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American Air Museum in Britain
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May 1944 - Col. Donald Blakeslee' P-51B Mustang, WD-C, Serial No. 42-106726.
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Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. One-time personal aircraft of Col. Donald Blakeslee, CO of the 4th Fighter Group.
8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ...
4th Fighter Group
Some of the pilots of the 4th Fighter Group had seen many hours of combat by the time they joined the 4th Fighter Group as they had volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The three 'Eagle Squadrons' of RAF Fighter...
335th Fighter Squadron
The 335th Fighter Squadron was the offspring of No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron RAF. Formed on 21 May 1941, No. 121 was the second of the three Eagle Squadrons composed of American volunteers flying out of England. They were known as the "Chiefs" and were...
Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)
The Headquarters Squadron was made up of true leaders. Most had flown Hurricanes, Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Mustangs. ...
Donald Blakeslee
Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot, Commanding Officer | 4th Fighter Group
Don Blakeslee was born on 11 September 1917 in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. As a boy, he became captivated with planes while watching the Cleveland National Air Races held only 30 miles away from his home at 529 7th St, Fairport Harbor, Ohio. In 1938,...
Robert Tyler
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Peter Wickham
Military | Wing Commander | Pilot / Wing Commander
Wing Commander RAF, on DS (Detached Service) with the 4th from #2 TEU (Tactical Exercise Unit) where he was Chief Flying Instructor. 9 x missions [4FG]. ...
Debden
Military site : airfield
RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...
Crashed Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 22 October 1944
Landing accident Debden/Sta 356 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Robert N Tyler, 22-Oct-44.
335FS 4FG 8AF.
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Squadron code WD-C, WD-S, WD-W.
12 March 2016 17:53:28 Al_Skiff Changes to production block number, manufacturer, markings, description, events, unit associations and person associations
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Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.
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Angela Crawley
MP for Lanark and Hamilton East
About Lanark and Hamilton East
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Hamilton Covid-19 Business Survey
8th December 2020 8th December 2020 by Josh Wilson
Angela Crawley MP and Christina McKelvie MSP have this week launched the Hamilton Covid-19 business survey.
The survey asks local businesses for their experience since the beginning of the pandemic and their views on future regeneration projects.
It follows the 2016 ‘Our Town, Your Voice’ consultation – organised by Ms Crawley and Ms McKelvie – which paved the way for the Council’s ongoing town centre regeneration strategy.
Once completed, the consultation will help inform future decisions around business support, parking management and town centre accessibility.
Businesses have until 31January to respond to the online survey and will be invited to attend a virtual public meeting afterwards to discuss the future of Hamilton town centre.
The survey can be accessed here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/XNKWZNC
Commenting, Ms Crawley said: “This has been an extremely difficult year for business who have faced forced closure on a number of occasions.
“Not only that, but the accelerated shift to online shopping will make our recovery from the pandemic even more challenging.
“There is, however, a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of multiple vaccines and whilst we are not out of the woods yet, it is important that we learn the lessons from lockdown.
“That is why Christina and I have joined to launch a consultation on town centre regeneration from Covid-19.
“If you own a business in the town centre, we would love to hear from you.
“Please complete the survey and help us make the case for positive change in a post-Covid town centre.”
Following on, Christina said: “Scotland’s high streets have an absolute crucial role in our national COVID recovery. By putting our high streets are at the heart of our economic and social recovery we can make sure we be build back better.
”We want to hear directly from business owners in Hamilton as part of this survey to make sure the town centre regeneration strategy is able to adapt to the new post-COVID landscape we will find ourselves in.
“We are keen to put businesses right at the centre of this process and that is why we will be hosting a virtual public meeting so Hamilton town centre businesses can come together directly to build a picture of the changes we will need to see in the future.”
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Intel's 5GHz Core i9-9900KS will be available this week
Intel first showed off its Core i9-9900KS back in May, promising the first CPU with all cores clocked at 5GHz. Today, the CPU manufacturer announced that it will go on sale beginning on October 30, with an SRP of $513.
The chip has a 4GHz base frequency, and of course, a 5GHz turbo frequency, with eight cores and 16 threads. It has a 127W TDP, a 16MB Inel Smart Cache, and 40 platform PCIe lanes. Moreover, it's compatible with existing Z390 motherboards.
"Intel has raised the bar for desktop gaming with the new 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900KS Special Edition processor," said Frank Soqui, Intel vice president and general manager of the Desktop, Workstation and Channel Group. "Based on the 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K architecture, it’s the world’s best gaming desktop processor made even better and created specifically for extreme gamers who want the most performance possible. This processor demonstrates another innovation milestone for Intel, following last year’s limited edition 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8086K."
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Xbox All Access is back with an upgrade path to Project Scarlett for $19.99 a month
Last year around this time, Microsoft introduced Xbox All Access, a leasing program where you could get an Xbox One console, and two years of Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold, starting at $21.99 a month. It was discontinued at the end of the year with a promise to return in 2019, and now it's back. Microsoft announced the return today, and the big change is that there's now an upgrade path to the next-generation Project Scarlett console, which is slated for release next holiday season.
It's also cheaper this time, starting at $19.99 a month for 24 months. In the U.S. and the UK, you can choose between an Xbox One S, Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, or Xbox One X, while you can select Forza Horizon 4 bundles of either the Xbox One X or Xbox One X in Australia. It also comes with one Xbox Wireless Controller, and a two-year subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which combines Game Pass, Game Pass for PC, and Live Gold.
After you've been on the program for 12 months, you'll have the option to upgrade to Project Scarlett, at least in the U.S. and UK. And with Scarlett slated for launch in holiday 2020, you'll want to jump in now if you want to be eligible to upgrade at launch. You'll also have to have made 18 payments, which means that if you do upgrade after 12 months, you'll need to make six months worth of payments. And of course, you'll need to trade in the console that you're currently leasing.
Oddly enough, those in Australia don't have the upgrade option. If you're in Australia, your only option will be to buy out the console that you're leasing, and start a new lease.
Xbox All Access will be available tomorrow in Australia, November 5 in the UK, and November 18 in the U.S. For Australia, you can get it in-person or online at Telstra. In the UK, you can get it in-store at GAME, or in-person or online at Smyths Toys. Finally, in the U.S., you can sign up online from Amazon.com. We've reached out o Microsoft for clarification on whether this will also be coming to the Microsoft Store.
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Butterfield: ‘It’s as big as Hawai’i’
Defending champion Butterfield promises to take on his Derby personal best
Back for more: Men’s winner Tyler Butterfield on the finishing straight last year. *File photo
The route of Monday’s race, with mile markers. *Photo supplied
Tyler Butterfield says competing in the Appleby Bermuda Half Marathon Derby is as important to him as lining up at the Hawai’i Ironman World Championship.
The 31-year-old triathlete defends his title on Monday and has set his sights on his personal best time of one hour 11 minutes 01 seconds, which was achieved chasing winner Chris Estwanik in 2010.
Butterfield, who has a World Cup triathlon event in Mexico next on his schedule, managed ‘only’ 1:15:03 last year as he won for the first time.
But the two-time Olympian says he is in better shape this time around and is eager to sample the island’s “iconic” event once more. “It’s one of the best races I do all year,” Butterfield told the Bermuda Sun.
“I mean, it’s up there with the Hawai’i Ironman World Champs. It has a huge spectator base that comes out, it’s a public holiday and it’s also one of those things that as a Bermudian growing up here — and eventually I’ll probably live here again — it’s one of the races you want to win eventually.
“I never put too much pressure on myself in terms of results, I always just want to get the best out of myself on the day to be happy, but it was really nice to win it last year.”
Chris Estwanik’s injury-enforced absence for the second-successive year again opens the door for Butterfield, although he can expect challenges from the likes of Jay Donawa, Lamont Marshall and Chayce Smith.
Butterfield says he would have liked to have had former Nike runner and five-time champion Estwanik in front to force the pace but believes he has the fitness to go harder this year. I’m definitely going to try to push myself. I’m a bit fitter this year, done a bit more training — I’d like to break my PB.
“I don’t know if I’m fit enough to run a 1:11:00 but I’d definitely like to be as close as possible to my 2010 time.
“It’s nice to run behind the lead car and motorbike, it’s a neat experience that I only really got because Chris didn’t race last year but it was a fun experience.
“I’ll try and do that again. I want to push myself.”
He added: “It’s iconic for Bermuda. I tell people in Boulder where I live, that the night before people go and mark their spot to go and watch.
“Last year, I got a few good photos of the crowd and the lead car and they are on Facebook and my website and people are like ‘wow, what race is that?’
“I say that’s in Bermuda — it’s our big running race and it’s cool, I like to try to explain to people what it’s like here.
“You’re proud to be Bermudian when you run the race. I compare it to the Boston Marathon for us.
“It is special to win it and I’ll try again to do it on Monday.”
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Mark:We are live in Green Bay, Wisconsin for EWA Seasons Beatings…Happy Hanukkah Rhino…
Rhino:Im not jewish…
Mark:Lone Jobber is though and we will see him in our Main Event in the Holiday Bowl…
Rhino:Its going to be Champion vs Champion in this years Holiday Bowl… Which should make things really interesting…
Mark:Lone Jobber will be taking on Troy Joseph… Should be a great match up…
Rhino:Has proven to be one all year long…
Mark:Also tonight who is Naughty and who is nice… We will find out when the EWA Women are all in action…
Rhino:I Cant wait to see what they are wearing…
Mark:Plus all of your favorite EWA Superstars will be in action as well… As we celebrate the holidays tonight here for EWA Seasons Beatings as we get set for tonights opening contest…
Al Snow vs Black Shadow
Pa Announcer:Tonights Opening Contest is set for one fall… Introducing first…From Parts Unknown… Weighing in at 210 Pounds… BLACK SHADOW!
(Black Shadow’s theme plays as he enters the arena…)
Pa Announcer:His opponent..From Lima, Ohio.. Weighing in at 235 pounds.. AL SNOW!
(“What Does Everybody Want” plays as Al Snow enters the arena…)
Mark:Al Snow locks up with Black Shadow and nails him with a couple of shots as he backs him up in to the corner…
Rhino:Al Snow is now hammering Black Shadow in the corner…
Mark:Al Snow with an irish whip… Reversal by Black Shadow sending Al Snow off in to the corner…
Rhino:Al Snow is now staggering out of the corner…
Mark:Al Snow is out of the corner… Back Body Drop!
Rhino:Black Shadow is now waiting for Al Snow to get back up on to his feet…
Mark:Dropkick! By Black Shadow catching Al Snow right in the face… Black Shadow now covers Al Snow 1………………….2…………Kickout by Al Snow..
Rhino:Al Snow is getting back up on to his feet…
Mark:Black Shadow scoops up Al Snow and slams him down to the canvas…
Rhino:Black Shadow is now heading up on to the top rope…
Mark:Al Snow has gotten back up on to his feet and now catches Black Shadow up on the top rope…
Rhino:This is not good for Black Shadow…
Mark:Al Snow launches Black Shadow off in the top rope sending Black Shadow across the ring…
Rhino:Black Shadow is staggering back up on to his feet…
Mark:Al Snow locks the arms of Black Shadow… Trapping Headbutts! By Al Snow…
Rhino:Black Shadow is dazed after those headbutts…
Mark:Al Snow with a big clothesline taking Black Shadow off of his feet…
Rhino:The Number One Contender for the EWA World Heavyweight Championship is in control right now…
Mark:Al Snow now hooks up Black Shadow… Snow Plex!
Rhino:Al Snow is dominating Black Shadow right now…
Mark:Al Snow covers Black Shadow 1…………….2…………3……..No! Black Shadow gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:Close one right there…
Mark:Black Shadow is now staggering back up on to his feet…
Rhino:Al Snow is ready to put him away…
Mark:Al Snow hooks up Black Shadow… SNOW PLOW!
Mark:Al Snow covers Black Shadow 1………………….2………….3………. ITS OVER!
Pa Announcer:Here is your winner AL SNOW!
Rhino:A Dominating Performance by Al Snow here tonight at Seasons Beatings…
Mark:Is Al Snow the next EWA World Heavyweight Champion? We will find out at New Years Evil… And speaking of the EWA World Champion… We will see Lone Jobber in action later on tonight when he battles the EWA Total Impact Champion Troy “The Rampage” Joseph in the Holiday Bowl… But for now its back to the ring for our next contest…
Triple H vs Eric Steel
Pa Announcer:This next contest is set for one fall… Introducing first…From Toronto, Canada… Weighing in at 230 Pounds… ERIC STEEL!
(Eric Steel’s theme plays as he enters the arena…)
Mark:Eric Steel attacks Triple H as he comes in to the ring…
Rhino:Eric Steel isnt wasting any time is he?
Mark:No he isnt as he just stomping away at the back of Triple H… Triple H is trying to get back up on to his feet in the corner…
Rhino:Eric Steel is just hammering Triple H right now…
Mark:Eric Steel pulls Triple H out of the corner and nails him with a Belly to Belly Suplex!
Rhino:Nice suplex right there…
Mark:Eric Steel covers Triple H 1………………2…………..Kickout by Triple H…
Rhino:The Game is trying to get back up on to his feet…
Mark:Eric Steel now pulls Triple H up on to his feet… Eric Steel sends Triple H for a ride in to the ropes… Eric Steel goes for a clothesline on Triple H… The Game ducks the clothesline and now comes off the ropes…. Running High Knee!
Rhino:Nice counter by Triple H…
Mark:Eric Steel staggers up on to his feet… Triple H nails Eric Steel with right hand and now Triple H nails him with a Short Arm Clothesline!
Rhino:Eric Steel is getting back up on to his feet in the corner…
Mark:Triple H with a couple of more right hands and now sends Eric Steel off in to the farside corner…
Rhino:Eric Steel is staggering out of the corner…
Mark:Triple H kicks Eric Steel in the midsection… DDT!
Rhino:The Game is on fire at the moment…
Mark:Eric Steel now trying to get back up on to his feet… As Triple H lines him up… SPINEBUSTER!
Rhino:Eric Steel was just planted right in to the mat…
Mark:Triple H is just putting a beating on Eric Steel…
Rhino:The early attack has opened up a rage in Triple H at the moment…
Mark:Triple H is now waiting for Eric Steel to get back up on to his feet…
Rhino:Eric Steel looks to be out on his feet…
Mark:Triple H kicks Eric Steel in the midsection… PEDIGREE!
Rhino:That’s gonna be it right here and now…
Mark:Triple H covers Eric Steel 1…………………2…………..3……. ITS OVER!
Rhino:The Game with another dominating performance here tonight at Seasons Beatings…
Mark:Still to come tonight we will see the other half of Degeneration X… Shawn Michaels in action as he will be battling Jerry Watts later on tonight… As we now get set for more EWA Action as we celebrate the holidays here at Seasons Beatings…
Oz vs Mark Jones
Pa Announcer:This next contest is the put up or shut up match… Introducing first… From Newcastle, England… Weighing in at 220 Pounds… Ice Man MARK JONES!
(“Underdog” plays as Mark Jones enters the arena…)
Pa Announcer:His opponent… From Willmantic, Ct… Weighing in at 230 Pounds… OZ!
(Oz’s Theme Plays as he enters the arena…)
(“Hail to the Chief” plays as from the back Lone Jobber walks wearing a Santa’s cap.)
Lone Jobber: Ho Ho Ho, and a season’s greetings to you good folks. I figured now would be the best time of the night to come out and continue an EWA tradition of handing out gifts to all the good little boys and girls. So lets see what Funky Fresh Jobby has to offer these days. Bitches, bring me my sack.
(From the back comes Ned Tesseract wearing a green elf cap carrying a big red bag.)
Jobber: Lets see here, what do we got in this thing for ya’ll. Hmm, well here for Rhino we got a fifty dollar gift certificate to McConnell’s. I’d suggest the dogs, ain’t nothing like a nice Hebrew National Dog with all the sides. Okay, and for Mark we a new microphone, cause really, we’ve been looking for upgrades long enough, and you my good man deserve it. For the ref, I’m getting you zebra. Ha ha, no. Nah your just going to get some nicer threads. See Len-Len and Lodi after the event and they’ll give you a make over, you look like ass off of camera. And for Oz and Mark Jones.. well..
(Jobber pulls out a single small package with a pair of gift card envelopes and hands them off to Ned. He runs down to the ring and hands them to Oz and Jones.)
Mark: One gift for the both of them, I wonder what it is.
Rhino: Oz opening the package while Jones is opening the Christmas card envelope.
Mark: Seems that Jobber got them.. an old style cell phone?
Rhino: Haven’t seen one of them for years…
Mark: I have, one of the boys in the back gots one. But that doesn’t matter, it’s ringing.
Oz: Uh.. hello..
Jobber: Yeah is Oz and Mark Jones there?
Rhino: Did Jobber just call them?
Oz: This is Oz, what do you want Jobber?
Jobber: How did you.. eh.. whatever. You see what your other gift was yet?
Mark: Seems there is nothing but a slip of paper in Jones.. Oz ripping open his as well.. same..
Oz: What’s the meaning of this..
