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The Hand of Calibos
I fear there exists an alternate version of Hollywood's version of a popular myth, one where Perseus emerges as a much more flawed, tormented and tragic hero. His eyes "open to grim reality" as he awakens in Joppa and finds himself with
no helmet!
no sword!
no shield!
certainly no winged white horses or
severed Medusa heads which have the power to turn gargantuan sea creatures to stone.
Unaided by the Gods, he is left with nothing but his wits, intuition, and a modest level of grating charm. Equipped with only these things, this 4th rate Perseus is tasked with defeating the swamp forces of Calibos, lord of the marsh, in order to free the beautiful princess Andromeda from the clutches of a wretched curse. In this version, it is Calibos who operates with every advantage. Firmly entrenched in the deep swamp, with nearly unlimited resources and acolytes at his disposal, Calibos cruelly and relentlessly manipulates the environment which we have no choice but to clumsily maneuver through.
Andromeda for her part—a far cry from the idealized virtuous and loyal princess—is herself deeply flawed, hopelessly conflicted and tortured by the complex workings of her own troubled mind. Long under the spell of Calibos, Andromeda is unwilling if not unable to separate herself from the treacherous elements she desperately wishes to be rid of. Unsurprisingly, a visit to the oracle reveals a vision of nothing but mathematical improbability. Yet, despite the bottomless pit of disappointment and emotional horror that a royal courtship with Andromeda would inevitably result in, she somehow remains as irresistibly desirable as ever. Myths don't always have to make sense logically.
It would seem then, that Perseus and his cohorts would be doomed from the get go on this "journey," destined only to succumb to their own romantic delusions, their heroic dreams swallowed whole by the unnatural conditions imposed by shadowy architects of a marshy maze of misdirection. With Andromeda an unreachable headcase, and Perseus condemned to a fate of flailing about in the syrupy molasses swamp, one might ask "Why bother at all? What is the point of even playing at all when the deck is stacked and the outcome is a forgone conclusion?"
Because Western man is often a foolish romantic, prone to embarking on fantastic quests. He will risk ruining his life for mere sincerity or to satisfy a morbid curiosity. He will jump into a canal filled with grody water in an attempt to save a golden retriever and will do so for no reason other than empathy. Successful heroes bask in the glory of their achievements and savor the spoils of victory. Yet even tragic heroes serve a worthwhile purpose, if not for what they achieve then for the lessons they offer for those after them, whether in mythical, metaphoric form or as simple clues left behind for those who inherit the same mission.
Either way, when "Western" man feels passionately enough about something, whether it's an abstract idea, a love interest, a nation or a fever dream, he will not hesitate to drown himself in a cause greater than himself, even if he initially dove in for selfish reasons.
If there exists, as I fear, an alternate version of Hollywood's version of a popular myth…
unfortunately, it appears to be the one we're in, and we're in it up to our necks.
Beyond the Ice Cream Sea
The micromoon's tidal forces,
an inflatable holographic chair,
the boardgame Candy Land (1984 version)
no strategy involved just chance of the cards
photograph from a
vintage camera with a
scratch on the lens
a blue otter pop
fresh from the freezer
and random
dancefloor of emotion that lights up and
dynamically changes with the clearest music
matching "glow in the dark" decoder rings
a temporary tattoo parlor
translucent image
of what? a rat?
fades fast in a cold shower
a certain kind of wearer
makes a one day waterpark wristband
nothing it's just a cool color
nervous laughter
Sometimes I get sidetracked by things, you know…things. It's like well, I don't really know what it's like. Things just happen. They really do. Who can understand what I'm trying to say? Nobody, except maybe you and/or you and/or you, too. For my sake I hope it's more than one or two of you but not too many of you. I'm saying a lot here, just telling it like it is. Yep, that's me. It really is me, too. It's been me this whole time. You figured it out before I did, then forgot it, then figured it out and then forgot again (for the last time.) It's okay, though. It was my fault you forgot. I didn't go far enough, fast enough, hard enough, but I never told you why, one way or another. Hesitation is the short version, but think of it as a tree with many branches, a hydra with many heads that I was bogged down battling until the clock pretty much ran out. No point in explaining at this point. You've said all that needs to be said.
Words don't matter anyway. I only recently realized I didn't need them (or need very few of them.) Most people aren't capable of understanding you or them. They just can't communicate on the same level, and for those who can… even one word can be enough. Blah blah blah, blah blah blah. That's what they say. It's just code for gibberish and the mark of a subhuman (harsh but true) in the current year. We've graduated from words to something else. I'm not a scientist, so I can't say how it works. It would be nice if I knew, because then I might have some way to control it, or use it in a way which might benefit me, but I don't. I really don't. I'm like a wide-eyed teenage boy (trapped in a jaded hipster artfag's body) who found a pouch of magic coins and is just skipping them into the fountain, one by one, wasting them, conflating them with wishes and hoping one sticks so that I can repeat the maneuver same way until I figure out the mechanism. That's all it is. It's in the experimental phase. What a complicated experiment it was.
When I entered the maze, the odds seemed like maybe 10 to 1, but as I made my way further into the labyrinth, the complexity increased exponentially, with previously invisible obstacles appearing left, right, behind, above, and below. Before I knew it the whole fucking thing glowed in the dark and not in cute glow golf date or sexy strip club kind of way. Knowing all this, I stayed in the maze anyway, because I knew there was a chance something like you might be on the other side. 50 to 1…100 to 1 and so on. I stopped checking. Suddenly I found myself running a Gauntlet. And to what end really? No fairy tale endgame in sight. Fine. Even just to meet up once a week and have our secret game of Candyland would have been worth it. It was a place to restart, but the sky was always the limit.
The manipulative forces of the maze are as strong as they are scum, but they have a weakness. They are textbookish philistines, unversed in the language of abstraction. They can deal only in the tangible. Outside of their inflated bubble, they are average. You can see it in the lack of creativity, the market researched memes, the inability to recognize an obscure (high or low) cultural reference. Not to mention, terrible fashion sense. They can't recognize something superior to them when they encounter it, so they underestimate it. That is how someone like me could manage to break through, (until I was thwarted by hangups and limitations of my own.) Maybe next time a hero with less flaws will show up. The maze has no power over people like us once we're aware of it. It ain't true, that your life has kicked you. It's your mind, and that's all that's tricking you…
Mining For Elizabeth
For many years I wondered what ever happened to Elizabeth, my old friend Andrew's high school girlfriend. Like it was yesterday, I can still remember the three of us driving around in the summer and fall of 1997 in my black '87 Ford Escort EXP, a car which, while prone to breaking down at the most inopportune times, nevertheless by some miracle managed to get us to Tempe and back on several occasions to see bands play at once iconic (now long defunct) establishments like Gibson's, Boston's and Electric Ballroom. I'm not even going to write about the more scandalous and amusing shenanigans that occurred on some of these adventurous car rides, because well, let's just say those were innocent times and leave it at that.
Elizabeth was a very pretty girl, way too pretty to be hanging around with Andrew and I, but lucky for us, I don't think she was aware of that. I don't remember having a "thing" for Elizabeth myself, but I do recall being envious of Andrew for having a girl like her, just a beautiful and normal looking blonde Phoenix girl, unlike so many of the troubled skater and raver girls I had always managed to end up cavorting with. Elizabeth was always kind and friendly. She never seemed to talk badly of anyone.
One night I gave Elizabeth a ride home from Andrew's house, and it was just her and I. She was complaining to me about how Andrew wasn't being "affectionate" enough, and she wondered if she was "going to have to get her needs satisfied elsewhere." I won't go into detail, but she went on and on in such a way that for a brief moment in my deluded young mind, I wondered if perhaps this was some kind of signal that she wanted me to make a move or something. I highly doubt it was though, and I quickly dismissed whatever impulse I may have had and dropped her off at home without doing anything stupid.
One thing I did do was endlessly pester her to hook me up with her friends. I didn't deserve such charity, but Elizabeth was good natured enough to entertain my requests anyway. This almost ended up panning out. She had an attractive friend named Michelle whom she made an effort to set me up with. However, when the four of us hung out at my apartment one night, a rather annoying guy tagged along as "the fifth wheel." Even though Michelle and I were only inches away from one another on my bed, I never got the chance to be alone with her, to find out one way or the other if anything was going to happen. That was that.
I lost touch with Andrew and Elizabeth not too long afterwards, and from what I remember they broke up a year or two later. Andrew and I are forever bonded though by an incident which occurred in October of 1997, when the two of us were robbed at gunpoint outside the movie theater (which no longer exists) on 32nd St and Bell, after seeing the film, The Devil's Advocate. Neither of us had any money in them when we handed over our wallets, but on the tense drive back, Andrew bemoaned to me that he had pictures of Elizabeth in his.
Anyway, fast forward to the present. I always wondered what happened to Elizabeth and what she was doing with her life now. I never was able to look her up, because I didn't remember her last name. You see, back then there was no social media, so a lot of your friends and acquaintances you would only know by their first name, sometimes even a nickname. To this day there are people I used to skateboard with that I will never be able to reconnect with because they were only known locally by outlandish monikers like "Bugle" and "Turbo Chris." Believe it or not, some of them still have never learned to use the internet either.
Of course, I could have just asked around and found out from someone what Elizabeth's last name was, but I suppose that would have been too easy and logical. Tracking down Andrew and asking him what his ex-girlfriend's last name was would have been kind of awkward. Nevertheless, by chance a few days ago, I accidentally discovered she had a profile on Facebook. When she left my friend request on "pending," I assumed that maybe she didn't recognize or remember me after all these years. An even worse possibility was that she did remember me and just thought I was a douchebag or something. Social norms have changed a great deal since then, and it wouldn't be the first time I remembered a girl fondly who didn't share a mutually idealized recollection of me. So I began to wonder introspectively, just how much of a jerk I had been, how much of a creep I was all those years ago that Elizabeth would be unwilling to entertain the idea of merely saying hi.
I guess I will never know what she thought. I found out from a friend that Elizabeth passed away a few years ago after she fought a tough battle with cancer. She was only in her early 30's. The way that I remember Elizabeth from the time I knew her, I would have thought she'd live to be a hundred years old. Elizabeth was one of the coolest girls I've ever met and animated with vitality. Maybe it's tasteless to write this kind of tribute to someone who isn't a celebrity or in the public eye (hence the reason I'm not using people's full names.) Elizabeth deserves a tribute though…so here it is: Think about what an amazing impression Elizabeth left on the world, that years after she was gone, people would still be wondering what she was up to, remembering things she said, and hoping to reconnect with her. I only knew her briefly 20 years ago, and yet I would have been so excited just to run into her somewhere or talk to her online for like five minutes…and I'm sure I'm not the only one. It wouldn't have even mattered to me what she looked like now or what sort of condition she was in. If she only knew how thrilled I was when I thought I'd finally found her. I was nervous even when I tried to send her a message!
One of the best things one can hope for is to be remembered fondly after they're gone. It's not fair that Elizabeth lost her life prematurely. It doesn't make any sense at all. Clearly though, Elizabeth lives on in the minds of those who were fortunate enough to know her. Wherever you are, we're reliving the good times with you a thousand times over. RIP Elizabeth, aka "Lizard Breath."
Pageless Wonders
Some of you have never professed your love to a girl by spelling words numerically on a translucent Motorola pager, and it shows. You've never known what it feels like to be the boy/girl who cried wolf and paged someone "911" even though there was no critical emergency, and all you wanted to do was just get their attention. You've never been on the receiving end either, frantically rushing to a pay phone outside Baskin Robbins, mustering the 35 cents to call the number, only to discover the person was just wondering if you could give them a ride somewhere. You will never experience the euphoria associated with your pager "blowin' up," with pages from a welcome romantic interest or uneasy dread that accompanies the uninterrupted flurry of spacelike electronic beeps from a scorned lover…the emotional energy seemingly to physically emanate from the illuminating device.
If you own a cellphone, you might think you could relate, but with the pager there were no words, no images, no voice, only the numeric digits which spell out the only things which matter to a teenager. There was also that abstract language of intensity and frequency understood only to those of a particular place and time. The pager in this sense, heightened the intuition and psionic sensitivity of the user. "Pager battles" may have been fought with a limited vocabulary but the high drama conveyed was perceived at the extra sensory level. I wouldn't have even needed to spell out 31723170717 or 1*177155*400 to Laura Wenz in the summer of '97. She would have just known.
I did get to experience these things, and sometimes I feel as though I would like to experience them again. Occasionally, I look at those old pagers on ebay, hoping to find a translucent teal model identical to the one I once brandished, securely clipped to the front pocket of my Faded Glory jeans as my friends and I skateboarded around North Phoenix strip malls and the campuses of Chaparral and Paradise Valley High School in the
middle of the night. I even think about buying one of those pagers and actually using it again just to hear the sounds and reconnect with…something.
The trouble is, there is no one left to page and no one left to be paged by. Laura and Jen and those Chaparral girls are all long gone, married with multiple children and have long ago stopped visiting the overgrown mental neverland I've continued occupying this entire time, and they won't ever be back. If I bought a pager, how could I even activate it? What would I even use the damn thing for besides meditation and self-hypnosis? In the post-Columbine age of school shooters, those high schools which we were once free to rampage through at all hours like wilding young centaurs, have long been placed in a state of permanent lockdown. Roaming anywhere remotely in the vicinity seems out of the question, and no cop would ever believe my story in a million years if I told them what I was actually doing there.


