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Since I am generally decently well read, strange or unknown translations do not normally bewilder me. This book here, Tatsumi's mammoth A Drifting Life, is different, since in what concerns comics and graphic novels I'm but a novice at best, a consequence of which is the lack of thorough comments on Tatsumi's artwork in this review (but you can see a sample page here ). A Drifting Life is a graphic novel that an " editor's note" proclaims to be an autobiography from what appears to be one of the most important artists in Japanese comics. It was translated by Taro Nettleton, but the fact that we can read it now is mostly due to Adrian Tomine, who is the editor of a series of English publications of Tatsumi's books, all with Drawn and Quarterly, a Canadian publisher. My edition is gorgeous, very beautiful, but not very forthcoming with information.
What's the original title of the book? Tomine/Nettleton keep mum about it. Unless I'm mistaken, it's Gekiga hyoryū, which means, I'm told, "A Gekiga Survivor"; the change in the title is fascinating, as it stresses a completely different aspect of the book. The original title does more justice to the book, but the English title, taking its cue from a passage in the third-to-last panel of the book, is more poetical, perhaps, and lends a much-needed coherence to the book. However, the book is not about a drifting life, it's rather about a drifting career, about the development of an artist and the industry he worked in the industry that we watch him help shape.
The name of the protagonist is close enough to that of the author to make the dissemblement obvious: Hiroshi Katsumi. Hiroshi, when the book opens, is a teenager, who is obsessed with comics, especially the Japanese variety called Manga. Both he and his sickly brother are avid readers of Manga books and turn out to be talented artists in the genre themselves. When they grow up, developing a love for the genre, an important medium, besides books, which never went out of style, were Manga magazines, which solicited short strips from its young readers and rewarded publication with a medal. From the start, we are told of the way that constrictions of the medium afflict the creative process, as Hiroshi ponders the difference between work on short four-panel pieces and work on longer graphic novels. Incidentally, at this point, I felt left out in the rain by the editor once more. The term "graphic novel" appeared in English in the 1970s and has ever since been the subject of much controversy. As far as I know, the Japanese tradition of using the novel format for comics is older than the English, but Nettleton's and Tomine's decision to nonchalantly include this term in the thought processes of a young boy in the early postwar period is problematic, and the reader is completely on his own at this point. No footnotes, no explanations, nothing.
As we meet Hiroshi, he's already a Manga fan, but the novel makes no attempt to tell us anything about the war or anything else that happened during that period. The first chapter's title, "The Birth of Manga", links the rise of the art form directly to the rise of the nation after the war; thus, when Hiroshi becomes a Manga artist, a circle of sorts is closed. These three elements are shown to be interlinked, interdependent, over and over.
One of the most important factors in the early chapters is their demonstration of how young the early practitioners of the art form were. As we see Hiroshi and his friends establish an alternative tradition to the Manga mainstream, we can't forget these early chapters. There, even as we watch Hiroshi adulate his heroes, chief among which would be Osamu Tezuka, who debuted in 1946, we are frequently reminded of the fact that they, too, are barely of age. The first hint of this is offered when we are told, as Hiroshi, on his way to school, crosses through the yard of a medical school, that it is this very school, where, at the time, Tezuka was enrolled as a student. When, later, Hiroshi and his friends start publishing work that pushes the envelope in a young but already firmly set genre, they, too, are just of age. The youthful energy, the anger, the hunger for something new, are portrayed as the most important factors in creating art.
Refreshingly, in all the discussions of the artistic achievement of Manga artists and the development of the genre, Tatsumi never discusses talent or other innate factors. Instead, he focuses on two things, both of which have already been mentioned. One is the energy and the questing mind of the artist. This is shown to be important on a personal level: Hiroshi, growing up and becoming successful, has ups and downs in his creative confidence and the quality and quantity of his output. To a large extent, this is explained through the presence of that energy or the lack of it. The other important factor is the medium in which Mangas were distributed. The difference between large format books, short books, short stories, longer novels is not merely a marketing distinction. It directly affects artistic output. To write a short, humorous four panel piece calls for different techniques than, perhaps, a 130 page novel. As Hiroshi grows into his own as an artist he commences what his brother calls wasting panels: he incorporates cinematic effects and techniques into comics, taking several panels to describe a short action, so as to depict it in the most vivid way imaginable. This is difficult to achieve in a story that runs slightly less than 20 pages, because you need more room to develop a story, if the action is to have so much breathing space. So, technically, it's restraining, but at the same time it opens up new possibilities because you can invoke a slew of new moods, and thus enlarge the kinds of stories you can tell. Hiroshi is a generous narrator, freely attributing innovations to his fellow artists, recounting his jealousy as well as his admiration and, most importantly, his urge to improve, to broaden his palette.
Discussions about the mechanics of Hiroshi's art are at the heart of this book, which, as I mentioned above, is called "A Gekiga Survivor" in the original. Gekiga, according to a friend of Hiroshi's, is NOT Manga, but when I keep using the term Manga as a catch-all term, I follow Hiroshi's distinction, who understands Gekiga as a kind of Manga. This may seem like a superfluous observation, but the mere fact that the book would take the time and room to entertain a long discussion about the question whether Gekiga is Manga or not points to the importance of the question of genre; not, I might add, because Tatsumi wants to stress the permanence and importance of genre limits. On the contrary, his careful use of distinctions and genre allows him to show how Hiroshi's and his friends' work was at the eye of a cultural storm, taking hints and aspirations from 'traditional', Tezuka-style Manga, from movies, hard-boiled novels (especially Spillane's) and individual inspiration. Genre is shown to be an economical factor, but also a fact of culture, something that fuels literary dynamics.
Tatsumi's art in the book serves as a perfect way to transmit this. Tatsumi frequently quotes from these sources. Quotes how you may ask? He recreates, in black and white, images from movies, he re-draws panels from artists that he references. They are not cut out and pasted in, they are drawn by the artist, in short: quoted (although here, too, the documentation by the editor is severely lacking). A Drifting Life makes the utmost of the fact that it is a graphic novel and not prose. When, at one point, Hiroshi reflects upon the way that the amount of detail in a panel makes a reader read slower or quicker, that an artist can thus manipulate the speed with which his readers progress through the book, we, the readers, immediately read the book with a different awareness. When a certain brand of satirical humor, contained in certain graphic quirks, is discussed, many a reader will catch himself looking through sections he's already read, just to re-evaluate them in a new light.
I could go on for ages, because this book is rich, extremely well told, and infinitely fascinating. The narrative is not suspenseful, but it's full of intricate symbols and foreshadowing, of developments and reversals. I suspect that this book will open up new vistas with each rereading. It is about the possibilities and the necessities of art when the publisher and the artist have to live off it. It refrains from opening a simple and simplistic opposition between greedy publishers and the poor writers, on the contrary, we are apprised of the fact that the progression of not just an artist but his whole art form is inextricably bound to the fact that money is made off it; several times we see the history of Gekiga make a sudden jump forward because the artists are trying to surmount an obstacle. What happened to Gekiga after the 1960s? The book doesn't tell us, nor does the editor or translator. In the context of the book, I found it significant, that this book, too, was published in several installments, in a Manga magazine., which I found out trawling the net for the information that Tomine denied me. If this book has a weakness, this lack of information is it.
the author has chosen to alter some characters' names, most notably his own.
What's the use of that, if the author's name is on the cover? Oh, I know. Because it's not an autobiography. It may follow Tatsumi's biography rather closely, but the artist's decision to withdraw his own name from the book suggests that it's not, in fact, an autobiography.
I know that many memoirs and autobiographies are in equal parts portraits of a time as they are portraits of a person. But what we're up against here is a direct decision of the author. He put his name on the cover, but struck it from the book. When he depicts Hiroshi's older self, the face he draws looks a lot like the author's photo in the back of the book, but he hachures over it, so as to hide it from the reader. These are clear decisions of the book and it means selling the artist's work short when we reduce it to the limits of that genre, and act as if there wasn't any difference to other proponents of it.
This endless dream creates a book that is like a long, meandering stream, like a slow burning fire that explodes sometimes in moments of illumination. In the last chapter, the protagonist, his face carefully shaded, another evasion from the autobiographical glare, attends the funeral of Tezuka, bringing the whole book full circle. The book did not, however, work towards that ending; you don't read it, breathlessly, to finish it. No, here, as in many other good books, the journey is the reward, the glimpse into the birth both of a culture and of an artist in it. This is an incredible book. I have read few like it. Not Tatsumi's drifting life, but his life of drafting, of drafting panel after panel, story after story, is an inspiration.
I will point Donny in this direction.
I must say thanks to Gem for pointing this out to me. I was not previously aware of this work, being that Malaysia has a dearth of quality graphic novels, concentrating instead on fares that dominate the market and the popular consciousness. You rely on… things… to get a chance to hear about uncommon excellence, and I've been fortunate to have read a few (too few!). Your review, Shigekuni, is convincing me that this too belong in this category.
Two things come to mind: firstly, it is not common (at least in my experience) to have an editor or even the author himself to pour as much information that you seem to be expecting from a work such as this. I'm not saying there isn't such a thing. Maus did not include any accompanying information. One may argue that comparing a well-documented and significant historical event with the development of a Far Eastern popular art movement a little silly, but the fact of the matter is in both instances the work is depicted as is – any background information is strictly on the reader's own effort. You've uncovered a lot of information that you needed to make sense of the work, which is far more substantial than I would have expected from a graphic novel. Perhaps it's a failing, I don't know. I can appreciate why it could help tremendously, in the same way background info helped me understand Tolkien and to a smaller extent Peake.
I can appreciate the disconnect, but it does seem like the fault lies in balancing the difficulty of finding an English equivalent of a Japanese word to the precursor of "graphic novel", than it is the fault of the translator. On the one hand the need for an accurate translation, on the other, the need for an appropriate replacement that won't confuse readers.
A thoroughly enjoyable review, Shigekuni. For a 'novice' (a term that doesn't do you justice, I must say. Book is a graphic novel is a book is what you read…) you have an incredibly keen eye. 🙂 I will surely pick up a copy when I see it.
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A Look Inside The Hollywood Nightclub Where Some Republicans Ran Up A Nearly $2,000 Tab
12:00 AM PDT, March 31, 2010 - Inside Edition
The Voyeur nightclub is one of the hottest spots in West Hollywood.
It was here that a group of young Republicans called "the Young Eagles" came to be wined and dined, running up a tab of nearly $2,000, all charged to the Republican National Committee. So what's it like inside?
Voyeur has plush leather couches and silver champagne buckets.
It attracts Hollywood A-listers like Paris Hilton and Gerard Butler.
It's said to be modeled on the 1999 Tom Cruise movie Eyes Wide Shut and features semi-nude women acting out scenes of bondage.
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he knew nothing about the outing at Voyeur nightclub. But he's now the target of jokes on The Daily Show:
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Italy willingly takes 162 vulnerable refugees from Libya – but 700,00 remain
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Alfano in migrant talks with Maetig in Tripoli
By Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 23 December 2017
Source: Libya Herald
Italian foreign minister Angelino Alfano was in Tripoli today for talks with deputy Presideincy Council leader Ahmed Maetig on th issue of illegal migrants and refugees in Libya. The talks followed the arrival in Italy of 162 "vulnerable" refugees from Tripoli, the first time Italy has taken refugees from Libya.
Alfano, who presented his condolences on the death of Misrata's mayor Mohamed Eshtewi, also reaffirmed Rome's support for the Presidency Council and its government of national accord, expressing the hope that 2018 would see Libya's crisis resolved. Italy, he added, wanted to help Libya advance economically.
In reply, Maetig assured the Italian foreign minister that he was sure that 2018 would see the birth of a united, reconciled and economically renewed Libya, and that parliamentary and presidential elections would take place.
Alfano also visited an Italian navy vessel in Tripoli port which is working with the Libyan coastguard.
The visit comes just two days after Alfano's French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Tripoli for talks.
Meanwhile, Alfano's colleague, Italian interior minister Marco Minniti has hailed the arrival of the 162 refugees – mainly Eritreans, Ethiopian, Somalis and Yemenis – as "historic" and "a start". They comprise families, single mothers, unaccompanied children and handicapped people.
"For the first time a humanitarian corridor has been opened from Libya to Europe," Minniti said.
In a related development, a Libyan official has upped the number of illegal migrants in the country to 700,000. Milad Al-Saadi, media advisor to the Libyan Anti-Illegal Immigration Authority, has been quoted saying that they all wanted to cross to Europe. Earlier this month, Presidency Council leader Faiez Serraj put the figure at half a million.
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It's official: the shrugging emoji sums up our struggle of dating in the age of Covid-19
Anna Brech
Tinder has revealed shrugging to be the most-used emoji of 2020, as those of us in the dating world reel from the strangest year yet.
From stashing to love bombing and even fleabagging, the dating scene was dizzying enough before the pandemic.
But the outbreak of a global virus – coupled with the waves of social isolation that followed – has made modern-day dating even more of a minefield, with a surreal new lexicon to boot.
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Little wonder, then, that Tinder has identified the shrugging emoji as the most-used icon of 2020.
The dating platform has just released its top swiping trends of the year – with the universal symbol for "who the hell knows?" topping the list.
Evidently, the shrugging head has become a figurehead for the craziness of this year, as would-be couples exchange frustration and bafflement over when dating as we know it can resume.
Dating in 2020: not as easy as it used to be
On a surface level, it's clear that coronavirus has thrown a major curveball into the world of 21st century dating.
However you choose to jazz up your Zoom date – quizzes, films, even pancake cookalongs – nothing beats the ability to read someone and connect with them in real life.
Even when lockdown has intermittently eased, there's still been a lot of angst and uncertainty to contend with.
For some of us, that has meant tackling the Fear of Meeting Up (FOMU) after three months of virtual-only dating. For others, it's been deciding whether a fling is worth setting up a support bubble with or not.
Dating during coronavirus: "I feel lacklustre about love - why can't I be bothered?"
Then there's the deeper emotional tenor to think about. A 2017 study from Montréal's McGill University found that when we feel vulnerable to a global threat, like disease, we tend to lose interest in dating.
This is possibly an evolutionary response: when our survival is threatened, we automatically engage in behaviour that will reduce our risk of getting infected, such as avoiding eye contact and being less outgoing.
Naturally, this reaction makes the tenuous realm of virtual dating even harder to navigate.
Coronavirus has sparked a deeper level of connection for some people
But it's not all bad news. Anecdotally, the events of this year have caused some people to put renewed focus on dating in a way they've never thought to do before.
"Going into lockdown while living on my own completely changed my attitude to dating," says Stylist digital writer Hollie Richardson. "I no longer had the distractions of my social life to use as an excuse. And of course I needed to find new ways to kick the boredom of lockdown.
"I also realised I finally wanted to prioritise my love life, after years of pushing it aside. What's the point in being scared of a bit of rejection or game playing when there's a pandemic going on?"
Stylist's Chloe Gray agrees. "I am feeling more open to the idea of exclusivity with someone [under lockdown]," she says. "At least so they can come over to keep me company and bring some joy with less worry of infecting each other and being criticised by others."
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In addition, dating apps have reported an increase in conversation length; one silver lining from the pandemic is perhaps that it's given us the time and space to connect more deeply.
And video calls, for all their drawbacks, do at least remove some of the pressure of first dates – even if we sometimes feel drained from keeping track of all those virtual nonverbal cues.
The latest research from Tinder also revealed that pandemic pick-up lines were all the rage this year, with zingers such as "let's be like Covid and catch each other" or "wash your hands so you can hold mine" emerging into everyday lexicon (or as a dating red flag, depending on where you stand).
Support for Black Lives Matter became a must for many matches, too, with mentions of BLM fast-exceeding the use of the term "hook-up" on Tinder in 2020 – especially in people's bios.
TikToks on Tinder picked up steam as well, as users sounded each other out in terms of taste, showed off their moves or bragged that they're "TikTok famous".
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As Maya Angelou once said in a pre-pandemic age: "Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time."
In 2020, the dating struggle is real – but romance can still flourish, now as much as ever. As to when, who knows?
*Shrugs all around*.
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Q: Truncate responsive image in Bootstrap media-body (Media object) in Firefox in Firefox browser (ver. 37) responsive images (class="img-responsive") in media-body element (Bootstrap, Media object) is truncate (cropped). For example in Chrome browser everything is good, and image is properly reduced.
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An important part of Chinese New Year is feasting, and lots of it. There's a lot of symbolism in the Chinese culture. Lai see packets stuffed with money are given to people younger than you and singletons, though the above, kindly given to us by EuWen, were full of chocolate gold coins. To have a good year, auspicious foods should be eaten to help you along your way. Noodles symbolise longevity, black moss (more on that later) for wealth, whole fish served also symbolises prosperity, dumplings too. The Chinese like to be rich. The colour gold is seen everywhere (see previous point) as well as red, to be seen as lucky.
An important part of the festivities is to visit your family and friends. Unfortunately my family had no plans and didn't really celebrate the new year, so I was pretty pleased when I was invited to a big Chinese New Year dinner, organised by A Rather Unusual Chinaman. The main feature was to be whole suckling pig. I was beside myself with excitement.
Firstly - Pearl Liang, our venue, is in the arse-end of nowhere. I relied on my iPhone like the fool I am and got quite lost in the streets of Paddington. The website has far better directions. We were led straight to the private dining room to host 18 of us.
To start, we ordered the 'cold toss'. Cue much sniggering. This was a platter of cold appetisers - sliced pig's knuckle was slightly chewy and well seasoned. Five spiced beef shin was surprisingly tender and very moreish. 'Artic clam' was chewy and fishy, and jellyfish, interspersed with slices of chilli, cucumber and spring onion, were heavily flavoured with sesame and were just as I like them; like chewing on rubber bands. The star of the platters was the drunken chicken. The chunks were flavoured through with Shaoxing rice wine and were so tender and juicy.
Next, the two suckling pigs were paraded in, to be greeted by many cameras and "oohs". They were tantalisingly shiny, and the waitress looked as if the weight would buckle her arms. This was then taken away to be portioned up. Upon its return, big steamers filled with steamed sweetened discs of dough - much like char siu bao - accompanied them. A slick of hoi sin and a shard of crackling was placed in it and it was folded over. The warm, soft dough contrasted beautifully with the crisp glass-shatter of the laquered crackling. I had wondered if it would be at all chewy as it wasn't puffed like crackling you'd make at home, but it was completely smooth. All my fears were allayed after that initial mouthful. The pigs were again removed for further portioning of the sweet succulent meat.
Man cannot live on pig alone though, so next we had some salt and pepper tofu. The cubes were perfectly fried and greaseless, with a great tongue-tingling hit of Sichuan pepper, and some crispy squid, which I thought quite forgettable. This could possibly have been due to the arrival of two whole aromatic ducks, which were shredded for us to stuff into pancakes. A fine example of the dish of which we made light work.
At this point I started to fret. I was stuffed beyond belief and my shirt buttons strained worryingly. I abandoned my beer for oolong tea to aid digestion, and contemplated some Roman-style purging. Thankfully, after a short period I got a second wind, just as the seabass fried with garlic and soy sauce was placed before me. I preferred the steamed version we also had, with ginger and spring onion as it was a more delicate and fresh flavour, but both dishes were cooked well. The plain fried noodles revolved under my nose without assault. Gai laan (chinese brocolli) stir-fried with garlic was sweet and crisp and the water spinach, stir-fried with garlic and chilli made up for not having my favourite vegetable available, the pea shoots.
After this much feasting, wewere pretty replete but I couldn't resist some mango and grapefruit pudding with sago. Grapefruit wouldn't be my first choice, but in this instant the bitter sourness was a great palate cleanser and made me feel less full.
For the 18 of us, it was probably the heftiest bill I've laid eyes on, but looking back at all the food and merriment we had, it was well worth it. I was given a huge bag of leftovers too - no one wanted them, honest! - which will feed me for days.
That's what Chinese New Year is all about. Given the demonstration of excellent service and delicious food, I'll definitely be back to Pearl Liang, even if it is a schlep.
Wasn't it a superb night! That drunken chicken - oh yeah. And loved the crackling too.
What a wonderful meal. I was so gutted I couldn't make it. I am sure you ate my share for me though. If you didn't, I want to know why not.
Oh wow - very nicely written Lizzie. I would have loved to have been invited to this. I seriously know sod all about Chinese food and am always keen to learn more. I also have had Pearl Liang on my radar for a little while. Next time.
Now you need to go back for the dim sum! Happy New Year!
That suckling pig looks good ! Must come back to Pearl Liang at some point whilst I like the food here, I thought it lacked atmos - mind you that wouldn't a prob for CNY !
wow my god that pig looks boom!
It's quite hard to find the place for the first time. Worth the effort for the overall quality of food though.
The suckling pigs sound awesome.
You know, I tried to book a large group at Pearl Liang for CNY, too, and now I know who beat me to it!
gong xi fa tsai, and glad you loved PL. It is indeed, a schlepp, but one I'm glad to make. The place consistently cooks very good Chinese food.
That drunken chicken was seriously drunk and shredded jelly fish is like eating elastic bands, which is nice but I wish they'd invent something that's like eating the tops of Biros. Those I can chew on for hours.
Hats off to tehbus for organising the feast. It was a great evening.
Catty - definitely more chat next time!
Greddy Diva - That crackling was amazing.
Helen - Of course I did!
Dan - Next time, definitely. Maybe a dim sum session.
Mr Noodles - I have to say the main room was a bit dull, but that was in comparison to our raucous bunch!
Eatmynels - that it was.
Wild Boar - I got pretty lost. The pig as great.
AAIL - Whoops - stole your table! Happy new year to you. I look forward to trying their dim sum.
Gin & Crumpets - Maybe overcooked baby cuttlefish? It was a great evening indeed.
Gastrogeek - thanks! It was a feast and a half.
I love your blog Lizzie, very refreshing read - will definitely be trying loh bak goh. Makng chilli crabs tonight for born and bred Malaysians tonight. If successful, will let you know!


