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\section{Introduction}
This paper derives equations necessary for testing a new modification~\cite{PRP}
of self-interaction corrected density functional theory~\cite{PZ} and
applies it to the calculation of total energies and the highest-occupied-molecular-orbital (HOMO)
eigenvalues in atoms. The results show significant improvement in
the HOMO-level alignments, relative to experimental ionization energies, and also show that the resulting self-interaction
corrected total energies are significantly improved over density-functional approximations that do not include the self-interaction
correction.

The use of localized orbital sets in quantum-mechanical calculations has a long history in both many-electron
wavefunction methods and density-functional calculations. Such orbital sets are often of interest from the
standpoint of chemical and physical interpretations of bonding or from the perspective of localized excitations.
In density-functional-based methods~\cite{HK1,HK2}
and single-determinantal Hartree-Fock methods, many sets of physically appealing localized orthornormal orbitals
may be constructed from a unitary transformation on eigenstates of the  single-particle Hamiltonian or Fock matrix~\cite{RE63}.
Each of these orbital sets lead to the
same total energy since the spin densities, spin-density matrices, and Slater determinant do not change under the action
of a unitary transformation on the occupied orbital space.  However, in orbital-dependent formulations
such as self-interaction corrected
density functional methods, the  orbital dependence appearing in the expression for the total energy leads to an
expression that is not invariant to unitary transformations within the occupied-orbital space.
As a result, past implementations of SIC have used a double-iteration process which proceeds by first optimizing the
canonical orbitals and then finding the best unitary matrix that minimizes
the SIC part of the
energy (Refs. ~\onlinecite{HarJPB83,HeaPRB83,PedJCP84,PedJCP85,PedJCP88,temmerman,simon1,simon2,hoffmann,MaiDinh,Suraud,RLT,Kummel,Iceland,Dabo}).
Despite a large number of implementational differences in
Refs.~\onlinecite{HarJPB83,HeaPRB83,PedJCP84,PedJCP85,PedJCP88,temmerman,simon1,simon2,hoffmann,MaiDinh,Suraud,RLT,Kummel,Iceland,Dabo} the
general perspective of these articles is that the best possible set of localized orbitals should be found for minimizing the SIC
energy. For the remainder of this paper this is referred to generically as the standard perspective or method.
The auxiliary conditions
required for minimization of the energy have been referred to as the
localization equations~\cite{PedJCP84,PedJCP85,PedJCP88}
or symmetry conditions~\cite{MaiDinh,Suraud} and a variety of methods for solving these equations has  been
suggested and successfully employed.
The latter references~\cite{Kummel,Iceland,Dabo} contains significant discussion about present and past approaches
to this with a good number of applications based on modern numerical methods and also discuss the need for consideration of
complex unitary transformations (See also Ref.~\onlinecite{RLT}).

As an alternative to the localization-equation-based formulation, which is not explicitly invariant under unitary
transformations of the occupied orbitals, Pederson, Ruzsinszky and Perdew have introduced a technique
for constructing unitary matrices that explicitly depend upon the density matrix.  This technique allows one
to construct N localized orbitals
from N quasi-classical electronic positions by first creating a set of Fermi Orbitals and then using L{\"o}wdin's method of
symmetric orthonormalization to find a unitarily equivalent set of localized orbitals.
The resulting orthonormal set of functions, for a small enough number of electronic shells,
can coincide with Wannier functions in solids, sp$^n$ hybrids in atoms, and
Edmiston-Ruedenberg equivalent orbitals in molecules. Moreover, they  have physical appearances that are similar to
most of the orbitals that have been used in past SIC applications.

In Section II a brief review of the implementation of self-interaction corrections within the Perdew-Zunger formulation and the
now standard approach to solving the self-consistent equations is provided. Then the equations
needed for reposing the SIC functional in terms of LOs which parametrically depend on Fermi orbital
centroids are presented.  Within this prescription derivatives of the energy with respect to the
Fermi Orbital centroids are developed.
In Sec III,  the method is applied to a set of closed-shell atoms with non-degenerate ground
states for which the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem is strongest.
The primary focus is to demonstrate that the analytical expressions are correct  and to provide
results on atom
total energies and the highest occupied eigenvalues.
In Sec IV, results are discussed and some tentative conclusions are offered.

\section{Energies and Derivatives within Fermi-Orbital SIC}
Given any approximation to the density functional for the sum of the Coulomb and exchange-correlation
energies denoted by $F^{approx}[\rho_\uparrow,\rho_\downarrow]$), the Perdew-Zunger
self-interaction corrected expression for a spin-polarized system is  written according to:
\begin{eqnarray}
E^{SIC-DFT}=F^{approx}[\rho_\uparrow,\rho_\downarrow]-\Sigma_{i\sigma} F^{approx}[\rho_{i\sigma},0] \\
\rho_\sigma({\bf r})
= \Sigma_i |\phi_{i\sigma}({\bf r})|^2
= \Sigma_\alpha |\psi_{\alpha \sigma}({\bf r})|^2
\end{eqnarray}
with the $N_\sigma$ localized orbital densities given by $\rho_{i\sigma}(\bf r)= |\phi_{i\sigma}({\bf r})|^2$. In the
above equation the localized orbitals $\{\phi_{i\sigma}\}$ are constructed from an $N_\sigma \times N_\sigma$ dimensional
unitary transformation on the so-called canonical-orbital set $\{\psi_{\alpha \sigma}\}$.
The canonical orbital set coincides exactly with the
Kohn-Sham orbitals in the limit that the SIC vanishes. An alternative to the computationally tractable
two-step procedures for variational minimization of the energy is to
to directly solve for the the localized orbital set which must self-consistently satisfy:
\begin{eqnarray}
\{H_{o\sigma} + V^{SIC}_{i \sigma} \}|\phi_{i\sigma}> = \Sigma_j \lambda^\sigma_{ij}|\phi_{j\sigma}>  \\
<\phi_{i\sigma}| V^{SIC}_{i \sigma} - V^{SIC}_{j \sigma} |\phi_{j\sigma}> = 0. \label{loq}
\end{eqnarray}

However to avoid having to solve the localization equation (Eq.~\ref{loq}) and restore unitary invariance,
the localized orbitals may instead be  derived from the Fermi orbitals (FO)~\cite{FO1,FO3} which
depend parametrically on a classical electronic position  but are explicitly determined from the density-matrix:
\begin{eqnarray}
F_{i}(\bf r)=\frac{\rho({\bf a}_{i},{\bf r}) }{\sqrt{\rho({\bf a}_{i})}}, \\
F_{i}({\bf r})=
\frac{\Sigma_{\alpha}  \psi^{*}_{\alpha}
({\bf a}_{i})
\psi_{\alpha}(\bf r)}{\sqrt{\{ \Sigma_{\alpha}|\psi_{\alpha} \bf(a_{i})|^2\}}}
\equiv\Sigma_{\alpha}F_{i\alpha}^{\psi}
\psi_{\alpha}({\bf r})\label{eqn2}.
\end{eqnarray}
In the above equation, the classical electronic positions $\{{\bf a}_{i}\}$ then become variational parameters for minimizing
the orbital-dependent part of the energy.
The density of the Fermi orbital is exactly equal to the spin density at its classical centroid and it is automatically
normalized since the Kohn-Sham orbitals are orthonormal.
The approach suggested in Ref~\onlinecite{PRP} was to use
L{\"o}wdin's method of symmetric orthonormalization~\cite{Low}, to determine an  orbital set
$\{\phi_{1\sigma},\phi_{2\sigma}...,\phi_{N_\sigma \sigma}\}$ than can be used to
construct the SIC-DFT energy of Eq.~(1).