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Beauty Medical
By Lise Lærdal Bryn | Photos: Beauty Medical
Team Beauty Medical with Sandra Michelle Romano.
Since opening in 2016, Beauty Medical has become one of the top beauty clinics in Norway, with a months-long waiting list and practitioners eager for the opportunity to spend just a couple days working at their clinic in Oslo. This is an enormous achievement for founder Sandra Romano, a single working mother who only five years ago was paying her patients to be able to practise on them, and whose inimitable spirit lies at the heart of the clinic's success.
The road to running one of the top beauty clinics in Norway hasn't been easy for Sandra Romano. Starting with a difficult and unusual childhood, she became, at a very young age, a single mother only a year after giving premature birth to her son, who was born with a rare premature illness. It was her fight for the health of her son that led to her initial training to be a nurse – but working shifts with a sick son and student loans quickly led her to change tack, only months after finishing her education.
Owner Sandra Romano, key opinion leader for MINT PDO, teaching thread lifts.
Sandra achieved remarkable success at a series of companies over the following few years, where she set multiple records in terms of both sales numbers and her speed in being promoted to leadership positions, as well as achieving feats like putting together a team of 435 people over four months, speaking to thousands of people at venues like The Globe in Stockholm, and working as head of sales at four different companies simultaneously, alongside work in product development.
This experience proved invaluable when she shifted her focus back to beauty, the passion of her youth. A natural-born entrepreneur, she started a massage studio with her best friend at seven and started working as a nail and lash technician aged only 14. As an adult, she used her nursing training to become an aesthetic nurse, taking over 40 additional courses. "When I started in 2015, I had to pay my first patients to practise," she admits. Now she has a months-long waiting list, and has treated over 6,000 patients, including celebrities like Triana Iglesias and Sophie Elise.
"I think the reason people want to come to us is, firstly, the results we deliver. When you go on Instagram, you see natural results where you can't see what's been done, but simply that you look fresher," says Sandra, adding that there's an authentic glow that isn't easily achieved. "We're not just here to empty wallets and fill lips; we're here make you feel like a diamond."
Celina Romano, assistant manager and cousin to Sandra, adds: "Not only do we get good results, but we have a nearly perfect five-star average customer rating. In addition, we work exclusively with top-range products."
Left: Sandra Romano doing a thread lift procedure. Right: Sandra Romano and Celina Romano.
This includes products such as Juvederm, which Celina jokingly refers to as "the Rolls Royce of fillers". Their commitment to only using products of the highest quality has brought them the attention of top suppliers like Allergan Medical Institute, who they met with the day before our interview to share some of the secrets of their success as a clinic.
Among the secrets is not just in Sandra, but the whole Beauty Medical team, who enjoy a unique camaraderie. "We have a brilliant team," Sandra gushes. "And the true success of a company is that everyone looks forward to coming to work."
She boasts that they have had zero requests for sick days and that employees that have moved on often come back having raved about how much they miss working at Beauty Medical – and this reputation has also resulted in a large pile of job applications for Celina to work through.
"We all originally became nurses to help people, and there are other ways of helping people too," says Sandra, and this aspect of their work is central to their practice. "We do so much more than just big lips," she emphasises.
Although beauty treatments such as lip fillers are what the industry is most famous for, and indeed it remains the practice's most popular treatment, they also offer treatments for such problems as excessive sweating, correction of hyper-pigmentation, acne scarring, and more. "These are issues that we address every day that meaningfully improve people's quality of life."
Sometimes, this also means refusing clients: "We've become very good at spotting the people who are simply hurting and just need some love, and we address that right away: lift them up, shower them with lots of love, and tell them how great they are," says Sandra.
The attention to quality and positive mindset is also a key part of the courses in aesthetic medicine that Beauty Medical runs. Sandra isn't just dedicated to her own practice, but also to improving the standard of the entire industry, especially considering how difficult she found it to get her start. "Everyone was very arrogant, and no one took me seriously," she says. "I knew I had to change things."
Now, Sandra runs her own courses in collaboration with medical agencies PBSerum and MINT, which are attended by plastic surgeons, dermatologists, medical doctors, dentists and aesthetic nurses. She was also one of the first 30 people certified by NORFEM – the Norwegian Organisation for Quality Within Aesthetic Medicine – demonstrating her commitment to teaching aesthetic medicine at the highest level, and to safety in her treatments.
Left: Team Beauty Medical in thread lift uniform. Top right: Sandra Romano, lecturer and course leader at PBSerum Medical Advanced with a full auditorium. Bottom
right: Founder and owner Sandra Romano.
Beauty Medical's medicine courses also focus on the business side of running a beauty clinic, and Sandra's early success in that regard is evident here. "I love sales, but for many, sales are tricky, and that's why they don't succeed. But it's all about mindset here, too, and when you think that instead of just selling a client a product, it's about helping someone, then it doesn't feel like a sale – and that's when you clinch it," Sandra reflects.
"I think a lot of people feel inspired by our courses thanks to the 'you can do it' spirit Sandra brings," says Celina. "There are some people who have that extra gift that leads to achieving your dreams, and Sandra has that."
Sandra now teaches all over Norway – and among Beauty Medical's next steps is branching into Sweden. They are not particularly interested in opening new branches of the actual clinic, however. "We want to focus on quality and keeping our vibe, and we know that if we expand and bite off more than we can chew, that's when we lose that," Sandra explains.
Left: Sandra Romano doing a thread lift procedure. Right: Juvederm fillers.
Beauty Medical is very active on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok – another credit to their success. Morever, they have an online shop selling high-quality products from Zo Skin Health, Noon Aesthetics, Meline and PBSerum.
Web: beautymedical.no
Facebook: beautymedicaloslo
Instagram: @beautymedicaloslo
Tiktok: @beautymedicaloslo
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LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) - Authorities say a woman walking her dog on northern Kauai was assaulted after her heeler-mix killed an endangered Hawaii bird.
The Garden Island reports Paulina Ann Ka'aumoana was walking near the Princeville Golf Course on Monday when her unleashed 19-year-old dog killed a baby nene.
Ka'aumoana says a man who witnessed the attacked started kicking her dog, and then kicked and punched her when she intervened.
Kauai police say the 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault.
Ka'aumoana says the attack was uncharacteristic of her dog, which is mostly blind and deaf.
A spokesman for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources says the Hawaiian goose carcass was removed and the agency is processing the case.
Nene is a federally protected species.


