Paris agreement.
While some in the Liberal party feel the Coalition needs to turn the page on the climate wars the National party will resist moves to increase ambition around abatement.
Morrison on Sunday morning noted Australia had enjoyed “a strong working relationship with the current administration, one that has seen the strength of our alliance continue to grow and deepen”.
He said Australia would “continue to work closely with president Trump and his administration in the transition period between now and 20 January”.
The projected result overnight was also welcomed by the Labor opposition leader Anthony Albanese.
Albanese said: “The US alliance has been our most important partnership since WW2 and your commitment to leadership will see this strengthened into the future.”
After Trump last week falsely claimed victory in the presidential election and flagged supreme court action to truncate the count, Labor declared American voters deserved to have their voices heard. The shadow foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, said the democratic process needed to be respected “even when it takes time”.
On Sunday morning Australian time, Trump was still claiming without evidence that Republican observers were blocked from scrutineering in counting rooms.


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Hurricane Sandy victims have had a really tough couple of weeks, but a new idea could put some of them on a cruise. Not a vacation, but a controversial new idea that would put displaced residents on ships in Brooklyn.
One boat broker from Copenhagen wants Mayor Bloomberg and FEMA to approve a new idea that would convert two luxury ships into super floating hotels for victims.
“I think it’s a good idea, initially,” said one Brooklyn resident.
Both cruise ships could house 2,400 Hurricane Sandy victims. The cost would be $100 a person, and for $3000 a month a victim could have gourmet meals, accommodations, and maid service.
So far the proposal has reportedly received an icy response from the Mayor and borough president.
Jim McLaughlin from Weehawken says his family suffered so much after the storm, and many of his family member lost homes and are still staying in hotels. McLaughlin thinks the idea is an interesting one.
“Why not? I would go get some sun,” said McLaughlin. “It would make it a little bit better.”
There are no ships docked today in Red Hook. It’s a controversial idea, but some say a potentially good one.
Perhaps the city fears the same criticism that was dished after New Orleans politicians spent $236 million to reserve 10,000 state rooms for displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina on three Carnival Cruise ships. The ships were left mostly empty, but those who did use them felt there was not enough security.
The ships could drop anchor in Brooklyn just in time for Christmas, and would be available to board in May.

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Sonny Vice & Joe Crazy Interview [Q&A]
An exclusive Q&A interview with Sonny Vice and Joe Crazy on the EDM Cave. Find also their latest official release called “Over You”, available now worldwide by Sirup Music.
- Sonny Vice, how did your career begin?
I was 15 back then when I started making my first productions in my mom’s washroom. I remember working on Cubase and had some really low-quality speakers… but I made sound ☺😊
- Joe Crazy, which is your first track ever released and from which label?
‘Mysterious’ on Future Soundz, Switzerland.
- Is this your first collaboration together?
Yes, this one is the first! It was great to work together as we really felt the vibe at that one moment in the studio and created this song together. More will follow for sure!
- Can you tell us a little bit about your new single ‘Over You’? What was the inspiration behind it? What is it like releasing on Sirup Music?
We were jamming in the studio and had some drinks, and somehow, we fell over the chords of “Over You”. The whole instrumental was created in a few hours and is inspired by current synthesizer and basslines.
It is really special and means a lot to us to release on EDX’s label. The team and the whole Crew is just amazing and we’re looking forward to work closer.
- Sonny Vice, who is your favourite artist?
I am really up to Amê, these guy are totally insane and the music speaks just for itself!
- Joe Crazy, how have you been keeping busy during quarantine?
I was working a lot on my new projects and productions. I was able to use the time to get process in my producing skills.
- Sonny Vice, what are your plans for the future?
I am already finishing my following singles and looking forward to sharing them with you guys – to be honest I really hope to get back on stage soon! I miss it so much.
- Joe Crazy, who is your dream collaborator (apart from Sonny of course ;))
It would really be crazy to work with artists like Usher or Jennifer Hudson. 😊
- Sonny Vice, which DAW do you use to produce music?
I started with Cubase but I really feel comfortable with Logic X Pro & Ableton.
- Joe Crazy, do you play any instruments?
I order Pizza 😉
- Sonny Vice, if you perform in public as a DJ. How does what you play on affect your style of DJing and what is your general process for finding music?
Tricky question, I think the most important thing for me is, I always love to be a part of the crowd. And I really do not think too much when I prepare my self for the gig – it is something I feel and then just do.
- Joe Crazy, how do you think the electronic music scene was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?
It has hit hard public-events and clubs for sure, but I guess it was also a big impact in streaming and consuming music over the cloud.
- Sonny Vice, on a personal level, what music do you listen to in your free time? Do you have other activities beside music?
Love this question! I am totally in love with oldies and often listening to country music besides melodic techno. At the moment I am studying Fashion Design/HF at STF Switzerland and looking forward to combining music and fashion for inspiration.


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This exciting new range of lacemaking thread is our latest introduction to the UK. If you wish to introduce colour into your work, particularly Torchon - and many now do - this is just the thread to do it. And to help, we have commissioned a range of patterns which show the stunning effect that can be achieved - give it a try !

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Change.org petition to rename fire ants to "spicey boys"
pupperg small has started an online petition at change.org to change Solenopsis invicta's common name from fire ants to "spicey boys".
Whilst most petitions are wasting peoples times saving the dolphins or making drugs legal, pupperg small has decided to tackle the big issues.
For far too long fire ants have had to endure their onerous nick name. But fear not Solenopsis, for you may soon be known as spicey boys. Clearly an improvement.
Anyway check out the petition here. At last count there was over 52,000 crazy supporters.
In an unfortunate case of bad timing, a live TV interview in Australia has been interrupted by a mating swarm of ants during their nuptial flight.