In Ref.~\onlinecite{PRP} minimization of the energy in molecules by brute force adjustment
of the FO centroids lead to improved atomization energies.
However, it was noted that with derivatives it would be possible to use methods
such as conjugate gradients to variationally determine the FOC. In order to do this, one starts
by writing:
\begin{eqnarray}
\frac{dE^{SIC}}{d a_{m}}
=\Sigma_k \{
< \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} } | V_k^{SIC} |\phi_k> +
<\phi_k  | V_k^{SIC} | \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} }> \}
\label{eqn9}\\
\frac{dE^{SIC}}{d a_{m}}
=\Sigma_{kl} \{
< \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} } |\phi_l><\phi_l| V_k^{SIC} | \phi_k> +
<\phi_k | V_k^{SIC} | \phi_l><\phi_l|  \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} }> \}
\label{eqn9a}\\
\frac{dE^{SIC}}{d a_{m}}
=\Sigma_{kl}
\epsilon^{k}_{kl}\{
< \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} } |\phi_l> +  <\phi_l|  \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} }> \}
\label{eqn9b}\\
\frac{dE^{SIC}}{d a_{m}}
=\Sigma_{kl}
\epsilon^{k}_{kl}\{
< \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} } |\phi_l>
+  <\phi_l|  \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} }>
+< \frac{d \phi_l}{ d a_{m} } |\phi_k>
-< \frac{d \phi_l}{ d a_{m} } |\phi_k>
\}
\label{eqn9c}\\
\frac{dE^{SIC}}{d a_{m}}
=\Sigma_{kl}^{\prime} \epsilon^k_{kl}\{ < \frac{d \phi_k}{ d a_{m} } |\phi_l>
-  < \frac{d \phi_l}{ d a_{m} } |\phi_k>\} \equiv \Sigma_{kl}{'}\epsilon^k_{kl}\Delta_{lk,m},  \label{eqn10}
\end{eqnarray}
with $\epsilon^k_{kl}=<\phi_l|V_k^{SIC}|\phi_k>$. Due to the fact that the localized orbitals are constrained
to lie in the space of the Kohn-Sham orbitals, this is a generally correct formula and there is no requirement that
Kohn-Sham orbitals need to be self-consistent solutions of a Hamiltonian.
Now to evaluate the derivatives in the above expression it is first necessary to review L{\"o}wdin's  method
of symmetric orthonormalization which proceeds by determining a set of orbitals, referred to here as
intermediate L{\"o}wdin orbitals (ILO) by diagonalizing the overlap matrix of the Fermi orbitals according to:
\begin{eqnarray}
|T_\alpha>=\Sigma_j T_{\alpha j}|F_j> \label{eqn3} \\
\Sigma_{j} S_{ij} T_{\alpha j} = Q_\alpha T_{\alpha i} \label{eqn4} \\
S_{ij}=<F_i|F_j>  \label{eqn5}
\end{eqnarray}
The eigenvalues of the FO-overlap matrix, $Q_\alpha$, tell us how much charge each ILO captures.
From Eqs.~\ref{eqn3},~\ref{eqn4},~\ref{eqn5}, the localized orbitals (LO), designated by {$\phi_k$},
are constructed from the ILO and associated eigenvalues according to:
\begin{eqnarray}
|\phi_k>= \Sigma_{\alpha j} \frac{1}{\sqrt{Q_\alpha}}T_{\alpha k}T_{\alpha j} |F_j> \equiv \Sigma_j \phi_{kj}^F |F_j> \label{eqn6}
\end{eqnarray}
As such,
it follows that:
\begin{eqnarray}
|\frac{ d \phi_k}{d a_{m}}>=|D_{1,km}>+|D_{2,km}>+|D_{3,km}> \equiv \Sigma_{l} {\bf \Delta}_{kl,m} |\phi_l>, \\
|D_{1,km}> = \Sigma_{\alpha j} \frac{1}{\sqrt{Q_\alpha}}T_{\alpha k}T_{\alpha j} |\frac{ d F_j}{d a_m}> =
\Sigma_{\alpha  } \frac{1}{\sqrt{Q_\alpha}}T_{\alpha k}T_{\alpha m} |\frac{ d F_m}{d a_m}>,  \\
|D_{2,km}> = -\frac{1}{2} \Sigma_{\alpha j} \frac{1}{Q_\alpha^{3/2}}T_{\alpha k}T_{\alpha j}\frac{ d Q_\alpha}{d a_m} | F_j>, \\
|D_{3,km}> = \Sigma_{\alpha j}\frac{1}{Q_\alpha^{1/2}}
\{
\frac{d T_{\alpha k}}{d a_m} T_{\alpha j} + T_{\alpha k} \frac{d T_{\alpha j}}{d a_m} \} |F_j> .
\end{eqnarray}
With quite a bit of algebra, which includes a perturbative analysis to determine quantities
such as
$d T_{\alpha j}/d a_m $, the quantities $<\phi_l|D_{n,km}>-<\phi_k|D_{n,lm}>\equiv \Delta^n_{lk,m}$
are needed to
evaluate Eq.~\ref{eqn10}. The full analysis will be published in a longer paper along with
a discussion of scaling with system size. Here the final results are given:
\begin{eqnarray}
\Delta^1_{lk,m}=
\Sigma_{\alpha \beta n  } \frac{
 T_{\alpha k}T_{\alpha m} T_{\beta l}T_{\beta n}
-T_{\alpha l}T_{\alpha m} T_{\beta k}T_{\beta n} }
{\sqrt{Q_\alpha Q_\beta} }
\frac{d S_{nm}}{d a_m} \\
\Delta^2_{lk,m}=
<\phi_l|D_{2,km}> - <\phi_k|D_{2,lm}> = 0, \\
\Delta^3_{lk,m}=-\frac{1}{2}
\Sigma_{ \alpha  \beta n }
\frac{d S_{nm}}{d a_m}\{
T_{\beta n} T_{\alpha m}+
T_{\beta m} T_{\alpha n} \}
\{T_{\alpha k}T_{\beta  l}
-T_{\alpha l}T_{\beta  k}\}
\frac{Q_{\beta }^{1/2} -Q_{\alpha}^{1/2}   }
{(Q_\alpha^{1/2}+Q_\beta^{1/2})(Q_\alpha Q_\beta)^{1/2}}
\end{eqnarray}
with $\frac{d S_{nm}}{d a_m} =  <F_n|\frac{ d F_m}{d a_m}>  \delta_{nm}$. The Kronecker delta arises because the Fermi
Orbital is always normalized~\cite{PRP,FO1,FO3}. Therefore only overlap integrals between different Fermi Orbitals
change when the FOC
of one of the Fermi Orbitals changes. The gradient of a Fermi Orbital is in fact a linear combination of the
original Fermi orbitals since the Fermi-Orbital construction always leads to Fermi Orbitals that span the space of the
Kohn-Sham orbitals. However it is also a linear combination of the Kohn-Sham orbitals and since these are orthonormal, the
derivatives of the overlap integals are most easily calculated by expanding the Fermi orbital derivatives in terms of the
Kohn-Sham orbitals.
To determine the derivatives of the Fermi-Orbital overlaps in the above expressions it is useful
to use the following:
\begin{eqnarray}
\nabla_{ a_{i \sigma} } F_{i\sigma}({\bf r})=
\frac{\Sigma_{\alpha} \{  \nabla_{a_{i\sigma}} \psi_{\alpha\sigma}
({\bf a}_{i\sigma})\}
\psi_{\alpha\sigma}(\bf r)}
{\sqrt{\rho({\bf a}_{i\sigma}})}
-\frac{ F_{i\sigma}({\bf r}) \nabla_{a_{i\sigma}}\rho(\bf a_{i\sigma}) }
{{2\rho({\bf a}_{i\sigma}})}
\equiv\Sigma_{\alpha}
\{\nabla_{{\bf a}_{i\sigma}} F_{i\alpha}^{\sigma}\}
\psi_{\alpha\sigma}({\bf r})\label{eqn2p}. \\
\nabla_{a_{i\sigma}} F_{i\alpha}^{\sigma}=
F_{i\alpha}^{\sigma} \{
\frac{\nabla_{a_{i\sigma}}
\psi_{\alpha\sigma}
({\bf a}_{i\sigma})
} {
\psi_{\alpha\sigma}
({\bf a}_{i\sigma})}
-\frac{ \nabla_{a_{i\sigma}}\rho(\bf a_{i\sigma}) }
{{2\rho({\bf a}_{i\sigma}})}
\}
\end{eqnarray}
The above expression shows that that the gradients of the Kohn-Sham orbitals and spin densities ultimately control
the overlap integrals. As such, even a local expression for the density-functional approximation, such as the one
used here, is "educated" by gradients of the density when the FO-SIC is used.
With the above equations, the final expression for the derivative of the SIC energy with
respect to a Fermi-Orbital centroid is given by Eq.~\ref{eqn10} with $\Delta_{lk,m}= \Delta^1_{lk,m}+ \Delta^3_{lk,m}$.

\section{Applications to atoms}

For the applications discussed here the PW92 local density approximation is used and the SIC energy
is constructed according to the Fermi Orbital and the functional form in the PZ paper~\cite{PZ}.
\begin{equation}
E_{xc}^{SIC-PW92} =
-\Sigma_{i,\sigma} \{ U[\rho_{i,\sigma}]+
E_{xc}^{PW92} [\rho_{i,\sigma},0]\}.
\end{equation}
A modified version of NRLMOL~\cite{nrlmol1,nrlmol2,nrlmol3} has been used to perform the calculations. The basis used in these
calculations are those determined in the original gaussian-basis-optimization method of Porezag and
Pederson\cite{pp} which optimized basis functions for
the PW92 energy functional.
These basis sets differ only slightly from the current more widely distributed
NRLMOL basis sets which were optimized for the PBE-GGA functional. As discussed in Ref~\onlinecite{pp},
these basis sets satisfy the
Z$^{10/3}$ theorem, necessary for chemically accurate converged core-level energies,
and are expected to provide energies that are very close to the converged numerical energies. To obtain Fermi-Orbital
derivatives that were clearly zero at the minimum, the energies were converged to 10$^{-8}$ Hartrees.  In Table II, the total energies
calculated using FSIC are presented and compared to accurate Quantum Monte Carlo results~\cite{Buendia,Caffarel}
and experiment~\cite{Wei}.   The total SIC energy, per spin,
 ranges from -0.5 to -4.0 Hartrees (in Ne and Sr respectively).
In the forthcoming subsections
a few more details are provided about these
calculations.
\begin{center}
\begin{table}[htp]
\begin{tabular}{|l|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|}
\hline
Atom     & PW92-LDA& FSIC(PW92)& QMC(2007)& QMC (2014)  &Expt&HOMO$^{FSIC}$& I$_p^{expt}$ \\
\hline
Be       & -14.446  &-14.703   &-14.646  (B) &              & -14.667  &  9.22  &9.32   \\
Ne       &-128.230  &-129.268  &-128.892  (B)&         &-128.938  & 24.93  &21.56  \\
Mg       &-199.135  &-200.538  &-199.986  (B)&              &-200.054  &  7.62  & 7.64 \\
Ar       &-525.939  &-528.522  &-527.391  (B)&         &-527.544  &     17.06  &15.76  \\
Ca       &-675.735  &-678.740  &-677.377  (B)&              &          &  5.99  & 6.11  \\
Zn       &-1776.561 &-1782.059 &-1779.119 (B)&-1779.342(S)&         &  9.49  & 9.39 \\
Kr       &-2750.133 &-2757.585 &-2753.486 (B)&               &         & 15.11  &14.00 \\
Sr       &-3129.437 &-3137.510 &         &               &         &  5.52  & 5.70  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Total energies (Hartrees) of atoms for PW92-LDA, FSIC-PW92-LSDA (this work) and QMC (other work). The highest occupied
eigenvalue is compared to the experimental ionization energy. All calculations in the table correspond to non-relativistic
Hamiltonians. The QMC results are from Buend\'ia {\em et al}
and Scemama {\em et al} designated by B and S respectively. The experimental
analysis is due to G. Martin and may be found at Ref.~\onlinecite{Wei}.}
\end{table}
\end{center}