FNG — the latest restaurant from chef and restaurateur Troy Guard — opens today, as the newest addition to the strip of restaurants on West 32nd Avenue in the Highlands. This concept aims to merge polished, casual bar fare with an inventive cocktail list inspired by the '70s and '80s. We got a peek at the space just before the doors open to the public — here's what we found.
From the front door, you can immediately see an open kitchen and clean bar front. The space is well-lit and includes several garage door-style windows for open-air dining on warmer days. The building houses about 125 seats including the patio and enough standing bar space to suggest a future neighborhood watering hole. The decor resembles a nuanced modern 1980s lounge, complete with a framed wall of rock albums that ignite a nostalgic classic rock feel. The space is complete with board games from the era, including Simon and Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots to add in a few fun and entertaining commodities.
The menu is designed to be approachable while satisfying an all too familiar craving for comfort food. FNG — standing for "F'ing Good" — takes stabs at classic family favorites like the grilled meatloaf with cipollini gravy ($14.75) and an array of meat pies ranging from the classic humble rotisserie chicken pie ($13.50) to a hare pie ($15.50) — made with local Colorado rabbit. The TAG group has brandished the kitchen as serving "elevated comfort food," taking a spin on old-time favorites you probably grew up eating at some point. In addition to nightly features, the menu also offers a set of house-ground sausages, a gnocchi clam chowder ($9.50) and Colorado bison enchiladas ($14.75) to tie a few additional locally sourced ingredients into the mix. The restaurant is also dry-aging bresaola, pancetta and all of the accoutrements for a charcuterie board. Pickles, marmalades, mustards and house-baked bread are all made from scratch.
In collaboration with Mike Henderson — former beverage director of Edible Beats — Nikki Guard has curated yet another playful list of elevated cocktails for FNG, inspired by the same era of mixology. The list of 10 specialty cocktails ($8-$10) includes spins on a tequila sunrise, a Harvey Wallbanger and even an espresso martini — all resurrected and reinvented for the modern consumer.
Troy's favorite cocktail — Give My love to Rose ($9) — is inspired by a traditional gin gimlet. The drink fuses Bluecoat barrel-finished gin with a house-made lime cordial to form a creamy lime-orange citrus sipper. The cocktail is served up in a martini glass and garnished with a spear of dried rose leaves for an added floral finish.
Highlights from the list also include Back in the USSR ($8) — a revived espresso martini topped with unsweetened whipped cream and finished with a custom blend of FNG bitters for a big floral nose and a nice bitter finish. Bang Your Head ($10) is a spin on a traditional Harvey Wallbanger — combining vodka, Galliano, lemon, orange juice and passion fruit. This sipper is finished with a nitrous egg-white charge which adds a creamy, rounded-out depth that begs to be appreciated. And finally, Debora Gibson ($1o) — Nikki Guard's personal favorite — takes a savory approach to a traditional gin martini. This gin drink is served up with dill and cocktail onions for a drink fit for any appetizer. The dill and onion are not only gorgeous to see — they also add a heavy nose to the drink that really appeals to the salty-savory type.
FNG is located at 3136 Perry Street, Denver. After the grand opening at 4 p.m. on Friday, 12/1, regular business hours will be Sunday through Thursday 4 to 9:15 p.m., Friday through Saturday 4 to 10:15 p.m. with plans to open for brunch Saturdays and Sundays by the end of December.
All photography by Samantha Bliss.
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LA Computer Company -- good retailer?
Discussion in 'Buying Tips and Advice' started by jwp333, May 7, 2006.
Saw something on there that seemed to be a pretty good price. Anybody have an opinion on them?
Welcome to MR, but please - give us some info to work with.
Seen the website before, thought they might be well known.
Just wondering if they are legit Apple retailer and not a fraud.
I don't know if they are any good, but they do pop up on the Apple authorized reseller list for zip 92806.