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The laserpunk duo Rainbowlicker, consisting of Johan (ex-Beastmilk) and Peps (ex-Creepy Crawlie), has for quite some time aroused attention with their live performances, but until now the worrisome twosome hasn't been successfully persuaded to enter the studio.
Peps and Johan's music draws inspiration from the fury of punk rock and riot grrrl subculture and drowns them in electronic pulsating waves of sound. The eclectic electric group has been difficult to pin down, and their music has shaken the walls of art galleries as well as rat-infested Russian squats.
2CD compilation of live performances by The Doors in Stockholm, 1968 and New York 1968, 1970, released in 1993 by Italian label Nota Blu Musica.
Following the example of some of their fellow-countrymen of the late Seventies (Nightwinds, Infinity…), Netherworld could create a kind of music with a high quality, inspired by the best bands in this style (Genesis and ELP for example), with a particular virtuosity and energy. A little like Twelfth Night, this band combines vocal theatrical intonation, guitar arpeggios, energetic and emphatic keyboards, with multiple breaks and high-velocity solos. All of this is included in a very well composed and structured music.
Swedish progressive rock/metal innovators PAIN OF SALVATION released their long-awaited new studio album, "In The Passing Light Of Day", on Friday, January 13, 2017, via their longtime label partners InsideOut Music.
Official Release #107. Uncle Meat gets the deluxe treatment in this three CD Project/Object Audio Documentary. Included is the original 1969 vinyl mix (restored, remastered and available digitally for the first time), an original sequence that includes unique source material and bonus vault tracks mostly compiled from the recording sessions at Apostolic Studios in NYC between 1967 and 1969.


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It’s been great fun in the garden in recent weeks with all the yummy things we have been picking. This week, our lovely neighbour, Auntie Muriel, asked us to help pick the plums on her tree and said we could take as many as we liked. Daddy was very brave going up a high ladder and racing the wasps to the fruit. He managed to get lots as you can see from our picture! So, even after we shared them out with lots of people we still had loads leftover so needed a yummy recipe to make. Mummy chose a Plum Upside Down Cake from the clever Jamie Oliver (1) and it is properly deelish…
• 225g butter
• 225g caster sugar
• 4 eggs beaten with 3 tbsp milk
• 100g ground almonds
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 150g plain flour
• 50g unblanched almonds, chopped or bashed in a pestle and mortar
• 125g butter, plus extra for greasing
• 150g light brown soft sugar
• 600g plums or greengages, stoned, halved and cut into 1cm slices
1. Start with the topping. Grease a 23cm-diameter round cake tin, then melt the butter in a pan. Stir in the sugar until the mixture is foamy and pale, about 2–3 minutes. (If it starts to separate, take it off the heat and keep stirring.) Pour into the cake tin and spread evenly. Arrange the plum slices in concentric circles over the topping, then put to one side.
2. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in a quarter of the eggs at a time, mixing thoroughly between each addition. Stir in the ground almonds, baking powder, salt and vanilla extract. Fold in the flour, then stir through the chopped/bashed almonds.
3. Pour the cake mixture over the plums. Place the cake tin on a baking tray and bake for about 1 hour or until golden and a skewer comes out clean. 4 Rest the cake on a wire rack for 2 minutes before sliding a knife around the edge to loosen it. Place your serving plate over the top of the cake and carefully invert onto the plate, avoiding any juices that may escape. Gently remove the tin and replace any dislodged pieces of fruit. Serve with custard, crème fraîche or ice cream.
There are lots of other lovely things you can do with plums from crumbles and chutneys to dipping sauces and jams. Plums can easily be frozen too – just cut in half, remove the stone and lay them on a baking tray with cling film over them. Once frozen, bag them and they will keep all winter and won’t all be stuck together in one big lump! Yummy cakes at Vialii Towers all winter, yay! Hope you love it as much as me!
1. I have a friend called Jamie and a friend called Oliver. They are brothers and are very cute. For boys 😉

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The all-new Honor View 20 is probably one of the hottest new smartphones of 2019. Sporting a hole punch cutout for its 25MP front-facing camera and an impressive 48MP sensor on the back, the device can capture some pretty stunning images. But how does it fare when compared to the ruling king of smartphone photography, Google’s Pixel 3?
In this smartphone camera comparison, we’ve matched up the Honor View 20 against the Pixel 3 to see how both devices fare. From a hardware standpoint, the honor View 20 does has a bit of an advantage. The smartphone is equipped with a 48 MP main camera with an f/1.8 lens. It also has a TOF 3D stereo camera which is capable of calculating how long it takes for light to hit the sensor form different objects. The front-facing camera is a beast as well with a 25MP sensor. On the other side, we have the Pixel 3 and its pretty basic 12.2MP camera on the back and 8MP sensors on the front, one of which is paired with a wide-angle lens.
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On paper, the Honor View 20 should come out on top, but Google’s software may be enough to give it the upper hand. Check out the video and images below to see what the Pixel 3 and Honor View 20 are capable of. Images from the Pixel 3 are on the left and those from the Honor View 02 are on the right. Don’t forget to jump down to the comments to let us know which device you’d rather take pictures with.


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The 2019 edition of the Future of Money Award (FMA) competition was challenging in designing the financial crime of the future (a speculative one, of course). Some elements from the initial briefing:
“As our money becomes completely electronic, new crimes will undoubtedly be committed, which take advantage of the technology itself or the social conventions on which it rests. Perhaps if we could imagine what crimes might happen, we could start to think about how to prevent them. What financial crimes could be committed within a completely electronic marketplace?”
The invitation was open to “to employ a speculative design approach and design a future financial crime. A crime which utilises a new loophole, a change in social convention or specific technology development”.
Our design fiction, Augmented CEO Fraud, has won the first prize and was exhibited during the FMA partner conference Money20/20 in Amsterdam. Made with Design Friction (www.design-friction.com)