\subsection{Neon and Argon}

Neon and Argon represent relatively simple cases since $sp^3$ hybrids have already been shown to minimize the SIC
energy without breaking the three-fold degeneracy of the highest-occupied orbitals. For Ne the $1s$-centroid was placed
at the origin and the $2sp$-centroids were placed at the vertices of a tetrahedron. For Ne, the distance from the origin
to the vertices of the tetrahedron was found to be 1.053 Bohrs. At this position the derivative on each Fermi-Orbital was smaller
than 0.0022eV/\AA.  The $2p$ eigenvalues were found to be -24.9 eV which is in reasonable but not excellent agreement
with experimental ionization potential.
The total energy of -129.268 Hartree is much closer to the nonrelativistic QMC results (-128.992 to -128.938)
of Buend\'ia and experiment~\cite{Wei} respectively.

For Argon, the optimized tetrahedral vertices of the $2sp$ Fermi-Orbitals were found to be at 0.391 Bohr. The $3sp$
Fermi-Orbital tetrahedral vertices were found to be at 1.345 Bohr. For Ar, at convergence the largest
Fermi Orbital derivative was found to be:
0.0007 eV/\AA~ which is much smaller than necessary for convergence of the total energy.
The total energy of -528.522 Hartree is again close to the QMC resul522nd significantly improved
over the LDA energies.  The 3p eigenvalues (-17.06 eV) were found to be in good agreement with the experimental ionization energy
of 15.76 eV.  The results discussed in this section are in qualitative accord with
the earlier exchange-only results of Pederson, Heaton and Lin~\cite{PedJCP88}.
However a the inclusion of a correlated functional leads to total energies that are even
lower than experimental values.

\begin{figure}[htp]\centering{
\includegraphics[scale=0.60]{Calcium.eps} }
\caption{Three panels show the difference of the SIC energy relative to the minimum (lower),
the natural log of the norm of Fermi-Orbital gradients (middle), and information about the
the lowest and  highest ILO eigenvalues and geometric mean of the ILO eigenvalues is (upper). The geometric mean would be
exactly unity if FOC are found that that lead to orthonormal Fermi Orbitals. Initial optimization (steps 0 to 125) constrained FOC's to have trigonal
symmetry. This constraint was then completely relaxed (steps 125-300). Total SIC-LSD and LSD energies are compared to QMC results in Table 1.  }
\end{figure}
\subsection{Beryllium, Magnesium and Calcium}
Very briefly it is useful to test the FO-method on Be since it is the simplest case for a 2-electron (per spin) system and
since it is actually a challenging case for DFT.
The Be atom is known to be highly susceptible to treatment of correlation due to the
near degeneracy of the occupied $2s$ and unoccupied $2p$ electrons that occurs experimentally.
Indeed, on a percentage basis, deviation in total energy between SIC-LSD and the QMC/experimental
results is larger than for all the atoms considered here.
The energies in
Table 1 show that a total energy of -14.703 and a $2s$ eigenvalue of 9.22 eV which is in very good agreement with the
ionization energy.
For the lowest-energy configuration with vanishing Fermi-Orbital derivatives it is verified, as expected,
that the localization
equations are not satisfied. This verifies that the Fermi-orbital-based formalism for SIC, with the constraint that the energy is
explicity invariant under unitary transformations, does not reduce to the standard formulation in the simplest possible limit.

This column of the periodic table presents the first case where there is a degree of geometical
frustration in determining physically
appealing Fermi-Orbital centroids. In this section results for Mg and Ca are discussed but Sr is discussed in the following
section as it contains $3d$ electrons.  The three valences of $s$ electrons and two valences of $p$ electrons do not allow for simple
$sp^3$ hybridization in this column of the periodic table.

For Mg it is found that the FOCs which minimize the energy correspond to positions that may be viewed as a tetrahedron of
$3s3p^3$ hybrids with an additional FO capping one of the triangular faces.  A slightly less stable solution composed of a
$3s2p_z$ hybrids, a trio of $2sp_{xy}$ hybrids and an $s$-like Fermi-orbital was also found.  The HOMO eigenvalue associated
with the lowest energy solution (7.62 eV) was in much better agreement with experiment (7.64 eV) than the higher energy
solution (9.52 eV).  The derivatives on the FOC were again converged to a very small value (~0.005 eV/\AA).

For the calcium atom  additional detail is provided
since it has a bit more complexity than some of the lighter atoms
but no $3d$ electrons. As a relatively good test of the Fermi-Orbital derivatives,
the original guess for the FOCs was that the localized
orbitals hybridized as a $1s$ core state, a  pair of $3sp_z$ orbitals,
a trio of $2sp_{xy}$ orbitals, and a quartet of $4s-3p^3$ orbitals.
Such starting points are easily accomplished by constructing sets of initial Fermi-Orbital
centroids that coincide with (1) the origin, (2) a small
bicapped triangular platonic solid, (3) a larger tetrahedron respectively.   In Figure 1, the SIC energy
(relative to the minimum) and the logarithm of the norm of the Fermi orbital gradient are shown as a function of
conjugate gradient step. The figure shows that the derivatives vanish at the lowest energy.

\subsection{Zinc, Krypton and Strontium}

The author's primary motivation for returning to the self-interaction correction was that large systems containing mixtures of
transition-metal ions, nearly-free-electron metal atoms, and ligands composed of first-row atoms are challenging but
not insurmountable  within the
framework of density-functional theory~\cite{molmag,canali,park,cheng}. These challenges stem from the
atom-dependent mismatches of the chemical potential which make systematic calculations on such devices/systems
difficult.  Such mismatches lead to incorrect $s-d$ occupations in atoms,
incorrect spin-ordering in nickel-containing molecular magnets~\cite{park,cheng}
and spurious charge transfer between metallic leads
and molecular islands in molecular circuits.~\cite{canali}
Transition-metal containing systems, and their interactions with
molecules composed of light atoms are also of interest to understanding catalytic processes and separation of weakly
interacting gases. Such open-metal sites may be challenging since their entirely
open-shell counterparts (isolated transition metal atoms) are
challenging~\cite{janak,hoyer}.
In this section some preliminary results on closed shell-atoms containing $d$ electrons are
presented. The Fermi-orbital centroids are available upon request and will be broadcast, along with a simple
executable version of NRLMOL-based SIC program from a website soon. Given that in one case (Mg), two low-energy
solutions were found,  this will allow others to look for additional
solutions for these and other atoms and to help to determine whether the solutions here are indeed the absolute minima
within the FO-formulation of SIC.

The total energies of
these atoms are presented in Table 1 and are also found to be in good agreement with  QMC results. The HOMO eigenvalues
seem to be in excellent agreement with measured ionization energies.  For very bad guesses of
Fermi orbital positions the eigenvalues have absolutely no similarity to the converged results which reproduce, to one
percent, the 3-fold and 5-fold degeneracies, expected in closed-shell atoms. It remains to be determined if, as
in the case of Ne, Ar, Mg, and Ca, these degeneracies can be fully restored by the Fermi-Orbital with the best Fermi-Orbital
centroids. Results from averaged SIC calculations (e.g. a slightly different functional form) suggest that such a modification
could be possible~\cite{MaiDinh,Suraud}.

\section{Summary}
Expressions for the derivatives of the self-interaction-corrected density-functional energy have been derived and
presented. The analytic expressions are then numerically validated by showing, in conjunction with the Perdew-Zunger
formulation of self-interaction corrected DFT, that the derivatives vanish when the energy is minimized and that the derivatives
may be used to navigate to the minimum energy.
The work here demonstrates proof of principle and, through comparison to accurate QMC results,
finds that the total energies of self-interaction corrected LDA results are improved. Based on past recollections~\cite{PedJCP88},
and recent discussions~\cite{Susi}, it can not yet be said that the FO-based construct will be faster
than the original localization-equation-based method~\cite{PedJCP84,PedJCP88}. In comparison to the real cases, the solutions are
energetically very close but not identical.
Consideration of the improved atomic total energies, demonstrated here, and improvements in
molecular cohesive energies, demonstrated in Ref.~\onlinecite{PRP}, give reason for a degree of optimism. However further
systematization would be desireable prior to actually optimizing a new asymptotically correct
functional that is explicitly self-interaction corrected using the FO-based approach.