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\section{Introduction}
\setcounter{equation}{0}

In 1859, Riemann [1] used an analytical continuation method to extend the zeta function $\zeta(s)$ into the following form:
\begin{equation}\label{1}
    \xi(s) = \frac{1}{2} s (s-1) \pi^{-s/2} \Gamma\Big(\frac{s}{2} \Big) \zeta(s),
\end{equation}
where, the function $\xi(s)$ can be analytically expressed as
\begin{eqnarray}\label{2}
    \xi(s) &=& \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} s(s-1) \int\limits_1^{\infty} \Psi(\tau) \Big(\tau^{s/2-1} + \tau^{-(1+s)/2} \Big) {\rm d} \tau,
        \nonumber\\[0mm]
    \Psi(\tau) &=& \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} e^{-\pi n^2 \tau}.
\end{eqnarray}
Riemann stated that every zero of the function $\xi(s)$, which is also the non-trivial zero of zeta function $\zeta(s)$, is located in the critical strip $0\le {\rm Re} (s) \le 1$. Then, he  asserted  that all zeros are most likely to lie on the line ${\rm Re} (s) = 1/2$. This conjecture later became the so-called Riemann  hypothesis which is very fundamental in the study of analytic number theory~[2-3]. Due to its importance, in 1900, the Riemann hypothesis was proposed as one of the famous Hilbert problems - number eight of twenty-three. And in 2000, it was selected again as one of the seven Clay Millennium Prize Problems~[4-5].

In this paper, we will prove the Riemann hypothesis using a simplied $\xi(s)$ function.

