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Will Niagara Falls Become The Northern Vegas?
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By David South
Id Magazine (Canada), May 16-29, 1996
Niagara Falls – Niagara Falls has always been a town that attracted big dreamers with even bigger schemes. The beauty of the Falls has intoxicated many with grand ideas. Towards the turn of the century, the inventor of the Gillette safety razor, King Camp Gillette, tried to transform the American side into a Utopian paradise, planning to house most of the US population in a community of beehive-style high-rises covering an area 135 miles long and 45 miles wide.
Given the long history of grand schemes to remake both sides of Niagara Falls, it is hard not to see the hyperbole surrounding the planned casnio, slated to open by the end of the year, as another over-hyped dream. Just as Gillette spoke of untold riches, the government-owned Ontario Casino Corporation also sees Utopia ready to be born at the edge of the Falls. As provincial tourism minister Doug Saunderson said last month, "The casino and tourist development will provide Niagara with a kick start into the 21st century… I believe they will move Niagara to the very top of the list of destinations for world travellers."
Those expectations sound even more impressive if you believe the government's estimates for job creation. In a city of 76,000, the government projects between 3,000 and 9,000 jobs will result from the casino and its spin-offs. With numbers like that, it is hard to find many people who will say no.
Everywhere in Niagara Falls' tourist district roads are being ripped up. Tourists from New York, Japan and Quebec tread through the clouds of gravel dust to see the Falls. But it isn't just the government which is dreaming big for Niagara Falls.
Three dreams are fighting in this town for the hearts and souls of its residents, and depending on your perspective, have their merits. One, a scheme being championed by a group of local church leaders, is to build a wholesome theme park based around the exploits of local heroine Laura Secord during the War of 1812. Another more flamboyant scheme that has been on and off again since 1993, involves building a $1.4 billion theme park dedicated to transcendental meditation. So far, the casino is winning hands down.
The casino on its own is helping to raise another dream, phoenix-like, from the ashes. In 1979, the DiCenzo family built Maple Leaf Village as a joint shopping mall/theme park attraction. Now it sits derelict, waiting for renovations by the Buttcon construction company to turn it into the temporary site for the casino.
The run-down Maple Leaf Village, with its old-world European facade resembling a castle, became known for tacky attractions like the JFK Assassination Museum, the Elvis Presley Museum and the Nightmares Therapy Centre.
Judy MacCarthy has fought plans to build a casino since they were first discussed. She helped put together a coalition of church groups called the Try Another Way Committee. MacCarthy's dream involves a theme park extolling the virtues of Laura Secord, whose claim to fame was snitching on the American invaders, having them ambushed by Indians near Niagara Falls.
MacCarthy says the provincial government has shown some interest in the project, even sending officials from Toronto to meet with her.
As for the more ambitious transcendental meditation theme park, it looks as if the whole project hangs on securing enough funds to get it off the ground.
In 1993, Maharishi Veda Land's chair, the effervescent magician Doug Henning, told the media that Niagara Falls had to make up its mind: choose between the transcendental theme park, with its centre-piece floating bridge, or the moral decadence of a casino.
Three years later, what many thought to be a project even less tangible than Henning's metaphysical musings, seems to still have some life left. Tucked away on the 13th floor of a Bay Street office tower in Toronto, Maharishi Veda Land Inc. – Enlightenment, Knowledge, Entertainment – continues to run with a handful of staff. As three office workers scatter behind closed doors, a secretary tells me the theme park is still a go, but refuses to give any more details. But MVL has told a Florida newspaper it isn't going to build a theme park on property the company owns there.
Ted Cook, the former vice-president of PCL Eastern, the construction company Henning contracted to build the park, says there was a change in attitude: "Henning's position softened as time passed (over the casino). He became less opposed on moral grounds, and it was now 'maybe we can make it work'."
If there was an epicentre to the Niagara dream machine, it is the office of its mayor, Wayne Thompson.
Dean Iorfida is the mayor's executive assistant. For Iorfida, the casino is a matter of turning a seasonal economy dependent on summer-time tourists into a viable year-round attraction. Even when they do come to Niagara Falls, he says, the average tourist's stay is just four hours.
Iorfida is dreaming large, imagining the permanent site will include an auditorium, convention centre and amusement park. "Vegas has gone that way," he says.
But he also wants to see the whole city transformed by the casino. "We have to spread it around or you get a black hole effect: too much in one location."
As for the complaints that the casino will only add to the tacky reputation of Niagara Falls, Iorfida believes "the city doesn't want anything that turns people off, but we can't stop private enterprise. We are talking about one location, I don't think it will be like Vegas where casinos try to out-garish each other."
Many associated with the traditional tourist attractions in Niagara are banking on seeing some of the casino cash. Merchants on Clifton Hill, "The street of fun at the falls," are hoping they can complement the casino rather than compete.
So far, the tourist trap, despite the shabby strip of Clifton Hill with its wax museums and fudge shops, or even the block after block of cheap hotels and motels, has been able to avoid turning into a seedier form of sleaze – it is still a family atmosphere. In fact, the declasse' tone of the city hides an impressive stability and prosperity that makes the residents of Niagara Falls, New York jealous. For many opposed to the casino, it is this stability that is at stake.
Overhead is the dayglo pink and turquoise marquee of the Movieland Wax Museum, where one can see wax likeness' of such luminaries as Jim Carrey. Guy Paone, the general manager of the museum, says he is happy about the casino, hoping it will bring year-round business.
"We get families down here,"he says. "If dad wants to go to the casino, then mom and the kids can come here."
Paone isn't expecting any business from the die-hard gamblers though. "The hard-core gamblers didn't come here any way. You know how it is – in Vegas some people don't eat or sleep."
As for some of the doom and gloom about increasing crime scaring off the family tourists, Paone doesn't buy it. "We are pretty tight on petty crime here. I don't think the casino will affect the family reputation."
Paone does have a sobering thought he leaves me with, "we are the suicide capital."
All the hope has already spawned new jobs teaching the unemployed how to gamble. Frank Cricenti, black jack course co-ordinator at the National Casino Academy, joins a growing number of people employed in the lucrative business of teaching the unemployed casino skills. According to Cricenti, casino schools "are just popping up." At government employment centres, staff are anticipating more than 100,000 applications to flood in chasing the 3,000 jobs being offered. Such a yawning chasm between expectations and reality means times are good for the adult education business.
At the 47-room Cataract Motel, the casino is an excuse to spiff the place up. "We have painted and renovated the rooms so that they look like they're brand new," says the motel's manager, who will only give his name as B. John.
Other property owners are banking on the casino rescuing them from the slump. Eva Klein of Klein Developments, wants to especially unload her pricier properties. "There has been a little bit of change in the rental market, some casino people are moving into town," Klein tells id. "We've had a high vacancy of higher-end rentals in Niagara Falls and we're expecting these to be filled by a new influx from the casino."
For Niagara Falls, the casino looks set to turn the city into a smaller, more Canadian Las Vegas. For a city desperate for more work, that doesn't sound too bad. For the provincial government's travelling road show, the next stop is to move the existing Windsor casino's management over to staff the new casino at Niagara Falls.
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Id Magazine was published in Guelph, Canada in the 1990s. It was one of the first Canadian magazines to embrace the internet and to routinely publish an online version.
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In the spirit of the photo journal index, I've added a new thumbnail index for photos from the Streetphoto Salon here.
The list of photos changes daily, and most of the existing links to the full text listing of salon photos are now directed to the random thumbnails instead.
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The size of the thumbnails and the quantity really gives you a nice big picture bird's eye view of the salon (like the view from a space ship above the earth). Mixing the themes up is also cool, but it might also be nice to see individual themes displayed like this also. What language did you script this in?
The themes are present as "tool tiips" — just hold your mouse over the thumbnail. Only a portion of the pix and themes are shown at any one time, though — the thumbnail page shows about 20-30% of the collection. To show everything in this one directory would require 3-5 times as much bandwidth and screen space.
