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Deliveroo's $30m IPO cash splash blasted as a 'smokescreen'
Patrick DurkinBOSS Deputy editor
Mar 7, 2021 – 8.00pm
Unions have blasted plans by Deliveroo to hand out almost $30 million in cash payments to its riders in the wake of a potential $12 billion float as a "smokescreen" for a bigger battle over labour laws.
The London-based food delivery platform is reportedly targeting a value of as much as £7 billion ($12.6 billion) for the initial public offering in what would be one of London's most valuable new stock listings in years.
Deliveroo founder William Shu is set to become a rich man with a $12 billion float expected. Pat Scala
The pandemic has supercharged demand for food delivery services with US rival DoorDash reaching a $60 billion valuation after its December IPO in New York.
Deliveroo will announce on Monday a £16m "Thank You Fund" for riders globally, as part of the proposed float, as the food platform giants continue to come under fire for treating their riders as contractors rather than employees.
Eligible riders will be able to get £10,000, £1,000, £500 or £200 and for their 8,000 Australian fleet, $18,000, $1,800, $900 and $360. Around a quarter of local riders are expected to benefit, depending on a criteria of longevity and service with an expected average payment per rider of £440 or almost $800.
The "Thank You Fund" would launch on the day of the IPO and be available to active riders in all 12 markets in which Deliveroo operates, including Australia which is one of the company's largest markets behind the UK, with riders eligible based on the number of orders they have delivered.
All riders who have worked with Deliveroo for at least one year and completed 2,000 orders would receive £200 or around $360. The percentage of riders eligible for each of the different awards will be consistent across all markets.
The payments as part of the fund would be calculated by reference to the number of orders completed by each eligible rider, with the largest payments being made to those riders who have completed the highest number of orders in each market. Hundreds of active riders globally are expected to receive the largest payment of £10,000.
The company expects that over 36,000 riders globally will receive cash payments.
"Over the last year riders have helped us do so much more than just deliver great food, having supported businesses and enabled vulnerable people or those self-isolating to stay safe indoors throughout a global pandemic. We're pleased to be able to say thank you," founder Will Shu said.
But the union blasted the move as a cynical smokescreen, as NSW considers a proposal for customers to pay an extra 88¢ per delivery on platforms such as Uber, Deliveroo and Menulog to fund a proposed personal injury scheme in the wake of driver deaths.
"Cash payouts to some riders are a smokescreen for the sustained rip-off that Deliveroo has been engaged in since it came to Australia," TWU National Secretary Michael Kaine said.
"The money they are proposing to give really is small beans when you consider how much money Deliveroo has taken out of the pockets of riders and their families over the years."
"Deliveroo has spent years underpaying workers to the tune of millions of dollars and denying them basic rights: to minimum pay, protective gear and the right to challenge an unfair sacking," he said.
Mr Kaine said it was curious that a number of riders who have worked for the company for several years approached the TWU this week, after being sacked by Deliveroo.
The TWU has brought a case for unfair sacking against Deliveroo involving rider Diego Franco with the hearing concluding on February 22.
Diego, a father of a two-year-old daughter, had worked with the company for three years before he was sacked, allegedly for not going fast enough with deliveries.
The TWU said they are also taking a case for gross underpayment against Deliveroo involving rider Jeremy Rhind, the case concluded last year with a decision also pending.
Patrick Durkin is Melbourne bureau chief and BOSS deputy editor. He writes on news, business and leadership. Connect with Patrick on Twitter. Email Patrick at pdurkin@afr.com


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One site collection is the User's MySite, and another site collection is a general site and subsites used and shared by all users.
I've installed an Arabic language pack on both site collections, and when I change the region settings in the MySite, it changes the language as intended. But when I change the language on the other site collection, no changes appear.
I want to change the language in the SharePoint menus, site settings, site contents etc. In the Site Settings, under Language Settings, the "Alternate Language" is checked, and also the "Overwrite Translations" is selected as "Yes".
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2. http://sharepointgauravgoyal.blogspot.com/2017/02/change-language-for-current-user-with.html
3. Change Sharepoint language with a link?
4. https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=togglelanguage
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\section*{Outline of the paper}

A remarkable example of ``non-equilibrium criticality'' is represented by
the phenomenon of aging \cite{agingbook}.
Such ``non-equilibrium criticality''  can be observed in a feromagnetic spin system (an Ising model) prepared in a high-temperature state which after being quenched to a temperature at or below its critical temperature is left to evolve freely. It is observed that the size of the clusters of ordered spins (which form and grow) is time-dependent and scales as time to some power, the inverse of which defines the dynamical exponent. In addition, the 2-point correlation functions in such systems depend on {\it both} time values (and not {\it only} on the their difference, as it is the case in other critical phenomena which do not break time-translation) \cite{agingbook, Henkel:2010ec}.
The essential
physics of aging (which is crucially a non-stationary process) \cite{agingbook} has been
recently discussed in the context of the AdS/CFT duality \cite{michel, Jottar:2010vp}.
In this letter
we clearly distinguish between aging realized as
``dressed'' Schr\"odinger dynamics from pure aging. In particular we explicitly demonstrate this
difference at the level of the 3-point function.
Our {\it novel results} regarding the 3-point function should be of practical importance in both real and numerical experiments involving aging dynamics \cite{agingbook}.

Let us begin by reviewing the current understanding of holographic aging \cite{agingbook, michel, Jottar:2010vp}.
The Schr\"odinger group is the group of symmetries of the free Schr\"odinger equation
$
(2i{\cal M}\partial_t+\nabla^2)\varphi_S(t,\vec x)=0\label{sch1}.
$
The Age (or Aging) group is the same as the Schr\"odinger group, minus the time translation. To break time-translation invariance, but maintain scale invariance,
a simple modification
can be made to
the previous equation by adding a time-dependent potential $v(t)$ \cite{agingbook}, so that
$
(2{\cal M}[i\partial_t-v(t)]+\nabla^2)\varphi_A(t,\vec x)=0\label{age1}.
$
(For a general discussion regarding the breaking of time-translation invariance, consult \cite{agingbook}.)
However, $v(t)$ needs to transform the same way as $\partial_t$ and $\nabla^2$, so $v(t)=k/t$, where $k$ is an arbitrary constant.
The field transformation which maps these two equations into each other is given by
$
\varphi_A(t,\vec x)=\exp(-i\int^t_{t_0} d\tau v(\tau))\varphi_S(t,\vec x)=({t}/{t_0})^{-ik}\varphi_S(t,\vec x).
$
If one considers operators with a certain mass ${\cal M}$, then
$
O_A(t,\vec x)=({t}/{t_0})^{-ik{\cal M}}O_S(t,\vec x)\label{cor1}.
$
This leads straightforwardly to a relationship between the Age and Schr\"odinger $n$-point correlators:
$
G_A^{(n)}(t_i,\vec x_i;{\cal M}_i)=\prod_{i=1}^n t_i^{-ik{\cal M}_i} G_S^{(n)}(t,\vec x_i;{\cal M}_i)
$
where the $t_0$ dependence cancels due to the Bargmann selection rule $\sum_i {\cal M}_i=0$.