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\section{\label{sec:Introduction}Introduction}

The band dispersion $E(k)$ obtained from electronic structure calculations provides information about Fermi surface of metals, direct/indirect transition in semiconductors, effective masses, etc. When periodicity is perturbed (e.g., solid solutions, defects, magnetic order) the Brillouin zone (BZ) shrinks and bands get folded. As a result, $E(k)$ becomes obscured and difficult to interpret.

Even when the periodicity is formally perturbed, it is still possible to recover an effective band structure in a BZ of the primitive cell using a k-spectral decomposition also known as `band unfolding'. There are numerous examples of band unfolding. The notable milestones include an electronic structure of aperiodic solids  \cite{Niizeki_JPCM_2_1990,Kosugi_JPSJ_86_2017,Mayo_JPCM_32_2020}, solid solutions described within a tight-binding approximation \cite{Dargam_PRB_56_1997,Boykin_PRB_71_2005,Boykin_JPCM_19_2007} or  pseudopotentials with a plane-wave basis set \cite{Wang_PRL_80_1998,Popescu_PRL_104_2010,Popescu_PRB_85_2012}, and Wannier functions derived from first-principle calculations to interpret angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiments \cite{Ku_PRL_104_2010}. There are a number of public implementations of band unfolding in the density functional theory (DFT) community, for instance, \texttt{BandsUP} \cite{Medeiros_PRB_89_2014,Medeiros_PRB_91_2015}, \texttt{fold2Bloch} \cite{Rubel_PRB_90_2014}, \texttt{VASPKIT} \cite{Wang_CPC_267_2021}, \texttt{vaspwfc} \cite{Zheng_GitHub_PyVaspwfc_2022}.

The simplest scenario to unfold the band structure involves the supercell constructed from primitive real-space lattice vectors $\mathbf{a}_i$ ($i=1,2,3$) by scaling them with an integer $n_i \mathbf{a}_i$ ($n_i \in \mathbb{Z}^+$). However, it does not cover all possibilities. There are lattices constructed by a combination of rotation and scaling of the primitive structural unit. Examples include a conventional vs reduced unit cell \cite{Gruber_further-properties_2006,deWolff_red-basis_2006} or an octahedral rotation and tilting in perovskite structures \cite{Glazer_ACB_28_1972}. \citet{Popescu_PRB_85_2012} suggested a more general approach to unfolding that involves a transformation matrix. It was already implemented in \texttt{BandsUP}, \texttt{VASPKIT}, and \texttt{vaspwfc} but not in \texttt{fold2Bloch}.

\section{Method}\label{sec:Method}

\subsection{Lattice transformations}

Following the notations in Ref.~\citenum{Popescu_PRB_85_2012} we denote
by small (capital) symbols quantities referring to the primitive cell (supercell). Transformation of real-space primitive $\mathbf{a}_i$ to supercell $\mathbf{A}_i$ lattice vectors can be expressed as \cite{Arnold_transform-coord-sys_2006}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:a_p -> a_s}
    \mathbf{A}_{i} = \sum_{j=1}^3 P_{ji} \, \mathbf{a}_{j}  \quad (i=1,2,3)
\end{equation}
or in the matrix form as
\begin{equation}\label{eq:a_p -> a_s (matrix)}
    A = P^{\intercal} \, a,
\end{equation}
where the lattice vectors matrices $A$ and $a$ are constructed of rows being individual vectors and columns being their Cartesian components ($x,y,z$), e.g.,
\begin{equation}\label{eq:a_s (matrix)}
    A =
    \begin{pmatrix}
        \mathbf{A}_{1} \\
        \mathbf{A}_{2} \\
        \mathbf{A}_{3}
    \end{pmatrix}
    \equiv
    \begin{bmatrix}
        A_{11} & A_{12} & A_{13} \\
        A_{21} & A_{22} & A_{23} \\
        A_{31} & A_{32} & A_{33}
    \end{bmatrix}.
\end{equation}
Here $P$ is a transformation matrix of the size $3 \times 3$ compatible with conventions recommended by the International tables for crystallography \cite{Arnold_transform-coord-sys_2006} (same as in VESTA structure visualization software \cite{Momma_JAC_44_2011} or Bilbao crystallographic server \cite{Aroyo_ACA_70_2014} but different from Ref.~\citenum{Popescu_PRB_85_2012}). The transformation matrix is obtained by solving the linear Eq.~\eqref{eq:a_p -> a_s (matrix)}, which yields
\begin{equation}\label{eq:P}
    P  = (A \, a^{-1})^{\intercal}.
\end{equation}
The reverse transformation of a supercell to the primitive cell is obtained using the inverse matrix $P^{-1}$
\begin{equation}\label{eq:a_s -> a_p (matrix)}
    a = (P^{-1})^{\intercal} \, A.
\end{equation}
Scaling of the cell volume as a result of the primitive cell to supercell transformation is given by \cite{Arnold_transform-coord-sys_2006}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:V_s/V_p}
    n_{\text{v}} = \det (P),
\end{equation}
which imposes two constrains: $P$ should be positive defined and $P_{ij} \in \mathbb{Z}$, from which it follows that $\det(P)\in \mathbb{Z}^+$.

Reciprocal lattice vectors are also transformed using $P$. Owing to the relation $B=(A^{-1})^{\intercal}$, reciprocal lattice vectors of a supercell $\mathbf{B}_i$ can be transformed to the reciprocal primitive vectors $\mathbf{b}_i$ as \cite{Arnold_transform-coord-sys_2006}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:b_s -> b_p (matrix)}
    b = P \, B
\end{equation}
and back as
\begin{equation}\label{eq:b_p -> b_s (matrix)}
    B = P^{-1} \, b.
\end{equation}
Note that the transposition of $P$ is not required for converting reciprocal lattice vectors in the matrix form contrary to the conversions proposed in Ref.~\citenum{Popescu_PRB_85_2012} (see Eqs.~(1) and (2) therein).

\subsection{Band unfolding}

We already outlined in Ref.~\citenum{Rubel_PRB_90_2014} an unfolding procedure used in the \texttt{fold2Bloch} implementation when a supercell is constructed by simple scaling of the primitive cell . Here we present an extended (more general) version.

DFT codes for solids internally operate with wave vectors in fractional coordinates. Here we will use tilde to denote primitive (supercell) fractional coordinates $\tilde{\mathbf{k}}$ ($\tilde{\mathbf{K}}$) where components of each vector span a range between 0 and 1. Cartesian components of the wave vector are obtained by a multiplication with the reciprocal lattice matrix
\begin{equation}\label{eq:k_p -> Cartesian}
    \mathbf{k} = \tilde{\mathbf{k}} \, b
\end{equation}
and similarly for the supercell $\mathbf{K}$.

Transformation of reciprocal-space supercell $\tilde{\mathbf{K}}$ to primitive $\tilde{\mathbf{k}}$ wave vectors (fractional coordinates) is given by \cite{Arnold_transform-coord-sys_2006}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:K_s -> k_p}
    \tilde{\mathbf{k}} =  [\tilde{\mathbf{K}} + (m_1,m_2,m_3)] \, P^{-1} \mod 1 .
\end{equation}
With all possible combinations of $m_i \in \mathbb{Z}$, the number of unique $\mathbf{k}$ points generated within the first BZ of the primitive cell (Fig.~\ref{fig-unfolding-rotation}) is given by the volume scale (Eq.~\eqref{eq:V_s/V_p}). The new (unfolded) k points in Fig.~\ref{fig-unfolding-rotation}b form two subsets $\mathbf{k}_1$ (open markers) and $\mathbf{k}_2$ (red) of the original grid $\mathbf{K} + \mathbf{G}$ in Fig.~\ref{fig-unfolding-rotation}a. The two subsets were created since the volume change is $n_{\text{v}}=2$ in the example shown. More generally, the subset property is expressed as
\begin{equation}\label{eq:k as a subset of K+G}
    \mathbf{k}_l + \mathbf{g} \subset \mathbf{K} + \mathbf{G} \quad (l=1, \ldots, n_{\text{v}}),
\end{equation}
with $\mathbf{G}(m_1,m_2,m_3) = m_1 \mathbf{B}_1 + m_2 \mathbf{B}_2 + m_3 \mathbf{B}_3$ and $\mathbf{g}(m_1,m_2,m_3) = m_1 \mathbf{b}_1 + m_2 \mathbf{b}_2 + m_3 \mathbf{b}_3$ being commensurate vectors of the plane wave expansion.

The wave function in WIEN2k is split into two regions: the atomic spheres and the interstitial region \cite{Blaha_WIEN2k_2018}. A plane wave basis set is used in the interstitial region
\begin{equation}\label{eq:PW wave function}
    \Psi_{\sigma, n,\mathbf{K}}^{(\text{int})}(\mathbf{r}) =
    \sum_{\mathbf{G}} C_{\sigma, n,\mathbf{K}}(\mathbf{G}) \,
    e^{i(\mathbf{K} + \mathbf{G}) \cdot \mathbf{r}},
\end{equation}
where $C$ are plane wave coefficients for a specific electronic state with the wave vector $\mathbf{K}$, spin channel $\sigma$, band index $n$.

Spectral weight of the new unfolded k point is evaluated from the subset of plain wave coefficients \cite{Popescu_PRB_85_2012}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:w(s,n,k)}
    w_{\sigma, n} (\mathbf{k}_l) = \sum_{\mathbf{g}} |C_{\sigma, n,\mathbf{K}}(\mathbf{k}_l + \mathbf{g})|^2 \quad (l=1, \ldots, n_{\text{v}}).
\end{equation}
Weights are normalized such that
\begin{equation}\label{eq:w(s,n,k) norm}
    \sum_{l=1}^{n_{\text{v}}} w_{\sigma, n} (\mathbf{k}_l) = 1
\end{equation}
In the case of a spinor wave function, weights of spin up and down components are mixed
\begin{equation}\label{eq:w(n,k) spinor}
    w_{n} (\mathbf{k}) = \alpha^2 w_{\uparrow ,n} (\mathbf{k})  + \beta^2 w_{\downarrow ,n} (\mathbf{k}),
\end{equation}
where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are components of the spinor wave function ($\alpha^2 + \beta^2 = 1$). This result is similar to decomposition of partial spectral weights proposed by \citet{Medeiros_PRB_91_2015}, yet it is additionally augmented by the relative contribution of each spin channel to the wave function.