Jobber: Always wanted to do this.. YOU’RE FIRED! Get out of my ring. Get out of my arena. Get out of my company. Just.. Get.. Out!
Rhino: Jobber just fired them over the phone and look at that smug look on his face.
Mark: As Jobber heads to the back I want to remind you that later on in the night we have people fighting that actually care about their job and won’t no show and try and keep getting paid. As we get back to the ring.
Naughty or Nice Match
Alexis Laree vs Hailey Wade vs Lil Kim vs Brianna Alverez
Pa Announcer:This next contest is the Naughty or Nice Match… Introducing first..From Baltimore, Maryland… Weighing in at 124 Pounds…ALEXIS LAREE!
(“Fake It” plays as Alexis Laree enters the arena…)
Pa Announcer:Her opponent… From Brooklyn, Ny… Weighing in at 113 Pounds… LIL KIM!
(“Fuck You” plays as Lil Kim enters the arena…)
Pa Announcer:And their opponent…From Chicago, Illinois… Weighing in at 114 Pounds… BRIANNA ALVAREZ!
(“Haunted” plays as Brianna Alvarez enters the arena…)
Pa Announcer:And their opponent…From Hollywood, Ca… Weighing in at 125 Pounds…The EWA Womens Champion…HAILEY WADE!
(“Getting away with murder” plays as Hailey Wade enters the arena…)
Mark:Well here we go… Alexis Laree and Hailey Wade are face to face in the center of the ring…
Mark:Lil Kim charges and tackles Alexis Laree from the side and now starts hammering her with right hands…
Rhino:Lil Kim blind sided Alexis Laree…
Mark:Alexis Laree is trying to cover up as she gets towards the corner…
Mark:School Girl! By Brianna Alvarez on Hailey Wade 1………………..2……………..Kickout by Hailey Wade…
Rhino:Brianna Alvarez almost tried to steal this one…
Mark:You can see all the women are dressed in their holiday best…
Rhino:I love this time of year… They can all come sit on my lap…
Mark:Brianna Alvarez charges at Hailey Wade… Hailey Wade ducks the clothesline… Neckbreaker! By Hailey Wade to Brianna Alvarez…
Rhino:Alexis Laree is back up on her feet in the corner…
Mark:Lil Kim whips Alexis Laree off in to the farside corner…
Rhino:Here comes Lil Kim…
Mark:Alexis Laree moves out of the way and Lil Kim goes shoulder first in to the steel ring post…
Rhino:Lil Kim is staggering backwards…
Mark:Backslide! By Alexis Laree 1……………..2……………Kickout by Lil Kim…
Rhino:Lil Kim is getting back up on to her feet…
Mark:Hailey Wade just tossed Brianna Alvarez out of the ring…
Rhino:Hailey Wade just shoved Alexis Laree to the side…
Mark:Lil Kim now turns around… Hailey Wade kicks her in the midsection… Facebuster!
Rhino:Lil Kim driven face first in to the mat…
Mark:Hailey Wade covers Lil Kim 1…………………2…………3…..No! Alexis Laree pulls Hailey Wade off of Lil Kim…
Rhino:Hailey Wade and Alexis Laree are face to face in the center of the ring…
Mark:Alexis Laree shoves Hailey Wade…
Rhino:Hailey Wade shoves Alexis Laree back…
Mark:Hailey Wade charges at Alexis Laree.. Ducked by Alexis Laree… Alexis Laree spins Hailey Wade around… Kick to the midsection… LAREE DDT!
Rhino:Hailey Wade was just planted right in to the mat by Alexis Laree…
Mark:Alexis Laree coevrs Hailey Wade 1……………………2…………….3……….NO! Brianna Alvarez comes in and breaks it up…
Rhino:Brianna Alvarez is now nailing Alexis Laree with shots…
Mark:Brianna Alvarez now scoops up and slams Alexis Laree down to the mat…
Rhino:Lil Kim is now back up on to her feet…
Mark:Lil Kim now spins Brianna Alvarez around and starts nailing her with right hands… Lil Kim whips Brianna Alvarez off in to the ropes… Spear!
Rhino:Lil Kim just took her right off of her feet…
Mark:Lil Kim is now waiting for Brianna Alvarez to get back up on to her feet…
Rhino:Brianna Alvarez is struggling to get up on to her feet right now… As Lil Kim is looking to put her away…
Mark:Lil Kim now spins Brianna Alvarez around… T’N’T!
Rhino:Brianna Alvarez has been laid out…
Mark:Lil Kim covers Brianna Alvarez 1………………..2……………3…………NO! Alexis Laree comes in and breaks it up…
Rhino:Alexis Laree and Lil Kim are now trading shots back and forth right now…
Mark:Lil Kim now with a hard kick to the midsection and now hooks up Alexis Laree… T’N’T! NO! Blocked by Alexis Laree…
Rhino:Alexis Laree drives Lil Kim back hard in to the corner…
Mark:Lil Kim is now staggering out of the corner…
Rhino:Alexis Laree is lining her up…
Mark:Lil Kim turns around… CHICK KICK!
Rhino:That has to be the knock out shot right there…
Mark:That kick knocked Lil Kim out of the ring…
Rhino:Brianna Alvarez has now made her way up on to her feet…
Mark:Alexis Laree now hooks up Brianna Alvarez… LAREE DDT!
Mark:Alexis Laree covers Brianna Alvarez 1………………..2…………..3………..NO! HAILEYS COMET!
Rhino:The EWA Womens Champion came flying off the top rope and hit the Moonsault right down on to Alexis Laree and Brianna Alvarez…
Mark:Hailey Wade now covers Brianna Alvarez 1……………….2…………….3……….. ITS OVER!
Pa Announcer:Here is your winner HAILEY WADE!
Rhino:The EWA Womens Champion wins tonights Naughty or Nice match…
Mark:I am being told right now by the EWA Executive Committee that at New Years Evil it is going to be Hailey Wade defending the EWA Womens Championship against Alexis Laree…
Rhino:Now that should be an interesting match up…
Mark:So there you have it folks big news right there for New Years Evil… As we now get set for more EWA Action here at Seasons Beatings…
J-Twisted vs Diamond Dallas Page
Pa Announcer:This next contest is set for one fall… Introducing first…From Brick City, NJ… Weighing in at 258 Pounds…J-TWISTED!
(“La La La” plays as J-Twisted enters the arena…)
Pa Announcer:His opponent…From The Jersey Shore… Weighing in at 253 Pounds… DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE!
(“Self High Five” plays as Diamond Dallas Page enters the arena…)
Mark:J-Twisted and DDP are locked up in the center of the ring… DDP with a side headlock in on J-Twisted…
Rhino:J-Twisted is trying to fight out of it…
Mark:J-Twisted with elbows to the midsection of DDP and now shoves him off in to the ropes… Diamond Dallas Page comes off the ropes and J-Twisted nails him with a Dropkick!
Rhino:Nice dropkick from J-Twisted…
Mark:J-Twisted with a quick cover on DDP 1……………….2………Kickout by DDP…
Rhino:DDP is getting back up on to his feet…
Mark:J-Twisted now kicks DDP in the midsection and now hooks up DDP… Front Face Suplex! By J-Twisted driving DDP right in to the mat… J-Twisted goes for another cover 1…………….2………..Kickout by DDP once again…
Rhino:J-Twisted is looking to get back on the winning side of things to get back in the hunt for the EWA World Heavyweight Championship…
Mark:J-Twisted is now pulling Diamond Dallas Page back up on to his feet and backs him up in to the corner with right hands…
Rhino:J-Twisted continues to hammer DDP with shots…
Mark:J-Twisted whips DDP off in to the farside corner…
Rhino:DDP is staggering out of the corner…
Mark:Running Bulldog! By J-Twisted driving DDP in to the mat… J-Twisted with another cover 1…………….2………..Kickout once again by Diamond Dallas Page…
Rhino:DDP is now slow to get back up on to his feet…
Mark:J-Twisted hooks up Diamond Dallas Page… Jawbreaker!
Rhino:Diamond Dallas Page is spinning around…
Mark:J-Twisted hooks up DDP… Facebuster! Driving DDP face first in to the mat…
Rhino:Diamond Dallas Page is in trouble…
Mark:J-Twisted covers DDP 1………………2……….3…No! DDP gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:The former EWA World Heavyweight Champion is now heading up on to the top rope…
Mark:DDP has staggered back up on to his feet and he stops J-Twisted up on the top rope…
Rhino:DDP is now climbing up the ropes…
Mark:DDP is now hooking up J-Twisted… Superplex! No! J-Twisted blocks and knocks DDP off the top rope…
Rhino:J-Twisted is now standing up on the top rope…
Mark:Swanton Bomb! No! DDP gets his knees up…
Rhino:J-Twisted blocked the superplex but DDP saw the Swanton Bomb coming…
Mark:J-Twisted is now spinning around…DDP now hooks up J-Twisted… Russian Leg Sweep!
Rhino:DDP is trying to get back in to the match up…
Mark:J-Twisted is getting back up on to his feet… DDP with a couple of right hands and now DDP whips him off in to the ropes…Tilt A Whirl Slam! By Diamond Dallas Page…
Rhino:J-Twisted was driven right in to the mat…
Mark:Diamond Dallas Page now covers J-Twisted 1………………2…………….3…No! J-Twisted gets his shoulder up…
Mark:J-Twisted is now slowly getting back up on to his feet…
Rhino:Diamond Dallas Page is now lining up J-Twisted…
Mark:DDP now hooks up J-Twisted… Side Walk Slam! By DDP…
Rhino:DDP is now starting to feel it right now…
Mark:J-Twisted is trying to pull himself back up on to his feet…
Rhino:DDP is ready to put J-Twisted away…
Mark:Diamond Dallas Page now hooks up J-Twisted…. POWERBOMB! NO! J-Twisted counters… DDT!
Rhino:What a counter by J-Twisted…
Mark:Both men are down on the canvas right now…
Rhino:J-Twisted is now slowly getting back up on to his feet…
Mark:Diamond Dallas Page is back up on to his feet as well…
Rhino:Both men are giving it to one another right now…
Mark:DDP goes for a right hand… J-Twisted blocks and starts nailing Diamond Dallas Page with right hands… J-Twisted whips DDP off in to the ropes… DDP with a reversal… J-Twisted comes off the ropes… Belly to Belly Suplex! By DDP sending J-Twisted across the ring…
Rhino:Nice move right there by Diamond Dallas Page…
Mark:DDP now covers J-Twisted 1…………………2……………..3……….NO! J-Twisted gets his shoulder up…
Mark:DDP is now waiting for J-Twisted to get back up on to his feet…
Rhino:This could be the end for J-Twisted…
Mark:DDP lines up J-Twisted… DIAMOND CUTTER! NO! J-Twisted blocks and shoves DDP in to the corner…
Rhino:DDP is staggering back out of the corner…
Mark:J-Twisted hooks up DDP… Reverse DDT! By J-Twisted…
Rhino:J-Twisted is now heading up on to the top rope…
Mark:Swanton Bomb! Connects! By J-Twisted…
Rhino:This could be it for DDP…
Mark:J-Twisted covers DDP 1……………….2…………….3………….NO! DDP gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:A really close near fall right there…
Mark:J-Twisted is now waiting for Diamond Dallas Page to get back up on to his feet…
Rhino:DDP looks to be out of his feet right now…
Mark:The former EWA World Champion J-Twisted now hooks up DDP… ONE HITTA QUITTA! NO! DDP blocks and now shoves J-Twisted off in to the ropes…
Rhino:J-Twisted is coming off the ropes…
Mark:DDP goes for a clothesline… J-Twisted ducks and spins DDP around… DDT! NO! DDP counters out… DIAMOND CUTTER!
Mark:DDP covers J-Twisted 1……………..2…………3…….. ITS OVER!
Pa Announcer:Here is your winner DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE!
Rhino:The struggles continue for J-Twisted… But the successful return of Diamond Dallas Page continues…
Mark:Coming soon all the fans of the EWA will be able to vote on the 2009 EWA Awards… Stay Tuned to the EWA Website, eWazone.com for more details… As we now get set for more action here tonight…
Richard Drivher vs Raphael
Pa Announcer:This next contest is set for one fall… Introducing first…From Washington, D.C…. Weighing in at 245 Pounds… RAPHAEL!
(“Enter Sandman” plays as Raphael enters the arena…)
Pa Announcer:His opponent… From Hollywood, Ca… Weighing in at 235 Pounds… RICHARD DRIVHER!
(“Rubberdoll” plays as Richard Drivher enters the arena…)
Mark:Raphael and Richard Drivher are looking eye to eye in the center of the ring… Raphael nails Richard Drivher with right hands…
Rhino:Richard Drivher is now coming back with right hands of his own…
Mark:Richard Drivher with a thumb to the eye of Raphael and now nails him with a couple of shots backing him up in to the ropes… Richard Drivher with a couple of chops to the chest of Raphael and now whips him off in to the ropes… Raphael comes off the ropes and Richard Drivher nails him with a clothesline…
Rhino:Raphael gets back up…
Mark:Richard Drivher now kicks Raphael in the midsection and goes for a suplex… Raphael blocks the suplex and nails Richard Drivher with a suplex of his own…
Rhino:Raphael is now putting the boots to Richard Drivher…
Mark:Richard Drivher is getting back up on to his feet… Raphael goes behind Richard Drivher… German Suplex! By Raphael…
Rhino:Richard Drivher dropped right on the back of his head…
Mark:Raphael lines up Richard Drivher… Fist Drop! Right to the head of Richard Drivher… Raphael covers Richard Drivher 1……………2………..Kickout by Richard Drivher…
Rhino:Richard Drivher is getting back up on to his feet…
Mark:Raphael with a couple of shots to the midsection and hooks up Richard Drivher… Side Effect! By Raphael driving Richard Drivher in to the mat…
Rhino:Richard Drivher is hurting right now…
Mark:This isnt how Richard Drivher expected his return to an EWA ring would be…
Rhino:Right now Raphael is heading up on to the top rope…
Mark:Shooting Star Press! No! Richard Drivher gets his knees up…
Rhino:That high risk move backfired for Raphael…
Mark:Richard Drivher is now getting back up on to his feet…
Rhino:Raphael is slow to get back up on to his feet as well…
Mark:Richard Drivher with forearm shots to the face of Richard Drivher and is now backing him up in to the corner…
Rhino:Richard Drivher is rubbing his forearm right in to the throat of Raphael…
Mark:Raphael is now back up on to his feet… Richard Drivher hooks him up…Powerbomb! By Richard Drivher driving Raphael right in to the mat…
Rhino:Raphael is in trouble…
Mark:Richard Drivher covers Raphael 1……………….2…………3…….No! Raphael gets his shoulder up…
Mark:Richard Drivher is now waiting for Raphael to get back up on to his feet…
Rhino:Raphael is slow to get up…
Mark:Richard Drivher is setting up Raphael… 69 DRIVER! NO! Raphael escapes and shoves Richard Drivher in to the corner…
Rhino:Richard Drivher is spinning around…
Mark:Raphael charges in to the corner… Whisper in the Wind!
Rhino:Nice move right there by Raphael…
Mark:Raphael now covers Richard Drivher 1………………..2……………..3……..NO! Richard Drivher gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:Raphael is now waiting for Richard Drivher to get back up on to his feet…
Mark:Raphael has Richard Drivher lined up… REALITY CHECK! NO! Richard Drivher ducks… Richard Drivher scoops up Raphael… 69 DRIVER!
Rhino:Raphael was planted…
Mark:Richard Drivher covers Raphael 1…………….2…………3………. ITS OVER!
Pa Annonucer:Here is your winner RICHARD DRIVHER!
Rhino:Richard Drivher comes back to the EWA and scores a nice victory tonight over Richard Drivher…
Mark:When looking for a gift for a love one… Remember to go to Shop.eWazone.com… As we now get set for our next contest…
Shawn Michaels vs Jerry Watts
Pa Announcer:This next contest is set for one fall… Introducing first… From San Antonio, Texas… Weighing in at 227 Pounds… Representing Degeneration X… The Heartbreak Kid SHAWN MICHAELS!
Pa Announcer:His opponent…From New York, Ny… Weighing in at 220 Pounds… JERRY WATTS!
(“I Stand Alone” plays as Jerry Watts enters the arena…)
Mark:A collar and elbow tie up in the center of the ring as both Jerry Watts and Shawn Michaels are battling for position… Shawn Michaels goes behind Jerry Watts…
Rhino:Jerry Watts is trying to get behind Shawn Michaels…
Mark:Jerry Watts with a couple of elbows and now goes behind Shawn Michaels… Jerry Watts shoves Shawn Michaels towards the ropes… Jerry Watts goes for a roll up.. Shawn Michaels holds on to the ropes…
Rhino:Jerry Watts gets back up on to his feet…
Mark:Shawn Michaels with a couple of chops across the chest of Jerry Watts…
Rhino:Wooo!