The holographic dual of a system which is invariant under the realization of Age algebra
using the above trick (and which takes into account the singularity at $t=0$ in  $v(t)=k/t$) was constructed in \cite{Jottar:2010vp}. The relevant Age metric $ds_A^2$ \cite{Jottar:2010vp} reads as:
\be
ds_{A}^2=\frac{R^2}{z^2} \bigg(dz^2+\frac{2\alpha\beta}{z} dz \,dt-\frac{\beta^2}{z^2}\left(1+\frac{\alpha z^2}{\beta t}\right)dt^2-2 dt\,d\xi + d\vec x^2\bigg)\label{agemetric}.
\ee
(This geometry is locally Schr\"odinger, but its global structure is not.)
Then it is easy to check that
$
\Phi_{A}(t,\xi,\vec x, z)=\Phi_S(t,\xi+\frac{\alpha\beta}{2}\ln\frac{\beta t}{z^2},\vec x, z)\label{age map}
$
obeys the equation of motion $\Box \Phi_A=0$ in the Age metric if $\Phi_S$ obeys the equation of motion $\Box \Phi_S=0 $ in the Schr\"odinger background
\be
ds_{S}^2=\frac{R^2}{z^2} \bigg(dz^2-\frac{\beta^2}{z^2}dt^2-2 dt\,d\xi + d\vec x^2\bigg).
\ee
(This can be extended for fields of arbitrary spin.)
In terms of the boundary field values $\bar\Phi_S$, the bulk Schr\"odinger field can be written as
\be
\Phi_S(t,\xi,\vec x,z)=\!\!\!\int_{t',\xi', \vec x'} \!\!\!\!\!{\cal G}_S(t-t',\xi-\xi', \vec x-\vec x',z)\bar \Phi_S(t',\xi',\vec x'),
\ee
which, after applying the above map becomes
\bea
\Phi_{A}(t,\xi-\frac{\alpha\beta}2\ln\frac{\beta t}{z^2},\vec x,z)&=&\!\!\!\int_{t',\xi', \vec x'} \!\!\!\!\!{\cal G}_S(t-t',\xi-\xi', \vec x-\vec x',z) \nn \\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\!\times \bar \Phi_{A}(t',\xi'-\frac{\alpha\beta}{2}\ln\frac{\beta t'}{z_{b}^2},\vec x'),
\eea
where $z_b$ is the value of $z$ at the regularized boundary ($z_b\ll 1$). Here ${\cal G}_S(t-t',\xi-\xi', \vec x-\vec x',z)$ denotes the boundary-to-bulk propagator of a field in the Schr\"odinger background.
Fourier-transforming along the $\xi$ direction, we find
\bea
\Phi_{A}(t,\vec x,z; {\cal M})&=&\int_{t', \vec x'} \exp\left(i {\cal M}\frac{\alpha\beta}{2}\left(\ln\frac{\beta t}{z^2}-\ln\frac{\beta t'}{z_b^2}\right)\right) \nn \\
&&\times {\cal G}_S(t-t', \vec x-\vec x', z; {\cal }M)\bar \Phi_{A}(t',\vec x'; {\cal M}). \nn \\
\eea
This enables us to reconstruct, with relative ease, the holographic answer for the correlators of primary operators with respect to the Age algebra from those derived using the Schr\"odinger background holography \cite{bvwa, bvw}. For example, the 3-point function of a scalar operator is
\be
\delta({\cal M}_1+{\cal M}_2+{\cal M}_3)\Lambda\!\!\!\!\prod_{i=1,2,3}(t_i)^{-i{\cal M}\frac{\alpha\beta}{2}}\int_{t,\vec x,z}\!\!\!{\cal G}_S(t-t_i, \vec x-\vec x_i; {\cal M}_i),\label{a 3 point}
\ee
assuming that the scalar source, $\bar\phi({\cal M})$, has a cubic coupling in the bulk: $S_{grav}=\int (\dots+  \frac{1}{3!}\Lambda \phi^3(t,\vec x, z;{\cal M})  +\dots).$ By using the Bargmann superselection rule $\sum_i {\cal M}_i=0$ (which in this holographic context is simply the momentum conservation along the $S^1$ direction parametrized by $\xi$) the 3-point function is reduced to the previous form.
To get the Age correlator one performs a DLCQ projection along $\xi$ followed by a functional differentiation with respect to the boundary fields.
This guarantees that the Age correlators differ from the Schrodinger correlators only by time-dependent phase factors, if the tensor indices are in the $\vec x$ directions, as in the case of scalar operators.

{\it One of the main points of this letter is that this realization of aging does
not capture the most general aging dynamics and that what has been described above is
just a particular realization of the Schr\"odinger dynamics!}
In what follows we clearly distinguish between this special case and the most
general aging dynamics.

For simplicity, let us consider a 1+1-dimensional theory with coordinates $t,r$. We use $\xi$ to denote the Fourier variable conjugate to the mass ${\cal M}$ of a certain primary operator. In the notation of \cite{agingbook, hu}, the Schr\"odinger and Age algebras are respectively spanned by the generators $\{X_{-1}, X_0, X_1, M_0, Y_{\frac{1}{2}}, Y_{-\frac{1}{2}}\}$ and $\{ X_0, X_1, M_0, Y_{\frac{1}{2}}, Y_{-\frac{1}{2}}\}$, which obey the following commutation relations
\bea
&&\!\!\!\!\![X_n, X_{n'}]=(n-n')X_{n+n'}, \;\;[X_n, Y_m]=(\tfrac {n}{2} -m)Y_{n+m}\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\![X_n, M_{n'}]=-n' M_{n+n'}, \;\; [Y_m, Y_{m'}]=(m-m')M_{m+m'}.\nn\\
\eea
The most general realization of these generators (which is apparently {\it new}) is
\bea
X_{-1}&=&-\partial_t+\frac{g(t)-\gamma}{t}+\frac{h(t)-\delta}{t} i \partial_\xi\nn\\
X_0&=&-t\partial_t -\tfrac 12 r \partial_r -\tfrac {\Delta}2 + g(t)+h(t) i\partial_\xi\nn\\
X_1&=&-t^2 \partial_t - tr\partial_r - \Delta t + \tfrac i2 r^2 \partial_\xi \nn\\&+& t(g(t)+\gamma)+t(h(t)+\delta)i\partial_\xi\nn\\
Y_{-\frac{1}{2}}&=&-\partial_r, Y_{\frac{1}{2}} = -t\partial_r + ir \partial_\xi,  M_0=i\partial_\xi\equiv -{\cal M},
\label{agerealiz}
\eea
where $g(t), h(t)$ are arbitrary time-dependent functions and $\gamma,\delta$ are arbitrary constants. In arriving at (\ref{agerealiz}) we have kept the form of the generators $M_0$ and of the spatial translation $Y_{-\frac{1}{2}}$ and generalized Galilean-invariance $Y_{\frac{1}{2}}$ unchanged. This general realization is central for the new results presented in what follows.

Next we solve the partial differential constraints imposed on the 3-point functions (namely that they are left invariant by the Age generators). The conclusion is that the most general scalar 3-point function is
\bea
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!G_{A}(\{t_i, r_i, \xi_i\})=\bigg(\prod_{i=1}^3 t_i^{\gamma_i}\bigg)
\exp(\sum_{i=1}^3 \int^{t_i} d\tau\frac{g(\tau)}\tau)\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
(t_3-t_1)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{31,2}+\gamma_{31,2}} (t_3-t_2)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{32,1}+\gamma_{32,1}}\nn \\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
(t_2-t_1)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{21,3}+\gamma_{21,3}}  \Theta_A(u_1, u_2, u_3, \frac{t_3(t_2-t_1)}{t_2(t_3-t_1)})\label{mostgenage}
\eea
where
$
\gamma_{31,2}=\gamma_3+\gamma_1 -\gamma_2 \;{\rm etc} $ and
$\Delta_{31,2}=\Delta_3+\Delta_1 -\Delta_2 \;{\rm etc}$.
Here $\Theta_A(u_1, u_2, u_3, \frac{t_3(t_2-t_1)}{t_2(t_3-t_1)})$ is some unconstrained function of:
\bea
&&u_1=-2i(\xi_2-\xi_1) + \frac{(r_2-r_1)^2}{t_2-t_1}+2\int_{t_1}^{t_2} d\tau \frac{h(\tau)}{\tau}\nn\\
&& + 2(\delta_2-\delta_1)\ln(t_2-t_1)
+2(\delta_1+\delta_2)\ln\frac{t_3-t_2}{t_3-t_1}\nn\\
&&-2\delta_2\ln t_2+2\delta_1\ln t_1,\nn\\
&& u_2=
  -2i(\xi_3-\xi_1) + \frac{(r_3-r_1)^2}{t_3-t_1}+2\int_{t_1}^{t_3} d\tau \frac{h(\tau)}{\tau}\nn\\
&& + 2(\delta_3-\delta_1)\ln(t_3-t_1)+2(\delta_1+\delta_3)\ln\frac{t_3-t_2}{t_2-t_1}\nn\\
&&-2\delta_3\ln t_3+2\delta_1\ln t_1,\nn\\
&&u_3= -2i(\xi_3-\xi_2) + \frac{(r_3-r_2)^2}{t_3-t_2}+2\int_{t_2}^{t_3} d\tau \frac{h(\tau)}{\tau}\nn\\
&& + 2(\delta_3-\delta_2)\ln(t_3-t_2)+2(\delta_2+\delta_3)\ln\frac{t_3-t_1}{t_2-t_1}\nn\\
&&-2\delta_3\ln t_3+2\delta_2\ln t_2.
\eea
For the Schr\"odinger 3-point correlator we find a similar expression, but without the dependence on the additional variable
$\frac{t_3(t_2-t_1)}{t_2(t_3-t_1)}$:
\bea
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!G_{S}(\{t_i, r_i, \xi_i\})=\bigg(\prod_{i=1}^3 t_i^{\gamma_i}\bigg)
\exp(\sum_{i=1}^3 \int^{t_i} d\tau\frac{g(\tau)}\tau)\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
(t_3-t_1)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{31,2}+\gamma_{31,2}} (t_3-t_2)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{32,1}+\gamma_{32,1}}\nn \\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
(t_2-t_1)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{21,3}+\gamma_{21,3}}  \Theta_S(u_1, u_2, u_3).\label{mostgensch}
\eea
Note that despite the presence of the time-dependent prefactors this correlator is time-translation invariant.
In fact, it is easy to check that a redefinition of the primary fields of the Schr\"odinger algebra, effected by factoring out appropriate time-dependent functions, gives the correlators of the type (\ref{mostgensch}).
However, this redefinition does not change the fact that $X_{-1}G_S(\{t_i, r_i, \xi_i\})=0$. The fundamental difference between Age and Schr\"odinger 3-point functions lies in the dependence of the former on
$\frac{t_3(t_2-t_1)}{t_2(t_3-t_1)}$.