The script is written in perl — it just combs through the htmls in a directory (in this case http://www.botzilla.com/photo/salon/), extracts picture references that have a matching thumbnail (the thumbnails are made by hand in another directory), shuffles the list of pictures and builds the index page using only a few off the top. A linux "cron" job re-executes the builder script once early each day.


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The ARCS Executive Committee are elected by the membership to govern the development of the Association. They represent the interests of ARCS in the larger scientific community and make key decisions on behalf of the ARCS membership.
ARCS Executive Committee
Jason Kasraie
Chair - Embryologist
Jason is Consultant Embryologist, head of fertility services and Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) 'Person Responsible' at the Shropshire & Mid-Wales fertility centre. He is the current Chair of the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS) and past Chair of the Association of Clinical Embryologists (ACE). He has worked in the sector for over twenty five years and has been afforded a broad perspective on the field through activities including his work as a scientific advisor to the HFEA, as a Director of the Association of Clinical Scientists, a member of the professional council of the Association for Healthcare Science (AHCS) and a member of the Genomics and Reproductive Science specialty advisory committee at the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath). He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath) and is also a Fellow of the AHCS. In 2019 he was awarded a visiting Professorship at University Centre Shrewsbury and the University of Chester.
David Sanders
Deputy Chair - Andrologist
Currently Andrology Laboratory Manager for Wales Fertility Institute, Cardiff, providing diagnostic and post-vasectomy semen analysis as well as sperm cryopreservation. Having initially trained as a Biomedical Scientist in Microbiology, he has over 25 years of experience of diagnostic andrology in DGH's and fertility units. Previously he was the Chair of the ABA and is currently an Andrology technical assessor for ISO 15189 and ISO 17043.
Rebecca Swann
Secretary - Embryologist
I was voted onto the ACE Executive Committee back in 2015 as the Pre-Registrant Representative. As a trainee embryologist I enjoyed the opportunity to meet and work alongside my peers, which motivated me to enhance and develop ACE training events. I wanted to continue working within the Executive and in 2018 I started my new role as Secretary. I am excited to be such an integral part of the unification of ACE, BAS and ABA and the Executive Committee for ARCS. As the secretary I aim to be the central hub for ARCS activity acting as the coordinator between members, committees and sub-committees.
Lorraine Frew
Treasurer - Andrologist
Lorraine completed her undergraduate and MSc by research in Reproductive Biology at the University of Edinburgh before studying for a PhD in the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health in collaboration with the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research where her research focused on the production and function of cervical antimicrobials in pregnancy. She then continued her career working as a research associate on the mechanistic arm of the HABSelect clinical trial in Birmingham before training as an embryologist. Lorraine completed the NHS Scientist Training Programme in Reproductive Science in 2019 and continues to work as a Clinical Embryologist with a specialist interest in andrology and academic research.
Karen Schnauffer
Programme Secretary - Embryologist
Karen has worked in the field of clinical embryology for 25 years both in the NHS and the private sector. She achieved her state registration in 2000 and was awarded both the Diploma and Certificate in Clinical Embryology in 2001. For the last 5 years Karen has held the position of HFEA Person Responsible, including two separate centres at the same time. Her considerable experience has allowed her to supervise many students through the ACE Certificate and more recently the Scientist Training Programme. Over the last 15 years Karen has been an active member of the ACE, holding positions on the Executive Committee, the Professional Development Committee and for the last three years, as the ACE Programme Chair for the annual 'Fertility' meetings. Continuing her dedication to reproductive medicine as a profession, she has been instrumental in forming the new professional body ARCS. Karen has been involved in various HFEA expert advisory committees. She was also an active member in the development and introduction of the Modernising Scientific Careers Scientist Training Programme. In addition, Karen has a keen interest in equine embryology and successfully developed an equine ICSI programme with the University of Liverpool, achieving the first equine time-lapse images ever recorded! Over the years, Karen has presented at numerous meetings and has authored several peer-reviewed publications in the field of embryology.
Eleanor Wharf
Membership Secretary - Embryologist
Eleanor has worked in the field of Reproductive Medicine since 1999. She is a highly experienced HCPC registered Clinical Embryologist and a Diplomate of the Royal College of Pathologists, having worked in a large London NHS Trust for most of her career. She has always been keen to give back to the profession, volunteering to join the editorial team of 'The Embryologist' produced for the Association of Clinical Embryologist in 2001. She took over as Editor soon after, and has continued in this role, producing a quarterly magazine for the last 20 years, now known as 'The Reproductive Scientist'. She is a Health Ambassador for NHS England, and has organised and volunteered for events promoting STEM careers for school children of all ages, with a particular interest in making science accessible to children of primary school age. Having been elected to the Exec committee in 2021 she is keen to take on new challenges and work with the committee to support ARCS members.
Sheena Lewis
SAC Chair - Academic Andrologist
Professor Sheena Lewis' research has been focused on male infertility and in particular sperm DNA damage testing where her goal has been to identify causes of and treatments for male infertility by developing novel biomarkers. Professor Lewis was Chair of the British Andrology Society, national representative for UK and past chair of the Andrology special interest group of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, past member of the executive committee of the British Fertility Society and a founder member and past Vice Chair of the Irish Fertility Society. She has published over 100 full papers and book chapters and numerous reviews. She is committed to raising ethical debate, particularly in issues relating to ART, within the medical and scientific undergraduate curriculum. She also has a strong commitment to public engagement with research and regularly communicates her team's latest research findings through international TV, radio and online interviews. Her research has led to the formation of a University spin out company; Examen Ltd marketing male fertility tests.
Stephanie Brooks
Policies SIG Chair - Andrologist
Stephanie Brooks has worked at the Hewitt Fertility Centre at the Liverpool Women's Hospital since 1998. By 2008 the Andrology services had grown to a size where they needed to introduce a supervisory role, a role which Steph has performed for the last 11 years. She has overseen the implementation of UKAS at her place of work which included four, currently three satellite centres and maintained for the last five years. Following the departure of the Quality manager for the Hewitt Fertility Centre, Stephanie was proud to move in to this position and diversify in her skills and move into senior management. As a founder member of the ABA, Stephanie's involvement in the professional body has been long term holding officer positions as secretary and treasurer.
Stephen Troup
Embryology SIG Chair - Embryologist
Steve has worked in the field of human clinical embryology for over 30 years starting in Manchester, where he completed a PhD in male infertility and the acrosome reaction. Before his recent role as the Scientific Director of IVI UK, Steve was the Scientific Director of Liverpool Women's Hospital's Hewitt Fertility Centres, one of the UK's largest providers of assisted conception. In addition to dealing with the many day-to-day 'hands-on', managerial and research responsibilities of a Consultant Clinical Embryologist, he is fortunate to have been afforded a broader perspective as a Scientific Inspector and advisor for the UK Regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). Steve has been very much involved in clinical embryology as a profession and is proud to be the current President of the UK's Association of Clinical Embryologists (ACE). Steve is a Visiting Reader in Reproductive Medicine in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at Edge Hill University and has recently successfully supervised a PhD on time-lapse technologies in assisted conception. Also, as an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Liverpool he supervised the development of a successful equine ICSI lab at the University's Leahurst Campus. Steve now works independently as a Consultant Reproductive Scientist based in the UK.
Karen Thompson
Communications SIG Chair - Embryologist
Karen graduated with a BSc (hons) in biology from the University of Manchester in 1994 and has been working in the field of Reproductive Medicine since 1995. She has completed several postgraduate courses specialising in Clinical Embryology and is a diplomate of the Royal College of Pathologists. She spent over 8 years working in London before joining the team at Leeds Fertility in 2006 as the lead embryologist. Karen leads a very experienced multidisciplinary team of 17, including scientific and support staff and strives to deliver a high quality service using the latest technologies available in Reproductive Medicine. She is also the HFEA person responsible Karen and the team at Leeds have been very involved locally and nationally with the scientific training program run by the national school of healthcare science and are very proud of the training they deliver, resulting in top quality state registered embryologists.