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My, how you've grown! Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington's cute son Rocket Zot sits up eagerly in his pram during a stroll with his famous parents
He celebrated the milestone occasion of his first birthday in March.
And Rocket Zot Worthington is certainly growing up fast.
The very cute 14-month-old toddler looked all grown up during an outing in New York with his famous parents, Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington, and grandmother Sharon Bingle on Sunday.
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My, how you've grown! Rocket Zot Worthington looked all grown up during an outing in New York with his famous parents Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington and grandmother Sharon Bingle on Sunday
Growing up fast! The 14-month-old toddler sat up eagerly as his father pushed him along the pavement in his pram as they strolled around Tribeca and Chinatown districts
The cherubic tot sat up eagerly as his proud father pushed him along the pavement in his pram as they strolled around Tribeca and Chinatown districts before stopping for a bite to eat at a nearby Chinese restaurant.
Appearing very alert during the outing, Rocket curiously peered out onto the pavement as he took in his surroundings.
The well-behaved bub also clutched onto a orange drink bottle which he took small sips from, looking cute as a button.
Independent: The well-behaved bub also clutched onto a orange drink bottle which he took small sips from
For the casual stroll, the toddler was clad in an all-blue ensemble consisting of a puffy jacket and matching trousers.
Rocket also showed off his adorable long strawberry-blonde locks which blew slightly in the breeze, a nod to his father's genes.
The family sighting comes soon after recent reports from The Daily Telegraph that Lara is five months pregnant with her second child.
Eager: Appearing very alert during the outing, the cherubic tot curiously peered out onto the pavement as he took in his surroundings
The publication claimed the former bikini model is slowly telling family and friends news that she and her husband Sam Worthington are expecting a sibling for Rocket.
Rocket made his public debut at the age of one, recently featuring alongside his doting mother in a Dior fragrance campaign for Mother’s Day, which the model posted to her Instagram page.
The short animated video, starts off with cut out pictures of the catwalk stunner cuddling and beaming at her baby.
Where does time go? Rocket appears to havve grown up relatively fast of late. Pictured here in January at 10-months-old
Getting big: The cherubic tot celebrated the milestone occasion of his first birthday in March
Lara recently opened up about motherhood during an appearance on Today Extra, telling hosts Sonia Kruger and David Campbell that Rocket was a speedy developer in terms of talking.
‘He does a little bit but you can't really make out it (sic), but he walked very early at 10-months so he's almost running now,' she said.
‘He’s an Aries baby so he's quite strong so when he doesn't want to eat something he doesn't want to eat it.
'But Sam's very headstrong as well, he's a Leo, so I've got two.’
She also opened up about the possibility of having another child, saying: ‘I would love to have more children, definitely.'
Lara and her actor husband Sam Worthington welcomed Rocket in March 2015.
Doting: Lara and her actor husband Sam Worthington welcomed Rocket in March 2015
Baby's first modelling job: Rocket starred in his first fashion campaign appearing in a video that the model posted to her Instagram page
Mother and son roles: The little boy features alongside his doting mother in a Dior fragrance campaign for Mother’s Day which has been doing the rounds on social media and on television screens
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Everton 0-1 Spurs - Mauricio's verdict
24 May 2015|Tottenham Hotspur
Mauricio Pochettino felt our first half display was as good as any this season as a 1-0 win at Goodison Park secured fifth place in the Premier League on Sunday.
Harry Kane headed home his 31st goal of the campaign and what turned out to be the winner on 24 minutes as we dominated proceedings in the opening 45 minutes.
Indeed, with 30 minutes on the clock, we’d registered 11 efforts at goal and enjoyed over 60 per cent possession against a team renowned for keeping hold of the ball.
We maintained control in the second half and were only seriously threatened twice – Hugo Lloris thwarted Brendan Galloway with a typically-brave save at the full-back's feet and Steven Naismith aimed an overhead kick a yard over in added time.
We claimed maximum points for the ninth time on our travels in the Premier League this season and leapfrogged over Liverpool into fifth after the Reds were beaten by Stoke.
“I must congratulate the players for their fantastic effort, amazing,” said Mauricio. “I’m very happy for them because the season was very tough.
“The first half was one of the best performances of the season. We played well and deserved to score more goals. In the end, we were really happy with the performance and the result. It was important to win and with Liverpool’s defeat at Stoke, to finish fifth is a fantastic achievement this season.”
Mauricio was last off the pitch at Goodison after going over to salute our travelling fans. “The supporters were fantastic,” he said.
“We had the chance to say ‘thanks’ one last time for this season. I’m really pleased for them. They deserve this position in the table.”

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Our client wanted to create a film that would inspire young children aged 3-7 years to talk about sharing and consent online.
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We decided an interactive 360 film would provide an excellent opportunity to encourage this age group to engage with the topic. We filmed using the Go Pro 360 Onmi rig. We created animated characters that pop up in 360 environment to talk to the children and give them advice when playing a game online.