At this stage we pause to note that the analysis performed at the beginning of this letter regarding the form of the Age correlators was too restrictive.
Since the time-dependent potential is introduced by a simple redefinition of the fields, $\varphi_S(t,\vec x)=\exp(i\int^t d\tau v(\tau)) \varphi_A(t, \vec x)$, the relevant symmetry group is still the full Schr\"odinger and {\it not} the Age group. One of the consequences of this observation is that the holographic realization of Aging (\ref{agemetric}) is equally restrictive, and thus, the most general holographic Age background is yet to be found. This is further evidenced by the fact that the 3-point correlators implied by the holographic Age metric (\ref{agemetric}) are dressed Schr\"odinger correlators (i.e. they are ``fake'' Age correlators), whereas the ones in (\ref{mostgenage}) are not.

For completeness, we also present the 3-point correlators of the scalar fields in terms of their masses:
\bea
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\!
G_A(\{t_i, r_i, {\cal M}_i\})=2\pi\delta(\sum_{i=1}^3 {\cal M}_i)\bigg(\prod_{i=1}^3
t_i^{-\gamma_i +{\cal M}_i \delta_i}\bigg)\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times\exp\bigg(\sum_{i=1}^3 \int^{t_i} d\tau\frac{g(\tau)-{\cal M}_ih(\tau)}\tau\bigg)\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
(t_3-t_1)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{31,2}+\gamma_{31,2}-({\cal M\delta})_{31,2}}\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times (t_3-t_2)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{32,1}+\gamma_{32,1}-({\cal M}\delta)_{32,1}}
\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
(t_2-t_1)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{21,3}+\gamma_{21,3}-({\cal M}\delta)_{21,3}} \nn \\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!
\times \exp\bigg(-\frac{{ \cal M}_2 (r_2-r_1)^2}{2(t_2-t_1)}-\frac{{\cal M}_3(r_3-r_1)^2}{2(t_3-t_1)}\bigg)
\nn \\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
\tilde\Theta_A({\cal M}_2, {\cal M}_3,w,
\frac{t_3(t_2-t_1)}{t_2(t_3-t_1)}). \label{mostgenageM}
\eea
Here
$
({\cal M}\delta)_{31,2}={\cal M}_3\delta_3+{\cal M}_1\delta_1-{\cal M}_2\delta_2,
$
and
$
w=\frac{[(t_3-t_1)(r_2-r_1)-(t_2-t_1)(r_3-r_1)]^2}{(t_3-t_2)(t_2-t_1)(t_3-t_1)}.
$
For the Schr\"odinger 3-point correlators one obtains an expression similar to (\ref{mostgenageM}), but with an unconstrained function $\tilde\Theta_S=\tilde\Theta_S({\cal M}_2, {\cal M}_3,w)$.

We mention in passing that there are extensions of both Age and Schr\"odinger algebras which involve the addition of new generators that ensure the closure of the respective algebras. For example, provided that $\delta=0$ in (\ref{agerealiz}), we may add to both algebras
$
N=-t\partial_t +\xi\partial_\xi + g(t)-\gamma' + [h(t)+\int^t d\tau\frac{h(\tau)}\tau + \delta']i\partial_\xi \label{N}.
$
The non-zero commutators that involve $N$ are $[N,X_{\pm1}]=\mp X_{\pm 1}$, $[N, M_0]=-M_0$,
$[N, Y_{\frac{1}{2}}]=-Y_{\frac{1}{2}}$.
In this case the scalar 3-point function of this extension of Age algebra is given by
\bea
&&\hat G_A(\{t_i, r_i, {\cal M}_i\})=2\pi\delta(\sum_{i=1}^3 {\cal M}_i)\bigg(\prod_{i=1}^3
t_i^{-\gamma_i}\bigg)\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times\exp\bigg(\sum_{i=1}^3 \int^{t_i} d\tau\frac{g(\tau)-{\cal M}_i h(\tau)}\tau\bigg)
(t_3-t_1)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{31,2}+\gamma_{31,2}}\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times (t_3-t_2)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{32,1}+\gamma_{32,1}}
(t_2-t_1)^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{21,3}+\gamma_{21,3}} \nn \\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!
\times \exp\bigg(-\frac{{ \cal M}_2 (r_2-r_1)^2}{2(t_2-t_1)}-\frac{{\cal M}_3(r_3-r_1)^2}{2(t_3-t_1)}\bigg)\nn \\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
w^{-\tfrac 12 (\Delta_1+\Delta_2+\Delta_3)+\gamma_1+\gamma_2+\gamma_3+2}\nn \\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\times
\widetilde{\widehat\Theta_A}(w{\cal M}_2  , w{\cal M}_3,
\frac{t_3(t_2-t_1)}{t_2(t_3-t_1)}
 ).\nn \\
 \label{mostgenage1M}
\eea
For the Schrodinger algebra extended by $N$, we encounter again an expression similar to (\ref{mostgenage1M}) but with an unconstrained function $\widetilde{\widehat \Theta_S}=\widetilde{\widehat\Theta_S}(w{\cal M}_2, w{\cal M}_3)$.
Yet another closed subalgebra extension of Age is obtained by adding both $N$ and $V_+$, where
$
V_+ = -2t r\partial_t -2\xi r\partial_{\xi} -(r^2 + 2i\xi t)\partial_r -2 \Delta r+ 2r (g(t)+\gamma)
\label{Vp},
$
and where $h(t)=0, \delta=0$ in (\ref{agerealiz}), and $\delta'=0, \gamma'=\gamma$ in the expression for $N$.
On the other hand, adding both $N$ and $V_+$ to the Schr\"odinger algebra and requiring its closure \footnote{From $[X_{-1}, V_+]=-2i V_-$ it is clear that the Schrodinger algebra does not admit an extension which includes $V_+$ without adding all the other generators of the conformal algebra.}, leads to the full 1+2-dimensional conformal algebra in a space parametrized by $t,r , \xi$ coordinates. The generators take the form given by (\ref{agerealiz}), the expressions for $N$ and $V_{+}$, with $\delta=0, h(t)=0,\gamma'=\gamma,\delta'=0$, supplemented by
$V_-=-\xi\partial_r + ir\partial_t-\frac{ir}{t}(g(t)-\gamma)$ and
\be
W=-\xi^2\partial_\xi -\xi r \partial_r + \tfrac i2 r^2 \partial_t -\Delta\xi+2\gamma\xi
-\frac {ir^2 (g(t)-\gamma)}{2t}.
\ee
The familiar scalar 3-point function is dressed by time-dependent factors which originate in a particular realization of the generators allowing for non-zero $\gamma$ and $g(t)$:
\bea
&&\!\!\!\!\!G_c(\{t_i, r_i, \xi_i\})=\bigg(\prod_{i=1}^3 t_i^{\gamma_i}\bigg)
\exp(\sum_{i=1}^3 \int^{t_i} d\tau\frac{g(\tau)}\tau)\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\times X_{21}^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{21,3}+\gamma_{21,3}}
 X_{31}^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{31,2}+\gamma_{31,2}}
X_{32}^{-\tfrac 12 \Delta_{32,1}+\gamma_{32,1}}.\label{conf}
\eea
Here $X_{12}$, etc. are the Lorentz invariant intervals
$
X_{12}=-2i(t_2-t_1)(\xi_2-\xi_1)+(r_2-r_1)^2,  {\rm etc}.
$
However, we want to stress that the time-dependent factors in (\ref{conf}) once again do not signal any breaking of time-translation invariance, and can be obtained by redefining the primary operators of the type we have encountered earlier in this letter.