Mathew Tomlinson
Grants Coordinator - Andrologist
Matt Tomlinson is clinical scientist in andrology at the University Hospital Nottingham. After completing a PhD on male infertility in Sheffield in 1992, he worked first at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital before moving onto Birmingham Women's Hospital to develop region-wide andrology services in a more academic setting. A move in 2004 to Nottingham University Hospital saw him develop his interests in education, cryopreservation and more latterly automation in semen analysis. Matt is PR of the local NHS Fertility unit (NUH Life), plays an integral role on the University of Nottingham, Masters in assisted reproduction and is a lecturer for the STP in reproduction. He previously played a significant role in developing training for the BAS and ABA and has organised many practical training workshops in andrology. Mat continues to have various research interests and has published over 60 papers/chapters in clinical andrology and assisted reproduction.
Rachel Gregoire
Education SIG Chair - Embryologist
Rachel has worked in the field of embryology for 21 years, starting her clinical training at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee where she completed a PhD in Developmental Medicine. In 2008 she moved to the Hewitt Fertility Centre Liverpool, one of the UK's largest assisted conception providers, as Senior and then Lead Clinical Embryologist. In 2014 she moved to Glasgow Royal Infirmary as Consultant Embryologist and HFEA Person Responsible where she led the scientific service in delivering cutting edge techniques and achieved a significant improvement in clinical and laboratory success rates. In 2017 Rachel returned to the Hewitt Fertility Centres in Liverpool and Knutsford as the Scientific Director and HFEA Person Responsible, where she continues to strive for excellence in laboratory techniques, and in clinical and laboratory success rates. The Hewitt Centres are leaders in the provision of training for future Reproductive Scientists with 11 Andrology and Embryology STPs currently training at the two centres. Rachel is passionate about the training and professional development of Reproductive Scientists, and is Co-Chair for the ARCS Education SIG who are working together to review and develop all curricula available for the ARCS membership. Rachel is also current Chair for NEQAS Reproductive Science Steering Committee for Embryology.
Georgina Bartl
Pre reg representative - Embryologist
Having had previous experience in organizing events prior to my post on the STP such as coordinating an International Clinical Trials Day Event at the Royal Free Hospital in London, and having volunteered in my second year of the STP as Co-chair of the North West Healthcare Science Trainee Network, I was keen to get involved in a volunteer role within my own specialism. Being passionate about both outreach and embryology and in the midst of my STP training I applied for the post of Pre-Registrant Representative on the (then) ACE Executive Committee. I have been in the role of Pre-Registrant Representative for just under one year, and thus far it has been an incredibly rewarding position and I could not have asked to be involved in a nicer or more supportive committee! In the role I have organized two well attended and highly recommended events: a Revision session for pre-registrant candidates and a wider, pioneering Research Day for the entire ACE membership. During my tenure so far, I have instigated a buddy-up system to pair experienced graduates with first and second year trainees to provide, not only a source of pastoral care, but also an external point of advice. Although still in its infancy, I am hoping this scheme will prove to be an invaluable resource for pre-registrant candidates especially to those who have relocated far from home for the STP or to those who have joined clinics who have little experience with the process. I would also like to run Theory Days providing a platform for learning on the more complex concepts that underpin the everyday workings in the lab, by welcoming high-profile lecturers, speakers and researchers in the field. I am also interested in compounding these events with more social aspects to promote support and networking opportunities for pre-registrant members. I look forward to contributing further to the committee over the coming years and can't wait to see what the future holds for ARCS!
Jackson Kirkman Brown
Jackson is HFEA Person Responsible and Science Lead at the Birmingham Women's Fertility Centre and an NIHR ICA Reader in Human Reproductive Science and the University of Birmingham. He has worked across academic and clinical Andrology for many years, being well known for his research team's research into calcium signalling, gamete recognition and control of sperm motility as well as more recently in sperm DNA quality and miscarriage. Clinically Jackson was recognised by an MBE for setting up the sperm salvage (fertility preservation) pathway for UK servicemen and day-to-day leads the PGT service in Birmingham.
Co-opted
Millie Kanani
STP representative
Millie is a HCPC registered Clinical Embryologist. Following her Undergraduate degree at The University of Southampton, and an MSc at Imperial College London, she was fortunate to gain a place on the Scientific Training Programme. Throughout her training at Salisbury Fertility Centre she was able to set-up and co-chair the Wessex Regional Scientific Network forging links with the LETB, as it were known. In 2017 Millie moved to Guy's Hospital Assisted Conception Unit and took on the role of the Co-opted STP Representative on the ACE Exec in 2018. Millie is also currently undertaking the HSST and working towards a Post Graduate Diploma focusing on Leadership and Management in Healthcare Science.
Naomi Brown
My role on the Executive Committee is the ARCS webmaster
Andrology DGH representitive
Currently I am working as the Andrology laboratory Senior Biomedical Scientist within Pathology at the Wrexham Maelor Hospital having originally started in the Haematology & Transfusion department 24 years ago. I have been involved in semen analysis for 20+ years and took over the section in 2010, from which I have seen it through the many changes and challenges to becoming a single department with dedicated staff that provide fertility semen analysis and post-vasectomy analysis for patients in North Wales. Today I am keen on continuing to improve the quality of the service both scientifically and patient oriented and improving the situation for laboratories that are not part of a fertility centre but provide a much needed, more local service for patients. I am also keen to improve the education and training of biomedical scientist staff that work in mixed discipline laboratories.

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The Obama administration is putting the USA over the edge. Obama will issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.
There is no legal angle for Obama to push his agenda in every school across America. But what will happen if schools do not comply? Those schools will be under threat of losing their federal funding and or they will come under lawsuits.
So in the end, the children pay the price of a malfunctioning government hell bent on corrupting morals. The Obama administration seeks to wage war on the natural way of life, which is why this new sweeping directive will have an enormous effect on the children.
This is all apart of the agenda to corrupt the youth and carry out the depopulation agenda. There is no life that comes from homosexuality, and there surely is no common sense in "self-identifying gender identity".
After supporting the rights of gay people to marry, allowing them to serve openly in the military and prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against them, the administration has made bathrooms its latest battleground.


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By Deleterious, December 31, 2011 in Detroit Pistons
DaBishop 55
Wow...watching that Draft Xpress video on him when it gets to the "weaknesses" is painful. Hope Frank knows how to coach players at a junior high level cuz I think his offensive game may be around there.
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I don't agree that he was the best low post defender last year. He was probably the best shot blocker and he avoids fouls very well (which is hard to do as a shot blocker). But he was a terrible defensive rebounder and was generally bad in the games I saw (NCAA tourney plus the game against UC) when the ball wasn't near him.
Everyone talks about how important it is to have athleticism at the 5 but if he can't actually play who cares how athletic he is? He's a high risk/high reward pick and his floor is drastically lower than Deandre Jordan.
It wasn't my opinion that he was the best low post defender, it was a stat posted earlier in this thread. Honestly I'm not sure how the stat was calculated, but he graded out the best in college last season.
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He's at about 12.6 per 48 minutes (not good for a center that intends to get drafted). Note: the rest of these stats stolen directly from this article and are based on the draft express top 100 database:
For Andre Drummond and the Pistons, the numbers have to lie | Pistons by the Numbers
He was 42nd overall and 18 among centers and power forwards in total rebounds per 40 minutes. That's not good.
He was 41st overall and 30th among centers and power forwards. That's terrible.
Drummond basically skipped his senior year, where he was supposed to play at a prep school, and he played at UConn instead. He is still very much developing in all facets of his game, and Calhoun being sick last year couldn't have helped.
Once again, Monroe averaged over a full rebound less per game as a frosh than Drummond did last season and Monroe averaged a respectable 9.7 rebound for us last season after improving on a 7.5 effort the year before.
To put it in ever better perspective, Patrick Ewing averaged 7.5 REB as a frosh at G'Town and Ewing is one of the top 25 leading NBA rebounders of all-time. Was he ever the best rebounder in the league? No, there were even times he wasn't the best rebounder on his own team. But he did improve over time, and I think Drummond will as well.