\section{Formula transformation}

First, we take some simplifications to the equation to make it as a standard form that we are familiar with in the basic calculus. Starting with (\ref{2}), we introduce a new complex variable $z \in \mathbb{C}$, $z = x+{\rm i} y$ to make a transformation
\begin{equation} \label{3}
        s = \frac{1}{2} (z + 1).
\end{equation}
Then, $\xi(s)$ is rewritten as follows
\begin{equation}\label{4}
    \xi(s)  = \eta(z) = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{8} \big(z^2-1\big) \int\limits_1^{\infty} \Psi(\tau)\tau^{-3/4} \big(\tau^{z/4} + \tau^{-z/4} \big) {\rm d} \tau.
\end{equation}
By (\ref{3}), the concerned strip $0\le {\rm Re} (s) \le 1$ to search the zeros of the function $\xi(s)$ in the $s$-plane has been changed to $-1\le {\rm Re} (z) \le 1$ in the $z$-plane for the function $\eta(z)$, and the line ${\rm Re}(s) = 1/2$ becomes ${\rm Re}(z)=x=0$. Further, we change the integral argument by
\begin{equation} \label{5}
    \tau = e^{4t},
\end{equation}
thus,
\begin{equation} \label{6}
    \eta(z)  =  \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} \big(z^2-1\big) \int\limits_0^{\infty} \Psi(e^{4t}) e^{t} \big(e^{zt} + e^{-zt} \big) {\rm d}t,
\end{equation}
or, using a hyperbolic function $\cosh(w) = (e^w + e^{-w})/2$, we have
\begin{equation} \label{7}
    \eta(z)  =  \frac{1}{2} + \big(z^2-1\big) \int\limits_0^{\infty} F(t) \cosh(zt) {\rm d}t,
\end{equation}
where,
\begin{equation} \label{8}
        F(t) = \Psi(e^{4t}) e^t = \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \exp \big(t - \pi n^2 e^{4t} \big).
\end{equation}

Now we work further on the function $F(t)$. Taking the differential to the first and second orders, we have
\begin{equation} \label{F(0)}
    F'(t) =  \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \exp \big(t - \pi n^2 e^{4t} \big) \; \big(1 - 4\pi n^2 e^{4t}\big),
\end{equation}
\begin{eqnarray} \label{F'(0)}
    F''(t) &=& \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \exp \big(t - \pi n^2 e^{4t} \big) \;\Big[ \big(1 - 4\pi n^2 e^{4t}\big)^2 - 16\pi n^2 e^{4t} \Big]
            \nonumber\\[3mm]
            &=& F(t) + G(t),
\end{eqnarray}
where,
\begin{equation} \label{G_func}
    G(t) = \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \exp \big(t - \pi n^2 e^{4t} \big) \;\Big[16\pi^2 n^4 e^{8t} - 24\pi n^2 e^{4t}\Big].
\end{equation}
 At $t=0$, we have
\begin{equation} \label{13}
    F(0) = \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \exp \big( - \pi n^2 \big) \approx 0.043217,
\end{equation}
\begin{equation} \label{14}
    F'(0) = \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \exp \big( - \pi n^2 \big)\;\big(1 - 4\pi n^2\big) = -\frac{1}{2}.
\end{equation}
When $t\to \infty$, we assume that
\begin{equation} \label{15}
        \lim\limits_{t\to \infty} F(t)\sinh(zt) = 0, \hspace{8mm} \lim\limits_{t\to \infty} F'(t)\cosh(zt) = 0,
\end{equation}
which can be obtained  using the same method as (\ref{cond}) below, so it will not be presented. With this knowledge, we can simplify (\ref{7}). Using integration by parts,
\begin{eqnarray} \label{16}
        \int\limits_0^{\infty} F(t) \, \cosh(zt) {\rm d}t &=& \int\limits_0^{\infty} \frac{1}{z}  F(t) \, {\rm d}\sinh(zt) \nonumber\\[1mm]
        &=& \frac{1}{z}  F(t) \, \sinh(zt) \Bigg|_0^{\infty} - \frac{1}{z} \int\limits_0^{\infty} F'(t) \, \sinh(zt) {\rm d}t  \nonumber\\[1mm]
        &=& -\frac{1}{z^2}  F'(t) \, \cosh(zt) \Bigg|_0^{\infty} + \frac{1}{z^2} \int\limits_0^{\infty} F''(t) \, \cosh(zt) {\rm d}t \nonumber\\[1mm]
        &=& \frac{1}{z^2}F'(0) + \frac{1}{z^2} \int\limits_0^{\infty} [F(t)+G(t)] \, \cosh(zt) {\rm d}t.
\end{eqnarray}
Thus,
\begin{equation} \label{17}
        (z^2-1) \int\limits_0^{\infty} F(t) \, \cosh(zt) {\rm d}t = F'(0) + \int\limits_0^{\infty} G(t) \, \cosh(zt) {\rm d}t.
\end{equation}
Substituting (\ref{17}) into (\ref{7}), we obtain a simple form of the Riemann's $\xi(s)$ function,
\begin{equation} \label{xi_G}
        \eta(z) = \int\limits_0^{\infty} G(t) \, \cosh(zt) {\rm d}t.
\end{equation}

\input {./fig_01.tex}

It is easy to check that in $0 < t < \infty$, $G(t) >0$, $G'(t) < 0$, and $G(t) \to 0$ very fast when $t\to \infty$. If we extend the definition domain of $G(t)$ to negative $t$-axis, it is also an even function, i.e., $G(-t) = G(t)$, and $G'(0) = 0$. To show this, recall (\ref{8}),
\begin{equation}
        F(t) = \Psi(\tau) e^t, \hspace{5mm} \tau(t) = e^{4t}, \hspace{5mm}\tau'(t) = 4\tau,
        \hspace{5mm}\tau(-t) = \frac{\ 1 \ }{\tau},
\end{equation}
we can calculate
\begin{equation} \label{G_tau}
    G(t) = F''(t) - F(t) = \Big[ 16\tau^2 \Psi''(\tau) +24\tau \Psi'(\tau) \Big] e^t.
\end{equation}
Applying derivatives to an identical equation that Riemann gave in his paper~[1]
\begin{equation}
    2\Psi(\tau)+1 = \tau^{-1/2} \Big[2\Psi\Big(\frac{1}{\tau}\Big) + 1 \Big],
\end{equation}
we obtain
\begin{equation}
     \Big[ 16\tau^2 \Psi''(\tau) +24\tau \Psi'(\tau) \Big] e^t =
     \Big[ \frac{\ 16\ }{\tau^2} \Psi''\Big(\frac{1}{\tau }\Big) + \frac{\ 24\ }{\tau} \Psi'\Big(\frac{1}{\tau}\Big) \Big] e^{-t} = G(-t).
\end{equation}
With this feature, $G(t)$ is similar to a Gaussian function, its curve shape is shown in Figure~1.  If integral in (\ref{xi_G}) is extended to the whole $t$-axis, the equation takes a form of Fourier transform
\begin{equation} \label{xi_G_Fourier}
        \eta(z) = \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{1}{2} G(t) \, e^{-zt} {\rm d}t,
\end{equation}
which gives us a different point of view to study the Riemann hypothesis.

We now verify the convergency property of the integral in (\ref{xi_G}). From ($\ref{G_func}$), the ratio of two general terms in the series $G(t)$ is $\frac{}{}$
\begin{eqnarray} \label{9}
        & & \Bigg| \frac{ \exp \big[t - \pi (n+1)^2 e^{4t} \big] } { \exp \big(t - \pi n^2 e^{4t} \big) }\cdot
         \frac{(n+1)^2}{n^2} \cdot \frac{2\pi(n+1)^2 e^{4t}-3}{2\pi n^2 e^{4t} -3} \Bigg|  \nonumber\\[3mm]
       &  \le & 28 \exp \big[-\pi (2n+1) e^{4t} \big] \le 28e^{-3\pi} = r,
\end{eqnarray}
where, $r<1$. Thus, the series $G(t)$ in (\ref{G_func}) is uniformly convergent for $t$, and the related differentials  in (\ref{F(0)}) and (\ref{F'(0)}) are valid. Then, for any given $z \in \mathbb{C}$,
\begin{eqnarray}
    \Big|G(t)\cosh(zt)\Big| &\le& \exp[t -\pi e^{4t}]\;\!(16\pi^2e^{8t}-24\pi e^{4t})\Bigg(\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} r^{n-1}\Bigg)|e^{zt}|
    \nonumber \\[2mm]
    &=& \Bigg| \frac{ \;\!\exp[zt+9t - \pi e^{4t}]\;\!(16\pi^2-24\pi e^{-4t})}{1-r}\Bigg|,
\end{eqnarray}
and we have
\begin{equation} {\label{cond}}
       \lim\limits_{t\to \infty} t^2 \Big| G(t) \cosh(zt)\Big| = 0.
\end{equation}
Therefore, there exists a  $T>0$, when $t > T$, we have $ t^2 \big| G(t) \cosh(zt)\big| <   G(T) $, and as $T \to \infty$,
\begin{eqnarray} \label{uniformly}
    \Bigg|\eta(z)- \int\limits_0^{T} G(t) \,\! \cosh(zt) {\rm d}t \Bigg|
    \le \int\limits_T^{\infty} \Big| G(t) \,\! \cosh(zt) \Big| {\rm d}t < \frac{G(T)}{T} \to 0,
\end{eqnarray}
i.e., the integral (\ref{xi_G}) converges absolutely for given $z$.

\section{\large The Proof}

We now use (\ref{xi_G})  to solve the Riemann hypothesis. Let $z = x+ {\rm i} y$, the function $\eta(z)$ is divided into the real and imaginary parts,
\begin{eqnarray} \label{u+iv}
    \eta(z) &=& u(x,y) + {\rm i}\;\! v(x,y) \nonumber \\[2mm]
    &=& \int\limits_{0}^{\infty} G(t) \cosh(xt) \cos(yt) {\rm d} t +
                {\rm i} \int\limits_{0}^{\infty} G(t) \sinh(xt) \sin(yt) {\rm d} t,
\end{eqnarray}
then, $\eta(z) = 0$ is equivalent to $u(x,y) = v(x,y) = 0$. Our proof will be carried out through three theorems.
We start the work from the critical line $x=0$, where $v(0,y) = 0$ and
\begin{equation} \label{u(0,y)}
   \eta({\rm i} y) = u(0,y) = \int\limits_{0}^{\infty} G(t) \cos(yt) {\rm d} t.
\end{equation}

{\bf Theorem 1}: The function $u(0,y)$ in ({\ref{u(0,y)}) has only simple zeros, any stationary point $y_m$, where $u_y(0,y_m)=0$, makes $u(0,y_m)$ as a positive local maxima or negative local minima.