Finally, we would like to comment on the holographic realization of the Age algebra in terms of metric isometries of a 1+3-dimensional space. The holographic dual space is parametrized by $x^\mu$ coordinates: $t, r ,\xi$ and the holographic coordinate $z$. The main observation is that once one identifies the Killing vectors $K=K^\mu \frac{\partial}{\partial x^\mu} $ obeying the Age algebra, one can reverse engineer the metric by solving the Killing vector equations for the components of the metric, i.e. $(g_{\rho\nu} \partial_\mu + g_{\rho\mu}\partial_\nu)K^\rho+K^\rho \partial_\rho g_{\mu\nu}=0$. It is natural to assume that $Y_{-\frac{1}{2}}$ and $M_0$ are bulk Killing vectors. If one makes the additional assumption that $Y_{\frac{1}{2}}$, given by (\ref{agerealiz}), is a bulk Killing vector then the problem becomes quite tractable. The bulk forms of the Killing vectors $X_{0}$ and $X_1$ are
$
X_0=-t\partial_t+X_0^\xi \partial_\xi -\tfrac 12 r\partial r
+X_0^z\partial_z
$
and
$
X_1=-t^2\partial_t+X_1^\xi\partial_\xi -tr\partial_r +X_1^z\partial_z,
$
where
$X_0^z=\frac{\partial_t (tg_{rr})}{\partial_z g_{rr}}$,
$X_1^z=\frac{\partial_t(t^2 g_{rr})}{\partial_z g_{rr}}$ and
\bea
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\! X_0^\xi =\frac{i}{2t\partial_z g_{rr}}\bigg
(-\partial_z(g_{rr} S)-t\partial_t g_{rr} \partial_z S
+t \partial_t S\partial_z g_{rr} \nn\\
&&\;\;\;\;+ 2tT\partial_z g_{rr}  + 2tC_1\partial_z g_{rr}\bigg)\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!\! X^\xi_1=\frac{i}{2\partial_z g_{rr}}\bigg(-z^2 \partial_z g_{rr}-2 g_{rr}\partial_z S - S\partial_z g_{rr}-t\partial_t g_{rr}\partial_z S \nn\\
&&+ t\partial_t S\partial_z g_{rr}+2tT \partial_z g_{rr} \bigg).
\eea
Here $g_{rr}=g_{rr}(t,z), S=S(t,z), T=T(t)$ and $C_1$ is an arbitrary constant. Solving the Killing vector equations corresponding to $Y_{-\frac{1}{2}}$ and $M_0$ leads to a metric which is $\xi, r$-independent. Furthermore,  solving the $Y_{\frac{1}{2}}$ Killing equations brings the metric to a form which coincides with the initial ansatz of \cite{Jottar:2010vp}:
$
ds^2 = g_{tt}(t,z) dt^2 + g_{rr}(t,z) dr^2 + g_{zz}(t,z) dz^2
- 2i g_{rr}(t,z) dt d\xi + 2 g_{tz}(t,z) dt dz.
$
The other components of the metric are determined by the remaning Killing equations:
$g_{zz}=\frac{C_2 (\partial_z g_{rr})^2}{g_{rr}^2} $ and
\bea
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!g_{tz}=\frac{g_{rr}\partial_z S}{2t}+\frac{C_2 \partial_z g_{rr}\partial_t(t^2 g_{rr}) }{t^2 g_{rr}^2} + C_1 \partial_z g_{rr}\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!g_{tt}= C_3 g_{rr}^2 + \frac{C_2(\partial_t(t^2 g_{rr}))^2}{t^4g_{rr}^2}\nn\\
&&+
\frac{2C_1\partial_t(t^2 g_{rr})}{t^2}+\frac{g_{rr}(2tT-S+t\partial_tS)}{t^2},
\eea
where $C_2, C_3$ are additional integration constants. We stress that this metric is the {\it most general} solution of the reverse-engineering procedure, given the confines of the initial assumption that $Y_{\frac{1}{2}}$ becomes a bulk Killing vector while remaining unchanged.
However, we cannot claim that we have identified the holographic dual of a general theory possessing the full symmetry of the Age algebra. The reason for this is that we are able to identify one more Killing vector of the metric compatible with the following bulk extension of $X_{-1}$
\bea
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!-X_{-1}=\partial_t
 - \frac{\partial_t g_{rr}}{\partial_z g_{rr}}\partial_z\nn\\
&&\!\!\!\!\!\!
+i\bigg(-\frac{2 C_2}{t^2 g_{rr}}+ \frac{S}{2t^2} - \frac{\partial_t S+2T +4C_1}{2t} + \frac{\partial_t g_{rr}\partial_z S}{2t \partial_z g_{rr}
\bigg)\partial_\xi .\nn\\
\eea
Thus the isometries of the above metric generate the full Schr\"{o}dinger algebra, as in \cite{Jottar:2010vp}. Naturally the correlators computed from this metric using holography exhibit the kind of "fake" aging discussed earlier, and are constrained by the full Schr\"odinger algebra.
For the time being we can only trace this feature to the assumption made regarding the bulk realization of $Y_{\frac{1}{2}}$. (This assumption was also made in \cite{Jottar:2010vp}.) Relaxing this condition makes the problem of identifying the holographic metric of Aging much more complicated. We leave this question for our future work.

In conclusion, in this letter we have clearly pointed out the difference between the aging dynamics realized as
``dressed'' Schr\"odinger dynamics from pure aging. In particular we have obtained the 3-point functions for aging which {\it cannot} be obtained by ``dressing'' the 3-point Schr\"odinger correlators.  The physical implications of our new results are yet to be understood.
Nevertheless, it is reasonable to expect that these results will have practical importance in
the real and numerical experiments of aging dynamics \cite{agingbook} and that they should be generalizable to the relativistic context, with possible applications to the physics of the quark-gluon plasma. We plan to address these issues in our future work.

{\bf Acknowledgements:}
We thank Rob Leigh, Leo Pando Zayas and Michel Pleimling for insightful discussions and,
in particular, we thank Malte Henkel for generous and incisive comments on this work. {DM}
is supported, in part, by the U.S. Department of Energy
under Grant No. DE-FG05-92ER40677, and
{DV and CW} under Grant No. DEFG02-
97ER41027.

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using log4net;
using OpenSim.Region.DataSnapshot.Interfaces;
using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Xml;

namespace OpenSim.Region.DataSnapshot
{
    public class SnapshotStore
    {
        #region Class Members

        private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
        private bool m_cacheEnabled = true;
        private String m_directory = "unyuu"; //not an attempt at adding RM references to core SVN, honest
        private Dictionary<String, String> m_gridinfo = null;
        private string m_hostname = "127.0.0.1";
        private string m_listener_port = "9000";
        private List<IDataSnapshotProvider> m_providers = null;
        private Dictionary<Scene, bool> m_scenes = null;
        //TODO: Set default port over 9000

        #endregion Class Members

        public SnapshotStore(string directory, Dictionary<String, String> gridinfo, string port, string hostname)
        {
            m_directory = directory;
            m_scenes = new Dictionary<Scene, bool>();
            m_providers = new List<IDataSnapshotProvider>();
            m_gridinfo = gridinfo;
            m_listener_port = port;
            m_hostname = hostname;

            if (Directory.Exists(m_directory))
            {
                m_log.Info("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Response and fragment cache directory already exists.");
            }
            else
            {
                // Try to create the directory.
                m_log.Info("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Creating directory " + m_directory);
                try
                {
                    Directory.CreateDirectory(m_directory);
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    m_log.Error("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Failed to create directory " + m_directory, e);

                    //This isn't a horrible problem, just disable cacheing.
                    m_cacheEnabled = false;
                    m_log.Error("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Could not create directory, response cache has been disabled.");
                }
            }
        }

        public void ForceSceneStale(Scene scene)
        {
            m_scenes[scene] = true;
        }

        #region Fragment storage

        public XmlNode GetFragment(IDataSnapshotProvider provider, XmlDocument factory)
        {
            XmlNode data = null;

            if (provider.Stale || !m_cacheEnabled)
            {
                data = provider.RequestSnapshotData(factory);

                if (m_cacheEnabled)
                {
                    String path = DataFileNameFragment(provider.GetParentScene, provider.Name);

                    try
                    {
                        using (XmlTextWriter snapXWriter = new XmlTextWriter(path, Encoding.Default))
                        {
                            snapXWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
                            snapXWriter.WriteStartDocument();
                            data.WriteTo(snapXWriter);
                            snapXWriter.WriteEndDocument();
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        m_log.WarnFormat("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Exception on writing to file {0}: {1}", path, e.Message);
                    }
                }

                //mark provider as not stale, parent scene as stale
                provider.Stale = false;
                m_scenes[provider.GetParentScene] = true;

                m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Generated fragment response for provider type " + provider.Name);
            }
            else
            {
                String path = DataFileNameFragment(provider.GetParentScene, provider.Name);

                XmlDocument fragDocument = new XmlDocument();
                fragDocument.PreserveWhitespace = true;
                fragDocument.Load(path);
                foreach (XmlNode node in fragDocument)
                {
                    data = factory.ImportNode(node, true);
                }

                m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Retrieved fragment response for provider type " + provider.Name);
            }

            return data;
        }

        #endregion Fragment storage

        #region Response storage

        public XmlNode GetScene(Scene scene, XmlDocument factory)
        {
            m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Data requested for scene " + scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);

            if (!m_scenes.ContainsKey(scene))
            {
                m_scenes.Add(scene, true); //stale by default
            }

            XmlNode regionElement = null;

            if (!m_scenes[scene])
            {
                m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Attempting to retrieve snapshot from cache.");
                //get snapshot from cache
                String path = DataFileNameScene(scene);

                XmlDocument fragDocument = new XmlDocument();
                fragDocument.PreserveWhitespace = true;

                fragDocument.Load(path);

                foreach (XmlNode node in fragDocument)
                {
                    regionElement = factory.ImportNode(node, true);
                }

                m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Obtained snapshot from cache for " + scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
            }
            else
            {
                m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Attempting to generate snapshot.");
                //make snapshot
                regionElement = MakeRegionNode(scene, factory);

                regionElement.AppendChild(GetGridSnapshotData(factory));
                XmlNode regionData = factory.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "data", "");

                foreach (IDataSnapshotProvider dataprovider in m_providers)
                {
                    if (dataprovider.GetParentScene == scene)
                    {
                        regionData.AppendChild(GetFragment(dataprovider, factory));
                    }
                }

                regionElement.AppendChild(regionData);

                factory.AppendChild(regionElement);