Drummond and Ewing both possessed more talent than they did skill at 18/19, and Drummond will have the benefit of playing with a great 4 while he is still learning how to play. If he is lucky, he may even get to absorb some of Wallace's big man wisdom this year.
This pick was one the Pistons had to make. There are always going to be Henson-types in the draft, but 7' 280 pound centers with 40" verts only come around every so often.
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I would say the same thing about the Knight pick...although I think next year will be the real tell tale sign of how good of a pick that was.
So far I think Knight has been exactly what anyone should have expected. He scores points but isn't super efficient about it and he turns the ball over to much. And he doesn't do anything else well enough to make up for the turnovers. If he cuts the turnovers he'll be fine and if he doesn't he's going to be overrated because of his scoring and a drag to the team overall.
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I heard the same. It's from an ESPN stats tweet. "Of the 125 players who defended at least 75 post-up plays this season, Andre Drummond allowed the fewest points per possession."
Drummond spent 4 years in high school, he didn't skip his senior year he passed on spending a 5th year in high school. He's been playing basketball roughly as long as every other freshmen in the draft (though he is a bit younger as he's got an August birthday and it doesn't look like he was "redshirted" for kindergarden or first grade).
I'm not sure you can compare Ewing's time at Georgetown and college basketball today. Few freshmen even started at a high level in college in the early 80's and now very few highly talented players stay in school for multiple years at this point. Ewing stayed in school for 4 years. Would he have been a lottery pick if he had been in the draft as a freshmen?
IC, that makes sense. Not what I'd interpret as "best low post defender" as I think of that meaning best defender that plays in the low post. But considering how many blocks the guy gets I'm not surprised he gave up few points on post plays.
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I thought I caught them saying his free throw percentage being in the 20s or something crazy like that.
Good interview with Drummond after being drafted. I really like his answer when asked about who he would like to emulate and why.
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Thanks for sharing, really liked what he had to say.
I am excited for some pistons hoops this year.
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If it were that easy to teach everyone would do it. Guys that don't rebound in college don't typically learn to rebound in the NBA.
I highly doubt that statement is true for one year guys who are as young as Drummond. Plus Drummond was a stud on the offensive boards, he just struggled to defensive rebounds. There are a lot of tough, savvy veterans who know how to rebound the basketball in the Big East. He's still learning, but he's fine.
I can't believe there is anyone not excited about Drummond to be quite honest. Sure, he has bust potential, sure he has things to work on, but you don't get a guy with a ceiling of Dwight Howard at #9 very often. You don't get the 2nd most talented player in the draft at 9 very often. Not to mention it fills a huge need at a positon of scarcity throughout the league.
Did someone really suggest Henson would have been a better pick? Man, I cannot fathom such a statement to be honest. Henson would have been an okay consolation pick depending how things went, but his ceiling is 3rd big man. Drummond's is superstar starting C.
Like its been said, he's raw, but he's young and not quite as raw as some have suggested. He defended post up opportunities well and also blocked a lot of shots. He was a very good offensive rebounder, he runs the floor and can finish at the rim. The UConn guards sucked at getting him the ball as well, that is pretty widely accepted by those that watch UConn.
Comparing Ewing as a frosh and Drummond as a frosh is fair, IMO. For a true center, not that much has changed. The roles/expectations of the pg and pf have changed, but a true center needs the same basic skills he needed in 1981. And just by the way, a really good center prospect will almost always start as a frosh and please feel free to look it up.
Few bigs can come right out as a teen and play great, those that do are potential HOFers most likely. Ewing was a raw shot blocker without much rebounding isntict as a teen, but Thompson taught him how to play. It isn't beyond the realm of reason to think that between our staff, Monroe and Wallace that Drummond can be taught as well.
This was obviously a kid who could have benefitted from a prep year under a coach who was good with big men, but there is always a market for a kid like this in the NBA. I'm just glad he's on our side, and that we have a shot blocker to plug in next to Monroe.
And yes, Ewing would have been a lottery pick if he would have come out after his freshman year probably in the top three with James Worthy and Terry Comings, but before 'Nique and LaSalle Thompson. Ewing was a legend by the time he hit the G'town campus and he was probably the most highly-recruited player since Alcindor at that time. There is a solid chance he could have even been the #1 overall, as the Lakers could have picked him and traded him to #2 LAC or #3 Utah. To be sure, nobody questioned whether he would eventually be a better player than LaSalle Thomson--it was just a given. Thompson was a solid big, a grinder. Ewing was born to be a franchise center.
Drummond comes to us with considerably less fanfare, and with considerably less pressure on him even when comparing the two at the same age. Drummond does have all the necessary gifts to be a 14/10/3 (pts/reb/blk) center if he even hits his median potential. This year we should expect something like 8/7/2 with a ceiling of 10/9/3 his rookie campaign.
The kid has a lot to learn, but he's going into a really good situation here in Detroit. I think Macklin, at the ripe age of 26 when the season starts, could be a very important piece to us this year as Drummond continues to learn. The two give us long, wide bodies to put in the middle next to Monroe/Jerebko.
Henson's upside was, what, MAYBE Theo Ratliff? I like Theo as much as anyone, but Henson is going to get pushed all over the paint for a few years--he needs to get Kevin Willis' phone number in a bad way.
Henson's ceiling is not as high as Drummond but it's higher than "3rd big man." Not sure he's the guy I'd prefer over Drummond but come on, he develops a mid range game and his ceiling is Greg Monroe. Neither guy would excite me a ton though.
Ceilings aren't everything and it's important for NBA franchises to fill holes with cheap players that play well and a players rookie contract is the best place to extract value from a role player. Even if he develops Drummond is unlikely to be a star player until the end of his rookie contract. And I'd argue his chances of developing just aren't that good (certainly not so good that his "floor" is that of an already extremely productive NBA center like DeAndre Jordan).
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Everyone ahead of Drummond in rebounding appears to be older, often playing significantly lesser competition. Aside from Sullinger they were all inferior to Drummond as freshmen.
I definitely agree that ceilings aren't everything, and that good franchises get good players to step in and be role players. We aren't a good franchise yet, though, and we are rebuilding our brand. Taking a chance on a guy like Drummond is exactly what we needed to do--if you look at the conference, how many elite bigs are there? How many of them are under 25? Under 30?
You can build footwork, rebounding strategy and a post game if the kid has athletic ability. You can't teach height, wing-span and shot-blocking talent.
Drummond doesn't have to be a star for us to improve a lot, he just has to be league average to above-average. Fringe all-star would be fantastic!
Yes, Drummond could have used a prep year. That doesn't mean he skipped a year of high school, it means he could have used an extra year of high school, big difference there.
My point is, a guy like Ewing stayed for four years in college. He was competing against other guys that were highly talent that stayed for four years. Which 4th year player (or 3rd year player) in college basketball last year was comparable to the guys Ewing was playing against in the Big East? The competitive environment of college basketball was completely different in the early to mid 80's. Yes, elite centers started then but few non-elite freshmen played and saw the kinds of minutes they see now (and please feel free to look it up). The point isn't that Ewing wasn't any good (not sure he'd have been as highly drafted as you suggest, but he was highly sought after pretty early in his college career so maybe. Still high school players at the time were much less likely to consider going pro), it's that Ewing was playing against much more experienced and talented competition relative to Drummond.
If Drummond can average 8 points a game next year I'll be very happy and very surprised. It's worth noting that he barely averaged those points and rebounds numbers in college (10.4/7.6/2.7 were his college averages).
If we only need league average Henson was the correct pick (if it's him or Drummond). Drummond is the pick if we have to have someone to be a star, IMO.
I think teaching those things is quite a bit harder than you suggest (and no more difficult that teaching shot blocking). Height, wing span and leaping ability can't be taught but they also only have value if combined with the things that have to be taught and aren't easy to teach.