While the work presented here can all be reproduced (including optimizations) in a day on
a laptop computer, the LDA calculations are much faster than this. It is clear
that off-the-shelf conjugate-gradient methods, with initial step sizes tuned for optimization of molecular geometries, may
need to be preconditioned for this type of problem and that additional work will be
needed to determine when the Fermi-orbital derivatives effectively vanish (rather than the strong convergence criteria
used here).
Futher, additional work aimed at determining transferable starting points will also
need to be pursued for larger-scale applications.
However, additional analysis of the functional form of the SIC energy must be perfomed in parallel since
the numerics could become significantly easier if "softer" or nearly nodeless SIC functionals could be developed.

In regard to symmetry breakings, for closed-shell atoms devoid of $d$ electrons, all orbital
degeneracies expected from general symmetry arguments are restored by both forms of SIC.
However, as for the case of the now standard SIC approach, The FO-SIC  methodology does not yet lead to perfect five-fold
degeneracies for closed-shell atomic systems.
Even in the absence of hybridization between states of different angular momentum,
it is difficult to have an orbital-by-orbital SIC correction that automatically restores the degeneracies to
closed-shell $d-$ and $f-$ electron systems.
Arguments
could be made that degeneracy breaking may not be an issue since it is only the highest
occupied eigenvalue that has physical meaning within DFT.
On the positive side, for atoms containing $d$-electrons, there are clear indications that the
self-interaction correction for the $d$ electrons are much larger than for the outer s-electron. This feature is needed
to account for some of the problems that have been observed in DFT-based calculations on systems where there is
competition in $3d-4s$ shell fillings.~\cite{park,cheng,hoyer}
Such open-shell systems will provide good benchmark challenges for SIC methods.

The FOC-methodology, which always delivers real orbitals in closed-shell systems, leads to a conundrum since
there are a variety of results, including recent applications to benzene~\cite{Iceland}, that suggest that smoother localized
densities, such as those obtained from complex orbitals, lead to better agreement with experiment.
As such, the Fermi-Orbital filtering which disallows complex orbitals provides a double-edge sword. Disallowing complex
Bloch functions guarantees size-extensivity in solids composed of well-separated atoms in cases where the SIC energy
of an atom turns positive.  Further in simple closed-shell atoms,
the Fermi-orbital-based methodology will not allow for symmetry breaking of the p-orbitals for any functional since it does
not allow for consideration of orbitals constructed from spherical harmonics (which lead to different SIC shifts for the $m_s=0$ and
$m_s=\pm 1$ states).  However, since either the localization transformation or Fermi-orbital-based constraint must be chosen
for any energy functional that exhibits any degree of orbital dependence, it is more likely that these relatively small disparities will
be overcome by reconsidering the construction of the SIC energy {\em per se}  and that the determination of whether the
FO-based approach should replace the localization equations will be based upon other considerations. From the perspective of
unitary invariance as a strong constraint,
there seems to be a strong reason for choosing the Fermi orbital-based formulation. But on the other hand, some of the
most accurate multi-configurational methods essentially proceed by accepting that unitary invariance is not the most important
symmetry. This might argue for a
formulation more similar to the standard perspective.
In fact, the original derivation and uses of unified Hamiltonians~\cite{HeaPRB83,Iceland}, commonly used for SIC calculations
since 1983, stem from even earlier use in the then nascent field of MCSCF (See Ref.~\onlinecite{HarJPB83,HeaPRB83} and references therein).
Reasons for searching for new forms of the SIC functional will be discussed in an upcoming community-generated
paper which carefully examines a large amount of numerical results showing promise for cases where
the SIC functional is constructed from orbital densities that are in close energetic and spatial proximity to one another.
The FO construction allows for the straightforward means for
defining local orbital energies and determining their spatial and energetic proximity.

The average of two real localized orbital densities
is of course exactly equal to the density constructed from a complex orbital determined from the same
two orbitals.
Perhaps a new prescription that provides
a straightforward well-defined means for creating average nearly nodeless localized densities will effectively allow
for the complex-localized orbitals densities, suggested by J\'onsson~\cite{simon1,simon2,Iceland}
and K{\"u}mmel~\cite{hoffmann,Kummel}, and begin to address the critique provided by K{\"u}mmel that suggests
that the SIC functional itself should never have densities composed of orbitals with nodes. The FO-construction provides
new ways for automating the determination of localized densities so it may be that other SIC functionals which satisfy the
constraints suggested in Ref.~\onlinecite{RLT} are possible.
Thinking about such an averaging procedure would not
be inconsistent with this version of SIC or the two-step standard version of SIC since it would only change the definition
of the off-diagonal Lagrange multipliers in Eq.~\ref{eqn10}. However, it is
likely that the derivatives themselves would become smoother
and furnish Fermi-Orbitals and SIC energies that were slightly more ambivalent to their positions.

Finally, it may also be interesting to seek numerical proof that a class of
"most physical" solutions are attainable within both formulations. For example if it is possible to consider only FO's that lead to
an othonormal overlap matrix, (e.g. values of unity for all ILO eigenvalues),
one would then have a set of solutions that are possible within both formulations and these solutions
would almost definitely coincide with the most loved localized orthonormal orbitals in physics and chemistry.
Further inquiries along these directions may
very well allow for a step in the direction of merging the "road less traveled" with the "road more traveled"
discussed in Ref.~\onlinecite{RLT}.   But a significant amount of analytical work and analysis of computational results
is required to address these points.

\section{Acknowledgements}
MRP thanks Dr. S. Lehtola for providing unpublished data, for discussions, and for a careful reading of
the manuscript. MRP thanks J. Sun, K. Bowen, C.C. Lin, J.P. Perdew, A. Ruzsinszky, and S. K{\"u}mmel
for interest in this work and for comments and critique.

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A Medal Of Honor For Former Army Medic Jim McCloughan
Published July 31, 2017 at 3:44 AM PDT
Today - this afternoon at the White House, President Trump awards the Medal of Honor to United States Army medic, who is receiving the honor almost 50 years after his actions during the Vietnam War.
JIM MCCLOUGHAN: I'd rather die on the battlefield than have heard later on that one of my men didn't make it because their medic was not there.
INSKEEP: John McCloughan ran toward enemy fire numerous times over the course of three days to save fellow soldiers, even though he himself was wounded. Here's NPR's Tom Bowman.
TOM BOWMAN, BYLINE: Soldiers from Charlie Company were running for their lives, tripping over themselves in a rice paddy south of the coastal city of Da Nang. Heavy fire was coming from the tree line behind them - AK-47s, machine guns.
MCCLOUGHAN: It was not a good day, OK? You could just hear the bullets popping.
BOWMAN: Bill Arnold was one of the soldiers running that May morning in 1969. He was 20 years old, and he couldn't keep up. Hours before, he injured his knee rolling off a helicopter. His run was reduced to a limp and then to a crawl. Finally, he collapsed.
BILL ARNOLD: You're almost in a haze or a blur because of your vision. And you see a guy heading toward you. Basically, first, you want to say, what the hell's wrong with this guy? (Laughter) He's heading towards the enemy. I'm trying to get out of there.
BOWMAN: It was Jim McCloughan, who, a few weeks earlier, turned 23. He arrived in Vietnam in March, a college athlete from Michigan. He was known as Doc - easygoing with a ready joke.
ARNOLD: He threw me up over his shoulder. And he said, get ready for a bumpy ride. And we were under fire. He was running. He done above and beyond what he needed to do.
BOWMAN: That was the first of McCloughan's heroic actions. Over the next two days, he'd be credited with saving nine more soldiers.
MIKE MARTINO: It's a hundred degree heat or more - open rice paddy - bullets are bouncing around, kicking up dirt around us.
BOWMAN: It was Mike Martino's first heavy firefight. The soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry, had been sent to help clear North Vietnamese soldiers from the area - push them into the hills. Before long, it was Charlie Company being pushed from three sides by a constant barrage. Martino remembers it got so desperate that word started spreading - save the last bullet for yourself.
MARTINO: We are behind rice paddy dikes maybe a foot to 18 inches high. They're providing no protection whatsoever.
BOWMAN: Throughout that first day and night, Doc McCloughan kept going out to help the wounded.
JOE MIDDENDORF: There was no - no quit in that man - none whatsoever.
BOWMAN: Joe Middendorf was patched up by McCloughan after he was hit by shrapnel from an RPG.
MIDDENDORF: Oh, he kept crawling out into the battle zone. And they were so close to us, you could even hear them talking.
BOWMAN: And at one point during the second night, McCloughan deliberately put himself at risk again. He attached a strobe light to his helmet so a helicopter could pinpoint where to drop supplies. Again, Mike Martino.
MARTINO: He shouldn't be alive - there's no way. He was wounded again there. He should not be alive. I mean, it's absolutely ridiculous. Actually, we all look at each other and say, none of us should be alive.
BOWMAN: It was on that second night a bullet tore into Kent Nielsen's shoulder.
KENT NIELSEN: And I just spun around in place.
BOWMAN: Doc McCloughan placed gauze on his wounds, all while under fire.
NIELSEN: He literally picked me up and carried me, which is - I'm not that much smaller than he is. (Laughter) So I'm impressed.
BOWMAN: Nielsen was resting on his side at sunset along with the other wounded. He was drifting in and out of consciousness, listening to mortars explode, bullets crack overhead, and North Vietnamese crunch through the nearby brush.
NIELSEN: During the night, there were several times I thought I was toast. I thought I was going to be - that was - I definitely was beginning to think that this was going to be overrun, and we were going to be made into mincemeat.
BOWMAN: Nielsen and the others say it was only the arrival of American air power that saved them, prevented them from being annihilated. Fire from a spooky gunship finally pushed back the enemy troops. When it was over, there were 12 dead from Charlie Company and some three dozen wounded.
Doc McCloughan received a Bronze Star with Valor device for his heroics on that first day. The other two days were not taken into account. But over the past decade, McCloughan's uncle and his fellow soldiers wrote letters on his behalf to upgrade the award - an effort also taken up by Michigan lawmakers. And finally, after long consideration, it was endorsed by the Army. Bill Arnold says the Medal of Honor is long overdue.
ARNOLD: There is nobody that I can think more honorable, more deserving of this award than Doc.
BOWMAN: For his part, Doc McCloughan sees himself as more a caretaker of the medal. He says it's really an award for all 89 soldiers who lived and died during the battle. It was a team, he says, with each soldier playing a critical part.
MCCLOUGHAN: And I've never known it any stronger than I knew after that battle how important each man was to the other.
BOWMAN: Tom Bowman, NPR News, Washington.
[POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In the introduction to this report, Medal of Honor recipient Jim McCloughan is incorrectly identified as John McCloughan. ]
(SOUNDBITE OF SEAS OF YEARS' "SURFACE") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Corrected: August 2, 2017 at 9:00 PM PDT
In the introduction to this report, Medal of Honor recipient Jim McCloughan is incorrectly identified as John McCloughan.