                //save snapshot
                String path = DataFileNameScene(scene);

                try
                {
                    using (XmlTextWriter snapXWriter = new XmlTextWriter(path, Encoding.Default))
                    {
                        snapXWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
                        snapXWriter.WriteStartDocument();
                        regionElement.WriteTo(snapXWriter);
                        snapXWriter.WriteEndDocument();
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    m_log.WarnFormat("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Exception on writing to file {0}: {1}", path, e.Message);
                }

                m_scenes[scene] = false;

                m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Generated new snapshot for " + scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
            }

            return regionElement;
        }

        #endregion Response storage

        #region Helpers

        private static string Sanitize(string name)
        {
            string invalidChars = Regex.Escape(new string(Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars()));
            string invalidReStr = string.Format(@"[{0}]", invalidChars);
            string newname = Regex.Replace(name, invalidReStr, "_");
            return newname.Replace('.', '_');
        }

        private string DataFileNameFragment(Scene scene, String fragmentName)
        {
            return Path.Combine(m_directory, Path.ChangeExtension(Sanitize(scene.RegionInfo.RegionName + "_" + fragmentName), "xml"));
        }

        private string DataFileNameScene(Scene scene)
        {
            return Path.Combine(m_directory, Path.ChangeExtension(Sanitize(scene.RegionInfo.RegionName), "xml"));
            //return (m_snapsDir + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + scene.RegionInfo.RegionName + ".xml");
        }

        private XmlNode GetGridSnapshotData(XmlDocument factory)
        {
            XmlNode griddata = factory.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "grid", "");

            foreach (KeyValuePair<String, String> GridData in m_gridinfo)
            {
                //TODO: make it lowercase tag names for diva
                XmlNode childnode = factory.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, GridData.Key, "");
                childnode.InnerText = GridData.Value;
                griddata.AppendChild(childnode);
            }

            m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Got grid snapshot data");

            return griddata;
        }

        private String GetRegionCategory(Scene scene)
        {
            if (scene.RegionInfo.RegionSettings.Maturity == 0)
                return "PG";

            if (scene.RegionInfo.RegionSettings.Maturity == 1)
                return "Mature";

            if (scene.RegionInfo.RegionSettings.Maturity == 2)
                return "Adult";

            return "Unknown";
        }

        private XmlNode MakeRegionNode(Scene scene, XmlDocument basedoc)
        {
            XmlNode docElement = basedoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "region", "");

            XmlAttribute attr = basedoc.CreateAttribute("category");
            attr.Value = GetRegionCategory(scene);
            docElement.Attributes.Append(attr);

            attr = basedoc.CreateAttribute("entities");
            attr.Value = scene.Entities.Count.ToString();
            docElement.Attributes.Append(attr);

            //attr = basedoc.CreateAttribute("parcels");
            //attr.Value = scene.LandManager.landList.Count.ToString();
            //docElement.Attributes.Append(attr);

            XmlNode infoblock = basedoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "info", "");

            XmlNode infopiece = basedoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "uuid", "");
            infopiece.InnerText = scene.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString();
            infoblock.AppendChild(infopiece);

            infopiece = basedoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "url", "");
            infopiece.InnerText = "http://" + m_hostname + ":" + m_listener_port;
            infoblock.AppendChild(infopiece);

            infopiece = basedoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "name", "");
            infopiece.InnerText = scene.RegionInfo.RegionName;
            infoblock.AppendChild(infopiece);

            infopiece = basedoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "handle", "");
            infopiece.InnerText = scene.RegionInfo.RegionHandle.ToString();
            infoblock.AppendChild(infopiece);

            docElement.AppendChild(infoblock);

            m_log.Debug("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Generated region node");
            return docElement;
        }

        #endregion Helpers

        #region Manage internal collections

        public void AddProvider(IDataSnapshotProvider newProvider)
        {
            m_providers.Add(newProvider);
        }

        public void AddScene(Scene newScene)
        {
            m_scenes.Add(newScene, true);
        }

        public void RemoveProvider(IDataSnapshotProvider deadProvider)
        {
            m_providers.Remove(deadProvider);
        }

        public void RemoveScene(Scene deadScene)
        {
            m_scenes.Remove(deadScene);
        }

        #endregion Manage internal collections
    }
}

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Posts tagged Peninsula Hong Kong
"Tradition well served" – The Peninsula movie
By Stephan Burianek on 6 January, 2014
Tension and excitement were all over at The Peninsula Hong Kong last month: The sexy Grande Dame – affectionately called "The Pen" among its patrons – turned 85. In fact, the celebrations started already earlier this year with so-called "Signature Sundays", which included dancing in the iconic hotel lobby at tea time, spreading little gifts throughout the territory by pageboys in neat Mini Clubmans, and reviving the legendary tableside service at the hotel's famous restaurant Gaddi's. The hotel also commissioned the acclaimed comics artist Lee Chi Ching (李志清) to create an extraordinary ink painting (click here for the video of its creation process).
On the brink of the Anniversary Gala Event on December 11 the hotel presented "Tradition Well Served", an updated version of a homonymous documentary that was produced in the course of the inauguration of the Peninsula tower annex in 1994. We were lucky enough to receive a copy and had time to watch it during the bygone holidays.
By mixing rediscovered footage with new material this medium-length movie (45 minutes, directed by Libby Halliday Palin) tells the story of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels (HSH), the bearing company of the Peninsula brand, and its founding family, the Kadoories, who still own the prestigious enterprise.
As the Peninsula hotel chain considerably expanded since the first "Tradition Well Served" version, the added properties got their fair share in the new film. The feature starts with Chairman Sir Michael Kadoorie sitting on a boat cruising Shanghai's Hangpu River (黄浦江) and recalling his first visit when he was seven years old. At that time, after World War II, the Kadoorie family owned some businesses in Shanghai, like the Palace Hotel (today's Swatch Art Peace Hotel). That ended with the confiscation in course of the communist takeover. With an emotional opening of the Peninsula Shanghai on the Bund in 2010 the company finally returned to its origins.
When the Peninsula Hong Kong opened in 1928, the Kowloon peninsula was not really a place to be yet. The splendor reigned on the other side of Victoria Harbour, on Hong Kong Island, and according to an interview with Baron Lawrence Kadoorie (Michael Kadoories father) people at first laughed about the "white elephant" that stood, so to speak, the middle of nowhere. However, the cruise ships travelers disembarked on the Kowloon side and soon started to appreciate the Peninsula's services.
The movie also introduces Kitty Cheung, a charming Hong Kong citizen who had the privilege to grow up with parties and dancing hours at the Peninsula. As a young and attractive lady she appears in several sequences of the historical footage, as well as in short comments at the age of 100 that were especially shot for the movie shortly before she died. During the summer months she and her family stayed at the exclusive Repulse Bay Hotel on Hong Kong Island, which was also part of the HRH group. The movie conceals that the hotel closed its doors in 1982, and despite of protests it was demolished in order to make room for a gigantic apartment complex. For some reason they later rebuilt it (reportedly in a smaller scale) and erected the new towers right next to the "fake". The site is still owned by HRH.
Two thirds of the movie deals with the properties outside of Hong Kong and Shanghai, and includes historic footage of most of the locations.
It goes without saying that Peninsula guests can watch the movie during their stay in their rooms via the house TV channel. Residents of Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan can purchase "Tradition Well Served" at the online Peninsula Boutique. The DVD comes with an equally worth-seeing "behind-the-scenes" section. From February this year the movie will also be available on Youtube.
Hong Kong, Peninsula, Peninsula Hong Kong, Tradition Well Served
I bet you want to book a room at the Peninsula….
By Stephan Burianek on 29 March, 2013
…after watching this video:
There are business hotels and there are leisure accommodations. And then there are Peninsula Hotels. In fact, the Hong Kong based luxury accommodations chain meets the challenge of combining both characteristics, like probably no other brand on the market.
I had the chance to stay at two of their properties so far. Last year I slept my way through the high-end hotels of Los Angeles; with the Peninsula Beverly Hills being by far the most welcoming accommodation on that trip (regular guests find their initials embroidered on their pillows!). In 2010 I even stayed at the famous "Pen" in Hong Kong, which made it onto my personal world's-best-five-hotels list. It has it all: A great history, a perfectly attentive staff, an unparalleled view out of its steam bath, and a maximum of elegance combined with a certain low-key approach – despite its ownership of the largest private Rolls Royce fleet in the world.
What makes the Peninsula brand so special is among other reasons its long-term way of thinking. The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, as the sole owner company is called, busily works on maintaining its existing hotels at the edge of perfection, rather than to compete in the general run of hotel openings, as most of the other brands do. The cultivation of its image stands above all.
Visualized Hospitality
Last year the hotel group started to release a short film series called "Peninsula moments". Every month there is another video published that features a certain Peninsula property. The films are produced by the highly acclaimed Ridley Scott Associates, and directed by Jean-Claude Thibaut and Antony Crook. I think each of these pieces make you want to book a guest room there.
The first hotel video was about the chain's flagship in Hong Kong:
There are also a "Making of" clips:
Hong Kong:
Beijing:
Besides Hong Kong and Beijing there is a third Greater China Peninsula property in Shanghai.
Antony Crook, Jean-Claude Thibaut, Peninsula, Peninsula Beijing, Peninsula Hong Kong, Peninsula Moments, Ridley Scott Associates