I think Macklin, at the ripe age of 26 when the season starts, could be a very important piece to us this year as Drummond continues to learn. The two give us long, wide bodies to put in the middle next to Monroe/Jerebko.
Macklin did not get an offer from us. He'll report to summer league but is an unrestricted free agent.
Sure college isn't filled with great junior and senior bigs, but it wasn't like Ewing played against Sampson, Perkins and Olajuwon every game, either. Fact is, elite centers just don't come around these days. Years ago, a guy like Durant . . .well, that was Akeem Olajuwon (pre-H). Olajuwon, by his prime, had all the skills to play SF but he played C because it was both expected and that was where he helped the team most. Teams are designed differently now, and guys like Durant all want to be wings and shoot from 25 ft out. If Durant wanted to, he would be the best center in the game. Argue all you want, it is just how I see it.
Center is now the basketball equivollent of playing offensive line. It is thankless dirty work and you are expected to live off the scraps the wings or shooting pg's don't want. Who's the best C in the league right now? Howard, and it isn't really close. Take a look at this:
Howard, Bynum and Chandler were voted 1-3rd team all-nba centers this season.
How does that stack up from a decade ago where you would see Shaq, J. O'Neal, B. Wallace, Mutombo. Go back another five, and you'll see Zo, Olajuwon, and The Admrial added to that. I remember when to pick the all-nba centers, you had to choose from: Ewing, Shaq, Zo, Mutombo, Robinson, and Olajuwon. Put all of them in their primes and Howard is better than only Deke IMO. A guy like Kevin Duckworth is probably equal to Bynum today, and Duckworth was fortunate to make the two AS teams he was on. And Chandler? I can't think of any point in time over the 80's or 90's where he would have made any All-NBA team.
The very top big man talent does not play center anymore. Starting with maybe Kemp, then Webber and Sheed and continuing with the likes of Garnett, Nowitzki and Duncan, this breed of bigs refused to just play the pivot. Since they've come into their prime, you've just seen Howard emerge as an elite center. Calling the likes of Chandler and Bynum elite makes me want to vomit--both are highly-flawed centers, and would be average stacked up about 15 years ago.
Drummond is a major get these days. He's not a big that wants to be a wing, he doesn't want to jack up threes--he's a center. That is exactly what we needed, a big that can do some dirty work.
Ewing was obviously a much better player than Drummond on every level, but that is reflective of the state of today's game. Basketball, from the point of being a big, isn't what it was in Ewing's day, The Admiral's day or Shaq's day. If it is true that Drummond wasn't playing against the kind of talent Ewing was, then it is also true for Anthony Davis.
My Ewing comparison was to show that it takes more than just a freshman season to make a big man in most every case save a HOF player, which exceptions like Garnett and Howard certainly are. If we can hope he ends up as productive as Bynum, maybe that's a better comparison.
I'm sure they are waiting to for the roster to settle in. It is quite possible that Big Ben takes the role of mentor and Macklin is the odd man out. We'll see. I'm hoping I can get a press pass to get in to see some summer league.
Henson is as unproven as Drummond, and isn't any more of a garauntee.
Feel free to show me examples of players who have been taught shot blocking. It is probably close to 100% than all of the even above-average shot blockers, statistically, had above-average shot-blocking numbers in college (if they played) and high school.
It is similar to distributing the ball in some ways, either you have the gift or you don't to a large extent. There are examples, like Wilt Chamberlain leading the NBA in assists one year, where traditional non-distributors do break out for big numbers, though. You can usually attach this to that player attracting overt defensive attention and finding his wide-open teammate who has benefitted from said scorer being double-teamed.
I didn't realize you were asking for a guarantee. I certain I never made any kind of guarantee. Henson is more likely to be league average (not a guarantee) and more likely to get there sooner than Drummond. Drummond is a major project with a ton of potential. I don't think that is a particularly controversial statement nor do I think it is controversial to state that Henson was a better basketball player last year than Drummond was.
It is also close to 100% that above average NBA rebounders had above average rebounding numbers in college and high school (assuming they played). I guess this depends on what you mean by average and such, but even Drummond, who has terrible rebounding numbers for an NBA lottery pick at center, had above average rebounding numbers compared to the rest of college basketball. Feel free to bring up counter examples. That doesn't imply that rebounding is the same as height or wing span though. You actually can't teach those things. You can teach rebounding and passing and shot blocking, it's just very hard to do (because things like height and wing span help shot blockers and rebounders).
Put it another way, most guys that are 7' 270 lbs and can jump a mile in the air (or whatever Drummond's vertical is) don't need to be taught how to rebound, because when you are 7' 270 lbs rebounding is much, much easier and you've been doing it your entire basketball career.
I'm not really clear on what your point is here. On one hand, I claimed that comparing Ewings rebounds to Drummonds wasn't a good comparison because the competition was vastly different. You seem to agree with that and you agree that Ewing was better on every level. So do we agree that Ewing was a better rebounder at a similar stage of development as Drummond but played in a different era so the stats aren't necessarily reflective of that?
The Anthony Davis comparison is weird though. I never compared Davis' stats to Ewing's and why would I. I can compare them to Drummond since they played against a similar level of competition. Drummond's numbers don't look good compared to players right now. I don't think comparing college stats to college stats from 1983 is valid given the difference in the way the game has changed at that level.
If so I don't really disagree with anything else you've said about the state of basketball. Basketball has changed dramatically since then. There are more guys with height that can play wing positions than in the past and there is less emphasis on having athletes play center (partly because it's a waste of their talents. Sure, maybe Durant could be the best center in the league but he's already at that level at the 3 (ok Lebron is better, but Lebron could probably be a better center as well). But Drummond isn't a center because he wants to be a grinder (and neither is Howard). He's a center because he's not capable of anything else. He's an exceptional athlete for a center, but he doesn't have the handle or the shot (hell he can't even make 30% of his free throws right now) to play any wing position or even the PF position offensively. And defensively he's good at defending players in the post and being a help defender but he isn't good enough to be a one on one defender with even a good wing in the NBA.
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Quite honestly, I expect Drummond to look as lost as Darko his first year. The key will be for the Pistons to keep giving him playing time instead of letting him ride the pine because he is not ready. I don't know if Darko would have panned out had the Pistons handled him different but we didn't do him any favors. I don't really see the same issues occurring with Drummond because we are in rebuilding mode now but I thought it was worth mentioning because it is so important he plays 15-20 minutes a game next year.
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Roman Law In Modern Life And Education, Joseph H. Drake Dec 1919
Roman Law In Modern Life And Education, Joseph H. Drake
"This discussion might be entitled, an experiment in classical education and how it failed... It is in a way an Apologia pro Mea Vita Paedagogica. The excess of ego dixi et meus filius respondit in it may, therefore, perhaps be pardoned by a confession at the outset that it is an account of failure on the part of the speaker to solve a troublesome pedagogical question and a very satisfactory solution of the same problem by one of his colleagues in the Latin Department."
Mutual Wills, Edwin C. Goddard Jun 1919
Mutual Wills, Edwin C. Goddard
SO LATE as 1822 Sir John Nicholl is reported to have said in Hobson v. Blackburn, that a mutual, or conjoint will is an instrument "unknown to the testamentary law of this country; or, in other words, that it is upknown, as a will, to the law of this country at all. It may, for aught that I know, be valid as a compact." In Darlington v. "Pulteney, Lord MANSFIELD said, "there cannot be a joint will." Following these distinguished and learned judges, Jarman and Williams in their classical treatises accepted the statement of Sir John, and some early American ...
Extraterritorial Effect Of The Equitable Decree, Willard T. Barbour May 1919
Extraterritorial Effect Of The Equitable Decree, Willard T. Barbour
ANYONE whom the study of equity has led into the by-paths of V Canon Law will recall that the Sext ends with a splendid array of imposing maxims, not improbably the source of the Latin maxims with which every lawyer is familiar. The inveterate habit formed by the ecclesiastics of expressing a legal principle in a short and crisp formula persisted when they came into the courts of law and is peculiarly in evidence among the chancellors of the fifteenth century. What may at first have been merely casual became through repetition a habit and the result has been to ...