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Waldman, Anne
Anne Waldman, born April 2, 1945, in Millville, New Jersey, graduated from Bennington College in 1966. In 1966 she founded Angel Hair Magazine, with Lewis Warsh. Later that same year, she began working for the Poetry Project in New York City. She was a founding member of the Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, a section of the Naropa Institute at Boulder, Colorado, where she taught and directed the Summer Writing Program. Waldman is the author of over 40 publications of poetry. She is a recipient of the Shelley Memorial Award for Poetry and has been deemed a "counter-cultural" giant by Publisher's Weekly. She is recipient of the 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship.
The fonds consists of correspondence (with manuscript and typescript enclosures) from Anne Waldman to Lewis Warsh, much of it pertaining to the relationship between the two poets, as well as to relationships with other poets. Their involvement in the Naropa Institute is also described. Most of the letters from 1969 to 1973 concern the publishing of Angel Hair Books and contain much information about the New York poetry world centred at the Poetry Project.
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RESOLUTION OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE
of November 26, 2014 No. 675
About approval of proportions of distribution of single fee to obligatory national social insurance
According to part of the twenty eighth article 8 of the Law of Ukraine "About collection and accounting of single fee on obligatory national social insurance" the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decides:
Approve proportions of distribution of single fee to obligatory national social insurance according to appendix.
Prime Minister of Ukraine
A. P. Yatsenyuk
to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of November 26, 2014 No. 675
Proportions of distribution of single fee to obligatory national social insurance
1. The amount of single fee on obligatory national social insurance (further - single fee) paid by the payers specified in Items 1 (except the paragraph of the seventh), 4, 5 and 5-1 parts one of Article 4, the paragraph third part one of article 10 of the Law of Ukraine "About collection and accounting of single fee on obligatory national social insurance" (further - the Law), is distributed on:
obligatory national social insurance on unemployment case - percent 4,8058;
obligatory national social insurance in connection with temporary disability and obligatory national social insurance from labor accident and occupational disease which entailed disability, - percent 9,5727;
obligatory national pension insurance (in solidary system) - percent 85,6215.
2. The amount of the single fee paid by the payers specified in paragraph seven of Item of 1 part one of article 4 of the Law for the military personnel (except the military personnel of compulsory military service), faces of the private and the commanding structure, is distributed on:
3. The amount of the single fee paid by the payers specified in paragraph seven of Item of 1 part one of article 4 of the Law (except the payers paying single fee for the military personnel, faces of the private and the commanding structure), the paragraph the fifth part one of article 10 of the Law, goes for obligatory national pension insurance (in solidary system).
4. No. 1323 is excluded according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 29.11.2022
5. Determine that the amount of single fee which is paid by the payers specified in Items 1 (except the paragraph of the seventh) 4, 5 and 5-1 parts one of Article 4, the paragraph third part one of article 10 of the Law, temporarily in December, 2022 are distributed on:
obligatory national social insurance in connection with temporary disability and obligatory national social insurance from labor accident and the occupational disease which entailed disability - percent 20,7941;
obligatory national pension insurance (to solidary system) - percent 74,4001.
6. Determine that the amount of single fee distributed on obligatory national social insurance in connection with temporary disability and obligatory national social insurance from labor accident and occupational disease which entailed disability goes:
temporarily from January 1 to April 30, 2023. To the pension fund of Ukraine - percent 95,4766 for management and the operational order financial resources within means of social insurance, Social Insurance Fund - percent 4,5234 for ensuring implementation of the actions connected with the termination of Social Insurance Fund and managements of executive directorate of this Fund;
since May 1, 2023 - 100 percent to the Pension fund of Ukraine.


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The Story: It's been almost 6 Years since the gang has traversed into the realm of Dungeons & Dragons and ,much has changed. The "human cubs" have grown into the fiercest band of heroes the realm had ever seen. Stories are told around the tavern fires of a strange band of travelers accompanied by a young unicorn.
"Their leader, a one-eyed ranger, of golden hair. 'Tis said that "Harpy Eye" Henry lost his eye in the deepest dungeons of Venger. While escaping he managed to slay Venger's pet The Shadow Demon. Without his "eyes and ears" Venger grew ignorant of the plans and the deeds of the group. Diana met her great grand mother (believed to be lost in our world) and discovers her amazonian spear maiden ancestry. Her staff is a fierce weapon in her hands. Some believe that she was imbued with invulnerability by a spell her lover The Magician cast some time ago. But the real magic rests on the chest of the cavalier Eric The Bold (ish). But his honor cannot be questioned since the Goblin Uprising, where while "avoiding of being captured" (hiding like a chicken), stumbles upon the Glass Armor Pendant (an artifact that, used wisely creates a dragon-glass armor making his Knights armor complete an virtually impenetrable). Saved the whole dwarven kingdom from the brink of ruin. Fought a legion of goblins on the bridge of Berel Guth and won. The thief helped, sabotaging the oil bombs sending most of the goblin legions to the Netherworld.
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If you're a fan of the show and you've made it thus far in this post, I sincerely hope you've enjoyed it.
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Sanders and Soleimani
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity.
The drone attack ordered by US President Donald Trump has shaken up the entire Middle East, raising fears of a regional conflict – or worse, a world war.
But it has also shaken up the Democratic primary, sharpening the differences between Senator Bernie Sanders and all the other candidates.
To the extent to which foreign policy has played a role in the Democratic contest so far, it has largely focussed on the past. Sanders is often quick to point out that he opposed the Iraq war, and voted against it, while Biden and other Democrats were cheering George W. Bush on. This echos the 2016 race, when Sanders and Hillary Clinton clashed over the same issue and in the same way.
But now that debate has moved suddenly from the past to the present, as every candidate has to instantly respond to events.
And the result has been a triumph for Sanders and a body blow for interventionist Democrats like Biden.
Nearly all of them, Elizabeth Warren included, responded more or less in this way to the killing of Soleimani: While Soleimani was no doubt a very bad man whose death we do not mourn, we don't trust Trump and we worry that his ill-thought out actions could lead to disaster.
Sanders was different. He responded by saying nothing at all about Soleimani or the Islamist dictatorship in Iran. He condemned what Trump did, and a couple of days he later introduced legislation in Congress to try to block a war on Iran.
His immediate reaction to the attack was not dissimilar to that offered up by Jeremy Corbyn.
The difference is that Sanders' views are likely to give him a big boost in the polls and on polling day. Here's why: Opposition to further US military intervention is, strangely enough, hugely popular among Trump supporters. On this issue, as on his attitude to most free trade deals, Sanders and Trump share a rare bit of common ground.
By threatening war on Iran, Trump has betrayed his own supporters, who were already beginning to lose faith in him (being the most corrupt president in American history has not helped). Those who were looking for a Democrat who could promise them no more pointless wars in the Middle East will only find one who fits the bill – Bernie Sanders.
And among Sanders own supporters, especially the young, his gut-level response to Trump's decision to take out Soleimani will be hugely popular. There is no appetite for a further war in the Middle East there either.
But here's the problem: Democratic socialists like Bernie Sanders get that the Islamist regime in Iran is an utterly reactionary and dangerous force. Its record on human rights – including workers' rights – is one of the worst in the world. And its proxy armies like Hezbollah in Lebanon are no better.
It is not a bad thing that Soleimani is dead; the man was a brutal murderer responsible for thousands of deaths, including many innocent civilians.
That's why the Left should adopt a smart position on what happened and what happens next by supporting neither Trump nor Ali Khamenei, and why the call for "no war on Iran" must be coupled with a second one opposing the Islamist regime and supporting its overthrow.
The Left cannot be seen as supportive of the Iranian rulers not least because it will lose all credibility with the victims of Iranian fascism – both in Iran and elsewhere in the region. We must surely be on the side of those Iranians who regularly take to the streets to challenge the regime. We do not stand with the regime, but with its victims.
For those reasons and more, we must hope that Bernie Sanders will say not only the popular thing but the right thing too, and not be seen – as Corbyn was – as uncritical of the terrible regime Soleimani represented.