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Conference tournament action begins around the country this week with NCAA automatic bids, potential hosting opportunities and titles on the line. D1Softball will have every angle covered all the way through Sunday’s NCAA bracket reveal.
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By Rohingya Eye
Maungdaw, Arakan State (Rohingya Vision) — Myanmar’s Border Guard Police arbitrarily arrested two innocent Rohingyas under different accusations in northern Maungdaw last Thursday, local people said.
The victims are identified to be Ismail, 33 and Nurul Hoque, 28, from Pwin Pyu Chaung village and Ywet Nyo Taung village respectively.
“Ismail (son of) Auli Ahmed, 33, is a Rohingya hails from Pwin Pyu Chaung village, northern Maungdaw Township. Border Guard Police (BGP) from Kyar Gaung Taung camp raided his home around 10:00PM on December 11.
Then, the police confiscated his MPT Mobile Phone supplied by Myanmar’s Telecommunication Department. After that, the BGP accused the Rohingya man of possession of illegal Bangala phones replacing the Myanmar Sim Card with a Bangla Sim by themselves. Subsequently, the BGP arrested and detained him in their camp in Ywet Nyo Taung village.
Similarly, on the same day, Nurul Hoque (son of) Shomshu, 28, was also arrested under the accusation of getting married to a woman without their *permission.
They were tortured in the camp. The next day, the BGP released them having extorted Kyat 150,000 from each of them” said a local Rohingya asking not to be named.
“Taking advantage of the ban on the usage of Bangla phones by the government, the BGP personnel are committing atrocities against Rohingyas. The Rohingyas who mostly use legal MPT telephone are also worried of the fact that they will be victimized by the police on the pretext of the possession of illegal Bangala phones.
In fact, the major chunk of the users of the illegal Bangala phones in Myanmar the police themselves and Rakhines in the region” he continued.
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Grab a good book, a steaming cup of your favorite hot drink, a comfy blanket, and some warm socks to enjoy a few hours reading – all while taking part in the Library’s Cozy Winter Read.
There’s nothing better on a cold winter day than snuggling up with your favorite blanket and reading a great book.
For each book you read between January 3 and February 16, you will be entered to win a basket full of items to keep you cozy. Winners will be announced February 18.
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Global gaming technology and gear leader Logitech G showcased its top-of-the-line gaming headsets at the recently concluded CONQuest 2022, the country’s premier gaming, technology, anime, and pop culture festival.
Among the gaming gear highlighted during the two-day festival include the G733 Wireless Gaming Headset and the G435 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Headset. Both use the LIGHTSPEED wireless technology that enables users to stay connected even up to 20 meters away, and still enjoy an unforgettable audio experience.
Also showcased was the G335 Wired Gaming Headset, a 240-gram plug-and-play device that’s Discord-certified for crystal clear audio and seamless communication. It features gaming-grade audio quality, built-in controls, a 3.5mm audio jack, a volume roller located directly on the ear cup, and a flip-to-mute mic.
The Logitech G gaming gear were highlighted during livestreams, live interviews, live product unboxing with influencers, and funmatch with a lucky fan. Attendees enjoyed exclusive promo bundles, huge discounts, as well as free merchandise. During its segment onstage, Logitech raffled off one Logitech G G435.