Mark:Shawn Michaels now whips Jerry Watts off in to the rope… Jerry Watts comes off the ropes… Hiptoss! By Shawn Michaels…
Rhino:Jerry Watts gets right back up again…
Mark:Shawn Michaels charges at Jerry Watts… Jerry Watts ducks and back drops Shawn Michaels…
Rhino:Shawn Michaels lands on the apron…
Mark:Jerry Watts turns around… Hot Shot! On the top rope…
Rhino:Jerry Watts is spinning around…
Mark:Shawn Michaels goes up on to the top rope… Double Axe Handle! By Shawn Michaels… Shawn Michaels covers Jerry Watts 1……………..2………….Kickout by Jerry Watts
Rhino:Jerry Watts is getting back up on to his feet…
Mark:Shawn Michaels with a kick to the midsection and now nails Jerry Watts with a swinging neckbreaker…
Rhino:The Heartbreak Kid is now heading up on to the top rope…
Mark:Jerry Watts is back up on to his feet and now stops Shawn Michaels on the top rope…
Rhino:Jerry Watts is now climbing the ropes…
Mark:Belly to Belly Superplex! By Jerry Watts as Shawn Michaels gets sent off the top rope and Shawn Michaels goes crashing in to the mat…
Rhino:That high risk didn’t pay off for Shawn Michaels…
Mark:Jerry Watts is now putting the boots to Shawn Michaels… Jerry Watts hooks up Shawn Michaels… Brainbuster!
Rhino:Shawn Michaels dropped right on to his head…
Mark:Jerry Watts covers Shawn Michaels 1……………….2…………Kickout by Shawn Michaels…
Rhino:Shawn Michaels is now slow to get back up on to his feet…
Mark:Jerry Watts is now hooking up Shawn Michaels… Backbreaker! By Jerry Watts…
Rhino:Shawn Michaels is now holding on to his back…
Mark:Jerry Watts now whips Shawn Michaels off in to the ropes… Powerslam!
Rhino:Shawn Michaels is laid out…
Mark:Jerry Watts is now heading up on to the top rope…
Rhino:Jerry Watts is going to fly…
Mark:Frog Splash! Connects! By Jerry Watts!
Rhino:He could have Shawn Michaels right here and now…
Mark:Jerry Watts covers Shawn Michaels 1…………………..2………….3……NO! Shawn Michaels gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:Jerry Watts thought that Shawn Michaels had him down for the count…
Mark:Shawn Michaels is trying to get back up on to his feet..
Rhino:Jerry Watts is lining him up…
Mark:Jerry Watts charges… LIFE LESSON! NO! Shawn Michaels moves out of the way…
Rhino:Jerry Watts almost kicked Shawn Michaels head off…
Mark:Shawn Michaels now back up on to his feet and nails Jerry Watts with shots…Shawn Michaels with an irish whip… Jerry Watts with a reversal… Shawn Michaels comes off the ropes… Flying Forearm Shot! By Shawn Michaels…
Rhino:Both men are down on the mat…
Mark:Shawn Michaels nips up!
Rhino:Jerry Watts is staggering up on to his feet…
Mark:Shawn Michaels nails him with an Atomic Drop!
Mark:Shawn Michaels now scoops up and slams Jerry Watts down to the mat…
Rhino:The Heartbreak Kid is now once again heading up on to the top rope…
Mark:Flying Elbow Drop! Connects!
Rhino:Big time elbow drop right there from Shawn Michaels…
Mark:You know what time it is now…
Rhino:The band is being tuned…
Mark:Jerry Watts is staggering up on to his feet…
Mark:SWEET CHIN MUSIC! NO! Jerry Watts ducks…
Rhino:Jerry Watts spins Shawn Michaels around…
Mark:POETRY IN MOTION! NO! Shawn Michaels blocks and shoves him off in to the ropes… Jerry Watts comes off the ropes… SWEET CHIN MUSIC!
Mark:Shawn Michaels covers Jerry Watts 1……………….2…………..3………. ITS OVER!
Rhino:The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels continues to pick up victories each week and its only a matter of time before he gets his one on one chance for the EWA World Heavyweight Championship…
Mark:The holiday season is here and now its time for the EWA’s Annual Tradition… The Holiday Bowl… As we now get set for our Main Event…
Holiday Bowl
Champion vs Champion
Lone Jobber vs Troy “The Rampage” Joseph
Pa Announcer:Tonights Main Event is the Holiday Bowl… Introdufcing First…From Shangra-la… Weighing in at 225 Pounds… The EWA Total Impact Champion… TROY “THE RAMPAGE” Joseph…
Pa Announcer:His opponent…From The Slaughter House now residing in the EWA Offices in Atlanta, Ga… Weighing in at 235 Pounds… The EWA World Champion… El Presidente LONE JOBBER!
Mark:Lone Jobber and Troy “The Rampage” Joseph have a bit of history together…
Rhino:They really do… As they spent the summer battling over the EWA Total Impact Championship…
Mark:Troy Joseph now nails Lone Jobber with right hands and is now backing Lone Jobber up in to the corner…
Mark:Troy Joseph climbs the corner and starts nailing Lone Jobber with right hands…
Rhino:The fans are counting along…
Mark:Eight… Nine and Ten…
Rhino:Lone Jobber is now staggering out of the corner…
Mark:Troy “The Rampage” Joseph from behind nails Lone Jobber with a Bulldog…Troy Joseph covers Lone Jobber 1…………2……….Kickout by Lone Jobber…
Rhino:Lone Jobber is now getting back up on to his feet…
Mark:Troy Joseph now scoops up Lone Jobber and nails him with a Shoulder Breaker!
Rhino:Troy “The Rampage” Joseph is now heading to the outside of the ring…
Mark:Troy Joseph grabs a Giant Candy Cane…
Rhino:Now that’s a big cane…
Mark:Lone Jobber is getting back up on to his feet and Troy “The Rampage” Joseph nails him right in the head with the Candy Cane…
Rhino:Lone Jobber is spinning around…
Mark:Russian Leg Sweep! With the Candy Cane! As Troy “The Rampage” Joseph covers Lone Jobber 1……………..2……….. Lone Jobber once again kicks out…
Rhino:Troy Joseph is now heading up on to the top rope…
Mark:Lone Jobber is staggering up on to his feet… Flying Shoulder Block! Missed! By Troy Joseph as Lone Jobber saw that coming…
Rhino:Lone Jobber is now heading to the outside of the ring…
Mark:Lone Jobber just brought in a container…
Rhino:Whats in the Container?
Mark:It looks like Lone Jobber has a container of Candles…
Rhino:What exactly can you do with the Candle?
Mark:Lone Jobber just took a candle and jammed it right in to the eye of Troy Joseph…
Rhino:Lone Jobber continues to poke Troy Joseph with the candles…
Mark:What is Lone Jobber looking for now?
Rhino:I think he just found himself a lighter…
Mark:Lone Jobber is lighting a candle…
Rhino:Is he saying a prayer?
Mark:It looks like he is…
Rhino:That’s very strange…
Mark:Lone Jobber jams the lit candle right in to the face of Troy Joseph…
Rhino:Can you smell the skin burning?
Mark:I can…
Rhino:I dont think that’s Kosher…
Mark:I really dont think it is…
Rhino:Troy Joseph is trying to get back up on to his feet…
Mark:Lone Jobber now hooks up Troy Joseph… The Heritage!
Rhino:Troy Joseph is hurting…
Mark:Lone Jobber now covers Troy Joseph 1……………….2…………..3…….No! Troy Joseph gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:Lone Jobber is now on the outside of the ring and just brought in the Kinara…
Mark:The Candle Stick Holder known as the Kinara is in Lone Jobber’s possession right now…
Rhino:Troy Joseph is getting up on to his feet…
Mark:Lone Jobber lines up Troy Joseph and nails him right in the head with the Kinara!
Rhino:Troy Joseph looks to be out of it…
Mark:Lone Jobber covers Troy Joseph again 1………………2…………….3……NO! Troy Joseph gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:Mr. Holiday Lone Jobber has now headed to the outside of the ring…
Mark:Lone Jobber is bringing the Christmas Tree in to the ring…
Rhino:Lone Jobber lays the Christmas Tree down on the mat…
Mark:Lone Jobber now slams Troy Joseph right down on the Christmas Tree…
Rhino:El Presidente is now heading up on to the top rope…
Mark:450 Splash! NO! Troy Joseph moves and Lone Jobber goes crashing in to the Christmas Tree…
Rhino:That move didn’t pay off for Lone Jobber…
Mark:Lone Jobber now slow to get up on to his feet…
Rhino:Troy Joseph is back up…
Mark:Troy Joseph nails Lone Jobber with right hands and now sends him off in to the ropes… Back Body Drop!
Rhino:Lone Jobber staggers up on to his feet…
Mark:Troy Joseph kicks Lone Jobber in the midsection… Powerbomb! Troy Joseph covers Lone Jobber 1………………2……….3…….No! Lone Jobber gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:Troy Joseph is now back on the outside of the ring…
Mark:Troy Joseph just brought in a container…
Rhino:Oh Yes!
Mark:Dreidel Chucking!
Rhino:Lone Jobber is just getting pelted with Dreidels from Troy Joseph…
Mark:Lone Jobber seems dazed after getting hit in the head a few times with the Dreidel… Troy Joseph scoops him up and slams him down to the mat…
Rhino:Troy Joseph heads up on to the top rope…
Mark:Swanton Bomb! Connects! Troy Joseph covers Lone Jobber 1………………2…………..3………. NO! Lone Jobber gets his shoulder up…
Mark:Lone Jobber is now struggling to get back up on to his feet…
Rhino:Lone Jobber looks to be really out of it…
Mark:Troy Joseph is now hooking up Lone Jobber… RUNNING RAMPAGE RUFFLE! NO! Lone Jobber blocks and nails him with elbows right to the side of the head…
Rhino:Troy Joseph is now spinning around…
Mark:Lone Jobber lines him up… LOW CARD KICK!
Rhino:Lone Jobber got all of that kick…
Mark:Lone Jobber now covers Troy Joseph 1……………2…………..3…………NO! Troy Joseph gets his shoulder up…
Rhino:So close…
Mark:Lone Jobber is now waiting for Troy “The Rampage” Joseph to get back up on to his feet…
Rhino:Lone Jobber is now putting Candles in the Menorah…
Mark:The candles have been lit…
Rhino:This isnt going to be good for Troy Joseph…
Mark:Lone Jobber charges… Troy Joseph ducks the Lit Menorah… Lone Jobber spins around… RUNNING RAMPAGE RUFFLE!
Mark:Troy Joseph covers Lone Jobber 1……………..2……………..3………. ITS OVER!
Pa Announcer:Here is your winner TROY “THE RAMPAGE” JOSEPH!
Rhino:Troy Joseph wins the Holiday Bowl!
Mark:The EWA Total Impact Champion reigns supreme…
Rhino:What does it mean for New Years Evil? I guess we will find out…
Mark:We hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas and we will see you all for New Years Evil… Happy Holidays from all of us here in the EWA… Good Night Everyone!
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Foot of Pride: Bob Dylan’s rambling masterpiece which tears us limb from limb
Posted on January 11, 2009 by Tony Attwood
Writing the second version of this review it struck me what a curious mixture of songs Bob wrote in 1983. Here is the sequence of composing, as far as it can be put together, around the time of Foot of Pride
Neighbourhood Bully
Foot of Pride
Julius and Ethel
Neighbourhood Bully is a song about Israel – but not necessarily the Israel we know. It might be it might not. “Tell Me” is a lost love refrain. “Foot of Pride is…
One suggestion is that it is based around a funeral as he reflects on the notion that “judgement is mine”, and the fact that an awful lot of people are going to burn come judgement day.
And then he’s off and away criticising the American government for its treatment of Julius and Ethel, who were electrocuted for giving away state secrets on the making of nuclear weapons.
It’s an interesting run of songs, and maybe this is why, no matter how you approach Foot of Pride, there’s something very odd about it. According to the booklet notes that came with Bootleg 1-3 it is very rarely commented upon, and one can understand why.
You can hear it via Spotify if you don’t have the album, but otherwise try this version from Lou Reed.
This is not to say that it is not all absorbing – which is what Dylan clearly found given that he recorded it around 40 times and still couldn’t find a version that he liked. His explanation (that the song would not stay in tempo and always speeded up slightly) is certainly born out by the version we have from the Bootleg 1-3 collection, but it is also reported that Dylan recorded the song in a multiplicity of styles, as if he couldn’t decide what to do with it.
Musically the song is a variant 12 bar blues – but greatly extended. In B major you get the B, B, E, B section that you’d expect, and then a chorus section with the repeated “Well there ain’t no going back” bit.
The 12 bar format was created for the simplest of popular music forms – the blues. It is the chordal format for “Well I woke up this morning, blues falling down like hail” – that simple yet elegant statement of falling into the abyss – which is what Dylan is portraying here – from this point there ain’t no going back.
The 12 bar blues therefore was never intended for a set of lyrics as complex as this song, nor for the highly variable line lengths and internal rhymes, but that is what Dylan gives it. He stretches the old blues sequence and then stretches it again, just as he did on “I once knew a man”.
And clearly Dylan believes in this song, because he gets the delivery of the lyrics dead on all the way through, and the band know exactly where to go – except for that slight change in tempo.
Just look at the opening verse
Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
So can a woman who passes herself off as a male
They sang “Danny Boy” at his funeral and the Lord’s Prayer
Preacher talking ’bout Christ betrayed
It’s like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
You know what they say about bein’ nice
to the right people on the way up
Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin’ down
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
When your foot of pride come down
Ain’t no goin’ back
and then wonder how it could be that something like this has never ever been performed by Bob in concert. Just listening to the way in which he sings the chorus lines is so enormously powerful.
But at the same time, there is no clarity here. What exactly does
mean? It probably means something, or it has gone beyond meaning, but I don’t get it.
Some reviews of this song focus on the religious content – and of course the notion about the people who are self-possessed, self-obsessed, inward looking, defensive… all being those who are going to suffer come the second coming is fair enough, but that first verse really doesn’t quite fit, and the people we are hearing about change from verse to verse without any explanation.
What it reminds me of – and it is a strange thing to think about when hearing a piece of Dylan obscuranti – is the cover of Strange Days, by the Doors. All these freaks and oddities, there for no reason – except that the days are strange.
It is a really interesting song, not least because of the quality of singing and playing, but above all if you listen to it too much, instead of insight and awareness, the only thing you are left with is madness. When Dylan says, “I’m going to look at you, til my eyes go blind,” you want to say, “Oh if only I had thought of that. When he says, “Your time will come, let hot iron blow as he raised the shade,” you are thinking, “I am so glad I never thought of that.”
Coming back to this review, which as I say I wrote early on in the history of this site, and listening to Dylan and Lou Reed’s performance, I keep thinking of the line “Let the dead bury the dead”. It is a Biblical line of course, but Dylan somehow makes it sound like it is one of his own, which is amazingly clever (and as you will appreciate if you have been reading the reviews on this site – I’ve read an awful lot more of the Bible while writing these reviews, than I had done for many, many years before).
Ultimately the behaviour of mankind as a whole and individual members of mankind, disgust Dylan, as I guess they do most of us. So powerful and so overwhelming is this recording that beyond that I am not too sure it matters exactly what Bob is saying.
It is a wonderful, strange, confusing moment in Bob’s compositional existence which still had me baffled when I re-wrote this review I chose to finish by quoting another writer’s review in full. Maybe you’ll find that gets closer to the meaning of it all… This from Allmusic.com I hope they don’t mind.
“Originally recorded for the Infidels sessions in 1983, “Foot of Pride” is one of the most explosive and venomous songs Dylan has ever written, with the artist spitting out lyrics and verses cascading with potent imagery. As typical of Dylan’s songs during this period, he mixes the spiritual with the secular, with lines such as “Preacher talking ’bout Christ’s betrayed/It’s like the earth just opened and swallowed him up” are echoed throughout the song. Essentially a moralist song about the various wrongdoings of man, and then the chorus is a warning: “There ain’t no going back/When your foot of pride goes down/Ain’t no going back.” Although the song delivers many eminently quotable lines, it is much too long and rambles in places, and it is perhaps understandable why Dylan chose to leave this off Infidels. The artist himself has never performed the song live in concert, although Lou Reed did a justly famous rendition of it at the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert, mastering the half-spoken/half-singing delivery of the verses expertly.”
And then, in 2020, during the coronavirus lockdown, I got it. Or at least I think I did. It takes the notion of pride, and the way that those against you will use your pride to bring you low. But there ain’t no going back.
If you create something of merit – no matter how spectacular or how simple – you have done it, and there really is nothing wrong with being proud of that. But that is no cause to stop. You can’t undo the past – there ain’t no going back. You have achieved that. Now you move on.
Or put another way, “Don’t let them bring you down.” And that was the way I came to grasp an understanding of this year. Bob had been brought under the influence of Christianity, but ultimately had found the preaching and teaching and rule making too much for him [this is just my opinion of course]. And now he was simply saying “no”. This world doesn’t fit the image that he had in his mind during his Christian period.
But that’s been done. There ain’t no going back. One might even say, “Don’t let them bring you down.”