Real Significance Of The Proposed Michigan Beer And Wine Amendment, Edwin C. Goddard Apr 1919
Real Significance Of The Proposed Michigan Beer And Wine Amendment, Edwin C. Goddard
DISCUSSION of proposed prohibitory amendments to Constitutions, State or Federal, are usually regarded as part of the wet and dry fight in which lawyers are interested only as citizens. Before the recent Cleveland Meeting of the American Bar Association the bar of the country was circularized by a protest, signed by a number of very well known lawyers, urging the bar to take action against putting into the fundamental law, the Constitution, such matters as the regulation of what the people shall drink. These lawyers presented their case at the Cleveland meeting and vigorously attempted to induce the American Bar ...
The Domicil Of Persons Residing Abroad Under Consular Jurisdiction, Edwin D. Dickinson Apr 1919
The Domicil Of Persons Residing Abroad Under Consular Jurisdiction, Edwin D. Dickinson
THE domicil of persons living under consular jurisdiction in foreign countries presents a problem of unique importance, not only because of the concern which a large number of people have in its proper solution, but also because of its relation to the conception of domicil and to the requisites by which the existence of donricil is to be determined. This problem may be concisely stated in the form of a question as follows: Is it possible for a person residing abroad under consular protection to acquire a domicil of choice in the country of residence? There are no apparent obstacles ...
The Seller's Action For The Price, John B. Waite Feb 1919
The Seller's Action For The Price, John B. Waite
WHEN a contract of sale has been broken by the buyer, before title has passed according to the usual rules of presumption, there arises the very practical question whether the seller can sue him for the purchase price, as such, or is limited to a suit for damages only. In the latter case his damage may happen to equal the purchase price, but it is usually considerably less than that amount. If the seller can recover the purchase price, as such, it must be because that price is legally due him as a consequence of the contract. The ultimate inquiry ...
Witness--Competency Of An Allopathic Expert In The Field Of Homeopathy--Opinion On Very Fact The Jury Must Determine, Victor H. Lane Jan 1919
Witness--Competency Of An Allopathic Expert In The Field Of Homeopathy--Opinion On Very Fact The Jury Must Determine, Victor H. Lane
Van Sickle v. Doolittle, (Ia., 1918), 169 N. W. 141, was an action for malpractice against a physician of the homeopathic school of medicine. Upon the trial, a physician of the allopathic school was called, and after testifying that he was unskilled in the science of homeopathy, was allowed to testify that the treatment shown to have been given to the patient by defendant, would produce no physiological effect, and that proper treatment required the giving of such medicines as would produce such effect. This was held error upon the ground that the defendant was called to treat the patient ...
The Domicil Of Persons Residing Abroad Under Consular Jurisdiction, Edwin D. Dickinson Jan 1919
The question of domicil under consular jurisdiction was discussed at some length by the present writer in an article which appeared in an earlier number of this review. See 17 MICH. LAW REV. 437-455. When that article was written some much quoted dicta and the decision of the Court of Appeal in Casdagli v. Casdagli, 87 L. J. P. 73, 79, indicated that according to the English rule a domicil of choice could not be acquired under consular jurisdiction. The author ventured to criticise that extraordinary rule from the point of view of the authorities and on principle. With regard ...
Deeds To Take Effect After Death Of Grantor, Ralph W. Aigler Jan 1919
Deeds To Take Effect After Death Of Grantor, Ralph W. Aigler
That Instruments in form of wills may be effective as deeds of conveyance is clear. If a present interest is passed and execution is complete (which includes delivery), the instrument must take effect as a deed. On the other hand, If no interest is to vest until or after death of the maker and there has been no complete execution as a deed, the instrument, if operative at all, must take effect as a will. Difficulties arise when there is a fully executed deed, which, however, is to be postponed in its complete operation until the death of the grantor.
Boycott - Medical Association, Horace Lafayette Wilgus Jan 1919
Boycott - Medical Association, Horace Lafayette Wilgus
The opinion of McCardie, J., (without a jury), in Pratt v. British Medical Association (1919), I K. B. 244, (noted in the MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW, June, 1919, p. 704), brilliantly reviewing the English cases, merits a fuller statement of the facts and principles involved than was possible in a short note. The action was by Doctors Burke, Pratt, and Holmes, against the British Medical Association and four of its officers, for damages for conspiracy, slander and libel.
Determinable Fee - Possibility Of Reverter, Edwin C. Goddard Jan 1919
Determinable Fee - Possibility Of Reverter, Edwin C. Goddard
Professor Gray, in the first edition of his great work, "The Rule Against Perpetuities," Section 31 and following, contended that the Statute Quia Emptores by putting an end to tenure between feoffor and feoffee of an estate in fee simple, incidentally put an end to possibility of reverter to the feoffer on failure of the condition in a determihable fee. Specifically he says that upon dissolution of an eleemosynary corporation a terminable gift to such corporation does not revert to the donor, as is said by Lord Coke, Co. LITT. 13b, but escheats. For reversion depends on tenure, and the ...
Liquidation Of Damages By Pre-Estimate, Joseph H. Drake Jan 1919
Liquidation Of Damages By Pre-Estimate, Joseph H. Drake
A freshly minted phrase, if attractive in form, even though it connotes no new idea, will frequently have as extensive a circulation, even in our supreme courts, as would a real concept. In a contract for building two laboratories for the Department of Agriculture, the contractor had agreed that the United States should be entitled to the "fixed sum of $200, as liquidated damages * * * for each and every day's delay" in the completion of the buildings. The court decided that this was a stipulation for liquidated damage because it was the result of a "genuine pre-estimate" of the anticipated ...
Verdicts, General And Special, Edson R. Sunderland Jan 1919
Verdicts, General And Special, Edson R. Sunderland
The most remarkable thing about this case of Georgia v. Brailsford is that a matter of such elementary importance in the daily administration of the law, after being announced in so dramatic a way by the Supreme Court of the United States at the very threshold of its career, could have dropped into oblivion for a hundred years only to be repudiated in a way hardly less dramatic by a sharply divided court. The controversy here disclosed goes to the very heart of the jury system as it has been developed by the common law and is still almost universally ...
Pre-Legal Education, John B. Waite Jan 1919
Pre-Legal Education, John B. Waite
It was once thought that a lawyer's vocation was chiefly to serve his clients, so that he might bring fame and fortune to himself. The profession of law was considered only a means of livelihood, merely more difficult than clerking and more remunerative, sometimes, than carpentry. To require study for the law was thought an unfair preclusion of embryo breadwinners from an adventure with that particular occupation. Fortunately, the public mind has changed; the practice of law is no longer only a means of livelihood, but has become an important agency in promoting civilization. Some one has likened law ...
Liability Of Manufacturer To Remote Vender For Defective Automobile Wheel, Horace Lafayette Wilgus Jan 1919
Liability Of Manufacturer To Remote Vender For Defective Automobile Wheel, Horace Lafayette Wilgus
Plaintiff. in February, 19O9. purchased from the Utica Motor Car Company, a Cadillac six-passenger touring car, manufactured by the Cadillac Motor Car Company, of Michigan. The Utica company was a dealer in motor cars, and purchased to resell; it was the original vendee, and the plaintiff was the sub-vendee. The car was used very little until July 31, 1909, when the plaintiff, an experienced driver, while driving the car on a main public road in good condition, at a speed of 12 to 15 miles per hour, was severely and permanently injured by the right front wheel suddenly breaking down ...
Juvenile Courts And Privileged Communications, Evans Holbrook Jan 1919
Juvenile Courts And Privileged Communications, Evans Holbrook
In the case of Lindsey v. People, (Colo., 1919) 181 Pac. 531, the Supreme Court of Colorado has held that Judge Lindsey of the Juvenile Court of Denver could not refuse to testify as to a communication made to him by a child who was at the time of the communication suspected of crime and against whom proceedings were later taken in the Juvenile Court. The decision was by a vote of four to three, and a vigorous dissenting opinion was written by Justice Bailey and concurred in by Justices Scott and Allen.