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'Owner', which is shown in the options menu of purchased content has been changed to 'Buyer'.
Allows trophies to be sorted by [All] or [Core Game/Add-On] under [Group Content] by games that support it.
[SingStar] is now available under the [Game] category for some European countries.
The sidetoning feature of the Wireless Stereo Headset, introduced in system software update 4.10, has been improved: users can now select one out of five microphone levels, or turn the feature off completely.
When a message with no subject is received, that message's subject line now displays the entire text from the message.
Users are now only asked once per session if they want to run plugins when using the [Internet Browser].
[Photo Gallery]应用允许用户将照片上传至Picasa和Facebook, as well as browse and comment on photos, and print them using a connected printer (requires additional download).
Fixed issues with certain region-free Blu-rays.
Add-on list (Group list) can now also be sorted by the date when the last trophy was earned.
SDK Changes resulting in smaller RAM footprint for the PS3 operating system.
Added the option to automatically send updates to the user's Facebook profile when Trophies are unlocked; when items are downloaded from the PlayStation Store; or for in-game events (in compatible games).
The [Friends] list boxes only appear upon highlight, however, users' "currently playing" game and avatar box are always visible.
^ b GIF images that display motion do not exhibit motion if viewed from the PS3's hard disk drive. Motion GIF images can be viewed in motion only online on a webpage, via the PS3's web browser.
^ e DivX, XviD, 3ivx and other MPEG-4 Part 2 codec implementations work with a simple import into MP4. Xvid files are recognised as MPEG-4 since system software update 2.20, before this update they were recognised as DivX files.
^ f DivX video files that are copy protected are not playable on the PS3.
^ PS3™ | XMB™(交叉媒體廊)之基本操作. 电玩巴士. [2013-11-25].
^ PlayStation®3 系統軟件更新版本 (ver 4.66). [2014年11月19日].
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Rohit Sharma Showered Praises On Virat Kohli
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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are two of the most talented batsmen around the world. They are the backbone of the Indian batting line-up. Both the cricketers have played key roles in taking the Indian side to another level, over the years.
Recently, Rohit Sharma took over the position of T20i captain, replacing Virat Kohli, and his first outing as a skipper was a blockbuster hit as he led India to a clean sweep win against New Zealand in the recently concluded T20I series.
In an interview, recently, Rohit heaped praises at Virat Kohli, who was rested for the 3-T20I series against New Zealand that India won by 3-0.
Speaking to Boria Majumdar, Rohit Sharma hailed Virat Kohli and showered praises at him for his incredible batting record. As per Rohit, the presence of Virat Kohli on-field is very important for the team. He said:
"Quality of Virat Kohli the batsman is always needed, to have an average over 50+ in T20I is crazy, it's unreal & the experienced & batted India out in difficult situations, he is also a leader. His presence is so important"
As mentioned by Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli averages 50+ runs in the shortest format of the game as well. He is the only batter to boast an average of over 50 across all three formats of the game. So far, Virat has amassed 7765 runs in 96 Test games at 51.08. When it comes to ODI, he has piled up 12169 runs at 59.07 and 3227 runs in the T20I at 52.03.
On the other hand, talking about the tally of Rohit Sharma, the new T20I skipper of team India, he averages 46.87 for 3047 runs in 43 Tests. He is the only batsman to score more than one double-century in the ODI format of the game. He has so far scored double-century thrice and has amassed 9205 ODIs runs at 48.96. In the shortest format of the game, Rohit has amassed 3197 runs in 119 T20Is he has played so far.
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Tag Line: "This Spring, the Stars Will at Last Be Right"
Based on the H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name, The Call of Cthulhu is an oddity in that, despite being produced in 2005, it's a black and white silent film, designed to look as if it was released in the 1920's. Aside from making the movie something of a novelty, this approach also proved the most effective way to relate its unusual story.
While browsing through papers that belonged to his recently deceased great-uncle (Ralph Lucas), a man (Matt Foyer), whose name we never learn, becomes obsessed with a strange cult centered on a supposedly mythical creature named Cthulhu. But the deeper he delves into the mystery, the more confused he gets, realizing all the while his attempts to piece it all together might ultimately cost him his sanity.
Stylistically, The Call of Cthulhu is an impressive picture, one that successfully captures the look and feel of a silent-era motion picture. Featuring a bombastic score composed by, among others, Chad Fifer and Ben Holbrook, the movie pays homage to such classics as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, notably in the scenes dealing with the disturbing nightmares of Henry Wilcox (Chad Fifer), a man interviewed by the lead's great uncle several years earlier. With their sharp angles and surreal atmosphere, these dream sequences are among the most creative the movie has to offer. Yet as strong as these moments are, it's the grand finale, in which a group of sailors are attacked by Cthulhu himself, that'll stay with you.
To be honest, I have very little experience with the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. In fact, I've never read the short story that The Call of Cthulhu is based on. Being a horror fan, I realize at some point I'll have to make time to check out the author's work, and if it's anywhere near as interesting as this movie, I've got something to look forward to.
Doc, I am definitely going to have to check this one out, it is right up my street. I have no idea how it's passed me by and I'm very grateful to you for bringing it to my attention!
I've read a fair bit of Lovecraft and I definitely recommend checking some of his stuff out. Dialogue and character development wise he's somewhat lacking and his prose has a tendency towards stiffness and verbosity but the conceptual scope and imagination of his stories is almost unequalled. My favourite of his is actually "Dagon". It's very short but simultaneously vivid and nightmarish. It also bares little resemblance to the Stuart Gordon film which is actually based on "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" I believe.
This is a great picture and a real tribute to both Lovecraft and silent horror. So glad to see another blogger giving it some much deserved attention!
This looks and sounds like a must-see! Thanks for the heads up, Dave!
This film is absolutely amazing. Everyone who likes horror films and who enjoy Lovecraftian stuff should see it! It borders on brilliance. There's also a very funny making-of addition on the DVD that I watched for this film.