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36 Responses to Foot of Pride: Bob Dylan’s rambling masterpiece which tears us limb from limb
patsludden says:
You’re writing them quicker than Bob did! lol
zimmy1 says:
I always thought Dylan was talking about someone or something?as he mentions “they” so many times.In my mind i always thought it was something religious, good or evil im not sure.
they’ll choose a man for you to meet to nite
They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in
They got some beautiful people out there, man
They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue
They got mystery written all over their forehead
They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young
They don’t believe in mercy Judgement on them is something that you’ll never see
They can exalt you up or bring you down main route Turn you into anything that they want you to be
Paul Latini says:
It is a great song, beautifully performed.
Chuck Gibson says:
There’s a reference to “foot of pride” in Psalm 36, verse 11, in the King James Version.
zippy says:
I would have thought the dead person (referred to as “he,” through the song) was actually a woman, presumably bent on climbing the hill of power and influence. Commentary perhaps on the shameful political power games, traditionally the realm of men, which were and are increasingly becoming a blood sport for women too.
All together I think this is one of his best, in my book. He’s hammering all the right notes and criticizing the worst in society, the plutocrats and politicans who make and break young up-and-comers, like the young lad/lady in this song, without a thought.
anthony aardvark says:
This recording never fails to elicit the little madness of which Tony refers. Indeed, Dylan’s performance sells it. “There ain’t no goin’ back…” feels as much a threat as a belief.
Though the aphorism about meeting the same people on the way up as you will when they’re coming down must be ages old, I can’t help but think that he’s quoting Ralph Kramden when he sings it.
Dylan covers a lot of ground. I love this song too.
Ian Marshall says:
Your reference “Your time will come, let hot iron blow as he raised the shade,”
I think it is symbolic of the firey furnace or hell when somebody dies. Sometimes a furnace is within a container and to access it you have to open the door or lift a shutter, so i think it is about the end of a persons life who hasnt lived for christ and is scoffing at God and loving the pleasures of carnality. “Your time will come”
Joseph Griffiths says:
Apparently this song was written shortly after Dylan ceased being a Christian. Read the lyrics again with that in mind and you may understand what he’s talking about better. Very cynical…
L. Jon Small says:
Re: zimmy 1’s attempted partial lyric reference –
“bring you down main route”? main route?! What does that even mean? How does it fit the rhyme scheme? Am I the only one who thinks the following works a little better?:
They can exalt you up
Or bring you down, bankrupt
Turn you into anything
That they want want you to be
jackstraw says:
It was 1983 man! Reagan was president! Terrorists! Hijackings, hostages! Lesbians and TV evangelist! “They’d like to take all his money from sin,build big universities to study in,sing amazing grace all the way to the swiss banks” I get it! Haha! He was just finished with his religious kick…it topical with the times! He smoked a shit load of hash and observed.
Baucent says:
Packed with Biblical references for those who can see them, this is Dylan’s attempt at a Psalm. As pointed out “Foot of Pride” comes from Psalm 36, and like the Psalmist he rants at the wicked, the hypocrites, the rich. Probably he wasn’t satisfied with it since it never made the cut.
steven twyford says:
Gay pride?
Is it a anti gay song?
This song has just recently opened up for me. I never liked it very much until very recently. Now I can’t get enough of listening to it. I love the words, his vocal delivery, those sharp harmonica breaks. I think Chuck is correct in quoting Psalm 36:11. I would question Joseph’s assertion that Dylan “ceased being a Christian.” We do not have evidence that he “ceased being a Christian” in 1983 or at any point. Tony, I think your writing on this is excellent. This song is bottomless, like all of the best Dylan songs. And when we listen to it, we should keep this in mind: “May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away. See how the evildoers lie fallen – thrown down, not able to rise.” Psalm 36: 11-12 (NIV)
Keep the analyses coming, Tony. I love reading your stuff!
Also: ‘Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”‘ Luke 9:60
hans altena says:
I learned to know this song through the record Last Infidels Outtakes, where the backing band sounds blurred, and anyway they hardly know what to do with the structure, only the organ manages to add some tension, and the bass ads some licks, but as if in a rap Dylan’s singing carries the whole song and goes to any unexpected corner the simple melody and rhythm tried to hide, making it into a swaggering powerhouse. But more important, it is one of those songs from the beginning of the eighties where Dylan taps into that same universe of floating images as he did in 65 until 67. It started during the Shot of Love sessions, with Carribean Wind and Angelina and lasted until Brownsville Girl, though there he already applied a much more rational approach, just as in Blood on the Tracks. The difficulty in getting into this dense poetry lies in the fact that in the sixties he delved into the folk roots, complete with biblical allusions, street slang and beat writings that had its origins in surreal and experimental high literature, together it formed a whole that enabled us to understand although sometimes only through intuïtion. In the eighties he became more scriptural and in the same time applied the abstract approach he had learned in the days of Tangled up in Blue, where his rational way of putting it together helped him form a story with it. Here no normal storyline applies and neither do the images flow together, rather more they collide, because this time the field he covers is that of a religious seer and a poet from the realm of rock he himself created and these two impersonations of his gemini nature contradict. It wouldn’t be until Time out of Mind and especially Love and Theft that he found a way to synthesize things by starting to act as a grifter of ideas and images, mashing them together in his mambo of songs that seem to stem from eternity’s well, with an old time feel and a radical modern method of cut and paste. But back to the song at hand, once we have accustomed to the almost schizophrenic nature of the poem and open our ears to the lyrical and intense singing an apocalyptic landscape unfolds where every fragment of the destroyed environment tkes on an ominous meaning, calling for a redemption of the mind. Dare to descend into this maelstrom and maybe you find some reason. For instance, yes, I presume the first victim of Dylan’s wrath is a feminist lost in a man’s world she wanted to adapt to to get as high (low in Dylan’s opinion) as the men themselves, and from there on a calvacade of persons lost in vain passes before our eyes while the singer gives voice to many that pass by this carnavalesk row of people doomed to fall. No need to get into the details, they are quite explicit if you are not hampered by a deficit of poetic imagination and avoid trying to connect what has fallen apart, this burning world before our eyes. Right now as refugees flood over our borders of old Europe, I cannot help but find reason in this strange but powerful song.
harvey gower says:
A lot of insight here –enjoyable reading. My favorite verse is one with the Eroll Flynn reference and the final nail driven in.
Kevin Porter says:
Totally agree with L John Small over the word “bankrupt”
“They can exalt you up or bring you down, bankrupt
Turn you into anything that they want want you to be”
And I’ve always thought that the closing lyric was:
“Your time will come. Let hot irons glow while you lay in the shade.”
It’s a prophesy of eternal damnation in hell after death for those who complacently fail to address the sinfulness in their lives.
Foot of Pride seems to me a good companion song to Jokerman.
All I know is that Lou Reed absolutely killed this song at Dylans Bday bash it was totally amazing, I never read much into his mind, but I love Dylan all the same.. Poet indeed
Paul Lasecki says:
I have read in more than one place…that Dylan wrote this song in part as a reaction and to express his disappointment in the hypocrisy he eventually saw in some of the leaders of the Vineyard Church. Remember when Dylan first got saved he threw himself completely and totally Intuit he made it 100% commitment going to church every day and bible study every day for months and months. At a certain point, the reports go, Dylan started seeing hypocracy in the only organized Christianity he had been exposed to and some of the lyrics reflected some of the reason why Dylan abruptly cut ties with the vineyard Fellowship.go.
Some of my favorite some of Dylan’s best images and lyrics here…. I always loved the economy of the line about singing Amazing Grace to the Swiss banks….. And the line about a whore passing the hat around and collecting $100 and saying hey thanks.
There are so many other great lines in this song right now the only one I’m going to mention is the one it goes there are some beautiful people here man they can be a terror to your mind love that line I absolutely love it I love Dylan’s reading of it and at Bob Fest Lou Reed’s delivery it is classic as well……Gosh…great lines just keep popping into my head…..the rhyme sequence of in these times of compassion when conformities in fashion…… Genius
Alfred Valstar says:
A very, religious, Christian, poetic song. People that say ‘ceased to be a Christian’ are wishful thinkers. Pay attention to Tempest and get your answer there.
Larry Fyffe says:
Pay attention to the lyrics of Foot of Pride: Dylan is
really annoyed at organized Christians for trying to make a fool out of him in order to fill their coffers. Appatently, Dylan says the same thing in ‘I Once Knew A Man”: “Tried to take me for a ride”.
Of course one might still respect Jesus as a person while refusing to go back and conforming to the demands of a church that corrupts Christ’s teachings for financial gain.
*Apparently
Oraganized religion is the work of rebeller Satan, the red devil:
“There’s a retired businessmsn named Red,
cast down from Heaven, and he’s out of his head”
(Dylan: Foot Of Pride)
And the Whore of Babylon:
“And upon her forehead was a name written:
‘Mystery, Babylon the Great, The Mother of Harlots/
And Abominations of the Earth”
(Revelation 17:5)
“They got ‘Mystery” written all over their forehead”
It’s not a good idea to take Dylan for a ride.
Though Christians turn themselves inside out trying to save Dylan for themselves, the songwriter appears to advocate, under the influence of poets William Blake and Andrew Marvell, between the physical and the spiritual needs of human beings, represented in their day by the humours or the elements of earth, wind, fire, and air:
That is to say even as the priests debase love and sex, corrupt religion glorifies greed and money:
“Ain’t nothin’ left here, partner/
Just the dust of a plague that has left the whole town afraid”
“But at my back, I always here/
Time’s winged chariot hurrying near/
And yonder alk before us lie/
Deserts of vast eternity/
Thy beauty shall no more be found/
….And your quaint honour turn to dust/
And into ashes all my lust/
The grave’s a fine and private place/
But none, I think, do there embrace”
(Andrew Marvell: Coy Mistress)
A theme of a Metaphyical Poet, encountering
the discovery of objective science that the
Earth is no longer the centre of God’s creation.
A Romantic poet admired by Dylan,
picks up on this theme:
“When will return the glory of your prime?/
No more, oh, never more”
(Percy Shelley: Lament)
*(corrections) ….balance between the physical….
…yonder all before….
Indeed, there are more literary references in
Bob Dylan’s song lyrics to this effect that one can shake a Nobel Prize in Literature at:
“And here face down beneath the sun/
….The always rising of the night”
(Archibald MacLeish: You, Andrew Marvell)
“If you don’t mind sleeping with your head face down in the grave”
From Marvell, a poet far ahead of his time, comes
Dylan’s deliberate technique of inserting plausible multiple-meanings via the wording of lyrics, not to mention his choice of music, which is a characterisic of the style associated with bringing of the reader/ listerner into the work of art through Post-Modernist ambiguous playfulness.
“Don’t even hear a murmur of a prayer/
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there”
(Dylan: Not Dark Yet)
Not unlike the English Romantic, the even now more respected poet John Keats than in his day, attests Christospher Ricks, of Boston University in his book ‘Dylan’s Visions Of Sin’, the noted literary scholar thereby backing up my assertions to quite an extent, I would think.
Lasecki certainly agrees in his well-thought out
comment above; one should know their song well before they start singing!
Of course in above comments that should be ‘hear’, not ‘here’. And ‘all’.
As mentioned , Psalm 36 is where “foot of pride” comes from Biblically from the NKJV and if you also have a Bible Commentary handy , you can read much into the song…Many of his Biblical references become a little clearer when you consult a commentary. Very interesting…Indeed!
Hi, I am a librarian and just stumbled across a book published in the 1950’s called “Foot of Pride” by Malcolm Hay. Apparently it is about Christians persecuting Jews. Here is an excerpt from a Kirkus review, ” a sweeping indictment of a Christian civilization in its treatment of the Jews from the early days of St. John Chrysostom to Hitler and beyond.” Maybe Bob was familiar with the book and was expressing his disillusionment with Christianity? Long live Bob, he keeps us all guessing!
TonyAttwood says:
Chris thank you for that. I had never heard of that book, but the link sounds very reasonable
Music of Bob Dylan says:
Hello Tony, many comments on this interesting analysis. Join us inside Bob Dylan’s Music Box http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/195/Foot-of-Pride and listen to every version of every song composed or performed by Bob Dylan.
There are so many great moments in this wild song. The little sing-songy lilt of “all over their forehead”. The way he seems like he’s trying to win a Dylan imitator’s contest with “Errol Flynn”. And “They don’t belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve in mercy”. We need to hear all takes of this song.
paul mcleod says:
I consider this is one of Bob’s greatest
after Desolation Row.
for a completely different version
go to: Foot of Pride – The Cinch Review.
it is worth it – just scroll to the end +
watch something unique 🙂
Jack Nelson says:
I first saw Dylan at Wilson High School auditorium. Long Beach, CA. 1965, I guess. He arrived like 40 minutes late, conspicuously drunk. Nothing on stage but two tall stools. He fumbled his harmonicas onto one of them. I though he might fall as he climbed onto the other. I told my date, sorry, this looks like it’s going to be a bust.
He started singing and totally filled the stage, mesmerized everyone throughout the performance. Nobody even coughed.
Listen to Foot of Pride like his voice is a saxophone. Perfect phrasing and nuance. It is as if spoken, yet it is all melody. He never gets a note wrong. Hear the emotion in each word. “…passes the plate and says thanks.” A tick of hesitation, and we hear “thanks” with its derisive smirk.
I listen to Dylan’s own delivery of Foot of Pride with a thrill at the mounting tempo as the furious lyrics build not a narrative but a revelation.
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The Renault Megane Sport Tourer has always been one of the most handsome load-luggers on the market – now it’s even better.
Estate cars have been out of favour for a while now – victims of the crossover craze. But that’s not to say they are toast, because there are still many who prefer their looks, car-like handling and low loading bay.
The fourth-generation Renault Megane Sport Tourer is the best looking yet, especially now it’s been treated to a minor makeover inside and out, and the addition of a new plug-in hybrid powertrain.
Renault’s decided to label its hybrids ‘E-Tech’, and the Megane E-Tech joins the Captur E-Tech (plug-in hybrid) and Clio E-Tech, which doesn’t need plugging in and is what other manufacturers would call a “self-charging hybrid”.
Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are a stepping-stone between combustion-engined cars and fully electric vehicles, and the Megane is a good example.
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The Megane features a 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engine mated to two electric motors and an F1-inspired clutch-less automatic transmission, producing a combined 158bhp and 275lb ft of torque, making for a swift 0-62mph time of 9.8 seconds and a top speed of 107mph.
More importantly for some, Renault claims fuel economy is up to 217.2mpg, while CO2 emissions are a low 30g/km.
Charging from zero to 100% takes three hours using a home wallbox, and there are three driving modes – Pure (zero-emissions pure-electric driving), MySense (optimised hybrid driving) and Sport (most responsive with full power from engine and electric motor).
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And as if that’s not enough drive options, there’s “B-Mode” which recoups as much energy as possible into the car’s battery pack by turning up the wick on the regenerative braking system. In other words, it will slow the car down as you ease off the accelerator, so less brake pedal action.
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Inside, the Megane Sport Tourer E-Tech is attractive and sensibly laid out, with a classy feel. There’s plenty of room for adult passengers in the back, while boot space is down a little, but still a useful 447 litres.
The Megane Sports Tourer E-Tech offers a pleasantly refined and comfortable drive, while the point where the petrol engine takes over the electric motor (and vice versa) is smooth enough, though the seven-speed automatic isn’t the fastest through the gears when pushed.
It cruises nicely and more spirited drivers will enjoy the Sport mode, but then hybrids tend to awaken your inner Scrooge, so most Megane owners are likely to stay in the default MySense mode.
Based on a briefer than usual test drive, our fuel economy prediction is very much an estimate. The reality (like all PHEVs) is that once the battery charge is used up on a longer journey, and you’re mainly relying on the conventional petrol-powered engine, the Megane E-Tech is likely to settle down around the 50mpg mark.
The Sports Tourer E-Tech is priced from £30,685 and comes with a generous five-year/100,000-mile warranty. Its closest rival is arguably the Kia Ceed Sportswagon PHEV. Naturally, a hatchback Megane E-Tech is available, as well as the estate.
Verdict: The Renault Megane Sport Tourer E-Tech is a welcome addition to the growing list of practical plug-in hybrids on the market. Smooth, easy to drive and stylish, Renault’s managed to increase its appeal to both company car buyers and private motorists in one fell swoop.
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The Unending Game: A Review
Vedesh Gangur
“Nothing should be as favourably regarded as intelligence;
Nothing should be as generously rewarded as intelligence;
Nothing should be confidential as the work of intelligence,”
– Sun Tzu
A great book is one that prompts the reader to contemplate its content even after they finish reading it. Once such book is The Unending Game by Vikram Sood, Ex-Chief of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), who headed the agency between 2001 and 2003, the tumultuous years that followed the Kargil intrusion, the Lahore declaration – debacle and the IC – 814 hijack. Despite being a slim book of 270 pages, it is an essential primer on many intelligence-related subjects, written as it has been by a practitioner of the ‘unending game’. Candour in a memoir is something that in most cases, assures sales. Candour when writing about world issues requires gumption, which, if given a choice, most ex-chiefs would shy away from.