Proof: This work is based on a Hardy's result~[6] that $u(0,y)$ has infinite zeros lying on the critical line $x=0$. Since at a very early time Riemann and Siegel~[7] obtained the first few zeros of the zeta function till now, over many trillion zeros have been found already on the critical line.  From the calculation methods used by van de Lune, te Riele and Winter [8],
and Odlyzko [9], we know all found zeros so far are simple. Thus, we only need to prove the zeros lying on the large $y$ region are simple.

We change the integrant $yt$ by $t$ in (\ref{u(0,y)}), and make an integration by parts, and take the integral in a set of sub-intervals in which the function $\sin(t)$  does not change sign, and then apply the first mean value theorem to each integral,
\begin{eqnarray} \label{G_y}
        u(0,y) &=& - \frac{\ 1\ }{y^2} \int\limits_{0}^{\infty} G'\Big(\frac{t}{y}\Big) \sin(t) {\rm d} t
               \ =\ - \frac{\ 1\ }{y^2} \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}
                         \int\limits_{k\pi}^{(k+1)\pi} \!\!\! G'\Big(\frac{t}{y}\Big) \sin(t) {\rm d} t
  \nonumber\\[1mm]
 &= & -\frac{\ 1\ }{y^2} \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty} G'\Big(\frac{\theta_{k+0.5}}{y}\Big) \!\! \int\limits_{k\pi}^{(k+1)\pi}\!\! \sin(t) {\rm d} t
    \ =\ -\frac{\ 2\ }{y^2} \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}(-1)^k  G'\Big(\frac{\theta_{k+0.5}}{y}\Big)
        \nonumber\\[1mm]
            &= & -\frac{\ 2\ }{y^2} \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}
                \Bigg[ G'\Big(\frac{\theta_{2k+0.5}}{y}\Big) - G'\Big(\frac{\theta_{2k+1.5}}{y}\Big) \Bigg],
\end{eqnarray}
where, $2k\pi < \theta_{2k+0.5} < (2k+1)\pi$, etc.. We denote
\begin{equation} \label{py_qy}
        p(y) =  -\frac{\ 2\ }{y^2} \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty} G'\Big(\frac{\theta_{2k+0.5}}{y}\Big), \hspace{5mm}
        q(y) =  -\frac{\ 2\ }{y^2} \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty} G'\Big(\frac{\theta_{2k+1.5}}{y}\Big).
\end{equation}
Since $G'(t) < 0$, then both $p(y) > 0$ and $q(y) > 0$, and neither $p(y) $ nor $q(y)$ has a zero. The curve plots of two functions are shown in Figure~2.
\input {./fig_02.tex}

The summations in both two functions can be seen as the Riemann sums of $G'(t)$ in a partition with bigger sub-intervals $\{ 0, 2\pi/y, 4\pi/y, \cdots \}$.
Since $G'(t)$ is continuous and non-oscillated, any choices of the sample points $t_{k}$ in the sub-intervals  $[2k\pi/y,\; (2k+2)\pi/y]$ are allowed. Thus, when $y$ becomes large,
\begin{eqnarray} \label{p(y)}
        p(y)  &=& - \frac{1}{\pi y} \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty} G'\Big(\frac{\theta_{2k+0.5}}{y}\Big) \frac{2\pi}{y}
         \to \ -\frac{\ 1\ }{\pi y} \int\limits_{0}^{\infty} G'(t) {\rm d} t =
          \frac{1}{\pi y} G(0),
           \nonumber\\[2mm]
        p'(y) &= & -\frac{\ 1\ }{ y} p(y) + {\mathcal O} \Big( \frac{p(y)}{y^2} \Big) < 0.
\end{eqnarray}
The function $q(y)$ also has the same properties. Thus, for large $y$, both $p(y)$ and $q(y)$ are monotonically decreasing functions. If $y=y_0$ is a zero of $u(0,y)$,  the two curves $p(y)$ and $q(y)$ intersect at the point $y_0$, and
\begin{equation} \label{p-q}
           u(0,y_0) = p(y_0) - q(y_0) = 0.
\end{equation}
Since $p(y)$ and $q(y)$ are monotonic, for a small number $\delta > 0$ there are
\begin{eqnarray}
            p(y_0) &=& \frac{1}{2} \Big[ p(y_0 - \delta) + p(y_0 + \delta) \Big] + {\mathcal O}(p''(y_0)\delta^2 ),
            \nonumber \\[2mm]
            q(y_0) &=& \frac{1}{2} \Big[ q(y_0 - \delta) + q(y_0 + \delta) \Big] + {\mathcal O}(q''(y_0)\delta^2).
\end{eqnarray}
Substituting these two equations into (\ref{p-q}), we have
\begin{equation}
            u(0,y_0 -\delta) + u(0,y_0 + \delta) + {\mathcal O}(u''(y_0)\delta^2 )  = 0.
\end{equation}
Due to the arbitrary of $\delta$, we are certain that  $u(y_0 - \delta) \not= 0$, otherwise $p(y)$ and $q(y)$ will overlap. Once again for the arbitrary of $\delta$, if $u(0,y_0 -\delta) >0$, then $u(0,y_0+\delta)  < 0$, or vice versa. Therefore, $y_0$ is not the zero of an even order of $u(0,y)$.

Further, we do more derivative calculations on the function $y^2p(y)$ and obtain
\begin{equation}
    y^2 p''(y) + 6yp'(y) + 6p(y) = - \frac{\ 2\ }{y^2}
        \sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty} G'''\Big(\frac{\theta_{2k+0.5}}{y}\Big)  \frac{\theta^2_{2k+0.5}}{y^2} =: A(y),
\end{equation}
where, since $G'''(t)t^2$ is also continuous and non-oscillated, when $y$ becomes large,
\begin{equation}
        A(y)\ \to \ -\frac{\ 1\ }{\pi y} \int\limits_0^{\infty} G'''(t) t^2 {\rm d} t = \frac{\ 2\ }{\pi y} G(0).
\end{equation}
Thus, $A(y) = 2p(y) + {\mathcal O} (p(y) / y)$, and $p(y)$ satisfies the differential equation
\begin{equation}
         p''(y) + \frac{\ 6\ }{y} p'(y) +\frac{\ 4\ }{y^2} p(y) = {\mathcal O} \Big( \frac{p(y)}{y^3} \Big).
\end{equation}
Similarly, we can obtain the same equation for $q(y)$, and  also for $f(y) = p(y)- q(y)$,
\begin{equation} \label{yf''(y)}
         f''(y) + \frac{\ 6\ }{y} f'(y) +\frac{\ 4\ }{y^2} f(y) = {\mathcal O} \Big( \frac{f(y)}{y^3} \Big).
\end{equation}
Then, in the neighbourhood of $|y-y_0| <\delta$ where $f(y) \approx 0$, if $f''(y)$ changes sign, so does $f'(y)$. This means that $y_0$ is not a zero of third or higher odd order of $f(y) = u(0, y)$.

Therefore, all zeros of $u(0,y)$ are simple. According to Rolle's theorem,  there is at least a $y_m$ between every two zeros to make $u_y(0,y_m) = 0$.  By (\ref{yf''(y)}), if $u(0,y_m) = f(y_m) > 0$, then $f''(y_m) < 0$, it is a positive local maximum; otherwise if $u(0,y_m) < 0$, it is a negative local minimum. Thus, the count of stationary point $y_m$ between two zeros is 1. $\square$

A Remark: The fact that $u(0,y)$ is governed by a second-order differential equation (\ref{yf''(y)}) is a special case in [10], in which a board of functions of this type have been proved to have only simple zeros.

{\bf Theorem 2}: For any given $y$, there exists an $\varepsilon > 0$ such that in the two neighbourhoods of the critical line $0 < |x| < \varepsilon$, the function $\eta(z)$ has no zero.

Proof: From (\ref{u+iv}), $v(0,y) = 0$, and $v(x,y)$ is an odd function of $x$, i.e., $v(-x, y) = -v(x,y)$. Thus, for any $(x,y)$, if $v_x(0,y) \not= 0$, there exists a $\varepsilon_1 >0$, when $0<|x|< \varepsilon_1$, we have $v(x,y) = v_x(0,y)x + {\mathcal O}(x^2) \not= 0$.

If $(x,y)$ is close to a point $(0,y_m)$ where $v_x(0,y_m) = 0$, from the Cauchy-Riemann equation,
\begin{equation}
    \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} = - \frac{\partial v}{\partial x},
\end{equation}
$u_y(0,y_m) = -v_x(0,y_m) = 0$. From Theorem 1, the curve $u(0,y)$ gets a local max/min value at point $(0,y_m)$ such that $u(0,y_m) \not = 0$. Since $u(x,y)$ is continuous, there exists a $\varepsilon_2 > 0$, when $\sqrt{x^2+ (y-y_m)^2} <\varepsilon_2$, we have $u(x,y) \not= 0$.

Thus, for any $z = x+ {\rm i} y$, assuming $z_m = 0+{\rm i}y_m$ being its closest point where $v_x(0,y_m) = 0$, we take $\varepsilon = \max(\varepsilon_1, \varepsilon_2)$, when $0 < |x| < \varepsilon$, $u(x,y)$ and $v(x,y)$ cannot be 0 at the same time. Therefore, $\eta(z) \not= 0$.  $\square$

{\bf Theorem 3}: The function $\eta(z)$ has no zero in the region $|x| > 0$.