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My favorite Collective Soul song is Shine – which I am listening to right now on my iPod as type this. My now husband, bought the 1993 CD – Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid for me as a gift… because he knew how much I loved the song. I enjoyed the album immensely but I played Shine over and over and over.
I was also quite fond of She Said from the Scream 2 soundtrack and Heavy off their 1999 Dosage album. Okay, now I'm listening to All I Know from their latest album Afterwards released in 2007. This song is upbeat and honestly, you cannot help but smile while listening to it. These are just the tip of the iceberg of the songs by Collective Soul that I love.
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If you want to find out more about what Collective Soul is up to, check out their BLOG.
Multi-platinum rockers Collective Soul (Loud and Proud/ Roadrunner Records) and platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw (J Records) will hit the road this summer on a co-headlining tour throughout the U.S. The multi-city run kicks off June 22 at the House of Blues in Cleveland, OH. Green River Ordinance will join this tour as the opening act. Tickets go on sale beginning May 15th at CollectiveSoul.com and GavinDegraw.com, with fan club pre-sales for both artists starting Thursday May 14th.
I would love to go to Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues on 7/13 to see them. I really hope to see you guys there!
And don't forget to follow Collective Soul at http://www.twitter.com/collective_soul, they WILL follow you back!
Gel was a pretty badass song.
I am the ole fan like many of you! My sons 20 and 7 both know their songs well…my family is (originally)from Stockbridge, family just recorded some songs in their studio… and I had CS on a tape, before they had a CD, back in the day! Have all the music and love it all…SInce I copywrite and do seo for others, I can't blog to enter the contest, poo poo! Good luck with it, wish I could also!
@Pat – I know aren't they awesome! And thank you!
@Jane – Well I am so happy that you have now discovered Collective Soul! They really are a down-to-earth group of guys. I could listen to them sing 24/7!


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Luther Strange had almost everything that a candidate could ask for in the race to retain his seat in the U.S. Senate.
Besides being the incumbent, the former state attorney general had the endorsement of President Donald Trump, something he mentioned to voters repeatedly in the week leading up to Tuesday's GOP runoff election. He also had millions of dollars in advertising support from the Senate Leadership Fund, controlled by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, as well as the National Rifle Association's political action committee. Both PACs flooded Alabama television and radio stations with commercials, and they were omnipresent on the internet as well.
But Roy Moore had more. In particular, he had more votes.
The twice-deposed Alabama chief justice scored a dominating victory in the runoff, a race that the Associated Press called for Moore less than 90 minutes after polls closed. Moore wrapped up the race with 55 percent of the votes, while Strange won 45 percent.
Roy Moore campaigns for Senate during a recent Auburn game.
The margin was larger for Moore as early returns trickled in, but the race tightened somewhat as votes were reported from more urban areas, where Strange had better support. But in the end, only four counties — Jefferson (his home), Shelby, Madison and Sumter — went for Strange, with the other 64 in Moore's column.
In total, 451,161 Alabamians went to the polls Tuesday, just more than 14 percent of the state's registered voters.
Moore in a victory speech that sounded much like a sermon gave the credit for his win to God.
He said he will support President Trump even though Trump did not support him – provided that Trump's actions are constitutional.
"We want to bring our country back to its greatness, and we can and we will," Moore said.
Both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence congratulated Moore on Twitter Tuesday night and pledged their support in the Dec. 12 general election.
At his post-election gathering at the Aloft Hotel in his hometown of Homewood, Strange's supporters cast a wary eye toward television screens in the lobby. When the early returns showed their candidate struggling, the mood turned downbeat as his staff and friends weaved in and out among a very large contingent of news media, both national and local.
Strange gave his concession speech less than two hours after polls closed.
Strange, known to most Alabamians as "Big Luther" for his 6-foot-9 frame, drew an analogy to his basketball-playing days.
Strange thanked Trump as well as Pence, who appeared at a campaign rally in Birmingham on Monday night. Trump also appeared at a similar rally Friday night in Huntsville to stump for Strange, in a speech that was carried live on cable news channels. However, Trump's call to fire National Football League players protesting alleged police brutality against African-Americans by kneeling during the pre-game playing of the National Anthem overshadowed his support of Strange.
The result will likely be touted by Trump opponents as a political defeat for the president, but it may be McConnell who stands to lose more. His Senate Leadership Fund super-PAC first orchestrated a campaign against Rep. Mo Brooks, who finished third in the Republican primary. After Brooks was eliminated, the SLF set its sights on Moore. The NRA also endorsed Strange, labeling Moore in its TV spots as being "a little soft on gun rights." Moore countered that charge in a Mobile rally the night before the election by brandishing a handgun on stage, reaffirming his support of Second Amendment issues.
Strange was the state's attorney general when Gov. Robert Bentley appointed him in February to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, who left after being appointed as attorney general in the Trump administration. Strange was criticized in some quarters for accepting the appointment after dropping an investigation of Bentley, who later resigned as part of a plea bargain.
Bentley had favored allowing Strange to serve until the next regular federal election, in 2018. But Gov. Kay Ivey, who took over for Bentley, instead decided to hold a special election. The race has drawn national attention, largely due to the involvement of Trump, Pence and McConnell.
Moore will now face off against Democrat nominee Doug Jones, the former U.S. attorney who in 2001 and 2002 successfully prosecuted the case against klansmen Bobby Cherry and Thomas Blanton for their roles in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, which killed four African-American girls in 1963. Jones won the Democratic primary in August with an outright majority, avoiding a runoff.
Jones plans to kick off his general election campaign today with an appearance at Niki's West, a popular Birmingham restaurant spot.
The special election in Alabama to fill a U.S. Senate seat has drawn national attention. Here's a sampling of stories published after the election results were in.
This story has been corrected to add Sumter County to the list of counties where a majority of voters cast ballots for Strange.