In a country where the average citizen imagines an intelligence agent or spy in the mould of an onscreen avatar of Salman Khan – a shirtless, banian dhaari with biceps, riding a bicycle, kissing and colluding with a romantic interest from an enemy country to jointly stop a terror plot, while also singing and dancing, the real world of intelligence is somewhat misunderstood, to put it mildly. The Unending Game provides its readers with a far more realistic picture of what intelligence agents do. It deals with a whole gamut of issues of concern to various intelligence agencies, including , operations, training issues, moles, espionage among friends, the growth of the private intelligence industry, continuing Cold war rivalries, geopolitical hotspots, post-colonial fault lines, secret societies & cabals, active measures, SOCINT, HUMINT, IMINT, COMINT, OSINT, GEOINT challenges, financial terrorism , cyberwar, AI issues, ethics in intelligence, intelligence failures, challenges to the Asian Century, Deep State issues, Psy-Wars, Water Wars, Emerging power (India) issues and much more. Sood is straightforward in his assessments and the solutions he recommends to prepare India for the challenges of the 21st century.
Even though the intelligence profession is perhaps as old as any other, the author traces the origins of contemporary intelligence operations and strategies to the First World War (WW I), beginning with the British intercepts of the radio transmissions of their enemies which played an important role in winning that war. However, I do think the author could have added a page or two on the illustrious history of intelligence tradecraft in the Indian sub-continent, where spy agencies played a pivotal role in enabling imperial powers to subjugate the native population. As such, The Unending Game has essentially traced the history of intelligence from the last century to contemporary times.
The book has been structured in a manner wherein real world scenarios have been used to provide the context for various concepts that have been delved into. These examples are of course in the public domain., and the author, it seems, has taken extreme care to avoid anecdotes which might become controversial, so that the prime message of the book doesn’t get lost. As such, the author discusses threadbare various facets of running a serious intelligence agency, from operations, to the characteristics of an analyst, to the efficacy of training, to active measures, to regime changing recipes, to who watches the watchers, and finally to the requirements and efforts that go into the making of an ideal spy. The phrase “perfect spy” is actually mentioned a few times in the book.
Another noteworthy feature of Sood’s effort is the focus on the role played by ‘Secret Societies‘in the world of today. Of course, ever since Carroll Quigley, who had been given complete access to the Vatican archives wrote the tome, Tragedy and Hope which shed considerable light on the workings of Secret Societies, people have written innumerable books about such groups. But very few books written by former Intelligence Chiefs from India deal with the subject at length. Sood’s treatment of the subject allows the reader to look beyond the realm of conspiracy theory and get an understanding of the relevance that these groups truly have to world polity. Indeed, the author has striven to make the reader understand the dynamics of power at the global stage with ‘all kinds’ of prominent actors being examined. Including of course the veritable ‘Deep State’ which the author quotes Mike Lofgren to define :
“It’s a mysterious entity as a social network committed to its own enrichment & perpetuation . It is in a class by itself in terms of global reach and financial resources but is neither omniscient nor invincible .It has some sinister aspects to its functioning , aims and effects but the important aspect is that it is well entrenched ”.
In any case, some prominent power clubs which were created for the sole purpose of preserving the interests of the elites mentioned in the book are the ‘Pinay Cercle’, the ‘First Name Club’, ‘Gladio A&B’, ‘The Safari Club’, ‘The Bilderbergers’, ‘The Council for Foreign Relations’, and the ‘Trilateral Commission’.
This begs the question: What then is India’s place in the world? The author feels that without enunciating a grand narrative which encompasses both short term and long term objectives and identifies the means to achieve them, India will continue to punch below its weight. In this passage where Sood explains how Jihad was essentially “made in America”, he also reveals how the world is shaped by those who wish to make it in their own image:
“1980s saw the most massive and best known covert operation of the cold war when the US & its allies used the Jihadi option to defeat the Soviet Union in Afghanistan with the President Reagan describing the Jihadis as moral equivalent to the founding fathers of America. Selected Jihadis were trained in American facilities like Fort Bragg, Northern Carolina and at the CIA’s Camp Perry and other locations in Virginia. About 80,000 others were trained for jihad by ISI in 4 years. Forty threes Islamic countries participated in the Jihad. Apart from the money generated by the Americans and Saudis, opium cultivation in Afghanistan and the processing of opium into heroin in Pakistan was encouraged to start the war. “ISI is currently about 25000 strong which has morphed into a special operations force that recruited , trained and equipped and sent out Jihadis during the Afghan jihad under CIA’s tutelage, assistance & training.”
“Post 911 intelligence in the US has been massively upgraded and privatized on a scale unimaginable in the recent times. The total intelligence budget of the US intelligence agencies as per disclosed is about 70 billion dollars roughly equal to or more than the India’s annual Defence budget “.
“Today after a decade and a half of the so-called war on terror fought all over the Muslim World , victory seems no nearer than it was in October 2001. The top secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of 11 Sept 2001 has become so large , so unwieldy and so secretive that no-one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs ,how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work .- Therein lies the truth and the future .”
“US still believes in its manifest destiny to rule the world, while the Chinese presume they are the Middle Kingdom & both the nations feel the world owes them eternal gratitude for existing whilst overstating their narcissist beliefs and refusing to accept that the world has begun to change “
He does portray a grim picture for the future if suitable steps aren’t taken. Wars will be fought over water by governments (and multinationals, too) with water being turned into a truly marketed commodity. Artificial intelligence usage is a huge grey area which, if unregulated, could lead to catastrophic effects. Competition over resources will lead to wars which might be cold or hot depending on the flashpoints. Already a competition is underway between the oil producing nations led by the US and gas producing nations led by Russia. China, with its flagship One Belt One Road, of which the ‘China Pakistan Economic Corridor’ is a key part, will strive to preserve its economic interests and military presence along the new trade routes of the world.
In the midst of all this, Sood also laments the rather serious inability and unwillingness on the part of the Indian ruling elite to understand the ethos of Pakistan, its army, its elites, its thought process and its source of ideological sustenance. Peace with India is not part of this ideology, he claims. Having said that, other reviews of this book seem to have quite obsessively focused on issues related to Pakistan, while missing the larger ethos of the work, which is the detailing of global power structures and the tools required for a country to harness power on this planet.
Indeed, one would say that Sood has set the bar extremely high for books that deal with intelligence and such. It will, no doubt, serve as a template for future chiefs, if they wish to write, and there is a crying need for such literature to be produced in India. These prophetic words of the author are perhaps an apt way to conclude:
“Statecraft is a mixture of diplomacy, military power, economic strength and intelligence capabilities. No single factor by itself will be enough to attain our goal to be a great power. Greatness is not going to be thrust upon us or granted in charity .We have to achieve it on our own – by force , stealth or deception .”
Vedesh M Gangur is a keen observer of geopolitics. He tweets at @VedeshMG
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Lawsuit says few state services available for mentally ill who are deaf
Gail Belton thought she had found a solution to caring for her 26-year-old daughter -- a deaf, mentally ill woman.
A lawsuit on behalf of Renita Belton, 25, says Georgia is not providing her the same services given to 177,000 other people with mental illness, development disabilities or addictions.
Brant Sanderlin A lawsuit on behalf of Renita Belton, 25, says Georgia is not providing her the same services given to 177,000 other people with mental illness, development disabilities or addictions.
Renita Belton, who is deaf, has been diagnosed with developmental disabilities and mitochondrial cell disorder. She needs to be watched all the time.
Brant Sanderlin Renita Belton, who is deaf, has been diagnosed with developmental disabilities and mitochondrial cell disorder.
The Snellville woman had hired a company to provide around-the-clock staff for Renita Belton, but that firm lost its state certification earlier this month. Now there is a patchwork system in place while Gail Belton looks for a more permanent fix.
Gail Belton's daughter is one of two deaf, mentally ill people who filed a class-action lawsuit in March against Georgia for not providing them the same services given to 177,000 other people with mental illness, development disabilities or addictions. The federal lawsuit comes as the state is negotiating to settle another one filed by the U.S. Justice Department, which had said Georgia's mental health system was rife with abuse and neglect.
But even though that suit is being settled, Gail Benton told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia isn't helping 350 mentally ill adults who also are deaf.
“The state’s not really taking care of my daughter. They aren’t providing a mental health service they provide others,” Gail Belton said. “There are supports for people who are hearing. Why aren’t there supports for people who are deaf?”
Renita Belton's federal lawsuit against Georgia asks for equal services.
"There are no services in Georgia," Gail Belton said.
Tom Wilson, spokesman for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, said the state was already working on a plan to resolve the Beltons' issues when the suit was filed. He said the agency also is working with the Beltons on a stop-gap option until a new provider is found to replace Atlanta-based Bj&w Personal Care Home Inc., which lost its certification because the state said it had flawed record-keeping and other service deficiencies.
Wilson denies the state is indifferent to the problems Renita Belton and others with similar disabilities have.
"We have regional offices and the regional offices have worked with consumers to find other services," Wilson said.
Georgia did pay for Renita Belton to attend a Florida program, the National Deaf Academy near Orlando, as a youth. But when she reached 22, Renita Belton was no longer eligible for state funding to pay for services at specialized facilities.
“In Florida, I saw the services. I saw how they were working,” Gail Belton said. "I saw how the deaf people were working."
The options back in Georgia were limited.
Gail Belton initially built her daughter an apartment in her basement so she could have some degree of independence.
But Renita Belton often would stay awake at night. She roamed the streets night and day, while her mother was sleeping or working as a human resources director for a government agency.
“It created a very dangerous situation,” Gail Belton said. “To keep her from wandering, she had to be locked in the basement. I did not like leaving her in the basement, locked up. But the only way to keep her safe was to keep her confined."
But on those occasions, Renita would break bottles. She would cut herself. Gail Belton would come home from work to find "blood on the clothes, blood on the floor..."
Gail Belton said her daughter needed government services. But while the suit is pending, Gail Belton has had to patch together another option -- one that falls short of what she said her daughter needs.
The state would cover the cost of someone to watch Renita Belton for eight hours a day if she lived with her mother.
"I was trying to get her accustomed to being independent and I was trying to work," Gail Belton said.
The state allowance increased to $150 a day -- the cost of staff for two eight-hour shifts -- if she lived independently. A special waiver was needed to get 24-hour care.
So Gail Belton bought a second home -- this one in Snellville -- and made state-mandated changes to it so it would qualify as a "host" or "group" home.
The house has room for three more mentally ill, deaf women, but so far, the state has not referred any.
There are emergency exit instructions in virtually every room. Renita and her caregiver have fire drills. Modifications were made to the house so that it’s accessible to those with physical disabilities.
Also, Gail Belton had to find a provider willing to secure a special waiver, a process that is laborious. She could find only one company -- the since de-certified Bj&w -- that was willing to do it.
“I didn’t want this," Gail Benton said. "I just want to be a mom.”
In her case, that's not been easy.
Renita Belton has been diagnosed with developmental disabilities and mitochondrial cell disorder. She needs to be watched all the time, her mother said. In addition to breaking things and cutting herself, she also is suicidal and prone to wandering the streets and getting into cars with strangers if someone doesn’t watch her.
Renita Belton's destructiveness increases especially after gatherings where she is the only nonhearing person, both daughter and mother say.
“I just miss everything and I blow up,” Renita Belton told the AJC through an sign-language interpreter.
Renita Belton is a spunky woman who teases her mother and her caregiver -- one of three who reported to duty that day even though the firm that placed her was de-certified. Through sign language, Renita Belton engages them in playful conversations much like those a teenager would have with adults.
Her playfulness evaporates at the suggestion that a hearing person look after her. She is adamant about having caregivers who also are deaf and fluent in American Sign Language.
“Renita made it very clear I needed to provide people she can talk to,” Belton said. “My child is social. She likes being included. For her not to be aware of what’s going on around her, not being able to talk to people, creates isolation for her.”
Renita Belton was diagnosed as deaf when she was 3. Initially, she was sent to the Atlanta School for the Deaf but later enrolled in mainstream schools. By the time she was in the eighth grade, behavioral problems had developed.
“As a parent, I recognized there were some things occurring in her education,” Gail Belton said. “I first took it to the school system and got a letter saying … there were no problems ... But I was at the school nearly every day saying, ‘What is up?’”
Renita Belton was 16 when her mental illnesses were identified.
It was then that she was enrolled in specialized schools, first in Washington, D.C., and then the one in Orlando. Renita Belton caught up on some of the education she missed before her illnesses were identified and she learned some life skills.
"Every state that touches us [Georgia] has some services for deaf people," Gail Belton said. “... My daughter needs to be independent. She just needs help.”
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The Body Snatcher [Boris Karloff]
The Body Snatcher (1945) starring Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Bela Lugosi
The Body Snatcher is considered by many to be Boris Karloff’s finest role–and they may well be right. Unlike what the trailer for the movie says, this is not a team-up between Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Both appear in The Body Snatcher, but in this tale Lugosi is strictly a secondary character, although important; and the scene between the two of them is definitely the most chilling of the film. “Stand still, man! How can I demonstrate if you won’t stand still?”
The Body Snatcher, starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henri Daniell
But first, some background information. The Body Snatcher is set in Edinburgh 1831. A prestigious doctor, Dr. Wolfe “Toddy” MacFarlane (played well by Henry Daniell) runs a school for surgeons, and he offers a promising, but poor, student named Fettes a position working for him so that the young man can afford to continue his education.
However, the school is acquiring corpses for the students to practice on in a highly illegal way–employing a grave robber named John Gray (played excellently by Boris Karloff), who is also a cabman — and who holds some hold of blackmail over the well-known Dr. MacFarlane.
Dr. MacFarlane initially refuses to operate on a young crippled girl, but after Fettes imploring, he accedes–but the girl still can’t walk, although Fettes and her mother continue working with her. The main plot deals with the negative influence that John Gray has over “Toddy” MacFarlane–a nickname that MacFarlane hates, and that Gray loves to use. Gray’s main goal in life appears to be lording over Dr. MacFarlane at every opportunity.
Bela Lugosi’s character
Dr. MacFarlane’s servant, Joseph (played well by Bela Lugosi) makes the mistake of trying to blackmail Gray — having found that Gray has begun resorting to murder to acquire new corpses. In the most chilling scene in the movie, Gray makes Joseph think that he’ll cut him in for a share of the future profits – before choking him to death while “demonstrating” how he kills his victims.
MacFarlane becomes desperate to become a free man and escape Gray’s blackmail, but I won’t spoil the ending for you; I will, however, strongly recommend that you see The Body Snatcher for yourself. It’s one of the most chilling horror movies that I’ve ever seen; one where the monsters are all too human.
Editorial review of The Body Snatcher (1945) starring Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Bela Lugosi, courtesy of Amazon.com
Synopsis: Boris Karloff (“The Crimson Cult,” “House of Evil“) stars as a cabman who steals recently deceased bodies to assist in the medical experiments of Dr. MacFarlane, played by Henry Daniell (“The Suspect“). Bela Lugosi (“Dracula“) co-stars in this classic thriller. The film is the last one to pair the talents of Karloff and Lugosi.
Movie quotes from The Body Snatchers
Dr. Wolfe ‘Toddy’ MacFarlane (Henry Daniell): What is Gray to me? He’s a man from whom I buy what I need when I need it. The rest is forgotten.
Meg Camden: You may deny him, Toddy, but you’ll not rid yourself of him by saying the devil’s dead.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): I am a small man, a humble man. Being poor I have had to do much that I did not want to do. But so long as the great Dr McFarlane comes to my whistle, that long am I a man. If I have not that then I have nothing. Then I am only a cabman and a grave robber. You’ll never get rid of me, Toddy.
Dr. Wolfe ‘Toddy’ MacFarlane (Henry Daniell): Gray, I must be rid of you. You’ve become a cancer, a malignant evil cancer rotting my mind.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): You’ve made a disease of me, eh, Toddy?
Lugosi and Karloff
Joseph (Bela Lugosi): I know you kill people to sell bodies.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): You say you came here of your own account. No-one sent you, no-one knows you’re here?
Joseph (Bela Lugosi): Give me money or I tell the police that you murder the subjects.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): Well, Joseph, you shall have money, why should you not? I don’t suppose the great Dr MacFarlane is over lavish with his pay?
Joseph (Bela Lugosi): No.
Grave robbers
Mrs. Mary McBride: He’ll not leave the grave – not since Wednesday last when we buried the lad.
Donald Fettes: Your son, ma’am? He must have been a fine boy for the wee dog to love him so.
Mrs. Mary McBride: A great kind lad he was – gentle with all things like Robbie. Now I can’t get the dog to leave here. Perhaps it is for the best. I’ve not money enough to afford a grave watcher.
Donald Fettes: Not much danger here, ma’am, I wouldn’t think – right here in the heart of Edinburgh.
Mrs. Mary McBride: They’re uncommon bold, the grave robbers – and the daft doctors who drive them on.
Driving away John Gray?