Proof: Due to the symmetry of the function $\eta(z)$, we will consider only the half-plane $x>0$. From Theorem 2, there is an $\varepsilon$ domain $\omega = \{(x,y) : 0<x<\varepsilon \} $, depending on whether $v_x(0,y) < 0$ or $v_x(0,y) > 0$, $\omega$ can be divided into several sub-domains $\omega_k, (k = 0 , \pm 1, \pm 2, \cdots)$, in which if $v(x,y) < 0$ in $\omega_k$, then  $v(x,y) > 0$ in $\omega_{k+1}$, i.e.,
\begin{equation}
\omega_k =  \{(x,y) : 0<x<\varepsilon, \ (-1)^k v(x,y) >0 \}.
\end{equation}
The boundary between $\omega_k$ and $\omega_{k+1}$ is a curve $y = \varphi_k(x)$, in which $v(x, \varphi_k(x)) = 0$.
Since $v(x,y)$ is analytic (continuous and differentiable) in $x>0$, we extend every sub-domain $\omega_k$ to fill the whole half-plane,
\begin{equation}
        \Omega_k =  \{(x,y) : x > 0, \ (-1)^k v(x,y) >0 \}.
\end{equation}
The boundary of $\Omega_k$ and $\Omega_{k+1}$ is still denoted by $y = \varphi_k(x)$, in which $v(x, \varphi_k(x)) = 0$.

\input {./fig_03.tex}

We first assume all curves $y = \varphi_k(x)$ will neither join nor bifurcate in the half-plane $x>0$. A general scenario can be expressed by Figure~3. In the sub-domain $\Omega_{2k}$,  $v(x,y) > 0$. Thus, on the left boundary $x=0$, there is $-u_y = v_x > 0$, and $u(0,y)$ reaches a minimum $u_{\rm min} < 0$ at the corner of $\Omega_{2k}$ and $\Omega_{2k+1}$, which is the starting point of the curve $y = \varphi_{2k}(x)$. Denote two directional vectors along and perpendicular to the curve by
\begin{equation}
       {\bf e}_1 = \big(1,\ \varphi_{2k}'(x)\big), \hspace{5mm}  {\bf e}_2 = \big(-\varphi_{2k}'(x), \ 1\big).
\end{equation}
Since $v(x,y) < 0$ in the next sub-domain $\Omega_{2k+1}$, using the Cauchy-Riemann equation,
\begin{eqnarray}
        0 > \nabla v \cdot {\bf e}_2 &=& \Big( \frac{\partial v} {\partial x},\ \frac{\partial v} {\partial y} \Big) \cdot \big(-\varphi_{2k}'(x),\ 1\big)
        = -\varphi_{2k}'(x) \frac{\partial v} {\partial x} + \frac{\partial v} {\partial y}
        \nonumber\\[2mm]
        &=&\varphi_{2k}'(x) \frac{\partial u} {\partial y} + \frac{\partial u} {\partial x}
         = \nabla u \cdot {\bf e}_1,
\end{eqnarray}
Thus, along the curve, $u(x, \varphi_{2k}(x)) < u_{\rm min} < 0$. In the same way, it can be proved that along the next curve, $u(x, \varphi_{2k+1}(x)) > u_{\rm max} > 0$.

\input {./fig_04.tex}

As a conclusion, for any $z = x + {\rm i} y$ where $x > 0$,  if $(x,y)$ is in one of $\Omega_{k}$, there be $v(x,y)\not= 0$, otherwise, $(x,y)$ must be on a curve $y = \varphi_k(x)$ where $u(x, y) \not=0$. Thus,  $\eta(z) \not=0$.

Now assume two curves, say $y = \varphi_{2k}(x)$ and $y = \varphi_{2k+1}(x)$, join at a point $P$, as shown in Figure~4. From the previous work we know along the curve $y = \varphi_{2k}(x)$, $u(x,y) < u_{\rm min} < 0$; and
along the curve $y = \varphi_{2k+1}(x)$, $u(x,y) > u_{\rm max} > 0$. Thus, the joining point $P$ becomes a singular point of $u(x,y)$. This contradicts $\eta(z)$ being analytic. Thus, any two curves will not join.

\input {./fig_05.tex}

At last, we assume one curve, say $y = \varphi_{2k}(x)$, bifurcates at a point  $P$ and generates a new curve $y = \hat{\varphi}_{2k}(x)$, and two new sub-domains  in which $v(x,y)$ takes different signs in values, as shown in Figure~5. Since
\begin{equation}
        v(x,y) = \int\limits_0^{\infty} G(t) \sinh(xt) \sin(yt) {\rm d} t,
\end{equation}
when $(x,y)\in \Omega_{2k}$, $v(x,y)>0$, and when $x \to \infty$, $v(x,y) \to \infty$. Thus, in a neighbourhood of the point $P$, in the $\Omega_{2k}$ side of the new curve $y = \hat{\varphi}_{2k}(x)$, there is
\begin{equation}
         \nabla v \cdot {\bf e}_1 > 0.
\end{equation}
But across the new curve $y = \hat{\varphi}_{2k}(x)$, $v(x,y) < 0$, then $\nabla v \cdot {\bf e}_1 < 0$ on the curve and on the other side. This means  the function $v(x,y)$ is singular in the curve $y = \hat{\varphi}_{2k}(x)$, which contradicts $\eta(z)$ being analytic. Thus, $y = \varphi_{2k}(x)$ cannot bifurcate. $\square$

Thereby, the Riemann hypothesis is proved!

\vspace{4mm}

{\bf Acknowledgement}: The author would like to thank his colleague XUE Jian at CCB Fintech for his helpful validation to this paper.