\subsection{Electronic structure calculations}

All electronic structure calculations were performed with WIEN2k DFT package \cite{Blaha_WIEN2k_2018,Blaha_JCP_152_2020}. Relevant parameters are listed in Table~\ref{tab-param}. We used the \citet*{Perdew_PRL_77_1996} (PBE) exchange-correlation functional in combination with the onsite Hubbard correction $U$ \cite{Anisimov_PRB_48_1993} for Ir-d electrons in the case of \ce{Sr2IrO4}. The spin-orbit coupling was included in all calculations. The spin polarization was enabled only in the case of \ce{Sr2IrO4}, where we used a collinear antiferromagnetic ordering as in Ref.~\citenum{Ye_PRB_87_2013} (Fig.~\ref{fig-Sr2IrO4-structure}d) initialized with the magnetic moment of $\pm 1$ Bohr magneton ($\mu_{\text{B}}$) per Ir site.

\subsection{Implementation and execution workflow}

\textbf{WIEN2k}: First we initialize the calculation and complete the self-consistent field (SCF) cycle using the \texttt{case.struct} structure file as an input to obtain a self-consistent potential and a charge density. Once the calculation converges all necessary files are saves in the \texttt{SOC} folder. A detailed workflow can be found in the supporting information (SI) section.

\textbf{Utils/fold.m}: Next we generate a list of \textit{folded} $\tilde{\mathbf{K}}$ points within the supercell BZ using the Octave/MATLAB script that takes a desired $\tilde{\mathbf{k}}$ point path in the primitive BZ, the number of intermediate points for each section of the path, as well as the transformation matrix $P$ as inputs. \\
\texttt{\$ octave fold.m}\\
The folding is achieved by the following matrix product \cite{Arnold_transform-coord-sys_2006}
\begin{equation}\label{eq:K_p -> k_s}
    \tilde{\mathbf{K}} =  \tilde{\mathbf{k}} \, P \mod 1 .
\end{equation}
The generated unique $\tilde{\mathbf{K}}$ points are stored in the \texttt{case.klist\_band} file in a WIEN2k native format as three integer numbers per k point with a common integer divisor. It is important to note conventions used within WIEN2k to interpret k~point coordinates in the \texttt{case.klist\_band} file. The BZ of a \textit{conventional} lattice is implied for F, B, CXY, CXZ, and CXZ orthorhombic lattices. The BZ of a \textit{primitive} lattice is used for other lattice types (P, H, R, CXZ monoclinic). Those peculiarities affect the selection of supercell lattice vectors $A$ in Eq.~\eqref{eq:a_s (matrix)} and the construction of $P$ matrix using Eq.~\eqref{eq:P}. In practice, we expect that majority of users will have P-type supercells due the symmetry broken by disorder/defects.

\textbf{WIEN2k}: Now we generate eigenvalues and eigenvectors (wave functions or vector files) for the list of k points in the \texttt{case.klist\_band} file. We use files saved in the \texttt{SOC} folder after the previous SCF step.\\
\texttt{\$ x lapw1 -band -up [-p]}\\
\texttt{\$ x lapw1 -band -dn [-p]}\\
\texttt{\$ x lapwso -up [-orb] [-p]}\\
The \texttt{-orb} switch is activated for the DFT+$U$ calculation. Here we produce files that are essential for unfolding: \texttt{case.vectorso[up/dn]} (wave functions and energy eigenvalues) and \texttt{case.normso[up/dn]} (spinor components $\alpha^2$ and $\beta^2$).

\textbf{fold2Bloch}: fold2Bloch is a FORTRAN code that can be compiled with either Intel or GNU FORTRAN compilers. It takes wave functions, spinor components, and the transformation matrix $P$ as input arguments\\
\texttt{\$ fold2Bloch -so case.vectorsoup[\_1] case.vectorsodn[\_1]}\\
\texttt{... case.normsoup[\_1] case.normsodn[\_1]}\\
\texttt{... "'P11 P12 P13:P21 P22 P23:P31 P32 P33'"}\\
and generates a \texttt{case.f2b} file. If WIEN2k calculations run in a k-parallel mode (\texttt{[-p]} option), output vector and norm files will be marked with \texttt{\_XX} for each parallel stream. These files can be processed individually, and the output can be concatenated into one \texttt{case.f2b} file. The sample listing of the output file is given below
\begin{verbatim}
     k_1        k_2        k_3       E (Ry)       w
...
   0.000000   0.000000   0.000000   0.393800   0.001619
   0.000000   0.000000   0.250000   0.393800   0.000001
   0.000000   0.000000   0.500000   0.393800   0.487296
   0.000000   0.000000   0.750000   0.393800   0.000001
   0.500000   0.500000   0.000000   0.393800   0.000000
   0.500000   0.500000   0.250000   0.393800   0.255542
   0.500000   0.500000   0.500000   0.393800   0.000000
   0.500000   0.500000   0.750000   0.393800   0.255542
   0.000000   0.000000   0.000000   0.394518   0.374261
   0.000000   0.000000   0.250000   0.394518   0.000001
   0.000000   0.000000   0.500000   0.394518   0.001956
   0.000000   0.000000   0.750000   0.394518   0.000001
   0.500000   0.500000   0.000000   0.394518   0.000000
   0.500000   0.500000   0.250000   0.394518   0.311889
   0.500000   0.500000   0.500000   0.394518   0.000000
   0.500000   0.500000   0.750000   0.394518   0.311893
...
\end{verbatim}
Here one can see results of band unfolding with the transformation matrix $P=[1,\bar{1},\bar{2};1,1,\bar{2};0,0,4]$ and the volume scale of $n_{\text{v}}=8$. Two groups of eigenvalues are shown each unfolded into eight new k points (fractional coordinates) in the primitive BZ. Even though both eigenvalues belong to $\Gamma$ point in the supercell BZ, after unfolding the first does not have any notable $\Gamma$ character (only ca.~0.16\%), while the second eigenvalue retains about 37\% of its $\Gamma$ character.

\textbf{Utils/ubs\_bmp.m}: This Octave script is used to prepare a binary file \texttt{case.f2b.bin} for band structure plotting. The inputs are the \texttt{case.f2b} file, the desired $\tilde{\mathbf{k}}$ path in the primitive BZ (it has to match that used as input in \texttt{fold.m}), reciprocal lattice vectors of the supercell (can be read from the \texttt{case.outputkgen} file in a column-wise manner and later transposed within the script), the Fermi energy from \texttt{case.scf} file, smearing for a Gaussian function in energy and k space.\\
\texttt{\$ octave ubs\_bmp.m}\\
Sensible values for the energy and k space smearing are about 1/50 of the energy range and the k path length selected for the band structure plot. At the end of execution, \texttt{XTICKS} and \texttt{KLABEL} vectors are printed. They need to be noted and used in the next stage.

\textbf{Utils/f2b-band-structure.plt}: Finally, the unfolded band structure is plotted using Gnuplot with the input binary file \texttt{case.f2b.bin}.\\
\texttt{\$ gnuplot f2b-band-structure.plt}\\
The Gnuplot script incorporates data from \texttt{XTICKS} and \texttt{KLABEL} vectors used for labeling the high-symmetry points along the path and generates a publication-quality plot (\texttt{case.eps}).

\subsection{Experimental details}

The experimental structure of \ce{Sr2IrO4} was measured with ARPES on the Cassiop{\'e}e beamline of the SOLEIL synchrotron, with a SCIENTA R-4000 analyzer and an overall resolution better than 15~meV. The temperature was 20~K, the photon energy was set to 100~eV and linear polarization in the plane containing $\Gamma$M was used.  The samples were prepared using a self-flux method, as reported before \cite{Brouet_PRB_92_2015,Louat_PRB_100_2019}.

We have grown \ce{SrIrO3} thin films on \ce{SrTiO3} (001) substrate using pulsed laser deposition. A frequency-tripled Nd:YAG laser ($\lambda=355$~nm, $f=2.5$~Hz, pulse duration 15~ns) was focused on a polycrystalline \ce{SrIrO3} target made by solid state synthesis. The substrate surface was prepared following the process described in Ref.~\citenum{Connell_APL_101_2012} to obtain a uniform \ce{TiO2} surface termination. The deposition was performed with the substrate heated at $T=600~^{\circ}$C and with oxygen partial pressure $P=2.5 \times 10^{-1}$~mbar and monitored by in-situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction. Then, the thin films were cooled down to room temperature with the same oxygen partial pressure to compensate for any oxygen vacancy. Finally, we fully structurally and physically characterized our thin films by X-ray diffraction and reflectivity using a Br{\"u}ker D8 advance diffractometer and by surface diffraction on SIXS beamline at SOLEIL synchrotron, atomic force microscopy and electronic transport, concluding to similar characteristics and properties to previous reports in the literature \cite{Bhat_EPL_122_2018,GutierrezLlorente_AM_6_2018,Zhang_PRB_91_2015}.