Dr. Wolfe ‘Toddy’ MacFarlane (Henry Daniell): If you’ve any regard for your neck, you’ll leave now and stay away from my house, from my school, and from me.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): Well, I’ve no wish for a rope cravat. I never like the smell of hemp. So I’ll bid you good night, Dr McFarlane.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): You’ve no need to be anxious, Meg. MacFarlane has been drunk and away before. He’ll be back in good time. Meanwhile, you have me to keep you company.
Meg Camden: I call that no good fortune.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): [laughs] There was a time, lass, a time when I used to bring the dashing young doctor to your door, but you weren’t so uncommon cold to your old friend Gray.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): I’m a pretty bad fellow myself, but MacFarlane’s the boy – Toddy McFarlane I call him. Toddy, order your friend another glass.[to Fettes]
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): Toddy hates me.
Dr. Wolfe ‘Toddy’ MacFarlane (Henry Daniell): Don’t call me by that confounded name.
Cabman John Gray (Boris Karloff): Hear him! Did you ever see the lads play knife? [thrusts a knife into a loaf of bread] Toddy would like to do that all over my body.
Donald Fettes: We medicals have a better way than that. When we dislike a friend of ours, we dissect him.
Closing title: “It is through error that man tries and rises. It is through tragedy he learns. All the roads of learning begin in darkness and go out into the light.” Hippocrates of Cos
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The MoM II Festival will see bands as diverse as The Dark Immortal, Obsidian Paradox, Amish Militia, Phallic Acid and Dark World performing. I don’t know about you, but I’m just getting my hearing back from the first MoM Festival! And speaking of that show, if you haven’t picked up your MoM Tour shirt you can create your own in our Figment Merch shop!
As for Crimson Eye, as soon as the final leg of their U.S. Tour is complete they’ll move on to London where they’ll kick off a European tour on Nov. 6th that will finish up Dec. 5th in Madrid.
And speaking of metal Festivals the aptly title “Metal Fest” will kick off it’s inaugural year on November 12th. Organized by Kranked Up’s Olivia Smith and Greg Jay , the Fest should be a blast with early reports saying Pusher and Phallic Acid have signed on to appear. Although a location for the Fest has yet to be named and further lineup announcements are pending, it looks to be a good one. If you’ve got a metal band and wanna play the show, leave em’ a shout on their Metal Fest page!
But arguably the biggest fall tour of them all is the double bill of Eccentric Arcade and Fait Accompli. Their Xenophilia 2009 Tour kicked off in Vancouver on Sept. 1st and criss crosses the U.S. from West to East before culminating in what’s certain to be a killer closing show in Toronto, Canada on Sept. 28th. Xenophilia tour shirts are also available in the Figment Merch Shop. Both bands are tweeting about the shows on their respective Twitter Feeds – you can follow them @EccentricArcade and @strollingwolf – and the biggest news yet is that Fait’s lead singer Aaron O’Blivion sprained his ankle while in San Diego, but will continue the tour using a cane. It doesn’t seem to have slowed him down though as reports say the band continues to tear it up live.
Is your band going on tour? Let us know and better yet, let the world know by creating your own custom tour shirt in our Figment Merch Store. Hope to see you on the road!
One Response to “Tours de Force!”
Eccentric Arcade Says:
the tour is mind blowing! we’re only a few shows in and I don’t know how it can continue to get better, but we promise you it will! all I can say is that every Fait and Arcade fan should do everything in their power to attend the final show in Toronto. let the speculation begin!
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Name: Ogden, Charles Burdett
Born: 13 July 1849
Died: 10 Oct. 1923
Name given as 'G. Ogden' in the Illustrated London News of 13 Apr. 1872 (p.363) and 6 July 1872 (p.22).
Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 293, 344
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[ILN], vol. 60, 13 Apr. 1872, page 363
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[ILN], vol. 64, 4 Apr. 1874, page 331
[LeM], 2 May 1885, page 7
Harding, Tim. [The First Oxford-Cambridge University Match], page 8
Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Charles Burdett Ogden]
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Leeds 1881 (2) Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match
Ogden, C.B. - Schiffmann, J. 0.5 - 1.5
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Manchester 1884 Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
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sigeru | February 24, 2013
Japan has a historical connection with cannabis, much like many other cultures in the world. Cannabis has been cultivated for at least 10,000 years, perhaps from the early Jomon era. In fact cannabis plays a key role in the Japanese Shinto rituals, as a metaphor at times, and as an actual object to worship in others. In the animistic religion of Shinto, cannabis appears in shapes of gods as well. Cannabis has been used to make Kimono’s to rope, and perhaps was used widely in shamanistic events.
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admin | January 2, 2013
Vice travels to Nagano to interview key players in Japan’s legalize Cannabis movement. They talk to us about their cause, their experiences with the law, how cannabis has helped some of them overcome serious illness, and the possibility for changing Japan’s harsh drug policies. We also pay a visit to the Hemp Museum in Miasa Mura to learn more about Japan’s historic and forgotten relationship to the forbidden plant.
sigeru | December 9, 2012
BY: SHIRASAKA KAZUHIKO & SHIGERU ASO
WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS IN JAPAN. WE WOULD DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOUR POLITICAL PARTY WOULD ANSWER OUR QUESTIONNAIRE BEFORE THE ELECTIONS FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REGARDING THE CANNABIS CONTROL ACT AND THE FUTURE DRUG POLICIES OF JAPAN. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RESULTS WOULD BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
sigeru | April 7, 2012
by SHIGERU ASO
three fields of cannabis
five houses
eight or nine children
The above poem was written by Japan’s world famous HAIKU poet, SHIKI MASAOKA in the late 1800′s. This poem was written about SHIKI’s ideal life, which consists of the above mentioned ideas. He wished to have cannabis fields, for he loved them. He wished for five houses to live in, and finallly 8 or 9children. This is not his only poem regarding cannabis.
sigeru | March 5, 2012
The ancient Shinto manuscript, KOJIKI, is the first book ever written in Japan. It describes the colorful world of animism, our belief system in Japan that there are spirits and gods in everything and anything in the land of the rising sun. We refer to this as YAOYOROZUNOKAMI, which lierally means 8 million gods, that we have praised and worshipped throughout history. This includes the god of cannabis, the god of wind, thunder, etc. We basically have gods and goddesses for everything, and that is embodied into the deep psyche and spirituality of the Japanese people and culture.
In this book, KOJIKI, there is a chapter called IWATOBIRAKI. This means the opening of the stone. In our mythology, AMATERASUOOMIKAMI, the sungodess hides behind a stone, and the world is covered in darkness and gloom. The other gods are freaked out by this, so they gather around the stone and they throw a big party to call the sungoddess back into the world to enlighten the land. In the end of this story, AMATERASUOOMIKAMI hears the noise of the party and gets curious as to what’s going on, and while she opens the stone and peaks through the cracks, a Japanese powerful giant pulls AMATERASUOOMIKAMI out from behind the stone. Then the land was full of sunshine once again.
sigeru | August 18, 2011
Growing up in Japan, I never had a problem obtaining good weed. Hashish and dried cannabis are both prevelent in Japan. It grows wildly there too, believe it or not. The self defense force spends a lot of money every year erradicating this wild cannabis, burning something like a million plants a year. What a waste of money and even bigger waste of good commercial weed.
I first smoked weed when I was 14 at an International School in a decent size city in Japan. I had a son of a movie star as a roommate, and he was spoiled rotten. He introduced me to weed for the first time. He got the stuff from his mom, who was some sort of talent agent. These type of people are well known to have weed in Japan. We used to smoke out together and listen to music, giggle all night, just like any other pothead does so.
sigeru | July 20, 2011
Japanese Media Freaks Out Over 0.15g
On July 17th, 2011, a prominent doctor from Kyoto University Hospital was arrested in the Tokushima prefecture, for allegedly possessing 0.15g of cannabis during a police confrontation – the doctor went up a one way street and was questioned and searched, and they found a total of 0.15g(!) of cannabis from his dashboard and pocket.
How much is 0.15g of cannabis? Is it even enough to roll a joint? Perhaps a pinner, or maybe one good bong hit – but that’s about it. Apparently, the doctor was partying on his way to Tokushima on family vacation. The sad truth is that now he faces up to five years of Japanese prison, which is known as severely disciplined and extremely strict. Naturally he has lost his job – and even more. His name being all over the newspapers and TV, his family was disgraced as well, and one could only imagine the hardships he faces ahead.
sigeru | July 4, 2011
The Japanese Pot Scene
Due to it’s strict laws against cannabis in general, the Japanese pot scene is deeply underground. However, it is estimated that over one million Japanese have tried cannabis in one form or another. This is due to excessive traveling done by the Japanese throughout the world, experiencing cannabis for the first time and bringing home the practice of smoking weed. The huge reggae and hip-hop scene in Japan contributes greatly to this culture as well.
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Guantao Becomes Permanent Legal Counsel for Administration Bureau for Organs Directly under the Auth
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On 31 October 2014, Guantao signed service contract of permanent legal counsel with Administration Bureau for Organs Directly under the Authority of the CPC Central Committee (ABO for short). 14 lawyers of different practice areas will form a power team to provide customized counsel services.A subordinated unit of General Office of the Communist Party of China, ABO is responsible for management of expenditure, finance, government car, state asset and real estate of central government, as well as life services for high-ranking government officials.
Guantao Advises Zhi Sheng Group Holdings' Hong Kong Listing
On 20 January 2017, Zhi Sheng Group Holdings Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Zhi Sheng Group Holdings”, stock code: 8370.hk) had its H shares successfully listed on theHong Kong Stock Exchange Growth Enterprise Market.Zhi Sheng Group Holdings, founded in 1996, is a high-end office furniture manufacturer. Its production facilities, located in Wenjiang District, Chengdu, comprise seven buildings with total GFA of approximately 33,218.98 square meter. Its main clients include Chinese government agencies, financial institutions (state-owned and private) and other state-owned and private enterprises.Guantao Hong Kong Office acted as HK legal advisor for Zhi Sheng Group Holdings and provided HK legal services throughout the whole transaction. Leaders of this project are Mr. Lee, partner of ...
Xi'an Office Supports NEEQ Listing of Xi'an Hanshow Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.
On 30 June 2015, with Wang Fan, Fan Huiqiong and Zhang Bo of Xi'an office as legal counsel, Xi'an Hanshow Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (stock code: 832829; stock short name: Hanshow Chemical) was listed on National Equities Exchange and Quotations.Hanshow Chemical provides services of engineering design, management, consultation and engineering project contract in fields of basic chemical, petrochemical, coal chemical, fine chemical and energy chemical. With design permit of special equipment and second grade design and EPC qualifications in chemical engineering, petrochemical and pharmaceutical, Hanshow Chemical has developed into a strong engineering company with many patented technology and high-quality employees.
Banks Employee Charged with Contract Fraud Involving over RMB27M, Acquitted with Guantao as Attorney
An employee of a Guangzhou state-owned bank was charged with contract fraud involving over 27 million RMB. Tian Sihao, partner of Guangzhou Office, was the defense attorney and pleaded innocence on his client’s behalf. With rich experiences in criminal defense, Tian Sihao conducted a masterpiece of not guilty defense. The verdict of first trial pronounced the defendant’s innocence after fully adopting his defense opinion. After first trial, counterappeal from the procuratorate, withdrawal of counterappeal, the not guilty verdict took effect and the defendant was acquitted.
Guangzhou Office Supports NEEQ Listing of Donguan Richtek Electronics Technology Co., Ltd
On 29 January 2015, with Wang Yu and Hu Yanqing of Guangzhou office as legal counsel, Donguan Richtek Electronics Technology Co., Ltd (stock code: 831914; stock short name: Richtek Technology) was listed on National Equities Exchange and Quotations (New Three Board).Located at Innovation Center of Songshan Lake hi-tech industrial development zone, Richtek Technology is a hi-tech enterprise specializing in R&D, production and sales of automobile tyre inflater and energy monitoring products.
Guantao Recommended by The Legal 500 in 11 Practice Areas
Recently, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific released its 2020 ranking of law firms. Guantao was recommended in 11 practice areas, including Banking and finance, Capital markets, Corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, Investment funds, Private equity, Projects and energy, Real estate and construction, Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou, Restructuring and insolvency, WTO/International trade.In addition, 21 Guantao partners were recommended respectively:Wei Jiang: Projects and energy; Corporate and M&ALing Xu: Projects and energyLiqiu Lyu: Banking and financeLiguo Cui: Capital markets; Private equityDongying Sun: Capital markets; Corporate and M&ABo Su: Capital markets; Corporate and M&ALeiming Sheng: Dispute resolutionShaosong Sun: Dispute resolutionYang Wang: Investment...
Guantao Performed Well in M&A Markets Legal Advisory Review by Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has just released M&A Markets Legal Advisory Review for first three quarters of 2015. Guantao's rankings are as follows:• Published Transaction involving Asia (excluding Japan) (AE31) - ranking 5 (ranking first in China)• Finished Transaction involving Asia (excluding Japan) (AE31) - ranking 4 (ranking first in China)• Published Transaction involving Asia (excluding Japan) (AE30) - ranking 8 (ranking second in China)• Finished Transaction involving Asia (excluding Japan) (AG31) - ranking 5 (ranking first in China)
Guantao Listed on the Top 100 Asia-Pacific Law Firm by The Lawyer
In July 2015, Guantao ranked 46 on the top 100 biggest Asia-Pacific law firm released by The Lawyer, a renowned British legal review.
Guantao Became the Top Domestic Law Firm on Thomson Reuters' M&A Legal Advisory Review
Guantao's impressive ranking owns to being Chinese legal counsel for reorganisation, spin-off and listing project of Cheung Kong Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited. This project ranks first in top 10 published Asian Transactions (excluding Japan). In July 2015, Thomson Reuters released M&A Legal Advisory Review for the first half of 2015. Based on M&A transaction value of Asian-Pacific (excluding Japan), Guantao ranks fifth overall and first in domestic law firms.
Guantao Was the Top Law Firm of White Paper of Hangzhou Listed Company M&A 2014
On May 5th, 2015, Listed Company M&A and Reorganization Forum, co-sponsored by the Listed Company Association of Zhejiang and Hangzhou Daily in Hangzhou, releasedwhite paper of Hangzhou Listed Company M&A 2014, which ranks intermediaries involved in M&A as following:• China Enterprise Appraisals Consultation Co., Ltd. ranks first in asset evaluation agencies• Guantao ranks first in law firms• Pan-China Certified Public Accountants ranks first in accounting firms• Goldman Sachs ranks first in buyer’s financial counselThe white paper also analyzes classic M&A cases and praises Guantao's change of actual controller of Hundsun Technologies Inc. case as an excellent capital market case.
Guantao International Law Forum of Xiamen University kicks off
On February 22 and 24, XMU-Guantao International Law Forum kicks off. It was organized by Xiamen Office and Institute of International Economic Law of Xiamen University.On the noon of February 22, first luncheon meeting was held in Youran Cafeteria.Zhang Binxin, assistant professor of XMU, introduced her research in Judge Parr’s objection in Tokyo Trial. Over ten professors and lecturers specializing in international law took part in the luncheon meeting and had a heated yet friendly discussion.On the afternoon of February 24, the first seminar of XMU-Guantao International Law Forum. Professor Xu Chongli, deputy chairman of Chinese Society of International Economic Law lectured on constructivism analysis of international law.In this seminar, a young lecturer first introduced his or her the...
Xiamen Office signed strategic cooperation agreement with Xiamen University
On 14 February 2017, Xiamen Office signed strategic cooperation agreement with Institute of International Economic Law of Xiamen University. Eminent professors, including Song Fangqing, dean of law school of XMU, and Guantao lawyers, including Li Yansheng, executive partner of Xiamen Office, attended the signing ceremony.Both parties recognized the opportunities and challenges for economic law scholars and lawyers posed by China’s rise. They fully appreciated the benefit of long-term close cooperation for each other’s development, especially in the background of The Belt and Road Initiative and Go Global strategy. For this purpose, they decided to start strategic cooperation and set up XMU-Guantao International Law Forum.XMU-Guantao International Law Forum focuses on, among other things, i...
New Office, New Page, New Leap, Elite Show: 2017 Guantao Beijing Annual Celebration
On 13 January 2017, over 200 lawyers and honored guests from all over the country gathered in Westin Hotel to join the 2017 annual celebration, with “New Office, New Page, New Leap, Elite Show” as the theme.The celebration party was orchestrated by executive committee and administrative staff of Beijing Office. After walking the red carpet in gorgeous dress, the attendees listened chorus, watched stage play, cheongsam show and modern dance, which all shows the vivacity, creativeness and charm of Guantao employees, and enjoyed three rounds of game.After that, Cui Liguo, Sheng Leiming, Han Dejing and Wang Yang gave their new year addresses and greetings. Senior staff was also awarded for their long years of dedicated service. The lottery drawing was certainly the most thrilling part. Everyon...