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Pirie Martin is a filmmaker, writer and artist based in Adelaide, South Australia, where he's been making films in one form or another since the age of five. In 2010 he co-founded 'Kessel Run Productions' producing corporate & commercial media for 11 years. As well as being on the writing team for MarVista Entertainment's 'Raising the Bar' (Dir. Clay Glen, 2016) Pirie has co-produced, shot, and edited a number of acclaimed short films, gathering up at total of 5 awards & 4 nominations at 16 international film festivals. Pirie's own short, 'Andy's Venture' (2017) was nominated 'Best Dark Comedy' at the 2017 Houston Comedy Film Festival, followed by a Special Mention at The 2018 London Worldwide Comedy Festival.
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I apologize for the enthusiasm, but the story that we are telling you this time is different. First, because we can only be happy if an artisan opens, in times like these, when the widespread crisis pulls down all the shutters. Secondly, because in Certaldo we had the chance to see someone who really did something in support of handicraft. “Novelle di Creta”, the workshop of sculptures by Alberto Criscione, from Ragusa, which has just been opened, was encouraged by the City Hall, welcomed by the Director of Local Tourism through an official invitation for all the citizens.
Arte e riuso creativo, eco sostenibilità, educazione ambientale, sono solo alcune delle “parole chiave” che orientano in questi ultimi anni artisti e designer verso il recupero di rifiuti e materiali di scarto. Una necessità che diventa virtù? Oppure una sfida al servizio della creatività? Il fenomeno del riuso creativo è esploso in Europa, e non solo, con effetti sensazionali sul web: siti, blog, e-commerce, eventi che contano un seguito di persone in numeri sempre crescenti. Read More
Alberto has always been able to catch the light and the atmosphere that everyone can sense and breathe in this part of Italy. Growing up in his father’s workshop since childhood, bothering his father (as children do sometimes) while he was working, with concentration and patience, on his sculptures, Alberto developed not an adversity but a passion towards this art. The same big passion is leading him nowadays, when he works with enthusiasm and love everyday.
Giuseppe was a mentor and a teacher in a way that only a father can be to his son; the two sculptors sometimes wanted to work together, turning the clay into four hand extraordinary creations, as the Station of the Cross, shown at the S. Pietro Church in Ragusa. The tile where Alberto depicted the heartbreaking moment in which Jesus Christ gets crucified is extremely touching: the cry of pain of the Christ seems to come out of the tile, to become real through the clay itself and to penetrate our consciousness in such a devastating way.
Do not think that Alberto is a clone of his father. The technique is similar, but this young artist’s overall vision and interpretation of reality are very different. These works reveal a new slant, a search for shapes able to stick out and give a new look to his creations.
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from the monthly magazine “IL PRESEPIO”, Italian Association of Friends of the Crib # 222 June 2010
In his creative process, Alberto Criscione turns the vision, first, into drawing and then into sculpture. Of the two-dimensional space of the sketch, the artist gets the shape out, models it and, through the colors, he looks for its true core. His three-dimensional art expression, as we can finally find it in his works, conveys a really perturbing charisma. To better say, quoting the father of psychoanalysis, his works carry an “unheimlich” fascination, which is familiar but disturbing at the same time, as the return of the repressed (impeccably theorized by Sigmund Freud in his essay “the Uncanny”, 1919) is.
Alberto, in the sculpture “Riposo dalla fuga in Egitto”, shows his art at its highest level and describes, with great commitment, the beauty and the prudence of expression. Into this work, he places his conception of art, its modern art expression, the freshness of his language and his desire for peace. The result is a work of emotional intensity in which the chiaroscuro of the clay plays a significant role in this production of poetry.
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Recently, Shuhong Xu et al. reported theoretical calculation of molecular structure, bonding, aromaticity, electron delocalization, and electronic spectrum of cyclocarbon in J. Mol. Model., 26, 111 (2020). Due to inappropriate consideration of calculation strategy, misunderstanding of some analysis methods and concepts, and some errors in the data, there are misleading statements and unconvincing conclusions in their paper. Here, we will point out inadequacies of Shuhong Xu’s paper and put forward our own views. The contents of this comment will also help those who are studying cyclocarbon to better understand this system and its analogues.
The cyclocarbon first observed in the condensed phase in 2019 presents a very unique geometric configuration and electronic structure , which has aroused widespread interest in theoretical chemistry community. Recently, Shuhong Xu et al. discussed the bonding, electronic delocalization, aromaticity, and spectral character of the cyclocarbon and its derivatives from a theoretical perspective . We have read this paper with great interest, but based on our theoretical knowledge of quantum chemistry, our recent research experiences on the cyclocarbon [3,4,5,6,7,8], and our verification of some results reported in their work, we noticed that there are some misleading statements, inappropriate conclusions, and incorrect data in their article. In this comment, we will list and discuss these issues one by one and present our own viewpoints. We hope that the content of this comment will enable readers to better understand the novel cyclocarbon molecule and realize the importance of properly designing computational strategy to study it and analogous systems.
Selection of calculation method
The authors of Ref.  employed B3LYP exchange-correlation functional in density functional theory (DFT)  and Hartree-Fock (HF) method (specifically, restricted closed-shell form) in combination with 6-31G(d,p) basis set  to optimize the structure of the cyclocarbon. However, the geometries obtained in this way are not reliable, making all subsequent analyses unconvincing.
Due to the quite unusual electronic structure of the cyclocarbon, proper choice of calculation level should be paid great attention to. In our previous works, we have discussed in detail the selection of calculation method for the cyclocarbon [5, 7]. Here, we will discuss this further. We have optimized the cyclocarbon using different theoretical methods and basis sets and obtained minimum structures without imaginary frequency. The bond lengths and bond angles are listed in Table 1. Owing to the instability of the restricted closed-shell HF (RHF) wavefunction at the minimum structure of the cyclocarbon, the HF calculation in the form of unrestricted open-shell (UHF) was also carried out by us with symmetry-broken treatment , which is frequently employed in literatures to study singlet biradical and polyradical systems . RCCSD and UCCSD in Table 1 correspond to the coupled-cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) calculations with RHF and UHF wavefunctions as reference states, respectively. The large expectation values of S2 operator in Table 1 imply strong spin polarization in the corresponding wavefunctions, in other words, a significant separation of alpha and beta density distributions. For all DFT functionals involved in Table 1, it is found that the stable wavefunctions of the cyclocarbon at their respective minimum structures are all closed-shell, so there is no difference between the restricted and unrestricted DFT results.
It is well known that CCSD is a high level, accurate, and robust theoretical method, and the def-TZVP is a basis set of triple-zeta quality with polarization functions  sufficient for geometry optimization. Therefore, it can be expected that the CCSD/def-TZVP level should be reliable enough for geometry optimization of the challenging cyclocarbon, and the optimized structure at this level can be used as a reference to judge the rationality of cheaper calculation levels. The results of RCCSD and UCCSD in Table 1 are only marginally different; they are completely consistent with the STM/AFM experimental observations ; that is, the cyclocarbon is alternately arranged with short and long bonds, which is also known as a polyynic structure.