The Scintilla Rule Of Evidence, Edson R. Sunderland Jan 1919
The Scintilla Rule Of Evidence, Edson R. Sunderland
In analyzing the reasons why "trial by jury has declined to such an extent that it has come in many cases to be an avowed maxim of professional action,--a good case is for the court; a bad case is for the jury,"-JUDGE DILLON, in his LAWS AND JURISPRUDENCE, pp. 130-2, credits "the false principle known as the scintilla doctrine" with a large degree of responsibility.
Effect At The Situs Rei, Of A Decree Ordering Conveyance Of Foreign Land, Edgar N. Durfee Jan 1919
Effect At The Situs Rei, Of A Decree Ordering Conveyance Of Foreign Land, Edgar N. Durfee
In a recent article in this Review, Prof. Willard Barbour discussed the question indicated by the above title. His cbnclusions may be-briefly slated as follows: that such a decree of a competent court having jurisdiction of the person of the defendant creates a personal obligation upon the defendant which a court of equity at the situs should enforce just as it would a contract or trust concerning this land made in the foreign jurisdiction: and that, as between the States of this Union, the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution makes such enforcement of the foreign decree obligatory ...
Referendum As Applied To Proposed Amendments Of The Federal Constitution, Ralph W. Aigler Jan 1919
Referendum As Applied To Proposed Amendments Of The Federal Constitution, Ralph W. Aigler
That various aspects of the fight against the National Prohibition (the i8th) Amendment would result in litigation was to be expected. The attack at present seem& to be based on the use of the provisions for referendum found in a dozen or more of the states the votes of which went to make up the necessary three-fourths. Three very recent decisions or expressions of opinion by state courts of last resort are in this respect extremely interesting.
Corporations, Shareholders' Right To Have A Dividend Declared And Paid Out Of Surplus, Horace Lafayette Wilgus Jan 1919
Corporations, Shareholders' Right To Have A Dividend Declared And Paid Out Of Surplus, Horace Lafayette Wilgus
In Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. (Mich. 1919), 170, N. W. 668, the questions were not new, and with one exception, the decision was not unusual, but the sums involved were enormos. The Motor Company was incorporated in 1903, under the general manufacturing incorporating act of Michigan (P. A. 232, 1903), for the manufacture and sale of automobiles, motors and devices incident to their construction and operation, with an authorized Capital Stock of $150,000-$100,000 then paid up, $49,000 in cash, $40,000 in letters patent issued and applied for, and $11,000 in machinery and contracts ...
A New Function For Courts - Declaring The Rights Of Parties, Edson R. Sunderland Jan 1919
A New Function For Courts - Declaring The Rights Of Parties, Edson R. Sunderland
In a recent opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States Justice Holmes makes this interesting observation:- "The foundation of jurisdiction is physical power, although in civilized times it is not necessary to maintain that power throughout proceedings properly begun." Paraphrased, the statement comes to this: In early times the basis of jurisdiction is the existence and the constant assertion of physical power over the parties to the action, but as civilization advances the mere existence of such power tends to make its exercise less and less essential.
Patent Law: Secret Use As Affecting Right To A Patent, John B. Waite Jan 1919
Patent Law: Secret Use As Affecting Right To A Patent, John B. Waite
An unusually obvious piece of judicial legislation, of practical importance to the manufacturing world, was promulgated in the case of Macbeth-Evans Glass Co. v. General Electric Co., 246 Fed. 695. The facts were that in 1903 Macbeth had invented a process for making glass. Since that time the plaintiff company, of which Macbeth was president, had been using that process. This use had, however, been "secret". In 1910 an employee of the plaintiff revealed the process to the Jefferson Glass Co., which at once began to use it, but on application of the Macbeth Co. the state court enjoined the ...
Presumptions--Burden Of Proof, Victor H. Lane Jan 1919
Presumptions--Burden Of Proof, Victor H. Lane
The case of Gillett v. Michigan United Traction Co. (Michigan, April 3rd, 1919), 171 N. W. 536, arose out of the following facts: Plaintiff, driving a Ford car with the curtains down, turned from the curb at the side of the street where he had stopped, to cross the interurban car tracks which ran through the center of the street in the city of Marshall, and as he drove his machine upon the track was struck by an interurban car and seriously injured. The evidence established beyond question, negligence of the defendant, by showing that the car was, at the ...
Should A Correct Verdict Be Set Aside Because The Jury Failed To Follow Erroneous Instructions?, Edson R. Sunderland Jan 1919
Should A Correct Verdict Be Set Aside Because The Jury Failed To Follow Erroneous Instructions?, Edson R. Sunderland
One of the common grounds of a new trial is that the verdict is contrary to law. What law is meant,--the law as it really is, or the law that was given to the jury by the court's instruction? Most cases hold to the latter view. It is the duty of the jury to take the law from the court, whether the court in so giving it is right or wrong. Hence, the jury violate their duty if they fail to follow instructions, even if the instructions are wrong, and a verdict based on a breach of the ...
Alienation Of Contingent Remainders, Ralph W. Aigler Jan 1919
Alienation Of Contingent Remainders, Ralph W. Aigler
The recent case of Bisby v. Walker, 169 N. W. 467, decided by the Supreme Court of Iowa November 23, 1918, is an interesting instance of an all too common lack of appreciation and understanding of the very fundamentals of property law. Under the will of her grandfather B became entitled to a contingent remainder (at least the court treated it as such) in certain lands; the contingency upon which her taking depended was her being one of the surviving children of her mother at the time of the death of the life tenant, the testator's widow. During the ...
Subsequent Impossibility As Affecting Contractual Obligations, Ralph W. Aigler Jan 1919
Subsequent Impossibility As Affecting Contractual Obligations, Ralph W. Aigler
Where the law creates a duty or charge and the party is disabled to perform it without any default in him, and hath no remedy over, there the law will excuse him. * * * But where the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract. Paradine v. Jane, Aleyn, 26, a case not really involving a question of impossibility. Most discussions of the effect of subsequent impossibility of performance upon contractual obligations ...
Enemy Alien Litigants In The English Law, Edwin D. Dickinson Jan 1919
Enemy Alien Litigants In The English Law, Edwin D. Dickinson
It is said that as a general rule an enemy alien cannot bring an action in the English courts. "And true it is, that an Alien enemie, shall maintaine neither reall nor personall action, Donec terrae fuet' communes, that is untill both Nations be in peace." COKE oN LITTLETON, (2 ed.) L. 2, c. 11, sec. 198. LORD STOWELL'S famous dictum in The Hoop (1799), 1 C. Rob. 196, 200, is regarded as a classical statement of the doctrine: "In the law of almost every country, the character of alien enemy carries with it a disability to sue, or ...
New Trials For Technical Errors, Edson R. Sunderland Jan 1919
New Trials For Technical Errors, Edson R. Sunderland
A witness called to testify is presumed to be of good character. Hence no proof of it is necessary. But out of abundant caution this presumption is fortified by evidence. The witness is thus shown to be in fact exactly what the law presumes him to be. Result-the case is reversed for the commission of this grave and prejudicial error.-Lockett v. State (Ark. 1918), 207 S. W. 55. No one but an American lawyer could treat the above statement seriously. Only an American court could announce so extraordinary a decision. In no other English speaking country would the people ...
Implied Condition Involving Impossibility Of Performance, Edson R. Sunderland Jan 1919
Implied Condition Involving Impossibility Of Performance, Edson R. Sunderland
Early in 1914 the defendants contracted to sell to the plaintiffs a quantity of Finland birch timber. The practice was to send the timber direct by sea from Finnish ports. Before any timber was delivered the war broke out and the presence of German warships in the Baltic made the direct shipment by water impossible. The contract contained no war, force majeure or suspension provision. Held, that the contract was not dissolved, and the defendants were liable for damages for non-delivery of the timber. Blackburn Robbin Co., Lim. v. Allen & Sons, Lim. (1918) 87 L. J. K. B. 1085. The ...