Lecture Series "Listen to Guantao" Successfully Held
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New Fleet, New Journey - Merger of Guantao Law Firm and Shenda Partners
On 2 August 2016, the merger ceremony of Guantao Law Firm and Shenda Partners was held at Hongkou District People’s Government of Shanghai. Government officials from Hongkou District People's Government, Shanghai Bureau of Justice and Shanghai Bar Association, along with other celebrities, attended this ceremony.With over 400 lawyers, more than 100 partners and 14 offices in main cities at home and abroad including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, HK and Sidney, Guantao Law Firm is a prestigious law firm renowned for its performance in capital markets, corporate and M&A, insolvency & restructuring, real estate, energy & resources, banking and finance as well as international trade. It has excellent performance in the rankings of ALB, China Business Law Journ...
Guantao Lawyers Donated Book Corner to Guantao Ganlin Class
Sponsored by Guantao Law Firm in 2016, Guantao lawyers actively participated in donating for charities to Guantao Ganlin Class. 50 students of Dali Weishan No.1 Middle School joined Guantao family. The students' thirst for knowledge, enthusiasm for learning and wish for changing destiny deeply impressed us.When the new year begins, Guantao proposed an initiative again. In order to prepare a significant gift for Guantao Ganlin students, Guantao lawyers decided to donate a book corner, so that the children could know a wider world.Liu, teacher of Weishan No.1 Middle School, expressed appreciation for Guantao when receiving the books. Liu said: “Students like the books. They need spiritual wealth. These books are the best new year gifts for them. Reading will benefit the children in the w...
Guantao Xi'an Office Showed Love to Shaanxi Aiding Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
To celebrate the Party's birthday, Party Branch of the Guantao Xi'an Office set up a series of bono activities. On 25 June, lawyer Li Wenhui, secretary of the Party Branch of Guantao Xi'an Office, senior partner Sun Dongfeng, young lawyers and staffs of administrative departments arrived at Shaanxi Aiding Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents and presented the children with food such as rice, flour, edible oil, milk, oatmeal, beans etc. and cash.This center, founded in 1996, works as a non-profit charity organization for the minor children of incarcerated parents. It has helped more than 600 minor children of prisoners get through their most difficult days, find jobs and earn their own livings. Guantao Xi'an Office will carry out "Legal Classroom" at the cen...
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One of its core practice areas, it has advised issuers and underwriters for the listings of companies in almost all industries, such as power and steel industries, finance and financial services, construction and building materials, commercial real estate, chemical and mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, bio-engineering, non-ferrous metals, transportation, energy, environmental protection, food, tourism, and high-tech industries. Guantao also has extensive experience regarding overseas securities regulations, issuance and trading.• issuance and listing of Class A, B and H shares• direct or indirect overseas listing of domestic enterprises• corporate restructuring in preparation for public offerings• rights offering and offering of additional shares• share repurchase / buyback, spin-of...
Corporate / M&A is another of Guantao's core practice areas. Guantao's services in this area include but are not limited to:• formation of various types of companies• corporate governance• setting up optimal legal and capital structures• stock ownership restructuring and share transfer• public and private mergers and acquisitions• franchise and chain store operations• general legal counsel for all enterprises• legal counsel for publicly traded companies, securities companies, fund management companies, futures companies, insurance companies, asset management companies, and investment companies• liquidation, insolvency and reorganization "We feel great gratitude for Guantao's professionalism and efficiency demonstrated in our acquisition project. "Have great v...
Guantao provides high-quality legal services to banking and non-bank financial institutions, including central bank and commercial banks, policy banks, cooperative banks, joint stock banks, foreign-invested banks, trust investment companies, asset management companies, securities companies, insurance companies, fund management companies, futures companies, guaranty companies, leasing companies and other financial institutions. Guantao’s services in this area include but are not limited to: • equity participation in Chinese banks by foreign banks• formation of banking and non-bank financial institutions• Sino-foreign finance cooperation projects• foreign financial institutions access to the PRC market• risk management, liquidation and exit strategies for financial institutions• export credi...
Guantao is one of the earliest law firms that established real estate department, could provide full and whole industry legal services to all kinds of clients, including government agencies, development enterprises, construction groups, financial institutions, real estate REITs, etc. Legal services of Guantao team not only contain traditional real estate development projects, such as land development (land first-level development, land use right transfer and land comprehensive development), M&A and restructuring of real estate projects, construction projects management (contracting and subcontracting, design and performance of construction contracts, final acceptance of construction projects, settlement of construction payment, etc.), sale and leasing of commercial properties, property...
Guantao attorneys have extensive experience in litigation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Guantao has successfully represented many leading corporations of different industries and government departments in both domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings, and have gained a nationwide reputation. Guantao represents clients both domestically and internationally in litigation and arbitration matters, in areas including but not limited to: • investment disputes• equity disputes• criminal prosecution• commercial and financial fraud• all types of IP and software infringement• general torts• international trade• real estate transactions• economic crime• anti-commercial bribery "Based in Beijing, the partners at Guantao are greatly resp...
Guantao is a pioneer law firm in the PRC engaged in corporate liquidation or insolvency liquidation, advising over 30 companies including non-bank financial institutions in dissolution liquidation, insolvency liquidation and insolvency reorganization. With experienced lawyers, Guantao's team has undertaken a wide variety of legal tasks such as group leader of the liquidation group, leader of insolvency administrators, and counsel for taking-over group, trustee group, and insolvency administrators. Therefore, Guantao has accumulated a wealth of valuable knowledge and practical experience in this area.Guantao's experience in this area includes the followings without limitation:• acting as member of liquidation group of corporations• acting as insolvency liquidation administrator• est...
Guantao's legal services in the field of infrastructure and projects including but not limited to: • representing and advising clients in the approval stage of infrastructure investment projects such as power, oil, gas, new energy, and environment protection in respect of the project examination and approval, verification and approval, filing or other mandatory or referenced prepositional procedures• advising on the land use rights, sea areas use rights, construction planning, building property rights and other relevant legal matters involved in infrastructure and construction projects• providing legal services for various PPP projects (including BOT, BOOT, BOO, etc.)• providing legal services for various contracts of construction project (including EPC, EPCM, PMC, etc.)• advisin...
Intellectual property has been a long-time core practice and research area for Guantao, and it has successfully represented clients on a number of cases in matters including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, proprietary technology, integrated circuit, computer software, database protection, new plant type, the design and implementation of protection programs for the copy right / trade mark / franchise right, etc.Also, Guantao has extensive experience in the field of telecommunication and media, and provides legal services for companies' M&A, general telecommunication services, value-added telecommunication services, internet services, etc.Guantao's services include but are not limited to:• information search• application and registration of IP rights (including comput...
Guantao is one of the very few Chinese law firms with substantial experiences in representing both domestic and foreign clients in merger clearance, antitrust litigation, government investigations, compliance program and counseling projects.Our antitrust lawyers have extensive and in-depth cooperation with international law firms and economic experts in order to provide our clients with high quality legal support to meet their needs in various antitrust matters.Meanwhile, the consistent communications between Guantao lawyers and the Chinese antitrust authorities, including the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”), have also enabled Guantao lawyers to serve the clients with th...
Guantao has rich knowledge and experience in international commerce, with outstanding legal team. Guantao has provided legal services on remedy in international commerce for many large-scale enterprises, corporations and government agencies. Guantao has rich experience in anti-dumping investigation, anti-subsidy, safeguard measure, trade remedy, WTO rules on goods, service, investment and IP, as well as WTO dispute settlement procedure, custom’s classification, valuation and appellations of origin. Based on these, with a thorough understanding of Chinese substantive and procedural law, we are able to provide comprehensive high-quality legal service on for anti-dumping investigation, anti-subsidy investigation and safeguard measure of our clients. Meanwhile, Guantao has served as legal coun...
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Fax: (86-20) 38398331
Email: guantaogz@guantao.com
Guantao Guangzhou Office was established in December 2012. It is staffed by an excellent team of 3 partners and over 50 associates and paralegals, who are recognized leaders in their fields of expertise.
Guangzhou is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Located on the Pearl River, about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and north-northeast of Macau, Guangzhou is the third largest Chinese city and southern China's largest city. Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port. One of the five National Central Cities, it holds sub-provincial administrative status.
We can offer efficient and high-quality legal services especially in areas of banking & finance, capital markets, corporate / M&A, private equity and funds, state-owned enterprise reform and property right transfer, non-performing asset, foreign direct investment, intellectual property, real estate & construction and litigation & arbitration. With a wealth of knowledge and experience, our Guangzhou team has achieved high level of success and built a good reputation.
Add: Room 1803, South Tower, Anno Domini Mansion, 8 Qiushi
Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310013, PRC
Tel: (86-571) 89939691
Fax: (86-571) 89939620
Email: guantaohz@guantao.com
Guantao Hangzhou Office was established in January 2014. It's staffed by 8 partners and over 20 associates and paralegals.
Hangzhou, the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in east China, is the sub-center city of Yangtze River Delta.
Hangzhou Office provides all-around and high-quality legal services in areas of cross-border investment and trade, corporate securities, intellectual property, dispute resolution, family wealth management, infrastructure and real estate.
Add:Suites 1801-3, 18th Floor, One Taikoo Place,
Quarry Bay, 979 King’s Road, Hong Kong
Email: guantaohk@guantao.com
Guantao Hong Kong Office, established in December 2008, After the three-year association with Peter C. Wong, Chow & Chow and approved by the Law Society of Hong Kong, our Hong Kong Office was localized as a Hong Kong solicitor firm with effect from 1 February 2016 under the name of Guantao & Chow, providing clients with the laws of Hong Kong and mainland China.
After the localization, Guantao & Chow currently has four partners Ms. Grace Pengpeng Yan, Ms. Clara C.Y. Ngo, Mr. George K.H. Lee, Mr. Albert G.M. Lam and four consultants Mr. Anthony W.K. Chow, Ms. Anna S.H. Chow, Mr. Jackson K.B. Woo and Mr. Lam Sek Kong. Mr. Chow, founding partner of PCWCC, chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and former chairman of The Law Society of Hong Kong, serves as Guantao global chairman and Ms. Yan as the managing partner of Guantao & Chow.
Our practice covers corporate & financing, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, FDI, intellectual property, litigation & arbitration, sale and purchase of house, company secretary service, China-appointed attesting officer and notary public with special focus on cross-border transactions.
We have an alliance with Ashurst Hong Kong, which is affiliated with Ashurst LLP, a leading international law firm with 25 offices in 15 countries. By working closely with Ashurst, we serve our clients on a global basis.
Add: 9/F, Zhongyin Plaza, 26 Luoyuan Avenue, Lixia District, Jinan
250011, PRC
Email: guantaojn@guantao.com
Guantao Jinan Office was established in March 2007 with one partner and a strong team of 20 associates and paralegals, who have the depth, experience and resources to provide timely strategic legal services for all types of business transactions and disputes in Shandong Province, an economic powerhouse on China's east coast.
Jinan Office provides a full range of legal services, including acquisition and disposition of corporate assets, corporate restructuring and liquidation, venture capital investment, large-scale land development, municipal planning and construction, as well as corporate general legal counsel and other non-litigation legal services. We are also known for our highly specialized expertise in taking on high profile litigation cases.
Add: 9/22/25/F, Shartex Plaza, 88 Zunyi South Road, Changning District,
Shanghai 200336, PRC
Email: guantaosh@guantao.com
Guantao Shanghai Office, honored as 'China Law Firm of the Year', was established in March 2001. After merging with Shanghai Zhongmao Law Firm and Shenda Partners in 2016, now it is staffed by an excellent team of 57 partners and consultants along with over 150 associates and paralegals, who are recognized leaders respectively.
Advantage practice areas of Shanghai Office include infrastructure & real estate, mergers & acquisitions, private equity & venture capital, foreign investment, banking & finance, bankruptcy & liquidation, delimitation of property rights, issuance of stocks and bonds, intellectual property, bidding & tendering. It also has outstanding performance on commercial litigation and arbitration, and criminal defense.
Shanghai Office provides full legal services for numerous major projects, such as Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai Disney Resort, Shanghai Middle Ring Road Project, Hongqiao Transportation Hub, National Exhibition and Convention Center and Xuhui Binjiang Area Development. Shanghai Office also acts as legal counsel for a number of government agencies, enterprises and institutions, such as China Eastern, Jinmao Group, Shimao Group, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, SPD Bank, Minsheng Bank, BEA, State Grid East China Grid Company, Shanghai Film Co., Ltd., Lujiazui Co., Ltd., Shanghai Municipal Investment, INESA, Shanghai Rainbow Group, Shanghai Shendi Group, ROCKBUND, Mitsubishi Electric etc.
Shanghai is the largest and most economically developed city in China. Shanghai Office is committed to providing comprehensive and high-quality legal services to clients in all industries.
Add: AF, 30/Floor, Noble Centre, 1006 3rd Fuzhong Road,
Futian District, Shenzhen 518026, PRC
Email: guantaosz@guantao.com
Shenzhen is the fastest developing city in China and one of the core cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Shenzhen is also the centre of technology, finance, international business and shipping industries in China. Shenzhen is the home to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as well as the headquarters of numerous high-tech companies, insurance companies and banks.
We established our Shenzhen office as early as in 2003, and now have more than 10 partners and 40 fee earners. We have an excellent reputation for top quality advice and good service on both contentious and non-contentious matters. We offer a full range of services covering corporate, capital market, private investment funds, asset-backed securities, real estate, employment, intellectual property, insurance and shipping as well as all forms of dispute resolution including commercial litigation and arbitration and white-collar crime.
We act for clients locally, in Shenzhen, and we work closely with our Hong Kong and Guangzhou offices so that we are able to provide service to our clients across the Greater Bay Area.
Add: Room 2704-2706, Yuanrong Xingzuo Tower A, 269
Wangdun Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, PRC
Email: guantaosuzhou@guantao.com
Guantao Suzhou Office, located in Harmony City in the CBD of Suzhou next to Jinji Lake, possesses 5 partners among almost 40 associates and supporting staff. Core team members have more than ten years of practice experience in Suzhou.
Suzhou Office focuses on core business areas of real estate & construction, corporate perennial legal services and capital markets, acting as legal counsel to more than 500 enterprises, representing thousands of litigation and arbitration cases and earning a good reputation from the clients. To guarantee the efficient and high-quality services, Suzhou Office has set up different departments, including Labor Department, Corporate Department, Foreign Affairs Department (working languages: Chinese Mandarin, English and German), Litigation Department, Securities Department and Real Estate Department. To meet client requirements, Guantao teams composed of professional lawyers safeguard the clients against legal risks in a comprehensive manner. With regards to important and complicated legal affairs that involve multi-departments, relevant departments and other Guantao offices will work together in order to ensure the service efficiency and quality.
Guantao Law Firm's Annual Legal Counsel Service Center is based in Suzhou Office as the back-end processing center for Guantao's annual legal counsel services across the country to centralize and take care of matters for perennial clients such as contract review and emails reply.
Add: Suite 6, Level 7, 66 Hunter Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: +(612) 9002 0999
Email: sydney@guantao.com
Guantao Sydney Office was officially established on 18 May 2015.
Sydney Office will develop the Australian investment market based on offering service for Chinese clients, keep the alliance partnership with world's top law firm Ashurst and provide the most humanized and commercialized investment solutions for clients.
The focus of Sydney Office legal services includes, in particular, the following issues:
• To assist M&A of Chinese enterprises in Australia
• To assist financing of Chinese enterprises on ASX
• To support funds and investment projects of Chinese funds, PE, VC in Australia
• To support Australian investment in China
The expertise of Sydney Office extends to the following practice areas:
• Real Estate & Construction
• Mining, Energy & Natural Resources
• Project & Infrastructure
• High and New Technology
• Funds, Bonds, Securities and Financing
Add: Room 609-611, 6/F, Vantone Center Tianjin, the
intersection of Dagu North Road and Xuzhou Road, Heping
District, Tianjin 300042, PRC
Tel: (86-22) 58299677 58299678
Email: guantaotj@guantao.com
Our Tianjin Office was established in April 2009.
Lying in the center of circum-Bohai region, Tianjin has been recognized as one of the largest industrial centers in Northern China. Now with the construction and opening-up of its Binhai New Area, Tianjin is embracing a new significant historical opportunity of development.
Our Tianjin office, located in Central Plaza, the landmark building of the city, is staffed by experience lawyers competent to provide efficient and quality legal services to clients in different industries, with emphasis on foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, real estate, and intellectual property.
Add: 23/F, Qixing Tower, 178 Qixing West Road, Siming District, Xiamen
Tel: (86-592) 5205 899
Fax: (86-592) 5202 133
Email: guantaoxm@guantao.com
Guantao Xiamen Office set up since March 2008. In September 2015, the elite teams of two local law firms, i.e. Fujian Jianchang Law Firm and Fujian Dadao Law Firm wholly joined Guantao Xiamen Office. Currently, Xiamen Office have 8 partners, i.e. Mr. Zheng Shuiyuan, Mr. Guo Xiaodong, Dr. Chen Zerong, Mr. Li Yansheng, Dr. An Shouzhi, Mr. Zhu Yue, Mr. Chen Yu, Mr. Zhang Shengli, and over 60 associates, trainee and supporting staffs.