We first investigate the performance of various theoretical methods under the satisfactory def-TZVP basis set. Although it can be seen from Table 1 that the structure optimized by RHF seems to agree reasonably with that of RCCSD, the RHF wavefunction is not a stable solution at its optimized structure. In fact, the stable wavefunction can be obtained by UHF calculation with symmetry-broken treatment, whose energy is as much as 101.6 kcal/mol lower than that of RHF at their respective minimum structures. Therefore, the seemingly correct description of the cyclocarbon structure by RHF should be regarded as a typical “good result due to wrong reason” phenomenon. Note that the use of UHF to represent this system is also unacceptable because it optimizes the cyclocarbon to a so-called cumulenic structure with exactly equal C–C bonds corresponding to the D9d point group. The spin density corresponding to the UHF wavefunction is shown in Fig. 1. As can be seen, alpha and beta unpaired electrons are alternately distributed, showing that this system is in a polyradical state. We can therefore conclude that the HF method is essentially failed to describe the cyclocarbon, mostly because it does not take electron correlation effect into account . Although B3LYP is a widely employed DFT functional, it incorrectly describes the cyclocarbon as a cumulenic structure, indicating that it is also failed completely for representing this system. One possible reason for the failure is the well-known excessive self-interaction error problem  in pure DFT functionals and those with relatively low HF exchange compositions, such as the B3LYP. The ωB97XD functional, on the other hand, describes the structural characteristics of the cyclocarbon very well, this is why it has always been used in our series studies on the cyclocarbon [3,4,5,6,7].
As for the selection of basis set, it can be seen from Table 1 that under RHF, UHF, and ωB97XD, the stable structure optimized based on the 6-31G(d,p) basis set is obviously inconsistent with that obtained under the better def-TZVP basis set; that is, the bond angles in the 6-31G(d,p) structure are not all equal, and the corresponding C9h symmetry is lower than the D9h point group of the actual cyclocarbon structure. It was found that the D9h symmetric cyclocarbon structure has imaginary frequencies under the relatively poor 6-31G(d,p) basis set. For other commonly used double-zeta basis sets, such as def2-SVP  and cc-pVDZ , the same defects as 6-31G(d,p) were also identified, while the basis sets of triple-zeta quality including 6-311G(d) as well as the more expensive def-TZVP and def2-TZVP work well. Obviously, although double-zeta basis sets are usually adequate for geometry optimization of common chemical systems, it is absolutely necessary to employ basis sets of triple-zeta quality for the cyclocarbon and its analogues.
According to the above discussion, it can be recognized that it is inappropriate to use the RHF/6-31G(d,p) like that in Ref.  to optimize and analyze the cyclocarbon and its derivatives. The ωB97XD functional with at least 6-311G(d) basis set is suggested by us to study these kinds of systems to ensure qualitatively correct results.
Analysis of bonding
In the original text , the bonding character of the cyclocarbon optimized at RHF/6-31G(d,p) level was described as single-triple bond alternation, which is actually a common misunderstanding of the nature of the cyclocarbon. According to Mayer bond order , Laplacian bond order , localized molecular orbital analysis , and so on, we have shown that the long C–C bonds in this system are notably stronger than a typical single bond, while the short C–C bonds are weaker than a typical triple bond, and the numbers of effectively shared electron pairs of the long and short C–C bonds are greater than one and less than three, respectively . In addition, the electron localization function (ELF) [21, 22], valence electron density , and deformation density  all proved that the short C–C bonds have significantly higher strength than the long C–C bonds. Therefore, the cyclocarbon should be characterized by “alternating short and long C–C bonds” or “alternating strong and weak C–C bonds,” rather than “alternating single and triple C–C bonds” as claimed by the authors.
Based on the optimized structure and wavefunction yielded at the RHF/6-31G(d,p) level, the authors conducted a natural bond orbital (NBO)  analysis for the cyclocarbon, and they claimed that the NBO analysis supports the argument of alternating single and triple bonds, but they did not discuss this point in any detail. If the authors reached this conclusion by simply counting the number of bond (BD)-type of NBO orbitals searched by the NBO program, we would like to point out here that this judgment is not convincing. The BD-type orbitals always tend to describe bonding in a chemical system as a fully localized state even if the system actually possesses highly delocalized electrons. For example, benzene molecule is described by BD-type orbitals as containing alternating single and double bonds; thus, the six-center delocalization nature of the π electrons is completely concealed. Similarly, it is inappropriate to characterize the bonding of the cyclocarbon simply based on NBO orbitals, because this system shows prominent multi-center electron delocalization character. In Ref. , the authors also analyzed the bonding of other carbon rings (C16 and C20) in terms of NBO orbitals, the same attention should be paid.
Discussion of aromaticity
The authors performed a nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICS)  analysis on the cyclocarbon and claimed that “NMR results show that C18 molecule does not have aromaticity in NICS = 0 position” ; in fact, this conclusion is wrong. To verify their data, we also calculated the NICS(0) of the cyclocarbon at the RHF/6-31(d,p) level adopted by the authors, and we found the NICS(0) is − 3.3 ppm. This nonnegligible negative value already exhibits the aromatic nature of the cyclocarbon. It is generally believed that NICS(0)ZZ is a more reasonable descriptor of molecular aromaticity than the NICS(0). In Ref. , we calculated the NICS(0)ZZ of the cyclocarbon at the reliable ωB97XD/def2-TZVP level, and the result is − 25.7 ppm, which is even much more negative than that of benzene (− 16.1 ppm) at the same level, indicating that not only the cyclocarbon is aromatic, but also its aromaticity is extremely strong. The iso-chemical shielding surface (ICSS)  method was also adopted by us to more rigorously and intuitively characterize the unusual aromatic characteristics of the cyclocarbon . Recent theoretical works about the cyclocarbon by other groups also demonstrated that this molecule displays obvious aromaticity [28, 29].
Discussion of electron delocalization
The conclusion “HOMO and LUMO also illustrate that there is no delocalization in C18 molecule”  by the authors is arbitrary and not in line with reality. It is important to recognize that electron delocalization of a practical chemical system is never only reflected by HOMO and LUMO. We note that the Fermi hole function [22, 30] is a physically very rigorous real space function used to reveal the electron delocalization, and Bader clearly pointed out that “an electron can go where its hole goes and, if the Fermi hole is localized, then so is the electron” . All occupied orbitals are involved in the expression of Fermi hole; that is, electrons in all occupied orbitals actually affect electron delocalization character in a chemical system. Therefore, it is evidently incomplete to only consider HOMO in the electron delocalization analysis. The LUMO, on the other hand, has no contribution to the electron delocalization at electronic ground state, because it does not participate in the Fermi hole function at all.
It is noteworthy that the HOMO isosurface given in Fig. 1 of the original text  is simultaneously distributed on multiple atoms, which, in fact, is already a direct evidence of existence electron delocalization in the cyclocarbon. It is also worth mentioning that the HOMO and LUMO of the cyclocarbon are both doubly degenerate , so the two degenerate orbitals of each should be given together during discussing to avoid misleading conclusion.
Currently, there are many analysis methods available to easily and intuitively reveal electron delocalization. The localized orbital locator of π electrons (LOL-π) , multi-center bond index , induced current diagrams [33, 34], and the aforementioned ICSS have been employed by us in a recent study on the cyclocarbon . These analyses rigorously exhibited that the cyclocarbon possesses highly delocalized π electrons, which is the basis of its remarkable aromaticity.
Calculation of ECD signal
The authors declared that electronic circular dichroism (ECD) signals of C6, C12, C16, C18, C20, and B9N9 have been found, and the simulated ECD spectra were given in Fig. 5c of their paper  (where C22 in the figure legend should actually be C20). However, we found that their observations are fully artificial. We optimized these molecules at the reliable ωB97XD/def2-TZVP level and then calculated a total of 50 singlet excited states by time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) at the same level. The point groups of the optimized structures were found to be D3h, C6h, D8h, D9h, D10h, and D9h, respectively, and the calculated rotatory strengths of all excited states are exactly zero, indicating that there is no ECD signal for these molecules. In order to try to reproduce the ECD data of the cyclocarbon in Ref. , we also employed the same calculation levels as the authors, that is, RHF/6-31G(d,p) for geometry optimization and then time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) for excited state calculation. We still found that the rotatory strengths of all excited states are zero. As to why ECD signals were detected by the authors, a possible reason is that the authors did not pay attention to examination and utilization of molecular point groups in their calculations. Due to the limited convergence threshold of geometric optimization in Gaussian program, if the initial structure was not properly symmetrized, then the optimized geometry may be marginally deviated to the actual point group. Incorrect point groups of the geometries employed in the excited state calculations may cause artificially non-zero rotatory strengths and detection of ECD signals.