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Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future Progamme to be Launched in Accra
Accra, Ghana, 28 January 2019 – Over 20 Ministers of Education and of Health will meet in Accra to officially launch a programme that will support delivery of good quality comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in Ghana and five other countries on the continent. The officials will also meet to commit to scaling up comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and youth friendly sexual and reproductive health rights services for adolescent and young people.
The Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3) Programme, supported by UNESCO and the Governments of Sweden and Ireland, will allow the six countries, including Ghana, to deepen the scope of existing activities to attain an almost full-scale implementation of CSE. The purpose is to improve sexual and reproductive health of young people and adolescents for a consistent reduction in new HIV infections, early and unintended pregnancy, gender-based violence, and child marriage.
The meeting in Ghana will enable a secured and sustained strong political commitment and support for adolescents' and young people's access to CSE and sexual and reproductive health services across sub-Saharan Africa among others. Read further.
This entry was posted in Latest News, Press releases and tagged Comprehensive Sexuality Education, CSE, O3 on 01/28/2019 by Cynthia Prah.
Ghana to participate in VNR in July 2019
Ghana has begun preparations to participate in the Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations in July 2019 during the High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), the lead national agency for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the country, Ghana's VNR report will focus on the national policy and regulatory environment for the SDGs and the Agenda 2063 and the status and progress of implementation of all the 17 Goals. As a cross cutting theme, the review will also capture how well the youth has been engaged in the SDGs, the concept of "Leave no one behind" to assess the level of inclusiveness and the synergies across the goals.
The NDPC plans a robust process of preparations to involve the academia, Civil Society Organisations, the United Nations, Development Partners and the private sector.
During a media launch in Accra to formally announce Ghana's VNR participation in 2019, the Minister for Planning, Prof. George Gyan-Baffour asked that the UN System in the country supports the process. He also called on the media to strengthen advocacy around the SDGs implementation. A key concern for the government is the low level of awareness around the SDGs among the general public and the role of the media in addressing this gap was highlighted.
The UN Resident Coordinator a.i. Ms. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra assured the government of the UN's continuous technical support to ensure a successful completion of the review and the full achievement of the SDGs.
This entry was posted in Latest News, News archives on 01/25/2019 by Cynthia Prah.
FIRST LADY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO ACCELERATE EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE MOTHER-TO-CHILD HIV INFECTIONS
In boosting efforts to eliminate Mother-to-Child HIV infections, Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, in the company of other stakeholders, has launched the Free-to-Shine (F2S) National Campaign in Accra.
The message behind the campaign is Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV: the Key to an HIV Free Generation and Keeping Mothers Alive. The First Lady says she is joining hands with the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS, the African Union, and UNAIDS to speed up the elimination of Mother-To-Child transmission of HIV and to keep mothers healthy. "We seek to achieve zero HIV infections in children by the year 2020, and end HIV in children by 2030, keeping infected mothers alive at the same time" she indicated.
The Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Gloria Quansah Asare, UNAIDS Country Director, Ms. Angela Trenton-Mbonde, the Acting Director General of Ghana AIDS Commission, Mr. Kyeremeh Atuahene, and other stakeholders also gave statements of support in endorsing the Free-To-Shine Campaign. They also pledged their commitments to ensuring the elimination of new HIV infections in children.
The First Lady later unveiled a F2S plague to begin the campaign in Ghana.
This entry was posted in Latest News on 01/25/2019 by Cynthia Prah.
The UN Condemns the Killing of Ghanaian Journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale
Accra, 19 January 2019– The United Nations in Ghana, through its Acting Resident Coordinator,Ms. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, expresses its strong condemnation, following the death of Ghanaian Journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, in Accra, on Wednesday, January 16,2019.
The United Nations calls for a prompt, thorough and transparent investigation into Mr.Hussein-Suale's death and full accountability for those responsible. Failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice, creates a climate of impunity,which perpetuates the cycle of violence against journalists.
The United Nations in Ghana reiterates the message of the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists:"When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole pay a price. This should not become the new normal."
Protecting the fundamental right to freedom of expression also requires that journalists and media workers be protected, and action be taken to proactively promote their safety.
The United Nations in Ghana extends sincere condolences to Mr. Hussein-Suale's family, friends and well wishers.
Ms. Cynthia Prah
UN Information Centre, Accra
Email: prah@un.org
This entry was posted in Latest News, Press releases on 01/19/2019 by Cynthia Prah.
ILO is 100 years
Accra, Ghana, 17 January 2019 –The International Labour Organization (ILO) is commemorating its 100th anniversary with the launching of a new interactive website dubbed "Our Story, Your Story" (https://www.ilo.org/100/en/).The website takes browsers through the Organization's past, present and future. It also reveals a new chapter,each covering a world of work theme, from 9 January until 13 March.
The electronic communication tools, launched at the global level, is to engage the public with the priority issues of the world of work. Browsers will have the opportunity to undertake a global online tour of ILO across four continents within 24 hours at some point.
In Ghana, the ILO Projects' Office will observe the centenary celebrations with a mini-symposium to bring into focus the national achievements of the ILO and its partners and reaffirm its position as the authoritative global organization for the world of work. The symposium will be accompanied by a post-event photo exhibition featuring a photographic history of the ILO and policy documents developed with the support of the ILO in Ghana. Read more.
This entry was posted in Latest News, Press releases and tagged Ghana ILO, ILO on 01/17/2019 by Cynthia Prah.
14th St. Jerome Translation Contest announced
Following up on the commemoration of International Translation Day, celebrated every year on 30 September, the Conference Management Service of the United Nations Office at Vienna is pleased to announce the launch of the fourteenth edition of the St. Jerome Translation Contest.
It serves to celebrate multilingualism within the United Nations and highlights the important role that translators and language professionals play in the work of the United Nations and in the world at large. Read more about the competition and eligibility requirement: https://languagecareers.un.org/dgacm/Langs.nsf/page.xsp?key=Outreach-StJerome-SJTC14
This entry was posted in Competition, Latest News on 01/15/2019 by Cynthia Prah.
Holocaust observed in Accra with student briefing
Accra, Ghana, 11 January 2019 – A student briefing has taken place at the Accra Academy for over 300 Senior High School students as part of the 2019 International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in Accra. The event was organized by the United Nations Information Centre, Accra, with the involvement of Accra Academy, the host school, the German Embassy and the Israeli Embassy in Accra.
The theme for this year's Holocaust remembrance activities is, "Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend your Human Rights".
Introducing the programme, the National Information Officer of UNIC Accra, Ms. Cynthia Prah, said UNIC Accra is keen on sensitizing the youth to eschew hatred, discrimination and prejudice in society. She said such outreach events, supported by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, are very significant platforms to inform,educate and engage the youth on pertinent issues affecting us.
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Her Excellency Ms. Shani Cooper-Zubida, shared and emotional personal story of the Holocaust, which captivated the audience. She traced her experience from her grandmother,who at only six years old, was a second generation of her family lineage to be directly affected by the Holocaust. Ms. Cooper-Zubuda encouraged students to treat others equally. "Never judge people by their religion, gender or race.Always look at them as equal to you", she said. She further advised the youth to have a conversation with their grandparents to understand and appreciate the experiences of their families.
The Culture, Press and Trade Officer at the German Embassy in Accra, Ms. Gudrun Haider, mentioned that discrimination should not be justified and entreated students to continuously strive for a better world.
US based Ghanaian poet,Cynthia Amoah, who is known for empowering listeners through her poems, presented a poem dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust. She voluntarily participated in the event "to encourage the youth to use social media and their writing skills to inspire people rather than promote hate" she stated.
The Head of Accra Academy, Mr. William Garr, thanked UNIC Accra for choosing to observe Holocaust Remembrance at his school. He appealed for educational materials to held the students gain better understanding of the Holocaust and other related events.
The event took place in response to the need for education and awareness creation about the Holocaust among the youth. The students watched in total silence as the film titled, "the Path to Nazi Genocide" was screened.A second event involving high-level dignitaries is expected to take place later in the month. Holocaust Remembrance falls on January 27 each year.
This entry was posted in Latest News and tagged Holocaust on 01/14/2019 by Cynthia Prah.
Applications invited for Journalism Fellowship at UN Headquarters
New York – The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists for its 2019 fellowship program.
The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, who are interested in reporting from New York during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Visit http://unjournalismfellowship.org/ for details. The deadline for application is March 1, 2019.
IOM Ghana Celebrates Migration with Dignity on International Migrants Day
Accra, Ghana, 18 December 2018 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) commemorated International Migrants Day and the 2-year anniversary of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative on Migrant Protection and Reintegration in Ghana with a football competition at the Kotobabi Wembley Sports Complex, Accra.
The safe migration football competition attracted about 1000 spectators from all the four communities as well as Government and non-government partners who have been integral in IOM's work in Ghana.
The Chief of Mission, Sylvia Lopez-Ekra noted that the football competition is an opportunity to bring the youth together to highlight the dangers faced by irregular Ghanaian migrants during their journey. She added that "today we are taking the conversation on irregular migration out of the conference rooms and bringing it to the youth in the communities. We should not do anything for the youth without the youth. We should support them in taking ownership of the safe migration messages, make it their own and carry it forward". Read more.
UN4U High School SDGs Awareness Campaign at St. Martin's Senior High School – Nsawam Adoagyiri
Accra, Ghana, 4 December 2018 – UN4U is one of the major means through which the United Nations Information Centre reaches out to the public about its activities and the Sustainable Development Goals. And since the beginning of the year, it has embarked on several of such activities reaching out to the youth. The most recent was held at the St. Martin's Senior High School at Nsawam in the Eastern Region involving the United Nations Developments Program (UNDP) and Young Visionary Leaders of Ghana, a local NGO. About 1800 students were reached.
UNIC staff with SDGs club members.
The presentations dwelt on the history of the United Nations, its agencies and their respective functions, the SDGs, with emphasis on the 5Ps (People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity, and Partnership) and the specific mandate and scope of work of the UNDP.