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Pedagogy and Politics are two disciplines closely related to each other. Starting from the X International Congress of Ontopsicology held in Rome in 1984, the goal of the Foundation is to raise awareness – through a multidisciplinary confrontation – of the world of education and culture on the opportunity to bring pedagogy and politics back to a single action. The two disciplines are united by the same ethical tension towards universal values. It is a matter of bringing man back to the realization of authentically human, in the name of a strong charge of renewal that sustains both, as a guarantee of democracy, of the common good, of an active social and civil presence of young people.
A society, therefore, is safeguarded to the extent that culture, education, politics, socialization, are built on a human scale. A very urgent issue because today's political crisis situations are intertwined with the educational emergency.
Pedagogy must be contextualized within current historical facts. The formalization of a pedagogy in step with the new millennium assigns an indispensable role to the reformulation of the political landscape, which on more and more frequent occasions, is proving to fail to organize social welfare. Yet politics should be, by its very nature, one of the most noble educational tools because it should be the bearer of the needs and needs of the human being, also capable of proposing challenges to new supranational aggregative structures, such as the European one.
It is no coincidence therefore that in the title the word Pedagogy comes first: pedagogy is the art of forming the man-person in the social function. The aim of pedagogy is to create an adult capable of being true to himself and functional for society. Which company? The society of infinite democracies with a human function. The way of growing and forming of the individual will plot the web of the social fact of which politics should be guarantor with stability. In turn, the social remains the universe where the individual synthesizes his own growing becoming.
The link between education and politics is certainly a guarantee for both.
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The Cuckoo's Calling – A Review
Hiral Patwa
Name: The Cuckoo's Calling
Author: Robert Galbraith
Publishing Year: 2013
Before we get into the spoiler-free details of this book, there are a few things one should know factually about this book.
The crime/mystery novel is a debut by author Robert Galbraith, also known as J.K.Rowling who is famous for her magical series Harry Potter. Using a pseudonym, this book was originally published without knowing who Robert Galbraith was. This crime novel, like the much celebrated fictional debut of Ms. Joanne Rowling, is the first part of a seven-part series.
Although it is widely known that Ms. Joanne Rowling has written this book, I shall refer the pseudonym as the author in this article, particularly because that is how it was wished to be by the Queen of all things magic!
The story starts off with a heavily crowded street in London, a dead body covered, a screaming lady and lots of paparazzi. Amidst the commotion and media coverage, the story of a young woman falling to her death is lost and over analyzed within months. Cormoran Strike, a war veteran who was physically injured and has no control over his private life, is hired to investigate the crime of a possible murder of the young lady.
The characters in this book seem real as much as they seem fictitious.
Cormoran Strike comes across as any other war veteran who is injured physically and psychologically, a bit too egoistic and a workaholic. With a huge debt on his head, he opens his own private investigator office and works few clients.
Robin Ellacott is a young, enthusiastic woman with a thrill for detective work. Recently engaged, she moves from Yorkshire and works as a temporary secretary for Strike.
Lula Landry is a professional model in her early 20's. Her death, caused by falling off her residence building, is the subject of this book and Strike's investigations.
There are many secondary and side characters that add their own persona and twists to the story.
The characters' introduction is what left me spell bound. The author caught the readers' interest in all the right ways with the right amount of words and secrecy. The growth of closeness between Strike and Robin is what kept me on my toes. The boss-employee duo was done right with the correct amount of humor, ego problems and their passion to work the case. Strike, who goes an extra mile to make sure justice is served, is occasionally taken by surprise by Robin who isn't your typical "pretty girl".
Each twist and turn is dealt with the utmost comfort, and every blow is timed well within the story. There is no way the reader could guess the culprit, and that is one of the few gems this book has to offer. There are many a times you feel, as a reader, that you've caught on to the clichéd murder mystery, but Galbraith's use of plot twists snakes you down back to step 1 and you're left to wonder "What just happened?"
The complexity of each character and the topic of death was dealt brilliantly by Robert, and unlike many crime novels, the story of the characters isn't lost in the case. The relation created between solving the crime and catching the perpetuator with that of the real lives of the main characters catches you off guard. There are only so many ways a case can alter you personally, but this story makes sure it doesn't seem superficial.
The language is rich in every possible way. The words not only ring bells in your ears but provides you with visually enticing pictures that brings it to life. Robert's brilliant use of simple words leaves you wanting for more. Luckily, your wish has been granted.
Why would I recommend this book? Agreeing to the fact that I only bought this book due to the author, who doesn't do this now-a-days, but I couldn't put the book down. I was reading it while commuting to and fro from work, eating lunch or dinner and even sneaking in a chapter or two before sleeping. It's a very honest crime novel that deals with every problem in the most human way. One of the few times I have been surprised in the book is when it discusses or mentions Strike's war experiences and losses, and also how he deals with all that along with a lot more. Characters do not seem as they are written to be, you have been warned.
Robert Galbraith The Cuckoos Calling
My favorite quotes?
How could the death of someone you had never met affect you so?
In the depths of his tiredness, surrounded by these blank, sheep-like visages, he found himself pondering the accidents that had brought all of them into being. Every birth was, viewed properly, mere chance. With a hundred million sperm swimming blindly through the darkness, the odds against a person becoming themselves were staggering.
All love, ultimately, is self-love.
Having read a crime novel after a very long time, probably the first after "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" read back in 2015, this was a refreshing read. To any reader who loves a good mystery, I would suggest this book be on your top "To-Be-Read" list.
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Born and raised in Dubai, Hiral will make her move to Vancouver in Fall 2016. Enrolled in the Masters Program for Big Data, she is an avid reader, tv sci-fi buff, Potterhead and amateur writer. Her long time dream is to be an astronaut.
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The Good Doctor isn't the only big show to film in Surrey (ABC / Art Streiber)
The city has been a prime location for many famous TV shows. Here is a list of some of our favourite shows filmed in Surrey.
You'll be surprised to know that the hit Netflix series Riverdale has filmed some scenes in Surrey, along with other famous places across BC like Rocko's Diner and the Twilight Drive-In Theatre. The most notable place in Surrey is Bear Creek Park where in Season 5 the football workout scene was filmed.
Not to be confused with the movie featuring Ezra Miller (who knows what's happening with the DC movies anyway?), CW's The Flash has also filmed around Surrey and the Lower Mainland. You can see many familiar places like Surrey City Hall and Central City Mall.
While this show may claim to take place in San Francisco, and it'll do everything it can to convince you it was filmed there, this remake starring Josh Peck was filmed right here in BC. Specifically, the exterior of the police station that Turner works at is Surrey City Hall. You can even see the evidence of the Take Five afe right outside.
The DC movie universe just seems to love filming in Surrey. Peacemaker, starring everyone's favourite John Cena, filmed scenes in Surrey.
Surrey's City Hall can be seen in The Good Doctor as the exterior of the San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Now why they wouldn't use the actual Surrey Memorial Hospital as a hospital is beyond us.
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has used a couple of different locations in Surrey for filler shots like in Redwood Park for scenes in the woods. But it also converted a closed storefront into Cerberus Books, a bookstore from the series. Without the signs, it may be difficult to locate, but you can find the building used for this bookstore at 5657 176 St.
Based on the book of the same name by Steven King, The Stand was also filmed in Surrey. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and James Marsden (yes, this is the guy from Sonic the Hedgehog), this story takes place "After the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague," and "a battle of biblical proportions ensues between the survivors." It shot scenes throughout BC, but most notably is the Pacific Inn Resort, which was used to film interior shots for the Flagg Hotel in the show.
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John Tenta 'Earthquake' memorabilia now on display at Museum of Surrey
Surrey, BC – The legacy of WWF wrestler John Tenta, known worldwide as 'Earthquake' is being celebrated with a display of memorabilia in the Museum of Surrey's latest feature exhibition 'Shake Up: Preserving What We Value.'
Visitors will have the opportunity to see the former Surrey resident's iconic 1991 action figure, "The Wrestler" Magazine, featuring Earthquake vs. Hulk Hogan from 1990, a deck of trading cards and more in the exhibit's pop culture section.
"Earthquakes are some of nature's most powerful forces, and John Tenta certainly evokes that energy with the persona he created, which makes his legacy a perfect fit for the exhibit," said Curator of Exhibits, Colleen Sharpe.
'Shake Up: Preserving What We Value' was originally developed by the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Using cultural objects, art, and multimedia displays, the exhibit tells the story of earthquakes—and other natural disasters—through Indigenous knowledge passed down through oral histories.
To complement the multi-media installations, MOS added Surrey-specific content from the Heritage Surrey Collection, including the recent acquisition of Tenta's memorabilia.
Kristin Hardie, Curator of Collections, says the memorabilia acquired for the Surrey Artifact Collection is one example of how objects can serve as a connection point with our community's memory.
"We are thrilled to be able to preserve the amazing story of a 'Surreyite' who rose to the highest levels of his sport and who became famous on a global scale.
We hope that these items both preserve John Tenta's legacy in his hometown and encourage his neighbours and fans to share their memories and stories about him."
Hardie recently reached out to Tenta's son, Jeff Tenta, who resides in Florida with his wife and two children. When asked how he felt about his father being included in the exhibit and his story being preserved and shared at the museum, he responded that it was a proud moment for the family.
"We're happy that his community appreciates it – it's good to know people care," he said. Preserving and Sharing Surrey's Stories. Heritage Services administers a large civic artifact collection, which consists of over 20,000 objects.
Already a world junior wrestling champion by age 20, Tenta first rose to fame in Japan, where he spent eight months as a sumo wrestler. He and his family returned to his hometown of Surrey from approximately 1989 to 1996, where he was affectionally known as 'Big John' to local media.
By 1989, Tenta was a full-time member in the WWF with the name, Earthquake. In 1993, Tenta headlined a West Coast wrestling competition at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.
In 2006, Tenta passed away from bladder cancer at the age of 42. His sister, Brenda, currently resides in Langley.
'Shake Up: Preserving What We Value' runs until June. Visitors must pre-register for one hour long self-guided visits, which are available from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. from Wednesday to Saturday. Visitors can register by visiting emailing or by calling 604-592-6956.
The museum follows all citywide COVID- 19 safety protocols as per Health BC, City of Surrey and Worksafe BC. Masks are mandatory. Registration required for every person in your family group, including infants. For more information, visit us.
For more information about the Surrey Artifact Collections, visit our site. The City's artifact collection can also be viewed virtually using the Surrey Archives & Museums free Online Access (SAMOA).
The Rivers that Connect Us by k'wy'i'y'e Spring Salmon Studio