Analysis of electrical conductivity
Based on the HF/6-31G(d,p) calculation, the authors mentioned that “the bandgap of C18 molecule is 9.70 eV” . According to our reproduction of their data, we found that they actually referred to HOMO-LUMO gap. Employing the term “bandgap” in this context is evidently confusing and inappropriate, because isolated systems like molecules have no band structure at all. Similarly, the term “bandgap” was misused in the context of C18 derivatives with CO. Regarding this point, we strongly recommend Ref. , which gives an excellent introduction and distinction to the concept of “gap.”
In addition, the HF method adopted by the authors has a known problem of seriously overestimating gap . As an example, we optimized the geometry of a representative periodic conjugated polymer, polyacetylene, at HSE06/6-311G(d) level [37, 38] and then calculated its bandgap at HF/6-311G(d) level, and the result 5.63 eV is much higher than the experimental measurement of 1.5 eV . So, the discussion of the electrical conductivity of the cyclocarbon based on the HF/6–31(d,p) level is undoubtedly unconvincing.
Analysis of molecular stability
The authors stated that “the binding energy of C18 molecule with HF/6-31G(d,p) is − 680.998 a.u. and − 685.23 a.u. in DFT/B3LYP/Lanl2dz. Obviously, the C18 molecule has good stability in DFT/B3LYP/Lanl2dz method, which is consecutive double bonds” . This argument about binding energy is misleading. According to the reported data and our calculations, we found that their so-called binding energy is actually the electronic energy of the cyclocarbon, rather than the binding energy in common sense. The binding energy and electronic energy of a chemical system are quite different concepts. In the field of computational chemistry, the binding energy usually refers to the energy change in the process of binding isolated fragments to the current system, while the electronic energy is defined as the energy change in the process of combining all electrons and nuclei of the system from infinitely separated status to the current status. In addition, it is the basic knowledge of quantum chemistry that the electronic energies estimated at different calculation levels are commonly not comparable, because electronic energy of any computational level used in daily practical research is subject to significant systematic error. Therefore, comparing the energy obtained from HF/6-31G(d,p) and B3LYP/Lanl2DZ calculations is totally meaningless. Moreover, stability is an inherent property of molecules themselves, so it is obviously inappropriate to discuss stability of molecules at a certain level of calculation. We also note in passing that the Lanl2 pseudopotential and its matching valence basis set Lanl2DZ are only defined for the elements starting from Na . In the Gaussian 03 program employed by the authors, according to the statement in the program manual, using the “Lanl2dz” keyword for carbon will not cause the program to report an error, but instead assigns an completely outdated D95V basis set.
The conclusion by the authors according to the aforementioned energy data, namely, “maybe C18 molecule with consecutive double bonds exists and can be obtained one day, which has good stability than that of the C18 molecule with alternating single and triple bonds,” is evidently wrong. The high-resolution atomic spectroscopy  and the robust CCSD calculation mentioned above have fully confirmed that the actual structure of the cyclocarbon has alternating short-long bonds, while the carbon ring with equal bond length (D9d point group, assumed by the authors to be all double bonds) cannot exist stably at all. Some recent theoretical studies on the cyclocarbon have proved that the cyclocarbon with D9d symmetry in fact is the transition state corresponding to its automerization process [29, 41].
Structure of cyclocarbon
The authors mentioned in the paper that the stable structure of cyclocarbon could not be obtained at HF/6-31G(d,p) level, but they did not explain any reason . In fact, we found that the minimum structure of the cyclocarbon without imaginary frequency can be successfully located at this level. Under the 6-31G(d,p) basis set, we optimized the structure of the cyclocarbon by RHF method. The result shows that the lengths of the short and long C–C bonds are 1.196 and 1.379 Å, respectively, and the bond angles are 163.1° and 166.9° alternately. The minimum structure obtained by UHF method with symmetry-broken treatment showed that all the bond lengths are 1.298 Å, and the bond angles are 167.4° and 162.6° alternately. In this case, an alternating distribution of alpha and beta unpaired electrons is observed, and the characteristics of the spin density are very similar to those in Fig. 1. In addition, we optimized this system at the more reliable ωB97XD/def2-TZVP level and obtained the structure with bond lengths of 1.214 and 1.354 Å alternately and bond angle of 165.0°.
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BHOPAL: In a major blow to Congress just a week before voting for the bypolls on 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh
, Rahul Singh
Lodhi, Congress MLA from Damoh, resigned from his post to join BJP, on Sunday. He is the 26th MLA from the Congress who has joined the BJP since March this year. BJP has portrayed Lodhi's resignation as rejection of Kamal Nath's leadership in the Congress.
Rahul joined BJP in the presence of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
and said that it was development and demand of medical college in Damoh which compelled him to quit the Congress.
The Congress however, alleged that BJP was involved in horse trading even during the elections.
"I have worked with the Congress for around 14 months but I couldn't work for development and fulfill the public demand of a medical college. All the public welfare schemes in Damoh have been put on hold. Today, I have joined BJP willingly. I am sure that Damoh will rise to great heights," Lodhi told reporters at a press conference here at BJP state head office, on Sunday.
He however, denied that he had laid any condition before joining the BJP and took decision merely in the interest of the development of his constituency and to build a medical college.
"Couple of months back I had rejected the reports that I would be joining the BJP but the situation changed when I witnessed several development works being undertaken by the current BJP government during its six month tenure in the state. Welfare of Bundelkhand
was seriously compromised during Congress rule. In the interest of Damoh, I decided to join the BJP. The BJP will make a clean sweep in the ongoing elections," he said.
On Saturday evening, Lodhi submitted his resignation from the state assembly to Pro tem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma, who accepted it.
"Congress MLA Rahul Singh Lodhi has tendered his resignation on Saturday. I advised him to take the decision after thorough consideration. But when he remained adamant, we accepted the resignation," said Sharma.
Lodhi had defeated former BJP minister Jayant Malaiya during the 2018 assembly elections in Damoh by a margin of 798 votes.
Rahul Singh Lodhi is believed to have followed the footsteps of his cousin Pradyuman Singh Lodhi, who resigned from Bada Malhera seat three months back in a similar manner and joined the BJP. Pradyuman was also appointed as chairman of MP State Civil Supplies Corporation by CM Chouhan.
On Lodhi joining BJP, chief minister said that Congress is disintegrating, thus MLAs and other leaders are quitting the old party.
"The future of Congress is bleak under the leadership of Kamal Nath. Rahul's Congress is different from Kamal Nath's Congress. Congress failed to carry out development worth a single paisa in the state. The party also stalled important schemes for public welfare during its 15-month rule. Dissatisfied with the style of working of Kamal Nath, people are quitting the Congress," said Chouhan.
The chief minister also assured that Damoh will get a medical college as demanded by Rahul Singh Lodhi. "The BJP will open a medical college in Damoh. BJP always believes in the tradition of development and creation. Kamal Nath needs introspection. Abusing Shivraj will not work. It makes no difference to me to say anything but Kamal Nath should talk about development," said Chouhan.
He further said, "If Kamal Nath is not an industrialist, then how did you(Kamal Nath) get your property worth millions which you have declared. You must also tell this formula to the general public".
BJP state president V D Sharma and cabinet minister Bhupendra Singh played a crucial role in bringing Lodhi to the saffron fold. BJP leaders claimed that more Congress MLAs are in touch with the BJP and likely to join the party very soon. Sources said that after Lodhi, two more Congress MLAs may follow his path in coming days.
"If any public representative shows confidence in the BJP and the work undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, then the doors of BJP are opened for him," said Sharma.
In a Twitter post, MP Congress said, “By purchasing another MLA, the BJP has made it clear that it was not winning even a single of the 28 seats. People of Madhya Pradesh will give a strong reply to the BJP.”
With this resignation, the Congress has reduced to 87 seats in the 230-member House while the BJP has 107 MLAs. The party is also trying to garner support from two Bahujan Samaj Party, four Independents and one Samajwadi Party MLA. The number of vacant seats is 29 while the majority mark in the MP Assembly is at 115.