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Capitalism in Nigeria, and a call for unity of the proletariat!
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Statistically, 1 in 5 Nigerian children will die before the age of five. The bulk of this mortality rate can be attributed to preventable illness—tetanus, malaria, nutritional deficiencies [1]. One of the leading causes of death in Nigeria is diarrheal disease [2], which is unsurprising considering 30% of people have no access to clean drinking water, and over 70% are subject to inadequate sanitation conditions [3]. Yet, it feels strange to say this country has poor infrastructure, seeing as it currently has over 150 oil fields and over 1400 active oil wells [4]. In fact, Nigeria is the largest crude oil producer in Africa, and in 2010, Nigeria was the fourth largest petroleum supplier to the United States [5].
The petroleum industry in Nigeria provides 65% of the Nigerian federal budget, and the industry is the source of 95% of Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings. The top four petroleum extractors in Nigeria are Exxon Mobile (American), Chevron (American), Statoil (Norwegian), and Shell (Dutch). Other significant extractors include Addax Petroleum and Nexen Inc, both Chinese companies [4].
While the most significant companies are actually American (US) or European, they do not abide by the environmental standards typical to those regions. For example, 80% of all wastewater coming from Nigerian industrial facilities receives no form of treatment whatsoever [5], and while 4m litres of oil are spilled annually in the United States (note: the US has surpassed Nigeria in gas and oil extraction), 40m litres are spilled in just the Niger Delta region of Nigeria annually [6].
Spills in the Niger Delta have gone unaddressed for decades (e.g. plans for clean up have been highly politicized, resulting in delays and inaction). The extent of spills and the lack of clean-up has led to severe soil and water contamination within the area. Life expectancy in the Niger Delta is 10 years below the national average, with national Nigerian life expectancy already being one of the lowest globally. Further, a high proportion of those residing in the Niger Delta rely on fishing and farming for work, so contamination has led to widespread unemployment and hunger—you can't grow plants in polluted soil and fish can't live in polluted waters. As noted in The Guardian, "multinational oil companies operate to severe double standards. While efforts are made to clean up spills in the US, Scotland or Norway, oil is left to flow unabated in Nigeria." [6] It's interesting that this article specifically cites the US and Norway, seeing as, of the top three petroleum companies in Nigeria, two are American and the other is Norwegian. Beyond contamination leading to hunger and loss of work, people who live in oil-rich regions are often forced from their homes for these profiting companies:
"A new report, The Human Cost of a Megacity: Forced Evictions of the Urban Poor in Lagos, details repeated forced evictions of the Otodo-Gbame and Ilubirin communities [in Nigeria] carried out since March 2016 without any consultation, adequate notice, compensation or alternative housing being offered to those affected. Some evictees drowned as they fled police gunfire, while at least one was shot dead." [7]
Was Nigeria always this way?
The country known today as Nigeria was once divided into several different regions. Before contact with imperialist Europeans, the communal people of these regions had their own economic systems, where we the people provided the labor needed to feed one another, without the need for profiting capitalists at the very top. Families would rely on the food they grew or the fish they caught, and we maintained the farmlands and the waterways, as we understood that the sustainability of these resources was fundamental to life. We could organize our societies free from the influence of commercialism, giving us an easy connection to the products of our labor. Without oil industries poisoning the land, our bushes were green and our waters were abundant with fish.
There are at least 250 different documented ethnic groups and tribes in Nigeria today, reminding us of the various cultural communal regions that once existed here. We existed in relative peace with one another and with the ecosystem:
"Separate villages had differences in customs and culture, although there were similarities as well. Within a specific Igbo community government was often similar to democracy. […] Leadership was not hereditary. High ranking men who held titles were not considered kings but rather helped run assemblies. Although these men presided over assemblies, everyone had a chance to speak and offer an opinion. […] Igbo communities traded with each other although the economy was primarily based off of subsistence farming of crops such as yams. […] Hard work was valued so even the wealthiest participated in farming. […] All of this would change with the arrival of British colonizers and Christian missionaries." [8]
The changes that brought on the Nigeria we know today were instigated by the British industrial revolution, an event that would ultimately poison every aspect of human society, regardless of geographic location. Capitalism was on a destructive mission to conquer and colonize, and us Nigerian people were not to be excluded from such damaging goals. We were indoctrinated into the world capitalist orbit, and the corruption, injustices, and constant social disorder it brought on…these problems continue to weigh heavily on us today.
A Brief History: colonialism, oil, and civil war.
Petroleum production has actually been declining in Nigeria; nonetheless, Nigeria has been a major (typically, top 10) exporter of gas and oil since the 1970s [9]. With petroleum being such a lucrative industry, it may be hard to understand why the country of Nigeria has the highest population of people in extreme poverty—86.9 million (June 2018). To clarify, Nigeria has the highest population of people in extreme poverty, not merely the highestest proportional population. For comparison, India has the second largest population of people in extreme poverty—71.5 million. Yet the overall population of Nigeria at this time (2018) was less than 200 million, while India's population exceeded 1.3 billion. Proportionally, 46.7% of people in Nigeria lived in extreme poverty in 2018 [10]. Also in 2018, Nigeria's oil revenue hit $26 billion in only seven months [11]! What is going on here?
Much of this extreme inequality comes down to rampant corruption within the Nigerian government, a government established after a multitude of military coups and an all-out civil war beginning in the late 1960s. Which, to anyone familiar with US foreign policy and the concept of shock capitalism (see The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein) and the long historical relationship between the US government and foreign military coups, this may be setting off some alarm bells. Does this corruption have anything to do with US-style intervention? Well, in 2012, the Journal of American History (Vol. 99, Issue 1, Pages 155-165) published a piece on the Nigerian Civil War, noting the role of US involvement:
"New evidence reveals that a tax battle waged by U.S. oil companies contributed to the regional and ethnic tensions leading to the outbreak of war. In the prewar oil boom period in Nigeria, U.S. independent oil companies undertook intensive lobbying and propaganda campaigns to convince Nigerians that newly imposed Libyan-style tax laws would force them out of business. In turn, they argued, the regions where they operated, as well as the ethnic groups inhabiting them, would be relegated to perpetual poverty. This campaign thus exacerbated ethnic tensions, falsely heightening the stakes over which the war was to be fought." [12]
Beyond this, we know from declassified documents that British military forces took interest in the civil war for similar reasons: "our direct interests are trade and investment, including an important stake by Shell/BP in the eastern Region." Further, Commonwealth Minister George Thomas wrote in August 1967,
"The sole immediate British interest in Nigeria is that the Nigerian economy should be brought back to a condition in which our substantial trade and investment in the country can be further developed, and particularly so we can regain access to important oil installations." [13]
Shock capitalism is when companies use "shock" events to push through neoconservative policies or governance that would not normally ever be agreed upon democratically. The lack of political stability during a civil war provided the environment needed to push through a corrupt, highly militant government—particularly, one that would benefit Western oil companies. This needs to be made clear: Western commercial industry, as well as Western military forces, are why the current Nigerian government is corrupt in a way that benefits US and European industry. Under our current capitalist system, regions like this need to exist, making it all the more inappropriate that capitalists frame philanthropy and foreign aid (e.g. more intervention) as the only viable solution to extreme poverty in Africa.
National Debt and Foreign Aid
Like many countries in the global south, Nigeria is a country being kept in a state of under-development because it benefits global oligarchs, be they American, European, Russian, Chinese, or even Nigerian. Capitalism requires foreign resource and labor extraction (e.g. outward expansion). This requires dependent nation-states, which requires such nation-states lack an independent system of production, so that they must rely on foreign countries. This is often justified further with claims of owing a debt, that is, these nation-states are said to "owe" foreign powers for colonial development and the continued relationship of forced dependence. Typically, paying this "debt" is an insurmountable task, thanks to privatization, deregulation, concessions, etc. From the start, the debt was never meant to be paid off, as is typical of debt in general (see Debt by David Gaeber, as well as the eloquent critique of Graber's approach in Jacobin by Mike Beggs, or the classic analysis of capitalist economy, Capital by Karl Marx). Rather, debt is an excuse for continued exploitation of labor and resources, effectively enslaving residents of the nation-state into a type of perpetual indentured servitude.
If capital needs you for labor, they need you alive. If automation or another region provides that labor, they don't. In the case of Nigeria, exploitation primarily boils down to environmental resource-extraction. It is therefore unsurprising that we see such high rates of mortality here. It's also worth emphasizing that without socialist reconstruction of Nigeria, poverty, unemployment, and a high death toll will persist.
Considering the failure to adequately distribute resources under a capitalist economic system, socialism is the only truly viable solution here. For our Nigerian masses we need to go beyond fiscal federalism, or the ethnic nationalities' restructuring agenda driven by acquisitive interests of capitalism (that is, creating new territories of capitalist exploitation). Socialism has the potential to restructure our material existence. What to restructure, if we have a proper understanding of Ernesto Che Guevara and Cabral's contributions to Humanity, is our ideological and material relations between the few exploiters and the majority exploited—the haves and the have-not!
If socialism is to replace our cruel capitalist system, we need a mass movement. We need the mass mobilization and organization of all suffering people. We need to spread class consciousness and socialist ideas. We cannot rest idly and expect change.
Thus, we assert, wherever we are, we need to prioritize fighting injustice. We need to remain wary of false liberal solutions that seek only to prolong the viability of capitalism. This requires unity and organisation of the exploited social classes. The more Nigeria and other African nation-states embrace prescriptions of capitalism, the more we can expect economic insecurity, as well as ethnic and religious divisiveness.
The present challenge is to arouse the consciousness of the masses, of the exploited people. We need to convey the harms of capitalism, and the alternative of socialism. That is, our primary goal must be to teach the working people and the poor masses the connection between their material conditions and the economic system (capitalism) dictating our social and political systems. Ideological posturing is not enough here, we need organization and concrete goals.
In regards to our goal of education, we need to connect the material realities people experience to the political. We, the proletariat of Nigeria—working people, unemployed, students and youth, academics, women, traders, farmers, professionals, etc.—we must unite against this oppressive and anti-nature system. Beyond this, we must have solidarity with the other working classes of the world—workers of the world, unite!
Unite4Action-Nigeria
Today, our environment has been destroyed from crude oil exploration. We can no longer farm or fish, and we are blocked access to the wealth capitalists "earn" from these crude oil sales that are ultimately destroying our previous ways of life. Our ecosystem in the Niger delta has been destroyed, we are dying from cancerous diseases, and the oppressive nature of this system silences us from speaking out against it. Our hope is that through Unite4Action, we can be given a platform to speak out against the harsh oppression we face. Only through solidarity with one another and fellow workers of the world, can we change this unfair system allowing the very few with extreme wealth to dictate production and distribution. While capitalism is destroying conditions all over the world, conditions are exceptionally dire in Nigeria, as we outlined at the start of this article (e.g. ecological destruction, mass hunger and disease, violent authorities forcing families from their homes, extreme poverty). In Nigeria, our goal is to spread community support for democratic socialist ideas. If you are interested in this initiative, (1) you can support Unite4Action-Nigeria by helping us purchase organizing materials, (2) if you're in Nigeria and would like to aid with on-the-ground organizing, email contact@unite4action.org, (3) email or comment suggestions/proposals for organizing—we're in the early stages of building Unite4Action, and we'd love to have more teams involved.