At the end of the presentations, the team led the students to establish SDGs Club in the school to support understanding of the SDGs. The new SDGs Club at St, Martin makes about five, SDGs Clubs created by high schools under the leadership of the YVLG in partnership with UNIC Accra and UNDP. The aim of the Clubs is to promote the SDGs among students in high school.
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Foster carers are many dogs' best friends
BUNDLE OF FUN: Judy Kuhn with Spike, the runt of a litter of 13, fostered for Toowoomba RSPCA, and now in a new forever home.
by Alison Houston
JUDY and Carl Kuhn have been RSPCA animal foster parents for more than 10 years.
In that time the couple have fostered hundreds of dogs, from newborns upwards, until their "forever home" was found.
But there was one dog they simply couldn't give up.
Yogi, a kelpie-cross, came to the couple to foster not once but twice, when his first re-homing didn't work out.
The second time, he stayed, and now plays dad to the younger foster dogs.
BOOMERANG: Yogi, a kelpie-cross became a permanent part of the Kuhn's household on his second fostering. Yogi is pictured with Lily, another foster dog who now belongs to Judy's sister.
The couple's involvement in fostering began dramatically, with a litter of puppies dumped at a tip outside Toowoomba on burning day.
Judy was helping out at the RSPCA shelter, and she and Carl took three home to care for.
When the pups found homes, the couple put up their hands for the next dogs that needed their care.
"It's very rewarding," Judy said. "Every dog's different and every one is lovely.
"I love it when I take a dog back and I know it's going to a good home."
Seeing a neglected dog transform to a healthy, happy animal with a shiny coat, she said was "reward in itself; you feel you've really achieved something".
While she admits it is hard at times to say goodbye, Judy said "they're not our dogs and you just have to think you're helping them, especially the puppies, to get a good start".
Judy said she particularly felt for the dogs she nursed back from sickness and neglect.
"If you can't care for the animal - if you don't have the money or your situation's changed, it takes nothing to take it to the shelter, there's no disgrace in that, but it makes me angry when a dog is just left to suffer from neglect," Judy said.
She urged other retirees to give fostering a try, and see how much joy it brought, something RSCPA foster care co-ordinator Megan McKinnon was keen to encourage.
"We have 123 animals at the moment, and 60 of them are in foster care," Megan said.
She said Toowoomba RSPCA was one of the busiest regional centres in Queensland.
Dogs, cats, rats, mice and guinea pigs can all be fostered, with periods usually ranging from a week to a few months, depending on the animal's needs.
All the animals are vet and behaviour checked before being fostered and each is carefully suited to the right foster parent to ensure the placement is successful for both.
Some animals are fostered because they aren't coping in the high-arousal shelter environment, others need care for illness or injury, some are pregnant, while others are orphans or have behavioural issues.
"If an animal is going to be fostered on a behavioural issue, we make sure it is something that particular foster carer can handle," Megan said.
"A lot of the time an animal is surrendered because it is out of the cute puppy stage - about five months or older - and if the owners haven't put in any training, they can be hard to manage in a shelter.
"With consistent work in a foster placement, where someone works with them every day, it can make a real difference, and then they are ready for a new home."
Megan said the centre had a number of retiree foster parents who had "a lot of time to dedicate to the foster animals and tend to really enjoy it".
"You're not committing to adopting, but the animals are good company and there's a lot of satisfaction from knowing that animals will be rehomed to their forever home and you've helped them get there," Megan said.
However, she did warn that, as in Judy and Carl's case, "sometimes an animal comes into your life and you just want to keep it".
Potential animal foster parents can express interest at fostering@rspcaqld.org.au or call 46341304, with a training session and property check all that is necessary.
The RSPCA provides food, medical and vet treatments, bedding, a litter tray and whatever else may be required, and is always just a phone call away.
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"Aziz served as the national chair of the National Black Police Association and caught the attention of President Barack Obama for his contributions to the task force on 21st century policing in 2015. He advocated for the Justice Department to collect annual demographic statistics from all police agencies to hold them accountable for diversifying their command ranks, according to the task force's final report…He also vowed to work with police associations, prioritize the safety and wellness of officers and be accessible to the community in Prince George's."
A Dallas native, Aziz earned a bachelor's degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington and later received an MBA from the University of Dallas. In nearly 30 years with the Dallas Police, he has held many roles, culminating in his most recent position as Deputy Chief. During these three decades, Aziz has worked hard to realize his vision of community partnerships in policing – a fact to which more than one community organizer and advocacy group has attested. With knowledge of Aziz's work in Dallas Latino communities, Gustavo Torres, executive director of Casa de Maryland, said he is optimistic that Aziz will rebuild trust between the police and the county's Latino population. He is like a breath of fresh air in Prince George's," Torres said.
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Kathleen's interest in family history work began in 2006. She has a Bachelor of General Studies: FamilyHistory degree (2012) from Brigham Young University. She also serves as the treasurer and British Institute director for ISBGFH (International Society for British Genealogy and Family History). She is also currently working on her Master's degree from the University of Strathclyde. She loves to teach and help others learn how to research their families.
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I have the privilege of using words to help bring into focus important stories about people, their families and their history.
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Genealogical/general database construction, spatial analysis and mapping, geographic and demographic analysis.
I am a family researcher who has been working on my own family research for 30 years. I have branched out to help friends and want my research to be of professional quality.
Specialization: Genetic genealogy (DNA), genealogy software.
Bonnie has been pursuing family history records since the 1980's, utilizing the ever-evolving universe of genealogy software. For the last few years she has been studying and analyzing DNA results for genealogical research and is seeking ways to involve the next generation in genealogy.
Volunteered three years at the Tucson Family History Center then became Director in 2014. Good general knowledge of family history/genealogy field.
Kersti has bene researching and documenting her family lineage for 38 years and has taken it up a notch to offer Heritage Travel. Researching and providing a service to allow families to walk in their footsteps, to touch and taste how their loved ones once lived.
Bio: President of AzGAB. Has been doing genealogy for over 20 years. Specializes in New England research. Is entrolled in Boston University Genealogy Certificate. She is a speaker on various Genealogy Societies.
Biography: I am a family researcher who has been working on my own family research for 38 years. I have done other people's genealogy as well, and am always helping friends with their genealogy.
Secretary of Green Valley Genealogical Society; finished program at the Natl. Institute for Genealogical Studies in American Records and Methodology; since 2015 volunteer at Tucson FHC helping patrons; since 2016 presenting at annual Tucson FHC Fair; facilitator and leader of Jewish SIGS for Tucson FHC and Green Valley Genealogical Society.
Been researching sinche 1983 for my family and 1991 for others. Moved to AZ at 6 months old and then to Yuma four years later. All of my great-grandparents immigrated to Milwaukee, WI. Came back to Tucson three years ago.
A regular contributor to The In-Depth Genealogist (http://theindepthgenealogist.com/), Michelle pens the column "Timeless Territories" for the monthly digital magazine, Going In-Depth. She also blogs regularly at The Turning of Generations where she writes about various family history topics.
Member of NGS, APG, GSG, ISFHSE, FHSA, various state and local societies.
Professional genealogist with over 20 years' experience researching in Midwest and New England states. She has worked at the Tucson Family History Center since 2011 helping patrons get started building their trees, break down brick walls, find biological parents work with DNA matches and teaching them to use the technology available for genealogy. She teaches several classes at the annual Tucson Family History Fair and is a regular guest speaker at several local genealogy clubs.
Biography: I've done traditional genealogy on and off for almost 25 years. I recently found and met my birth family using DNA and started helping other adopted family members find their birth families. My youngest (of four) left for college a year ago and I found my new mission in life—I am a volunteer Search Angel using genetic and traditional genealogy to help adoptees find family. It is so rewarding to help in the healing process!
A journalist in Scotland for more than 40 years, I have been doing genealogy research for over a decade. I can find your Scottish ancestry and explain everything about your ancestral home.
Specialization: Emigration and Immigration; British in South Africa; U.S.
13801 N. Tan Tara Dr.
Geographic: Arizona, Midwest/Great Plains, West/Southwest.
Suzanne has degrees in Anthropology, Education and Osteopathic Medicine. She decided to pursue genealogy seriously in 2007 after a trip to Ireland. She is a graduate of Boston University Certificate Program in Genealogy and launched Expedition Genealogy in 2017. She does general research and has a special interest in Jewish immigration to the U.S. Working with her son, Sean Myers, J.D., she does probate research and analysis.
Biography: Genealogy Research since 1994; Professional Genealogist since 2010; graduate of ProGen6; attended Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research – Irish Research Course; B.S. Computer Information Systems, ASU; former Program Chairperson for PV Chapter of FHSA; former Vice President of AzCPG.
2525 E. Cheery Lynn Rd.
I have been doing my family domestic genealogy for 35 years. I have done other people's genealogy as well. I am currently transferring what I have onto Ancestry.com. I would like to transform this hobby/obsession to a career.
581 W. Lucky Penny Pl.
Does not accept clients at this time.
Specialization: Spanish immigration from Spain to Hawaii and later into California.
Patricia has been researching several family lines since 2000. After classes at Christopher Wren, an offshoot at College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, her interests included Spanish immigrants 1907-1913. She published "The Girl Immigrant" in 2013. She has transcribed two immigrant ship manifests (Orteric & Harpalion) with the assistance of a genealogist in Malaga and a fellow family historian in California. She writes a weekly column for Hawaiian Spaniards on Facebook, a personal blog and is continuing research for Book Two of a 3-book series. She has presented excerpts of her book in San Francisco, Winters and San Leandro, California. Her research includes the Internet, books, historical societies and personal village searches. Please see her website www.patriciabbsteele.com for further information.
President and co-founder of Pima County Genealogical Society. Licensed private investigator in the state of Arizona. Basic NGS research certificate. Genealogical certificate holder Boston University. Grip, SLIG education in law, land, forensics.
Biography: Academic degrees: B.A. in History; M.Div. concentrating in Historical Theology, Ordained Lutheran Minister; former Rector and Professor of Church History at a theological seminary in Ukraine in Eastern Europe.
Specialization: U.S. Military History & Records; American Civil War; Southern United States; Old South; Colonial Virginia; General United States; Canada; Ireland; Scotland; England; Germany.
Biography: Genealogist for 40 years; Professional for 30 years; B.A. History, ASU; Attendee of the Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, 1989-1991; author, editor, publisher; Founding member and/or former officer of numerous Phoenix area genealogy and heritage societies; regular speaker and presenter.
Memberships: National Genealogical Society; Association of Professional Genealogists; Genealogical Speakers Guild; Arizona Genealogical Advisory Board; Family History Society of Arizona; South Carolina Genealogical Society; Virginia Genealogical Society; The Caledonian Society of Arizona; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of Confederate Veterans; The Kay Family Association; The Paisley Society.
Reporter for the Arizona Daily Star and The Voice of America. Intelligence officer for the U.S. Defense Dept. B.A. and M.A. in US history, University of New Mexico.