Surrey, BC – A new public artwork has been installed at Museum of Surrey, the final component of the Museum expansion. The artwork is easily viewed by those travelling along Highway 10. Designed and fabricated locally by k'wy'i'y'e Spring Salmon Studio (Drew Atkins, Phyllis Atkins, and Aaron Jordan),
The Rivers that Connect Us is a monumental sculpture that makes an important contribution to the Cloverdale Historic District by acknowledging and reflecting the longstanding presence of First Nations peoples.
The artwork's five-metre-tall, illuminated paddles are raised to the sky recalling a traditional Coast Salish gesture indicating peace and respect made when a canoe traveller approached a village.
The artwork's welcoming gesture is intended to honour the diversity of newcomers arriving in Surrey and the traditional lands of the Coast Salish peoples.
The sculpture's four paddles encircle a 3.5-metre round base that features a design inspired by the traditional form of a Coast Salish spindle whorl, a tool used by Coast Salish women to spin wool for weaving.
The base also references a compass and the four directions. The Salish Eye designs around the base of the paddles represent the seven traditional teachings of the Kwantlen peoples: health, happiness, generations, generosity, humility, forgiveness, and understanding.
While referencing the deep history of the land and the traditional territory of the Coast Salish peoples including the q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓, q̓ic̓əy̓, and səmyəmɑʔɬ (Kwantlen, Katzie, and Semiahmoo First Nations) and traditional Coast Salish design, the sculpture also incorporates innovative technology with its steel and polycarbonate materials and programmable LED lighting.
Community consultation guided this public art opportunity from the outset. Multiple community engagement sessions were held, culminating in a group of Cloverdale residents serving on a panel to select the artists and artwork concept.
One of the key recommendations from the community was that the sculpture serve as a gateway feature for travellers to Cloverdale and the City of Surrey. The lighting will ensure the artwork is visible at night and fulfills the expectation of the Cloverdale community.
The artwork also offers an invitation to learn more about Surrey's history, located beside Museum of Surrey (17710 56A Avenue) and Surrey Archives (located in the 1912 Municipal Hall).
For the artists, The Rivers that Connect Us provided an important opportunity to mark the traditional territories on which Surrey is built.
They say, "The Fraser River and its local tributaries—the Salmon, Serpentine, and Nicomekl Rivers—formed a transportation network that connected First Nations people in the area since time immemorial. Relied upon for resource gathering, travel, and trade, these rivers were traversed by canoes from many nations. Presently, the Highway 10 corridor, and its many connecting roads, is today's river."
The artwork's title, The Rivers That Connect Us, is a reminder and an invitation to a shared human connection regardless of cultural or ethnic backgrounds.
Drew Atkins (Nəq̓ɑɬc̓i) is a member of the Kwantlen First Nation community by marriage to his wife and fellow artist, Phyllis Atkins (q̓ʷɑt̓ic̓ɑ's). He works in many mediums including painting, drawing, carving, and sculpture.
He was trained in the Coast Salish carving tradition while apprenticing with his dear friend and mentor Xwa-lack-tun (Rick Harry). Atkins owns and operates K'wy'iye' Spring Salmon Studio and Gallery in unceded Fort Langley, BC with Phyllis Atkins. springsalmonstudio.com
Phyllis (Qwoy'tic'a) Atkins is an artist of the Kwantlen First Nation whose name means "I wear the clouds like a blanket" or "Shrouded in clouds." Her name comes from the Nɬeʔkepmx language and it was given to her by her maternal grandfather Hereditary Chief Anthony Joe of the Shakan Band (Thompson River People).
Phyllis is also part Sto:lo (People of the river). Phyllis has taken oil painting lessons from Barbara Boldt and hand-carved silver jewelry lessons by Master Carver Derek Wilson. She is a renowned painter and jeweler at their home on Kwantlen First Nation in Fort Langley. springsalmonstudio.com
Aaron Jordan grew up surrounded by artists and craftsmen of all mediums. Working for a few years in art galleries and museums led Aaron to attend Langara College to study fine arts. He went on to discover the world of film and was swept up by the creativity and diversity of the industry while working as a sculptor and carpenter building sets and props. ajordancreation.com
About Surrey's Public Art Program
Established in 1998, Surrey's Public Art Program contributes to the creation of a lively, beautiful, inclusive, and complete community. The City's art collection reflects community identity, cultural diversity, and Indigenous heritage.
Public art contributes to placemaking across the City and its sustainable socio-economic development. Among the 100+ artworks in Surrey's public art collection are mosaics, paintings, and interactive sculptures that remember Surrey's history, enhance infrastructure, and honour the surrounding natural environment.
From subtle to iconic, public art can be found in the City's parks, on pathways, streets, SkyTrain pillars, and civic buildings throughout the City of Surrey. For more information about the Public Art Program and the collection, visit surrey.ca/publicart
April 17−June 6, 2021
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 17 | 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m. PST on Surrey Art Gallery's Facebook page and YouTube channel
Surrey, BC – Surrey Art Gallery launches their spring exhibit Mark Soo: Twilight on the Edge of Town on Facebook Live and YouTube on Saturday, April 17 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. PST with a talk by the artist that will be available for replay afterwards.
Drawing from an archive that evokes the history of science fiction film, 3D animation, documentary photography, and literature, Mark Soo's newest video artwork explores the nature of perception and the limits of storytelling.
Through his juxtapositions of visual and experiential phenomena, this project stimulates poetic associations to place, reality, and imagination.
Across multiple screens, the artist creates an immersive choreography of visual elements over twenty-five minutes. Holographic images depict objects and events of the seemingly everyday where surreal log jams and raindrops mingle with flickering streetlights and backyard scenes.
An ambient soundtrack includes the voices of a child and adult simultaneously narrating the images, one in a speculation on the future and the other in a recollection of the past. Experienced in an ambiguous present, remembrance slips into projection and past and future are intertwined.
Mark Soo says, "I've tried to make a work that speaks to a complicated relationship to where we are, and of how we perceive that in terms of time and the relation to space."
The result is part theatre, experimental cinema, and art installation. "By experimenting with the relationship between image and sound, fact and fiction," says curator Jordan Strom, "Soo's large-scale environment is a compelling meditation on the nature of individual and collective memory."
Twilight on the Edge of Town builds on Soo's work of the past decade and a half, including his interests in photography and film, the history of social movements, and experiments with the technological image. Surrey Art Gallery and Wirklichkeit Books, Berlin, will be co-publishing a catalogue about Mark Soo: Twilight on the Edge of Town in the fall of 2021.
Twilight on the Edge of Town is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded in part through the Canada Council for the Arts' New Chapter program. With this $35M investment, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.
Other exhibitions at Surrey Art Gallery include Art by Surrey Secondary Students, a display of collages, drawings, and paintings from local youth (closes April 30) and the artist video Yam Lau: Hutong House. At UrbanScreen, Surrey Art Gallery's offsite art venue, the Flavourcel collective presents I Spy a City, a series of animations that capture different sights in Surrey (closes May 2).
About Mark Soo
Mark Soo was born in Singapore. He graduated from Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design in 2001 and currently lives and works in Vancouver and Berlin. He works in a variety of media including photography, sound, and video, which he uses to investigate notions of perception, modes of representation, and considerations of social space.
Soo draws on diverse sources ranging from art history to popular and social histories. He has had solo exhibitions in Vancouver, Berlin, and London and has participated in numerous group exhibitions.
About Surrey Art Gallery
Internationally recognized for its award-winning programs, Surrey Art Gallery, located at 13750 88 Avenue in Surrey on the unceded territories of the Salish Peoples, including the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), and Semiahma (Semiahmoo) nations, is the second largest public art museum in Metro Vancouver.
Founded in 1975, the Gallery presents contemporary art by local, national, and international artists, including digital and audio art. Its extensive public programs for children through to adults aim to engage the public in an ongoing conversation about issues and ideas that affect our communities and to provide opportunities to interact with artists and the artistic process.
Admission is free. Surrey Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the City of Surrey, Province of BC through BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Surrey Art Gallery Association.
Surrey Art Gallery will continue to present Art Together, a series of online programs that began in March 2020 and explore art and artists in the community, spark the imagination, and celebrate the ways that art can impact our lives.
Visit our website, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. surrey.ca/artgallery
Indigenous knowledge, science and pop culture unite to address 'the Big One'
Surrey, BC – Museum of Surrey announces its latest feature exhibition, Shake Up: Preserving What We Value, coming March 11 to June 6. Through multimedia installations, art, and cultural objects, Shake Up examines the knowledge of earthquakes and natural disasters that has been passed down for generations through First Nations oral histories.
"It's about reflecting on what we value, and how we ensure we keep our loved ones and stories safe," said Museum of Surrey manager, Lynn Saffery, of the exhibit that was originally developed by Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
As part of the immersive exhibit, visitors will have the opportunity board an electric car and take a simulated drive down a San Francisco street, featuring never-before-seen footage of the big 1906 quake aftermath. Visitors can get up close to an earthquake-proof yurt, built locally in Langley.
The theme of earthquakes in pop culture is explored through movie posters, cards, earthquake toys and the famous WWF wrestler, 'Earthquake.' Surrey-specific content and artifacts from the Heritage Surrey collection will also be on display.
Free pre-registered, one-hour self-guided visits of the museum are available from Wednesday to Saturday. The museum follows all citywide COVID-19 safety protocols as per Health BC, City of Surrey and WorkSafe BC. Masks are mandatory. Registration required for every person in your family group, including infants. Call 604-592-6956 or email museum@surrey.ca to register.
Museum of Surrey is a dynamic and accessible community hub and cultural space that reflects the City of Surrey's innovation and creativity.
It is a people museum, with a mission to connect people and stories through engaging events, interactive award- winning exhibits, programs, textiles and local, national and international exhibitions, as well as public space for rentals. The site, located at 17710 56A Avenue in Surrey, is on the Heritage Campus, home to Veterans Square, Anderson Cabin, 1881 Town Hall and Anniedale School.


Today we examine the fourth school zone in a series of articles on high school housing reports with homes zoned for Godby High School. In case you missed the previous articles, you can also read about homes zoned for Chiles High School, homes zoned for Leon High School, and homes zoned for Lincoln High School.
Currently, buyers can choose from 432 homes zoned for Godby High School and listed for sale in the Tallahassee MLS, which is more than we saw for any of the three previous reports.
Year to date, the number of closed homes zoned for Godby High School has declined by 10% when compared to the same time period in 2011. Values have dropped about 7% as well.
In the real estate graph above, we can see the number of closed home sales through June of each year for homes zoned for Godby High School. Sadly, 2012 marks a new low in YTD home sales, and there are still far more home sellers than home buyers in these Tallahassee neighborhoods.
Home buyers can still expect superb values and falling prices, but I would still expect to see the homes zoned for Godby High School sell slower than those in the Northeast Tallahassee real estate market. The combination of the over-built student rentals with no increase in demand means the West side of Tallahassee has a long, long way to go.
I hope you enjoyed this report on homes zoned for Godby High School, be sure to visit again for more Tallahassee neighborhood housing reports.


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