\section{Results and Discussion}\label{sec:Results and Discussion}

\subsection{\ce{Sr2IrO4}: Theoretical calculations}

The structure of \ce{Sr2IrO4} was imported from Springer Materials \cite{Ye_PRB_92_2015} (dataset ID~sd\_1945591). The original structure is BCT and includes a tilting of \ce{IrO6} octahedra  (Fig.~\ref{fig-Sr2IrO4-structure}a-d). The magnetic ordering further reduces the symmetry to a tetragonal cell with 8-Ir atoms. Its lattice vectors matrix ({\AA}) is
\begin{equation}
    A =
    \begin{bmatrix}
        5.485 & 0 & 0 \\
        0 & 5.485 & 0 \\
        0 & 0 & 25.775
    \end{bmatrix}.
\end{equation}
For verification purposes we also created an idealized structure by eliminating the octahedral tilting and magnetic ordering. Its elementary structural unit (a 1-Ir primitive BCT unit cell) is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig-Sr2IrO4-structure}e. The corresponding matrix of primitive lattice vectors is
\begin{equation}
    a =
    \begin{bmatrix}
        A_1/2 & -A_2/2 & 0 \\
        A_1/2 & A_2/2 & 0 \\
        A_1/2 & 0 & A_3/4
    \end{bmatrix}.
\end{equation}
Following Eq.~\eqref{eq:P} we obtain the transformation matrix
\begin{equation}
    P =
    \begin{bmatrix}
        1 & -1 & -2 \\
        1 & 1 & -2 \\
        0 & 0 & 4
    \end{bmatrix},
\end{equation}
which establishes the relation between 1-Ir primitive cell and 8-Ir supercell (without distortions). The structure files (in a WIEN2k native format) can be found in the SI section and visualized with XcrySDen \cite{Kokalj_CMS_28_2003} or VESTA \cite{Momma_JAC_44_2011}.

The BZ of 8-Ir and 1-Ir cell is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig-BZ-Sr2IrO4}a,b, respectively. For plotting band structures we selected the $\Gamma\!-\!\text{M}\!-\!\text{X}\!-\!\Gamma$ path. Since we made a non-standard choice for BCT primitive lattice vectors (see Table~9.1.7.2, $tI$ Bravais lattice in the International tables for crystallography \cite{Burzlaff_bravais_lattices_2006}), special care should be taken to map $k$ point coordinates from the conventional to the primitive cell (Fig.~\ref{fig-BZ-Sr2IrO4}b) to ensure that the coordinates are compatible with the chosen definition for lattice vectors (Table~\ref{tab-BCT-k-conversion}).

For verification purposes we first need to calculate the band structure \textit{without} tilting of \ce{IrO6} octehedra. This way we can establish a direct comparison between the 8-Ir cell  and the primitive 1-Ir BCT cell. It is convenient to do this comparison at the PBE level of theory, since it leads to a non-magnetic solution with a more simple band structure (Fig.~\ref{fig-bandstruct-Sr2IrO4-undistorted}a). Bands near the Fermi energy are due to Ir-d electrons: the dispersive bands starting off $\Gamma$ near $E_{\text{F}}$ correspond to the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ orbital; the remaining bands are due to $t_{2g}$ states ($d_{xy}$, $d_{yz}$, and $d_{xz}$ orbitals); the $d_{z^2}$ orbital belongs to $e_g$ states located at higher energies outside the energy range of interest.

Figure~\ref{fig-bandstruct-Sr2IrO4-undistorted}b shows the band structure of the 8-Ir supercell without octahedral tilting. This band structure is obscured by the zone folding. Figure~\ref{fig-BZ-Sr2IrO4}c can help to rationalize zone folding at high-symmetry $k$ points (prime indices are for the supercell). Eigenvalues at both $\Gamma$ and X points are folded into $\Gamma '$ of the supercell. Eigenvalues at M point fall into $\mathrm{X}'$. The Dirac-like band crossings along the $\Gamma'\!-\!\mathrm{X}'$ segment are folding artefacts not observed in the primitive cell. The unfolded and primitive band structures are identical (Fig.~\ref{fig-bandstruct-Sr2IrO4-undistorted}a,c) that gives confidence in our approach and its implementation.

The realistic structure of \ce{Sr2IrO4} includes tilting of \ce{IrO6} octahedra. Those distortions cause perturbations in the band structure, which can be assessed thanks to the new functionality of \texttt{fold2Bloch}. The unfolded band structure of 8-Ir cell \textit{with} octahedral tiltings (Fig.~\ref{fig-bandstruct-Sr2IrO4-distorted}b) can now be compared to Fig.~\ref{fig-bandstruct-Sr2IrO4-undistorted}c (both calculated at the PBE level of theory). The most notable change is that the rotation allows hybridization between $d_{x^2-y^2}$ and $d_{xy}$, as is also the case in \ce{Sr2RhO4} \cite{Kim_PRL_97_2006}. Therefore, new $d_{x^2-y^2}$ states move to higher energies (not visible in Fig.~\ref{fig-bandstruct-Sr2IrO4-distorted}) and  $d_{xy}$ states are now pushed below the Fermi energy resulting in a new bright `spot' at X below the Fermi energy (Fig.~\ref{fig-bandstruct-Sr2IrO4-distorted}b), which is unfolded from $\Gamma''$ leaving a weak replica at $\Gamma$. Interestingly, states at M point are immune to the distortions.

To account for correlation effects we added the Hubbard $U_{\text{eff}}=3$~eV correction for Ir-d states. The magnitude of $U_{\text{eff}}$ was chosen to reproduce the experimental band gap of 0.5~eV \cite{Moon_PRL_101_2008,Battisti_NP_13_2016}. Unlike PBE, PBE+$U$ favours a magnetic solution with the moment of $\mu(\ce{Ir}) \approx 0.24 \mu_{\text{B}}$ per Ir site (the ordering is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig-Sr2IrO4-structure}d with the $[001]$ spin quantization direction for simplicity). Experimental $\mu(\ce{Ir})$ moments are 0.21~\cite{Ye_PRB_87_2013}, 0.29~\cite{Lovesey_JPCM_24_2012}, and 0.37~\cite{Dhital_PRB_87_2013}. A gap opens up between the on-site spin up and down states, which is particularly clear at M and at the middle of $\Gamma$X (Fig.~\ref{fig-bandstruct-Sr2IrO4-distorted}c-d).

\subsection{\ce{Sr2IrO4}: Comparison with experiment}

Figure~\ref{fig-ARPES_Sr2IrO4}(a) shows the ARPES spectral intensity along the k-path $\Gamma$-M-X-$\Gamma$, which was extracted from our measurement using a photon energy of 100~eV and a linear polarization along $\Gamma$M \cite{Brouet_PRB_92_2015}. The different bands observed in this plot are sketched in Fig.~\ref{fig-ARPES_Sr2IrO4}(b) by red and blue guides to the eyes, the colour corresponds to their dominant orbital character, characterized by the effective value of the total electronic angular momentum $J$, either $J=1/2$ ($m_J=\pm 1/2$) or $J=3/2$ ($m_J=\pm 1/2, \pm 3/2$). These data are similar to several previous reports  \cite{Kim_PRL_101_2008,Martins_PRM_2_2018,Louat_PRB_100_2019}, where more details can also be found.

The most intense band is the $J=3/2$ band at X (blue star).  Although it should also be present at $\Gamma$, which is equivalent in the supercell (see Fig.~\ref{fig-BZ-Sr2IrO4}(c)), it can hardly be distinguished there. This is perfectly captured by the unfolded calculation of Fig.~\ref{fig-ARPES_Sr2IrO4}(d), which features much lower intensity for this band at $\Gamma$ compared to X. A comparison of the measured and calculated intensity along $\Gamma$ and X is also shown in Fig.~\ref{fig-ARPES_Sr2IrO4}(c) and (e), respectively. ARPES spectra in Fig.~\ref{fig-ARPES_Sr2IrO4}(e) were calculated based on the discrete spectral weights $w_n(\mathbf{k})$ defined by Eq.~\eqref{eq:w(n,k) spinor} and energies $E_n(\mathbf{k})$ of the unfolded band structure at specific $k$ points. A Gaussian broadening of the width $\sigma=0.2$~eV was applied. However, it is still a very crude approximation as other relevant details were omitted (matrix elements for initial- and final-state crystal wave functions, finite-lifetime effects, surface discontinuity, multiple scattering \cite{Damascelli_RMP_75_2003}). These matrix elements will further modulate the measured intensity, but the qualitative difference is well captured by the calculation. However, the relative position of the $J=3/2$ band at X and $J=1/2$ band at M is quite different in the two cases. In experiment, those bands are ca.~0.22~eV apart, while in calculations the energy difference between the valence band maxima at M and X is ca.~0.11~eV (compare red and blue stars on Fig.~\ref{fig-ARPES_Sr2IrO4} panels (c) and (e)). This discrepancy is due to an underestimation of the effective spin-orbit coupling already noticed and discussed in the literature \cite{Liu_PRL_101_2008,Zhou_PRX_7_2017}.

The $J=1/2$ band is the one where the magnetic gap opens \cite{Martins_PRM_2_2018} (Fig.~\ref{fig-ARPES_Sr2IrO4}(d), red arrows). This band is clearly visible along $\Gamma$M, but much weaker along MX, two paths expected to be equivalent in the supercell. Again, this fits with the theoretical calculation. Similarly, the $J=1/2$ band drastically loses weight on the second half of $\Gamma$X, both in the experiment and in calculation. Note that, as the relative positions of $J=1/2$ and $J=3/2$ are not correctly captured, the break in the dispersion due to hybridization between $J=1/2$ and $J=3/2$ where they cross is also shifted.

The other bands are more difficult to isolate in ARPES, either because they become too broad at high binding energies or because they have low intensity in these experimental conditions. However, it is clear that another band is present at $-0.8$~eV at M and a trace of a second band at X can be seen. They are marked by cyan stars and correspond well to the other $J=3/2$ band ($m_J=\pm1/2$), which is dominated by $d_{xy}$ weight, and therefore has a lower cross section in ARPES \cite{Louat_PRB_100_2019}.

\subsection{\ce{SrIrO3}: Perspective}

We illustrated the unfolding process with the case of \ce{Sr2IrO4}, where the connection to a primitive unit cell, without rotation of the oxygen octahedra, is relatively easy to anticipate. However, in more complicated cases, it can become totally impossible to understand the band structure and compare it to ARPES data, without the help of the unfolding calculation.