Xiamen locates across the strait from Taiwan, the dynamic markets of Xiamen and Fujian Province together with Xiamen's strategic geo-economic location, as the Special Economic Zone, national comprehensive matched reform experiment zone, Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone, Xiamen currently become the Model Area of Cross strait cooperation in new industries and modern service industry, shipping center of South-eastern China, Finance Service Center of Cross Strait, Trade Center of Cross Strait. Guantao Xiamen Office focuses on to provide with the excellent, comprehensive and effective legal service and legal resolution for clients.
Guantao Xiamen Office offers a variety of legal services in the fieldsof cooperate, banking, IPO, M&A, PE and Finance, real estate projects, bankruptcy, shipping and maritime, international trade, sports and projects, litigation and arbitration. We are also dedicated to providing legal services of high quality in the fields of criminal and IP rights.
Add: Room 713, Shang Center, 51 Gaoxin Road, Xi'an 710075,
Email: guantaoxa@guantao.com
Our Xi'an Office was established in July 2001 with four partners namely Jia Jianwei, Tian Xiangqun, Kang Hongyun and Wang Fan. Situated in the historic but modern metropolis of Xi'an, our Xi'an Office is best known for its strength in advising corporate clients on securities and investment projects. The expertise of our Xi'an Office professionals extends to corporate reorganization, asset restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, stocks offering and listing, bankruptcy and insolvency, and real estate development. Additionally, Xi'an Office is well known for success in the traditional field of commercial litigations and arbitrations.
To promote the public welfare, our Xi'an Office has set up a blog, through which our legal professionals provide pro bono services to the public.
Add: Room 3617-3621, CRCC 1818 Center Tower, 23 Middle
North Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan 430061, PRC
Email: guantaowh@guantao.com
Founded on the basis of Hubei Dongzifeng Law Firm on 18 June 2017, Wuhan office of Guantao has three partners (Nie Zhengwen, Liu Hanguo and Dong Li), 15 lawyers and administrative staff, all of whom has practiced law in Wuhan for many years.
Wuhan is the capital city of Hubei province, the only sub-provincial-level city of central region and a major industrial, scientific and traffic hub. Wuhan Optics Valley boasts two trophy cups: free trade pilot zone and national innovation model zone. Blessed with superb location, Wuhan office is devoted to provide quality legal services for clients.
Covering construction, real estate, M&A, banking, finance, litigation and arbitration, Wuhan office’s main clients includes car manufacturers, construction companies, real estate companies, commercial banks and AMC. In the foregoing industries, these battle-hardened lawyers all have extensive experiences, skill and connections.
Add: 10/F Xinlihua Center, 151 Taishan Road, Jianye District, Nanjing, PRC
Guantao Nanjing Office, based on the reorganization of JiangSu SuYuan Law Firm which was founded in June 1993, possesses 12 partners, 34 associates and 15 paralegals, covering an area of 2000 square meters in 3 stories.
Guantao Nanjing Office was recognized as Excellent Law Firm by Jiangsu Provincial Department of Justice and Jiangsu Lawyers Association for many years, honored as Provincial Civilized Unit by Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government for 3 times and awarded twice as Second-Class Collective Merit.
Successively, numerous lawyers of Guantao Nanjing Office act as chairman, deputy chairman and director of Jiangsu Lawyers Association, director, vice-director and member of specialized committee in Jiangsu Lawyers Association, WTO legal service counsel in Jiangsu, arbitrator of arbitration commission in Jiangsu and Anhui, etc.
Guantao Nanjing Office insists on specialization and teamwork, consisting of specialized departments, including Corporate Department, Finance & Securities Department, Infrastructure Department, Construction & Real Estate Department, Intellectual Property Department, International Business Department, Shipping and Maritime Department, Marriage and Family Affairs Department, Criminal Defense Department, Litigation & Arbitration Department, Legal Research Office, Adminsitrative Management Department and Business Development Department.
Guantao Nanjing Office will work together with Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other offices, providing domestic and overseas clients with high-quality and efficient legal services in the fields of litigation and arbitration, corporate restructuring and insolvency, capital operation, real estate and construction, finance, insurance, intellectual property, shipping and maritime, etc.
Add:100 King Street West, Suite 5600, Toronto, ON M5X 1C9 Canada
Email:toronto@guantao.com
Fax: +1 (866) 288 -1166
Serving as the window office targeting in North America market, Guantao Toronto Office is based in Canada and also works closely with other 17 domestic and overseas offices in a shared manner in terms of investment opportunities, resources, clients and legal talents. We are bringing legal talents together and making joint efforts to the promote business communication and investment that flow between China and Canada.
Since establishment, Toronto Office has maintained a close cooperative relationship with such numerous top international law firms as BLG (Borden Ladner Gervais), Gowling WLG, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Cox & Palmer and Minden Gross LLP. Our work has been acknowledged round the world and we keep offering clients with tailored legal advice and customized business solutions.
Guantao Toronto Office provides a full range of legal services, including but are not limited to the following core practice areas:
To assist domestic businesses:
• To assist M&A of Chinese enterprises in Canada;
• To assist financing of Chinese enterprises on CSE;
• To support funds and investment projects of Chinese funds, PE, VC in Canada;
• To provide review of overseas loan;
• To assist HNWI on their investment, property and trust businesses in Canada.
To develop Canadian businesses:
• Investment and trading cooperation in Atlantic Provinces, covering industries of mining, energy and natural resources, infrastructure;
• Funds, bonds, securities and financing;
• High technology and blockchain;
• Legal advisor to Chinese enterprises;
• Immigration, real estate and marriage ;
• Commercial litigation;
• International trade;
Our WishGuantao Law Firm, headquartered in Beijing, is a one of the pioneer law firms with a reputation for high performance and extensive experience in China. To build a platform with global strategy and core competitiveness, which could create value for the clients and be recognized by the clients, is our wish.Our AttitudeWorking with Guantao colleagues and partners could be professionally rewarding and personally fulfilling. We shall insist on entrepreneurial culture, provide diverse education mechanism and you will get access to robust training along with professional development opportunities. Join us and launch your career with Guantao!
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Education Background
Peking University School of Law, LLB
Working Experiences
Beijing Yuecheng Law Firm(2002-2005)
Guantao Law Firm(2005-present)
• Corporate liquidation & bankruptcy
• Risk disposal of financial institution
• Company law, securities law etc.
• Contract law, labor contract law etc.
• Labor arbitration, contract disputes, civil litigation and commercial litigation etc.
Representative Cases:
Implemented the risk disposal of banks and other financial institutions, including administrative liquidation and bankruptcy procedures involving China Southern Securities, China Kunlun Securities and China Minfa Securities;
Participated in corporate liquidation & bankruptcy, including but not limited to the Austar Company;
Experienced in legal practice regarding Chinese Company law, securities law and asset disposal (including securities assets) laws;
Conducted the legal due diligence for asset management companies including China Huarong Asset Management Co.,LTD. and SDIC, and for some financial investment companies;
Provides perennial legal advisory services for companies and public institutions including Tianjin Hongsheng Real Estate Company, China Securities Investor Protection Fund Corporation, Jingxi Tourism Company and Beijing meteorological research institute;
Experienced in practicing Chinese Contract law, labor contract law, civil litigation and arbitration.
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M! The Opera
Extra Show on Tuesday March 28th
SmoovePinch'ed: Yes, there's mixed reviews about this production good and bad.. and our verdict is, we liked it. Visually fresh, clever use of staging and props, superb fashion, witty script, some great singing although the talents available were slightly under utilised, very abstract, interesting fusion of traditional musical instruments and the orchestra and overall, seamless integration of music, talents, fashion, design, songs and art.. superb effort. Still a journey to go for it to be great but it's a step in a positive direction. Congrats to the whole team, it was a tough process but we appreciate the great effort. Why? Because you either get it or you don't. If you did, congrats. If you didn't, go see it again. If you haven't, go see it and judge for yourself. If you don't, then you can't really comment on it can you? ;)
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The Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Spring Gala 2006
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F1 Fever In Kuala Lumpur
As Kuala Lumpur revs up for the PETRONAS Malaysian Grand Prix 2006, both Sepang International Circuit (SIC) and Kuala Lumpur City Hall have once again collaborated to provide racing fans and supporters with thrills and excitement galore. Expect the best of motor racing action, celebrations and a carnival-like atmosphere when you arrive in the Malaysian capital. The F1 related fun and entertainment activities during March are known as Pit Stops. Pit Stop 1 is the launch of the PETRONAS Malaysian Grand Prix and Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix City (KLGPC) programmes at Berjaya Times Square on 5 March 2006. Pit Stop 2 is the shopping spree in KLGPC from 11 to 26 March. The F1 fraternity and supporters can browse and buy the best bargains be it elegant designer brands or unique ethnic souvenirs at shopping malls throughout the city. For Pit Stop 3, the Naza group of companies is organising the KL F1 Auto Festival at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur from 11 to 12 March 2006. Among the attractions are the KL 3rd International Vintage & Classic Car Concours parade, Maxis activities, scooter demonstration and competition, musical performances, F1 mini party, colouring contest, magic show, auto festival, karaoke and big screen show of the F1 opening race live from Bahrain.Pit Stop 4 is all glamour and prestige as SIC is holding a spectacular 2006 PETRONAS Malaysian Grand Prix Spring Gala at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 16 March. The highlight is the live concert by Lionel Ritchie, the multiple Grammy award-winning singing sensation from the U.S. A total of 200 tickets priced at RM900, RM1,300 and RM1,550 are available to the public. Ticketed guests will have the opportunity to mingle with Formula 1 drivers and personalities, celebrities and corporate leaders during the cocktail reception. Pit Stops 5 and 6 are BMW Sauber F1 events. The BMW Sauber team is a new addition to the 2006 Formula One World Championship. Their events from 16 to 19 March include a fashion show, entertainment act and BMW Heritage Race Cars Demo at Jalan Pinang and Jalan P. Ramlee on 18 March. Pit Stop 7 showcases the richness of Malaysian culture and lifestyle known as “Sights & Sounds of Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix City” at the downtown Bintang Walk from 17 to 18 March. Other pit stops are the Red Zone party at SIC on 17 March (Pit Stop 8), Renault F1 Tiesto Live in KL at SIC on 18 March (Pit Stop 9) and McLaren Chrome Party at the Mercedes Benz showroom, Jalan Sultan Ismail (Pit Stop 10). Sepang will host the second round of the 2006 Formula One World Championship from 17 to 19 March, a week after the new season opens in Bahrain on March 12. The races held at Sepang F1 Circuit, some 50km from the shopping and entertainment haven of Kuala Lumpur, is only a 10-minute drive from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Tickets for the PETRONAS Malaysian Grand Prix range from RM50 to RM1,750 and can be purchased at the SIC office in KL Sentral, via internet at www.malaysiangp.com.my or by calling Ticket Hotline at 603-87782222. Issued by: Communications Division, Tourism Malaysia
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The Red Zone Tour set to take Malaysia by storm!!
The highly anticipated Red Zone Tour is back! Partygoers around the nation can now heave a sigh of relief as these much awaited parties, held annually in celebration of the hottest, most sizzling race in the world make a thrilling comeback. Organised proudly by Protein Events and Future Sound Asia, in conjunction with Sepang International Circuit (SIC), the Red Zone Tour 2006 is set to sizzle with a list of illustrious DJs that will excite the most jaded of clubbers. The Red Zone Tour 2006, indisputably the official Grand Prix party of the season, will consist of two mind-numbing outdoor parties that will bring the nation up to speed on the thrill and excitement of the PETRONAS Malaysian Grand Prix - turning Kuala Lumpur into THE Grand Prix city of the region. The Red Zone Grand Prix experience will be brought all the way to Penang on March 11, 2006, as DJ Mario Piu (ITA), DJ Brent Burns (RSA) and DJ Gabriel (accompanied by Tabla Maniam, both from Singapore) thrills partygoers in an unprecedented outdoor experience at Cocos – The Garage. They will be joined by 3 equally exciting local acts – DJ Joey G from Channel V, DJ Roxy and DJ Desire. The heat picks us a week later, on March 17, 2006 at the F1 Village in SIC as ATB (GER) makes his Malaysian debut, accompanied by DJ Montana (NED) and DJ Tall Paul (UK). They are joined by local DJ Bryan Burger, while DJ Brent Burns and DJ Gabriel stage a repeat performance from their show in Penang. Completing the equations of sights and sounds is 4YOUREYE, an Austrian VJ husband-and-wife duo that will provide the ideal visual accompaniment for both parties. Coming to Malaysia for the second time, 4YOUREYE will have full creative freedom, turning both parties into a sensational assault on the senses. Red Zone this year has taken unparalleled steps to make the tickets extremely accessible – the first 1,000 clubbers in Penang and the first 3,000 in Kuala Lumpur will party for free once registered on www.redzone.com.my beginning 27 February 2006. Alternatively, tickets can be purchased at the door for RM20, which includes one standard drink. The parties are open to partygoers 18 and above only, and all tickets collections and purchases are dependant on display of a valid photo ID. Never before has Red Zone given this many tickets away free of charge, or priced them as affordably. This lives up to their promise of being the official Grand Prix party, giving as many Malaysians as possible the opportunity to experience the fever of Red Zone – turning it into the most celebrated Grand Prix event of the season. For more information on the Red Zone Tour 2006, please call 03-2072 9443.
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Posted on October 5, 2010 by nandan
Ayodhya, Ayodhya, Ayodhya…I think the most popular word nowadays in India. Everybody was talking about what was going to be the decision of High court about Babri Mosque demolition. Actually this mosque was destroyed by radical Hindus on 6th of December, 1992 and since then the legal case was pending at the High court of UP. Everybody was so excited and scared also. People were so scared of the possibility of riots after the decision. We had army everywhere in the Varanasi where usually our streets are police free, we had helicopters in our sky… it was scary.
Finally the decision came and the court tried to make both Hindus and Muslims happy but Muslims do not seem to be happy with the decision. They immediately decided to go to the supreme court of India to challenge High court’s decision. Actually everybody knew that the case will be challenged in Supreme court for sure but it was strange to see how these political leaders became angry on the decision who were talking about respecting the decision of the High court. All of the leaders were appealing us to respect upcoming decision but they were the first one who seemed upset with the decision.
I was talking with a Muslim guy about what he thought about the decision and he said that all of the Muslims were very sad and disappointed with the decision. He said that they feel like High court treated them like beggars and gave only a small part of the land but honestly they have the rights over the whole premises. I did not like his view because the whole world knows that there used to be a Ram temple which was destroyed by Babur so Muslims should also think about it and be happy with the land they got for the sake of India.
In reality, if we look at the mosque through real Islamic rules, the Babri mosque should not be considered as a mosque because Islam says that any mosque built by destroying sacred places of other religions is not a mosque which clearly means that Babri mosque was not a mosque. And after all Muslims should think that the disputed premises was birthplace of Lord Rama which makes that premises a really sacred place for Hindus, maybe the most sacred place in whole India. And Babri mosque was not an important or sacred place for Muslims so why they are unhappy?
I am sure that Hindus would not compromise with this place and Muslims should also think about it. Anyways, the good thing that happened was that no riots and any tension happened because of the decision. I know it very well that many people are angry but by God grace nothing serious happened. In the year 1992 hundreds of people died. And not only in 1992 but in coming years also around 6th of Dec. I think that the young generation is educated and we do not want to fight for a piece of land. I believe that God is the same whether Allah, Ram, Jesus or anyone so why to fight?
I asked several people the same question that what should we built: a mosque or a temple and different people had different ideas and after hearing all of them I thought why not built a pub instead of a temple or a mosque. If the temples and mosque create tension then just built a pub and I am sure it will help people becoming friends with each other. Imagine Hindus and Muslims both coming under the same roof and drinking together and talking… what else we need. Communication gap is the biggest reason behind any kind of tension and this pub will finish the gap.
And this idea is already approved by a very famous and respected poet named Harivansha Rai Bacchan who talks about how temples and mosques make people fight and how drinking places bring people together in one of his most famous poets called Madhushala :
मुसलमान औ’ हिन्दू है दो, एक, मगर, उनका प्याला,
एक, मगर, उनका मदिरालय, एक, मगर, उनकी हाला,
दोनों रहते एक न जब तक मस्जिद मन्दिर में जाते,
बैर बढ़ाते मस्जिद मन्दिर मेल कराती मधुशाला!।५०।
धर्मग्रन्थ सब जला चुकी है, जिसके अंतर की ज्वाला,
मंदिर, मसजिद, गिरिजे, सब को तोड़ चुका जो मतवाला,
पंडित, मोमिन, पादिरयों के फंदों को जो काट चुका,
कर सकती है आज उसी का स्वागत मेरी मधुशाला।।१७।
सजें न मस्जिद और नमाज़ी कहता है अल्लाताला,
सजधजकर, पर, साकी आता, बन ठनकर, पीनेवाला,
शेख, कहाँ तुलना हो सकती मस्जिद की मदिरालय से
चिर विधवा है मस्जिद तेरी, सदा सुहागिन मधुशाला।।४८।
Lets forget about such issues and make the earth a beautiful and a happy place. Peace!
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