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We are happy to introduce our new member – Club de Ciobănești Belgieni și Olandezi (CCBO) from Romania
We are happy to introduce our new member – Club de Ciobănești Belgieni și Olandezi (CCBO) from Romania.
The dog sport has not yet many supporters in Romania, and the country is still a white spot on the map in terms of Dutch Shepherd.
The first chairman of the club Alex Bondar has made it his task to make the dog sport more popular in his country. He has found people who support him and follow this goal. Together they founded a breed club, have become members of the WDSF and applied to host the WDSF World Championship 2023.
This sporting spirit, the love for the Dutch Shepherd Dog and their commitment, reflect everything the WDSF stands for!
We wish CCBO success in the implementation of all conceived ideas.
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Meet the Miniaturist: Louise Krasniewicz!
We had a casual chat with Louise Krasniewicz on a Meet the Miniaturist Zoominar on Saturday, May 30, 2020.
Louise is an author, educator and a miniaturist. Her work has been featured in several exhibitions in our gallery including BadAss Miniatures and WeeResist. We were also privileged to have her award winning work, Rear Window, on display.
We learned more about her work in miniature, discovered what inspires her and we talked about some of her theories about miniatures.
"I’m interested in the idea of world making...I’m interested in miniatures, as makers, as people who create worlds that they invite you into and then you get to experience their vision of that world."
We talked a bit about her award winning REAR WINDOW, a 1/12 scale replication of the studio set from the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film.
"If you make a miniature it should be about a story so that you put elements into your scenes that are hints or keys or clues to what your story is but you don’t tell the whole story so that people have a way to enter your world and try and figure out what’s going on."
On her Harry Potter's Greenhouse piece featuring live plants:
"I’m not a skilled artist. I mean I never took art training at all but what I like about miniatures is you have to do everything. You have to be a carpenter. You have to be a builder. You have to be a painter. You have to do plants. You have to do all those things so that's one of the appeals of miniatures, to me, is I don’t think I would be good at any one art form but I like combining all these together."
How did she make all those birds in her miniature replication from this famous scene from Hitchcock's The Birds (1963)?:
"What I love to do when I make a miniature is do the research and then figure out, do problem-solving, like how am I going to do this? How am I going to get this done? That’s where the new technology has really helped me because I don’t want to be inhibited in what I do because I can’t make something."
Regarding technology and the use of modern tools and techniques used to make miniatures:
"What it has done to the miniature world, however, it’s not always positive... because you see now a lot of the kits that are laser cut but you don’t get the beauty of something that is totally handmade... in some ways all this technology will help us value more the people who can make these exquisite things by hand and I hope that’s what happens."
Catch the entire Meet the Miniaturist broadcast here or learn more about Louise on her blogs and websites:
A BIG thank you to Louise for joining us for this call - we look forward to having her back in a future broadcast!


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CCUW presents yearly one-time allocations
The Chilton County United Way has handed out 13 of its annual one-time grant allocations of various amounts within the past week.
Twelve of those were given as part of a special lunch at Jemison High School on Oct. 16.
The other was presented to the Town of Maplesville during its recent council meeting.
Some of the organizations that received allocations were the Chilton County Extension Office, Chilton County Sheriff’s Office and the Chilton/Clanton Public Library.
“I’m new to Clanton and Chilton County, but it’s just been wonderful to see all these great things that go in within the community,” Library Director Bernadette Roche said. “We’re very excited about the future.”
According to Roche, the $1,000 received from the CCUW will go a long way in helping the needs of the library.
“We’re very honored to have been one of the selected member agencies,” Roche said. “It’s very valued and it will be well used.”
The grants distributed by the CCUW are designed to help each of the organizations in offering a certain service or nonprofit initiative.
The CCUW grant lunch served as another opportunity for community organizations together and share ideas of ways in which they could come together to benefit the county as a whole.
“Events like this help me to see what the actual needs are out there and how the library can partner and expand the partnerships we already have,” Roche said. “It’s great to expand our connections.”
The Jemison High School culinary department cooked and served lunch at the event.

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