A very interesting case is the related 3D iridate \ce{SrIrO3}. Its structure is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig-SrIrO3}(a). In addition to in-plane rotation of the oxygen octahedra, similar to \ce{Sr2IrO4}, it also exhibits a tilt of the oxygen octahedra from the $c$ axis, inducing another type of folding along $k_z$. The resulting BZ is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig-SrIrO3}(b), it is rotated 45$^{\circ}$ in the $(k_x, k_y, 0)$ plane, as for \ce{Sr2IrO4}, but also halved along $k_z$. The calculated band structure is semimetallic and the four $J=1/2$ folded bands are expected to form a Dirac nodal line around the U point $(1/2,0,1/2)$ \cite{Carter_PRB_85_2012}. As topological features are rare in correlated oxides, this occurrence generated great interest. However, the orthorhombic structure of \ce{SrIrO3} is only stable in thin films, which adds questions on the role of the epitaxial constraint and the survival of topological features in real systems \cite{Liu_PRB_93_2016}.
It would therefore be very interesting to look for these features directly with ARPES, but the situation is not yet concluding. The only ARPES studies available to date were performed at a fixed photon energy \cite{Nie_PRL_114_2015,Liu_SR_6_2016}, which may not allow to precisely locate the U point, or at high photon energies, where the energy resolution is lower \cite{Schuetz_PRL_119_2017}.

We only sketch here the help of unfolded calculations for deciphering the electronic structure of \ce{SrIrO3}, more details will be published later. Figure~\ref{fig-SrIrO3}(c) shows the images of the dispersion along $\Gamma$X direction with a photon energy of 100~eV obtained on a \ce{SrIrO3}(001) thin film ($t=10.4$~nm) grown on \ce{SrTiO3}(001) substrates (for clarity, we keep the same labelling as previously for the $(k_x, k_y, 0)$ plane of \ce{Sr2IrO4} in Fig. ~\ref{fig-BZ-Sr2IrO4}(c), i.e., X labels the corner of the primitive 2D BZ similar to Fig.~\ref{fig-BZ-Sr2IrO4}). The ARPES image looks quite simple, with a prominent band at X (almost invisible at $\Gamma$), resembling the $J=3/2$ in \ce{Sr2IrO4} shifted up by 0.2~eV and a band reaching the Fermi level at the middle of $\Gamma$X, looking like $J=1/2$ in \ce{Sr2IrO4} shifted up by 0.15~eV. Quantitatively, the comparison with raw calculations in the supercell is usually very confusing, as a much more complicated band structure is predicted [Fig.~\ref{fig-SrIrO3}(f)]. We will show how unfolding of the band structure can simplify the picture.

We calculated with WIEN2k the electronic structure for the structure given in Table III of Ref.~\citenum{Puggioni_JAP_119_2016}. The space group is Pbnm (\#62), and the parameters are given in Table III. As for \ce{Sr2IrO4}, we can define the lattice vector matrix of the supercell ({\AA}) and the fictitious primitive cell, as well as the transformation matrix:
\begin{equation}
    A =
    \begin{bmatrix}
        5.597 & 0 & 0 \\
        0 &  5.568 & 0 \\
        0 & 0 & 7.892
    \end{bmatrix},
    ~~a =
    \begin{bmatrix}
        A_1/2 & -A_3/2 & 0 \\
        A_1/2 & A_2/2 & 0 \\
        0 & 0 & A_3/2
    \end{bmatrix},
    ~~P =
    \begin{bmatrix}
        1 & -1 & 0 \\
        1 & 1 & 0 \\
        0 & 0 & 2
    \end{bmatrix}
\end{equation}
No Coulomb repulsion $U$ was used and a semi-metallic non-magnetic state is obtained, as it is the case experimentally \cite{Zhao_JAP_103_2008}.

Assuming our ARPES data at this photon energy correspond to $k_z=0$, we show the calculated electronic structure in Fig.~\ref{fig-SrIrO3}(d,f) with and without SOC. Clearly, the calculation looks much more complicated than ARPES data, and it is extremely difficult to understand which bands should be compared to the experiment.

After unfolding [Fig.~\ref{fig-SrIrO3}(e,g)], a set of 3 bands is clearly emphasized, although their dispersions are affected by their mutual interactions. Using a color code for orbital characters (the \texttt{case.inq} file was modified to rotate $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ by 45$^{\circ}$ and align them with \ce{Ir-O-Ir} bonds), one can clearly recognize the original $d_{xz}$/$d_{yz}$/$d_{xy}$ bands [panel (e), without SOC] and $J=1/2$, $J=3/2$ after their interaction with SOC [panel (g)]. The places where a SOC induced hybridization gap openings are noted as empty circles. Obviously the band marked by a red star is at  significantly different position in the measurement, compared to the calculation. On the other hand, the band at X (blue star) exhibits a well-defined parabolic shape in the measurement over 0.4~eV, while there is a large SOC induced gap near the top of the dispersion in the calculation. Similar to \ce{Sr2IrO4}, we can anticipate that the effective spin-orbit coupling may be underestimated in the calculation, which will change the splitting of the two bands and also the position of their crossing, hence the break in the dispersion. Moreover, as the shape of $d_{xy}$ depends sensitively on the rotations, it may be necessary to tune the structure to get the right interaction pattern. This has extremely important consequences for the formation of the Dirac nodal line at $k_z=1/2$, which we will not discuss here. This examples shows how adjusting the structure to get a better description of the experimental data will be possible only when a basic understanding of the origin of the different bands is reached, thanks to the unfolding scheme.

Let us stress that the intensity of the folded bands is also a fine marker of the strength of the interactions at the origin of the supercell, which is here the rotations of the oxygen octahedra.  In a similar spirit, the information contained in the intensity of the folded bands on these interactions was recently used to refine the structure of \ce{SrRuO3} thin films \cite{Sohn_JKPS_s40042-022-00633-5_2022}. The near absence of the folded bands in our measurement suggests a small coupling. From the topological point of view, the meaning of the crossing of two bands with very different spectral weight is also a question that may deserve further work.

\section{Conclusion}

Unfolding of a supercell band structure into a primitive Brillouin zone is important for understanding implications of structural distortions, disorder, defects, solid solutions on materials electronic structure. Necessity of the band unfolding is also recognised in interpretation of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements. We described an extension of the \texttt{fold2Bloch} package by implementing an arbitrary transformation matrix used to establish a relation between primitive cell and supercell. The convention selected for the transformation matrix is compatible with that recommended by the International tables for crystallography. This development allows us to overcome limitations of supercells constructed exclusively by scaling of primitive cell lattice vectors. For instance, it becomes possible to transform between primitive and conventional cells as well as include rotations. The updated \texttt{fold2Bloch} package is available from a GitHub repository as a FORTRAN code. It interfaces with the all-electron full-potential WIEN2k and the pseudopotential VASP density functional theory packages. The \texttt{fold2Bloch} is supplemented by additional pre- and post-processing utilities that aid in generating k points in the supercell (such that they later fall onto a desired path in the primitive Brillouin zone after unfolding) and plotting the unfolded band structure. We selected \ce{Sr2IrO4} as an illustrative example and, for the first time, present its properly unfolded band structure in direct comparison with ARPES measurements. In addition, critical importance of the band unfolding for interpretation of \ce{SrIrO3} ARPES data is illustrated and discussed as a perspective. Of particular interest for iridates is the ability of ARPES to sense imprints that tilting of \ce{IrO6} octahedra leaves on the materials' electronic structure. ARPES measurements teach us an important lesson: small structural perturbations neither lead to a sudden change in the electronic structure nor redefine the associated primitive Brillouin zone, contrary to what is expected from the formal symmetry of the structure.