Beyond this initiative by Unite4Action-Nigeria, we're interested in pushing for socialism in other ways. To contact us about getting involved with Unite4Action (note, we're open to new ideas!), or to access links to other socialist organizations, see our page LINKS AND MORE, for international political parties like Socialist Resurgence. Solidarity forever, comrades!
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Global Working Class Unity!
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With the global mobilization of the working classes of the world we see growing evidence of global class consciousness. The persistent, yet hidden truth is that the foundation of our societies is built on working class labor. As global class agitation rises and mass organization demands that the workers of the world replace these oppressive and exploitative rulers, it becomes increasingly clear that we need global systemic changes. The old system must be uprooted and replaced with international socialism.
Throughout various periods of history, the proletariat workers have had opportunity to unite and overthrow their oppressive regimes. Yet their attempts were thwarted by docile workers willing to bargain with the ruling classes. These class traitors typically sympathized with their oppressors due to a variety of underhanded attempts by the ruling classes to confuse the workers class interest with their own, primarily through isolation, disorientation, and misdirection. This is often accomplished by increasing the availability of aesthetical aspects of bourgeois life, pushing a false media narrative, and eliminating channels of communication between comrades. For example, the archetypal white American suburb of the 1950s physically and ideologically seperated this so-called "middle class" from other workers. They could view themselves as homeowners, fundamentally different from urban renters. Homeowning pushed them to sympathize with the capital-owning classes, as they were encouraged to conflate personal property with private property (the means of production). Another example is fascistic ideaology that confuses ruling class antagonism with some ethnic, racial, or gender identity. The rulers with their monopoly on the means of production and their growing profits extracted from slavery, wage labor, and manufactured scarcity…this is not the problem, says fascism, it is "the Jews" or "the gypsies"—the mysterious other. Such a misdirection requires social isolation from this other, and a false understanding of one's own class position.
The oppressors maintain control over the means of production, and subsequently our choices, tastes, and culture. They own and/or control all legitimate sources of news, media, and communication, allowing them to frame degrading material conditions as the fault of an other, and improving material conditions as the result of their own generosity and competence. They mute class consciousness, yet their efforts are losing effectiveness. The global proletariat have an opportunity to evolve this exploitative system if we can ward off false consciousness. With the threat of growing environmental disaster, this becomes increasingly crucial that we spread class consciousness and unite with our fellow proletariat comrades from all over the world. We cannot let ignorance pull workers towards becoming self-destructive class traitors, who protect the ruling capitalist class due to a false understanding of class and their own class position.
Under our current global economic system, ecological collapse is inevitable. The future well-being of humanity and our environment requires change through class consiousness. It require active organization. It requires these things on a global-scale. With that, I assert with urgency, workers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose, but your chains.
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Talented, diverse field of 104 drivers on the inaugural Open-Wheels 500 entry list
Tanner Watkins
Open-Wheels 500 Mile Race News / Open-Wheels 500 Press Releases / Sim Racing
Open-Wheels Staff
October 28, 2019 | 1:00 PM
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When practice for the inaugural Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race presented by Mitchell Transmissions opens this Sunday, a remarkable 104 drivers will begin their quest for one of the 33 spots in the November 17 race.
As a result of tremendous support in the iRacing Indy car community, the field of drivers on this year's entry list represent one of the deepest fields in the simulation's history of 500-mile races at Indianapolis, featuring former winners and champions, real-life professionals, sim racing professionals, and one particular driver emerging from sim racing retirement in an attempt to further establish his hall of fame career.
"It is with great pleasure that we formally release the list of competitors that will take part in our inaugural Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race this fall," said Tanner Watkins, the owner and editor of Open-Wheels.com and the president of the Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race presented by Mitchell Transmissions.
"I have been thoroughly overwhelmed by the support of the sim racing community for our 500 Mile Race, bringing together perhaps the most accomplished group of drivers to take part in an iRacing one-off event. With 104 drivers fighting for one of those coveted spots in the field of 33, the excitement level will remain at a fever pitch from Opening Day on through to race day."
This year's Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race field features 10 drivers with wins in the iRacing Indianapolis 500's top split – for a total of 13 victories between them. This includes multi-race winners Christopher Demeritt, Tim Doyle, and Brandon Traino, who are additionally "Premier" race winners in the iRacing Indianapolis 500 – the traditional Saturday afternoon race broadcast live by RaceSpot TV.
A total of 45 drivers on the entry list have starting experience in the iRacing Indianapolis 500's top split, with a cumulative 262 top split iRacing Indy 500 starts among them. Furthermore, 35 of those drivers have starts in the featured broadcast race, one of the premier events on iRacing annually.
Six of the ten "feature" race winners in the iRacing Indianapolis 500's history are on this year's entry list: Joshua Chin, Demeritt, Doyle, Matt Pawelski, Traino, and most surprisingly, Yang Ou.
Ou, perhaps the most accomplished sim racer in iRacing's Indy car history, will participate in this year's Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race after a five-year hiatus from the simulation. The Scandinavian Club racer won the iRacing Indianapolis 500 in 2012 and is a three-time overall polesitter for the event – capturing the quickest qualifying time in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Yang Ou will return to iRacing competition for the first time since 2014. (iRacing)
All of Ou's success in the iRacing Indy car ranks came as a driver in the elder Dallara IR-05 chassis – which is now two generations removed from the current Dallara IR-18 kit being used on the simulation. Ou's attempt to make the 2019 Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race will be his first foray into competitive Indy car racing without the Dallara IR-05 as he will pilot an IR-18 for his traditional team, Snake Pit.
Just to list a few, here are some of Ou's notable accomplishments:
2011 iRacing IZOD IndyCar Premier Series champion
2012 ISOWC Indianapolis 500 winner
2013 iRacing Pocono 400 winner
Runner-up in the 2011 iRacing Indianapolis 500
Holds a winning percentage of over 58% in all iRacing official series starts
Single-lap qualifications record-holder at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a Dallara IR-05 chassis, posting a lap fo 230.332mph on iRacing's version of the track.
The list of intriguing entries doesn't end with Ou, though, as this year's Open-Wheels 500 will also feature a pair of real-life racers coming off championships in their respective open-wheel disciplines.
2019 U.S. Formula 2000 champion (and Team USA Scholarship driver) Braden Eves will pilot a Dallara DW-12 entry for this year's race, running independently. Additionally, Flinn Lazier will take part in the November festivities, driving a Dallara IR-18 for Last Lap Motorsports after winning the SCCA Formula Atlantic title recently.
Lazier, 20, is the son of 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier, and has been a regular competitor in the MYLAPS Indy Elite Series during their fall 2019 championship. The Colorado native picked up a runner-up result during the series' trip to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca back in September.
Flinn Lazier (left) is the son of former Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier (right).
Also of note, IndyCar Radio pit reporter Ryan Myrehn will take part in this year's race, piloting the IndyCar Radio/Sportscar365.com/RyanMyrehn.com Dallara DW-12 in hopes of making the field of 33. Myrehn's broadcasting career includes roles in the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400, and the 24 Hours of Spa, while also hosting a podcast via Sportscar365.com.
For some more interesting stats on this year's Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race field, check out this list below:
93 drivers will attempt to qualify for the race in the Dallara IR-18 chassis, with nine drivers piloting the Dallara DW-12, and two entrants in the older Dallara IR-05 chassis.
70 drivers on the entry list hail from the United States, while 34 drivers will compete at Indianapolis by way of various iRacing international clubs – including Brazil, Canada, Iberia, Europe, UK & Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia, South America, and Germany.
Four of the seven all-time iRacing Indianapolis 500 overall pole winners are on the entry list: the previously-mentioned Ou and Traino, as well as Rick Music and Marco Aurelio Brasil.
Across the 30 drivers on the entry list who have led a lap in the iRacing Indianapolis 500's top spit races, a total of 2,529 laps led are represented. That means drivers on the 2019 Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race entry list account for nearly 47% of all laps led in the top split history of the iRacing Indianapolis 500.
Dating back to the start of 2017, each iRacing IndyCar Series champion (road and oval combined discipline) is on the entry list for this year's Open-Wheels 500: Henry Bennett, Adam Blocker, Michele Costantini, and Austin Espitee. The current series points leader, John Downing, is also on the entry list.
59 rookies (drivers without top split iRacing Indianapolis 500 experience) are on the entry list, and 23 drivers will attempt to qualify for the race as "independent" drivers – competitors running without an announced team alliance.
The 2019 Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race will begin official on-track festivities this weekend with Opening Day on Sunday, November 3. Practice will begin at 3:00 PM Eastern, with the first airing of Today at the 500 presented by Thru Kaiser's Visor going live at 8:00 PM Eastern.
Qualifications Weekend presented by AG Trucking will be held on Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, where the $100 Pit Lane Parley Pole Award will be awarded and the field of 33 will be determined. RaceSpot TV will feature final-hour coverage of each day of qualifications, starting at 5:00 PM Eastern.
Finally, the inaugural Open-Wheels.com 500 Mile Race will be held on Sunday, November 17. A special two-hour edition of Today at the 500 presented by Thru Kaiser's Visor will set the pre-race scene from 9:00 to 11:00 AM Eastern before RaceSpot TV goes live with their worldwide broadcast at 11:15 AM Eastern. The green flag for the race is scheduled for 11:45 AM Eastern.
Stay tuned to Open-Wheels.com throughout the event for continued coverage of all things Open-Wheels 500. It is sure to be an exciting month of November!
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Bengali film 'One Liner' announced in Kolkata by director duo Tanmoy Paul, KalyanDeep Bardhan
By Calcutta Tube Team / April 25, 2012
Kolkata, Apr 25 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS): Directors Tanmoy Paul and Kalyan Deep Bardhan announced their upcoming Bengali film "One Liner" here on Tuesday.
Tanmoy said: "The movie will showcase the struggle that people face in the film industry at the beginning of their career and how they cope up with the situation."
The film stars Sreelekha Mitra, Rudranil Ghosh, Rajesh, Vikash Grover, Dwijen Bannerjee, Shubhomoy Chatterjee, Anindya Banerjee and Kaushik Chakraborty.
Speaking about her character, Sreelekha said: "I am playing Shrimoyee who is a house wife. She is apparently happy with her husband but somewhere there is a gap that needs to be fulfilled."
"During school and college she was quite famous for dance but nothing big happened in her career. Then someday she gets an opportunity to act. Whether she will utilize the opportunity in a right manner or not that will be unfolded in the movie," she said.
Rajesh who was last seen in 'System' said: "I am portraying the character of a simple boy who dreams of becoming an actor. He lands up in the city to turn his dream into reality."
When asked to Rajesh if he found any similarity with the character and his real life struggle, he said: "Even I came from small town Asansol to become an actor and I too faced problems at the start of my career. So, somewhere I can connect with the role. "
There are six songs in the film by Anupam, Sidhu, Rupam and Anwesha.
The shooting of the movie will kick off from Apr 27 across various locations in Kolkata.
(Reporting by Tania Roy)
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Fladgate has acted for a borrower group of companies who were collectively advised by Ziser Group in connection with a loan facility from Lloyds Bank for £45m. The security involved four different properties in London, each of which was controlled by a different company. The released funds will be used by the group for further acquisitions as well as to pay off current corporate debt.
Ziser Group is an international investment group specialising in London real estate, which was founded over 30 years ago.
The Fladgate team was led by real estate partner Gideon Dabby-Joory, assisted by real estate partner Jenny Sargeant, real estate associates Roland Brandman, Amanda Hado-Bodfield and Siobhan Doherty, banking partners Luke Morris and Gary Smith, banking associate Daniel Whebell, construction associate Hollie Docherty and planning associate Miles Crawford.