\begin{acknowledgments}
Calculations were performed using the Compute Canada infrastructure supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation under John R. Evans Leaders Fund. ARPES work was supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche grant ``SOCRATE" (Grant No. ANR-15-CE30-0009-01).
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I purchased this at a used book store. I just finished it sitting at Starbucks waiting for my daughter. I still like the main character, Josie but I have to say that I did not enjoy it as much as the first book in the series. This is unusual for me. I often find the first book not as good as some of the later ones in a series. I think my lower opinion of this book is due to the fact that the button theme has become much more prominent and quite frankly, I'm just not all that interested. This book was not set in Josie's store but rather at a button convention and perhaps that led to more of the technical button details. Some of the plot was very obvious, the documentary filmmaker and the sabotage story lines for example.
As I said, I do like the recurring character and the main murder mystery had an interesting twist to it. The author makes use of red herrings to misdirect the reader pretty successfully. There seems to be an interesting love triangle developing, like the Hannah Swenson series. The writing is well done. After all this, there is enough good about this series that I am going to give it another try with Panic Button. I am hoping that book is set back in Josie's store.
I am loving this so far! I put my name in at the library and it came in really quickly.
I can't wait to pick it up and finish.
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Can You Solve This Sneakily Difficult Math Brain Teaser?
By Jaclyn Anglis
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We love a good puzzle or riddle around here, so when we heard about the latest brain teaser making the rounds on the internet, we just had to check it out. This time, it's a math-themed puzzle, so fair warning: We had to put on our thinking caps for this one.
Originally shared by Presh Talwalkar, the blogger behind the puzzle website Mind Your Decisions, this math problem is a lot harder than it looks. It asks us: "Can you make 24 from the numbers 3, 3, 8, and 8? You can only use the operations + - x / (). You have to use all four numbers."
At first glance, the problem seems pretty doable. After all, we have a lot of options of operations to use, and the numbers don't appear to be that difficult to work with. But when it suddenly hit us that we had to use all four of those numbers to somehow get to 24, things got a lot more complicated. If you're anything like us, you're probably wishing for the days of third grade multiplication tables. Back then, all we had to do was multiply 8 and 3 to get 24! But hey, we asked for a mental workout here, and we definitely got one.
As it turns out, the reason why the brain teaser makes us scratch our heads so much has a lot to do with the fact that there is only one possible solution. And yes, it does involve fractions and divisions — a couple of which can be difficult to solve on many computers due to possible rounding errors. (Perfect time for technology to let us down...) Watch the video below to find the solution and hear Talwalkar's full explanation.
If you got it right on your own using paper and a pencil, be sure to pat yourself on the back — that was not easy!
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Table B.6 - State Laws on License Plate Impoundment, as of December 2004
In recent years many States have implemented sanctions affecting a DWI offender's license plate or vehicle. These sanctions are intended to prevent the offender from driving the vehicle while the sanctions are in effect, and also to deter impaired driving by the general public. . . . License plate impoundment [allows an officer to] seize and impound or destroy the license plate [of a DWI offender's vehicle]. (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-34)
The impoundment period varies by state, with many states imposing a 90-day penalty (Voas, 2008). Impoundment periods are sometimes equivalent to the duration of license suspension for a DWI offense.
[NHTSA, 2008h] and [Voas, Fell, et al., 2004] give an overview of vehicle and license plate sanctions and are the basic references for the information provided below. See also Brunson and Knighten (2005), Practice #4, and [Neuman et al., 2003], Strategies B1, B2, and C1. (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-34)
Since the early 1980s, convicted DWI offenders have been subject to administrative license revocation (ALR) laws that suspend the offender's driving privileges for a period of time. However, offenders may continue to endanger others by driving illegally, an offense known as driving while suspended (DWS). Vehicle and plate sanctions evolved as a way to deter offenders from committing further DWS and DWI violations (Voas and DeYoung, 2002).
As of 2004, 16 states were impounding license plates (McKnight et al., 2008). More-recent updates were not available.
"In Minnesota, license plate impoundment was shown to reduce recidivism when administered by the arresting officer ([A. Rodgers, 1995])" (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-34). Rodgers used survival analysis and found that third-time DWI violators with impounded plates had significantly fewer DWI convictions after two years than similar offenders whose plates were not impounded.
Another study in Minnesota reviewed administrative data and interviewed police officers and repeat offenders (Ross, Simon, and Cleary, 1996). Although this study did not examine the effectiveness of the sanction on recidivism, the researchers reported several findings relevant to understanding license impoundment legislation. For example, switching to police-based procedures for license confiscation from court-based procedures increased the number of confiscations more than ten-fold. However, the reach of the law was limited because offenders' impoundment orders could be lost during the many steps in the procedure (an order is issued, later reviewed in an administrative office, and then a notification is sent by mail to the offender). In addition, an offender may also adopt coping behaviors to avoid DWS penalties, such as registering a car in another person's name.
When "plate impoundment does not involve the courts, it occurs quickly, consistently, and efficiently ([Neuman et al., 2003], Strategy B2; [NHTSA, 2008h]; [NTSB, 2000])" (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-34).
Leaf and Preusser, 2011, examined the effect that Minnesota's license plate impoundment had on first-offense drivers whose BACs were between 0.20 and 0.22. Both DWI recidivism and DWS violations were lower for the plate impoundment group than for a similar group (first-offense drivers with BACs of 0.17 to 0.19) at all points in time, ranging from 30 days to one year. Using administrative data from previous years, they also determined that drivers whose license plates were not impounded under lax enforcement of the policy were 2.5 times as likely as drivers whose plates were impounded to reoffend in the next month; this effect lessened over time, although some effects persisted for up to three years.
The effectiveness of license plate impoundment programs is generally measured in terms of recidivism expressed as the percentage of offenders who have alcohol-related traffic violations after being sanctioned. Another common measure is the percentage of offenders driving while suspended.
"All vehicle and license plate sanctions require at least several months to implement" (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-34).
To Whom License Plate Sanctions Are Applied
License plate impoundment varies by state, but most sanctions "have been applied to repeat [DWI] offenders" or those with DWS convictions following a DWI offense (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-35). "[S]ome States also apply vehicle sanctions to high-BAC first offenders (e.g., a BAC of .15 or higher)" or first offenders but with a shorter penalty period (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-35). "If someone other than the offender owns the vehicle, the vehicle owner should be required to sign an affidavit stating they will not allow the offender to drive the vehicle while the suspension is in effect ([NHTSA, 2008h])" (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-35). In Ohio and Minnesota, offenders can apply for "family plates," which allow nonoffending family members to operate the vehicle and police officers to stop and check the vehicle for proper licensure (Voas and DeYoung, 2002).
Administrative Issues
"All license plate and vehicle sanctions require an administrative structure to process the license plates or vehicles. Laws should permit officers to impound license plates at the time of arrest so offenders do not have the opportunity to transfer vehicle ownership ([NHTSA, 2008h])" (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 1-35).
Table B.6. State Laws on License Plate Impoundment, as of December 2004
Ala. No
Alaska No
Ariz. No
Ark. Arkansas has a license plate impoundment and confiscation law. License plates are impounded for 90 days for a DWS conviction, and the plates are revoked if the offender has a prior DWI conviction. At the discretion of the court, a temporary license plate may be issued if it is in the best interest of the offender's dependents.
Calif. No
Colo. No
Conn. No
D.C. No
Del. Delaware has a license plate confiscation law for a first-time DWI offense (90 days) and subsequent DWI offenses (one year). This law applies if the vehicle operator is driving while suspended or revoked for a DWI offense or for an implied-consent refusal of a chemical test or other situations that require mandatory license revocation.
Fla. No
Ga. Georgia has a license plate confiscation law. Under the habitual-traffic-offender law, an offender who commits a second or subsequent DWI offense (within five years) may have the license plates of all the vehicles he or she owns confiscated by the courts.
Hawaii Hawaii has vehicle-registration revocation and license plate–suspension laws. The registration of all vehicles owned by an offender must be revoked for the same period as his or her license for a second or subsequent DWI offense or for refusing to submit to a chemical breath test under the implied-consent law. Special registrations with special license plates may be issued in hardship situations for household members or co-owners.
Idaho No
Ill. Illinois has a license plate–confiscation law. If an offender is convicted of a fourth DWI offense, the offender's vehicle is subject to license plate seizure. Driving while suspended for a DWI also can result in license plate confiscation.
Ind. No
Iowa Iowa has vehicle impoundment and immobilization laws. For a second or subsequent DWI offense, the vehicle owned and used by the offender can be impounded or immobilized and the license plate seized (and registration confiscated if the vehicle is in custody) by law enforcement authorities. New registration plates are issued only at the end of the driver's license–revocation period or 180 days, whichever is longer. A vehicle also is subject to license plate impoundment if the vehicle was driven by the offender while still under suspension for a prior DWI offense. Another law prohibits second and subsequent DWI offenders from buying, selling, or transferring vehicles. If there is a hardship to a family member, then this action may be replaced by having an ignition interlock installed on the vehicle.
Kan. Kansas has a license plate–revocation law under which, on a fourth or subsequent DWI offense, the license plates of the vehicle used in the offense may be revoked for one year.
Ky. Kentucky has a license plate–confiscation law. For second or subsequent DWI offenses, the court must either order the use of ignition interlocks on all vehicles owned by the offender or impound the license plates of all vehicles owned by the offender for a period not to exceed the license action. A hardship exemption is available to allow family members to use the vehicles.
La. No
Maine State officials are given broad authority for any cause considered sufficient to suspend a vehicle owner's registration or certificate of title. For a second or subsequent DWI offense, the offender's vehicle registration and license plates must be suspended for the same length of time as the license is suspended. Hardship exemptions may be made for a family member concerning the use of the vehicle.
Md. Maryland also has vehicle impoundment– and license plate–suspension laws. In addition to suspending the vehicle's registration, authorities can impound or immobilize the vehicle by suspending license plates for not more than 180 days if the driver's license is currently suspended for a prior alcohol offense.
Mass. The state has a law concerning license plate and registration revocation (Chapter 90, Section 23, in statute). An offender who drives while revoked is considered an immediate threat; therefore, the police will seize the license plate and notify the registry. If an offender is caught driving while revoked but the vehicle is registered to someone else, the owner must come in for a hearing. The registrar may suspend the owner's registration (but not seize the plates) if it appears that the owner knew the vehicle was being driven by someone with a suspended license. A more general law (Chapter 90, Section 22A) states that the registrar can revoke the license and registration of a driver who is believed to be a threat to safety.
Mich. For a first or second offense, the registration and license plates of the vehicle involved in the offense shall be cancelled. For a third or subsequent offense or for a fourth or subsequent offense with a DWS conviction, the offender shall be denied the right to register, purchase, or lease a vehicle.
Minn. Minnesota's license plate–impoundment law requires that a vehicle's tags be impounded if the offender, within the previous ten years, (1) has been convicted of a DWI or has had a license suspended for a prior DWI and has a BAC of 0.10 or greater, (2) has a BAC of 0.20 or greater, or (3) has been convicted of any DWI or implied-consent offense while transporting a child younger than 16 and at least 36 months younger than the offender.
Miss. No
Mo. No
Mont. No
Neb. Nebraska's vehicle-immobilization law will be considered to be a license plate–suspension or –confiscation and vehicle registration–suspension law. For a second or subsequent DWI or an implied-consent refusal offense within 12 years, all vehicles owned by the offender must be electronically immobilized for not less than five days and not longer than eight months. A co-owner may have the vehicle released if there is a hardship.
Nev. No
N.H. No
N.J. No
N.M. No
N.Y. No
N.C. No
N.D. North Dakota has a license plate–impoundment law. Following conviction for DWI, an offender may have his or her license plate impounded for the same length of time as the license suspension. License plates also may be impounded for driving while suspended because of a DWI.
Ohio Ohio also has license plate–impoundment and –immobilization laws. For a second DWI offense within six years, the vehicle used may be immobilized or its license plates may be impoundment for 90 days. License plates also may be impounded for offenders who have had their licenses revoked or suspended for any vehicle-related death.
Okla. No
Ore. No
Pa. No
R.I. No
S.C. No
S.D. No
Tenn. No
Texas No
Utah No
Vt. No
Va. No
Wash. No
W.Va. No
Wis. No
Wyo. No
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Our spirituality as Brothers is first rooted in the Gospel. As we live out our religious consecration to God in the footsteps of Jesus, the Gospel is at the heart of our mission.
Living the Gospel and incarnating it as we proclaim it, is the basis of our vocation; this is its value and necessity in the world of today.
Lasallian spirituality has certain points of emphasis, which make it a distinct spiritual way. Certainly, these same elements are found in other forms of spirituality, but the Founder uniquely integrated them in the light of his experience, in order to help his Brothers live their vocation, which was something new in the Catholic Church.
In the vow formula, as Brothers, we proclaim, "most Holy Trinity… I consecrate myself entirely to you to procure your glory." This unifying experience as Brothers, places our lives in the hands of a God who is Father, Son, and Spirit.
Our Founder, moved by the situation of young people in his time, set out to commit himself to serving young people through the ministry of education. Lasallian spirituality is a spirituality of the Incarnation which gives us a way of looking at reality and seeing it with eyes of faith that lead us to act in the way Jesus would.
"I always need to live in the sacred space of the presence of God. Awareness of his presence makes me turn toward others," wrote one of the early Brothers. Recalling God's presence should lead us to unite ourselves with him and feel ourselves being sent by him to others.
Our interior lives are nourished by prayer. Jesus shows us this example in the Gospel, for our Founder, he wrote and developed a method of prayer for the Brothers to daily encounter God in the depths of their minds and hearts during prayer.
Evangelizing one another through sharing our experience of God during moments of prayer a community gathering is essential. Lasallian spirituality views the spirit of community as one of the cornerstones of our religious family.
In his writings, De La Salle shows admiration a d a special love for Mary as a model for life. Mary provides a best examples for the Brothers of union with God, consecration and apostolic commitment.
Our charism offers an invitation for women and men in all states of life—consecrated, married, ordained, and single —receive the Holy Spirit's gifts through their association with the Lasallian mission. Today, lay people who are not vowed religious associate themselves with the Lasallian mission.
Living a spirit of faith and zeal, as Brothers and with our Lasallian Partners, we embrace a spirituality rooted in: a spirit of community and relationship, faith and zeal, and a practical understanding that God calls us together to witness the Gospel together associated for a common mission.


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Rose joined in 2007, receiving weekly rides to hair appointments and groceries- a big social outing. Although she received rides, Rose did not participate in social activities we organize. In 2012, during our first Service Saturday!, Rose was hesitant and only allowed our volunteers to rake. After interacting with the volunteers, including kids, at her home, she warmed up and gave us a long list of spring tasks. After this success, we reached out about Scouts and Sages and Rose was finally interested in attending. Rose captivated the girls telling stories of her childhood in their neighborhood and of founding her daughter's troop. Rose has started coming to more events, including summer picnics. At that picnic, the attendees ranged from 3-95 years old, with every generation represented. Before, the longer Rose lived, the more isolated she became, outliving her small pension and social circle. Now, we're filling in her social reach by connecting with neighbors, empowering her to be a valued elder in her neighborhood.
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Eastman School of Music Clarinet Professor Kenneth Grant works with a student on Rehearsal 9 –19 of Stravinsky's Firebird Ballet (1919 version).
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
OISEAU DE FEU, L' (THE FIREBIRD)
Kenneth Grant
A Buffalo native, Kenneth Grant received his education at the Eastman School of Music. He joined the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 1987 as Principal Clarinet after almost 15 years in the same position with the Columbus Symphony. In 1990, Mr. Grant toured Europe with The Cleveland Orchestra as Assistant Principal Clarinet. In 1994, he won critical acclaim in Japan as soloist with the Eastman Wind Ensemble on the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. In addition to performing, Mr. Grant is Associate Professor of Clarinet at the Eastman School of Music.


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Constituency profile
The Arundel & South Downs constituency is one of the most beautiful in England, much of it falling within the South Downs National Park. The constituency runs along the South Downs from Duncton in the west to the East Sussex border. It is predominantly rural, mostly consisting of villages - in spite of its name, no single town dominates it.
The "land of wild nature and wild prospects" (Hudson) and the unique landscape of the "whale backed" downs (Kipling) have provided inspiration to artists and writers from Turner to Blake.
Agriculture and horticulture, leisure and tourism are important to the local economy. Local historic attractions include Arundel Castle, Petworth House and Parham House.
The constituency was created in 1997, although Arundel seats in different forms have existed since 1332. At 30 miles wide, it can take an hour to drive from one side to the other. It grew further when boundary changes added the villages and towns of Petworth, Graffham, Fittleworth, Wisborough Green and Cowfold at the election in 2010.
Please use the following links to learn more about the individual towns and villages, local authorities and previous General Election results.
The map above shows the constituency boundary on which the 2010 General Election was fought. To see the constituency on a Google map click here or on an Ordnance Survey map click here.


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One Day International Series - 1980 to 1989
1980 Prudential Trophy (ENG v WIN) 28/05/1980 2 Drawn 1-1
1980 Prudential Trophy (ENG v AUS) 20/08/1980 2 England 2-0
1980-1981 Pakistan v. West Indies 21/11/1980 3 West Indies 3-0
1980-1981 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 23/11/1980 19 Australia
1981 Prudential Trophy (ENG v AUS) 04/06/1981 3 Australia 2-1
1981-1982 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 21/11/1981 19 West Indies
1982 Prudential Trophy (ENG v IND) 02/06/1982 2 England 2-0
1982 Prudential Trophy (ENG v PAK) 17/07/1982 2 England 2-0
1982-1983 Pakistan v. India 03/12/1982 4 Pakistan 3-1
1982-1983 West Indies v. India 09/03/1983 3 West Indies 2-1
1982-1983 Bushfire Appeal Challenge Match 17/03/1983 1 New Zealand 1-0
1983 Prudential World Cup 09/06/1983 27 India
1983-1984 India v. Pakistan 10/09/1983 2 India 2-0
1983-1984 India v. West Indies 13/10/1983 5 West Indies 5-0
1983-1984 West Indies v. Australia 29/02/1984 4 West Indies 3-1
1983-1984 Sri Lanka v. New Zealand 03/03/1984 3 New Zealand 2-1
1983-1984 Rothmans Asia Cup 06/04/1984 3 India
1984 Texaco Trophy (ENG v WIN) 31/05/1984 3 West Indies 2-1
1984-1985 India v. Australia 28/09/1984 5 Australia 3-0
1984-1985 Pakistan v. New Zealand 12/11/1984 4 Pakistan 3-1
1984-1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship 17/02/1985 13 India
1984-1985 Rothmans Four-Nations Cup 22/03/1985 4 India
1985 Texaco Trophy (ENG v AUS) 30/05/1985 3 Australia 2-1
1985-1986 Rothmans Sharjah Cup 15/11/1985 3 West Indies
1985-1986 Sri Lanka v. Pakistan 02/03/1986 4 Pakistan 2-0
1985-1986 John Player Gold Leaf Trophy 30/03/1986 3 Sri Lanka
1985-1986 John Player Triangular Tournament 05/04/1986 3 Pakistan
1985-1986 Austral-Asia Cup 10/04/1986 5 Pakistan
1986 Texaco Trophy (ENG v IND) 24/05/1986 2 Drawn 1-1
1986 Texaco Trophy (ENG v NZL) 16/07/1986 2 Drawn 1-1
1986-1987 Champions Trophy 27/11/1986 6 West Indies
1986-1987 Benson & Hedges Challenge 30/12/1986 7 England
1986-1987 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 17/01/1987 14 England
1986-1987 India v. Pakistan 27/01/1987 6 Pakistan 5-1
1986-1987 New Zealand v. West Indies 18/03/1987 4 West Indies 3-0
1986-1987 Sharjah Cup 02/04/1987 6 England
1987 Texaco Trophy (ENG v PAK) 21/05/1987 3 England 2-1
1987-1988 Reliance World Cup 31/10/1987 27 Australia
1987-1988 Indian Board Benevolent Fund Match 07/01/1988 1 West Indies 1-0
1987-1988 Australian Bicentennial Match 04/02/1988 1 Australia 1-0
1987-1988 Sharjah Cup 25/03/1988 5 India
1988 Texaco Trophy (ENG v WIN) 19/05/1988 3 England 3-0
1988 Texaco Trophy (ENG v SRL) 04/09/1988 1 England 1-0
1988-1989 Wills Asia Cup 27/10/1988 7 India
1988-1989 Benson & Hedges World Series 10/12/1988 15 West Indies
1988-1989 Dunedin Test Replacement Match 06/02/1989 1 New Zealand 1-0
1988-1989 Sharjah Cup 23/03/1989 2 Pakistan 2-0
1989 Texaco Trophy 25/05/1989 3 England 1-1
1989-1990 Champions Trophy 13/10/1989 6 Pakistan
1989-1990 MRF World Series (Nehru) Cup 15/10/1989 18 Pakistan
1989-1990 Benson & Hedges World Series 26/12/1989 14 Australia
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Жена Лота — библейский ветхозаветный персонаж, супруга Лота; при бегстве из Содома ослушалась приказания ангела, оглянулась назад и превратилась в соляной столб.
 Жена Лота (скала) — столб (колонна) из каменной соли на горе Содом в Израиле.
 «Жена Лота» () — народное название маяка в ирландской деревне Болтимор.
 «Жена Лота» (1878) — изваяние английского скульптора Амо Торникрофта () в лондонском музее Виктории и Альберта.

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Q: MongoDB $group with nested object key $sum The object structure is as follows:
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("53434bfe234416601c8b4567"),
    "package" : {
        "id" : "3",
        "title" : "P3",
        "price" : "8.00",
        "votes" : "8",
        "created_at" : "2014-04-08 00:29:35",
        "updated_at" : "2014-04-08 00:31:39"
    },
    "status" : "success",
    "user_id" : "5341dd9c234416de758b4570",
    "updated_at" : ISODate("2014-04-08T01:08:52.168Z"),
    "created_at" : ISODate("2014-04-08T01:08:14.849Z")
}

What I'm trying to do is collect the sum of package.price with this:
db.transactions.aggregate({
    $group:{
        _id: null,
        'total': {$sum: "$package.price"}
     }
})

And the total is always int 0, here's the result:
{
    "result" : [
        {
            "_id" : null,
            "total" : 0
        }
    ],

    "ok" : 1
}

A: For anyone who might fall into this again, as @Anand said, it had to do with the type of the field. Always make sure it is of a "summable" type like int, double, float, etc.

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