Burden Of Proof, Victor H. Lane Jan 1919
Burden Of Proof, Victor H. Lane
The case of Rowe, Adin.. v. Colorado and Southern R. R. Co. (Tex. Civ. App. 1918), 205 S. W. 731, is typical of the confusion all too common in the use of this term "burden of proof"


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Walton Sale
Walton International Group today bought about 378 acres in the Lee's Parke area of Spotsylvania County for about $11.58 million, according to a deed filed this morning in Spotsylvania Circuit Court. The price is about 47 percent above the property's tax-assessed value.
Walton is a real estate investment company based in Scottsdale, Ariz., that within the past year also bought 1,190 acres in southern Stafford County.
The Spotsylvania land that Walton bought today for $30,646 an acre is just south of the Lee's Parke subdivision and the intersection of U.S. 1 and Spotsylvania Parkway. It's east of Smith Station Road and west of U.S. 1. The property is zoned a mixture of commercial and rural.
Walton bought the land from Massaponax Land Co. LLC, whose operating manager is James E. "Jim" Jarrell Jr.
Walton officials could not be reached for comment regarding the company's plans for the Spotsylvania property. The firm typically buys land in fast-growing areas and then waits for development opportunities.
The corridor of Spotsylvania where the 378 acres are located includes Cosner's Corner, the Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, Germanna Community College and a planned Virginia Railway Express station. It is considered a major growth area for the county.
In Stafford, Walton paid close to $21 million for three separate parcels along the north side of State Route 3 near the Little Falls Run wastewater treatment plant. Walton sold shares in the Stafford land to Asian investors through a tenants-in-common arrangement. It's unclear if the company will do the same in Spotsylvania.
http://www.fredericksburg.com/business/local_business/walton-buys-acres-in-spotsy-for-million/article_62fbca35-9443-5a5e-b042-9c8dee8d191b.html


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Ispahani and Arif Jahan () the duo Dhallywood film directors are known for thriller and action genres. They also co-own the film production company's Diganta Chalachitra and Nakkhatra Chalachitra. They have directed movies for other production company's in Dhallywood all of which were blockbusters.

History
M. N. Ispahani and Arif Al Ashraf are cousins originally from Brahman Baria. They both started their careers with the help of Delwar Jahan Jhantu, a renowned film Director and Producer who is also their uncle. Their brother Shafi Uddin Shafi is a film Director of Dhallywood films.

Early life and career
M. N. Ispahani and Arif Al Ashraf are cousins were brought up in Brahman Baria. They met their uncle Delwar Jahan Jhantu who used to do direct films. He advised them to first assist in film direction and hired them as his film Assistant Director. They did few films, and then Shahidul Haque Shikder helped them in directing their first film 'Bidrohi Bodhu' and it was a Blockbuster hit. After that their film journey began as director, then they started producing movies. The first Bengali film they produced was 'Gulam' with Shakib Khan, Shabnoor anddipjol in 2001. Since then, they have directed 17 movies and produced 14 movies and has distributed Blockbuster movie Purno Dairgha Prem Kahini 1, Purno Dairgha Prem Kahini 2, Warning and Faad The Trap.
The duo are renowned for taking inspiration from Bollywood films and adding glamour to it.

Filmography

References

External links
 Ispahani Arif Jahan in BMDb
 M. N. Ispahani on Facebook

Bangladeshi film directors
Bangladeshi film producers
Bengali film directors
Duos
Filmmaking collaborations
1968 births
Living people
Bangladeshi theatre directors

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British PM visits spy attack scene The foreign office said that Britain's National Security Council will meet to discuss further actions against Russian Federation . Russian state assets will be frozen where there is evidence they may be used to threaten the lives of British residents.
Almost half of England fans want World Cup boycott I suggest that those who do wish to travel to Russian Federation do ensure that they are checking the Foreign Office advice. She further announced that her country had expelled 23 diplomats and suspended high-level contacts with the World Cup host.
Butler: 'I never got a reason (for Super Bowl benching)' If it was not, something would've came out by now, especially from Butler , who no longer has a reason to keep his lips tight. Logan Ryan signed last season and became a solid lockdown defender, just as he was in New England.
'Avengers: Infinity War' Final Trailer: Captain America Fights Thanos - Will He Survive? All bets are off. "So let me do the plan, and that way it might be really good". "Why are we doing this?'" said Ruffalo. Infinity War takes over the top spot from Warner Bros. and DC Films' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice .
Federation Internationale de Football Association approves VAR for World Cup, lifts Iraq ban Both bids will be evaluated first by a task force and disqualified if they did not meet FIFA's technical criteria. India too had put in an official bid to host the U-20 World Cup but lost out to its European counterpart.
"Today I am saddened to see that Modi government is weakening and ignoring the schemes and programs implemented during UPA", she said adding that in the last four years, "this arrogant government has left no stone unturned to destroy the Congress". Already trying to unite the opposition parties to take on the Modi government, it opened its cards in a 10-page political resolution adopted on the first day of its two-day 84th AICC plenary session at the jam-packed Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here.
The Congress party on Saturday advocated a workable programme with all like-minded parties to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
She called upon them to forcefully fight against the challenges posed by the present dispensation and asked them to mount a struggle to free the country from the fear of power. Former President of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, is also expected to deliver speech in the afternoon. "We are exposing Modi and his frauds with proof", said Sonia, once again her old fiery self.
Nikolas Cruz was charged with 17 counts of first degree premeditated murder and 17 counts of first degree attempted murder. His actions were enough to warrant an internal affairs investigation, as requested by Sheriff Scott Israel on February 21.
"It is Congress Party which takes stand against injustice and raises its voice against it". Titled the "Power of Truth", well known journalist Kumar Ketkar moderated the session with veteran journalist Mrinal Pande, party leaders Kapil Sibal, Randeep Surjewala, Sushmita Dev, Rajeev Gowda and Congress social media head Divya Spandana participating. The Congress president, who has stepped up his Twitter game over the a year ago and a half, is a pretty regular - though not prolific - tweeter.
The results of the Gujarat Assembly elections and bye-polls in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh reflect that "those who wished to erase our existence had no clues that there is so much respect for the Congress", said the leader. "The work of forging the unity will have to be done together by all of us and people of the country". Randeep Singh Surjewala backs Rahul Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that his party unequivocally condemns any act of political vendetta indulged by the Modi government.
The Congress, it said, is prepared to make whatever sacrifices required to defend the ethos of Constitution. "The difference between the Congress and the Opposition (BJP), the big difference, is they use anger, we use love and regard for our fellow humans", the Congress president said.
Marshall is an up-tempo, high-scoring squad, featuring a pair of 20-plus-point scorers in Jon Elmore and C.J. The Thundering Herd also got big shots down the stretch from Ajdin Penava and C.J.
"The Modi government is not interested in addressing the needs of the poor".
Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha said the Congress party led India to independence and helped establish democracy.
The senior Congress leader further lambasted the Centre and the BJP for failing to keep their promise intact on improving the plight of farmers in the country.


Venkatesh, Nayantara starring ultimate family action entertainer Tulasi. It is a Boyapati Srinu directorial which has lots of sentiment and thrilling action sequences. The entire story revolves Tulasi who gives up violence when his wife disapproves it for the sake of their baby. But an unexpected incident forces him to take up violence as a result of which his wife and baby leave him. What happened next is the main plot of the story.
Victory Venkatesh played a kind hearted police officer role in this film. The story revolves around a case where Krishna ( Venkatesh ) taps a criminal family to reach the criminal. But in this process Krishna falls in love with criminals daughter Sailaja ( Nayantahra ). What happens next..? What is the back story of that criminal is the main plot of the story.
Ramyakrishna starring 'Mathangi' is an intensive horror thriller which has lots of emotional elements. Satyajith seeks the help of a yogi when he is haunted by some visions. He comes to know that a spirit is haunting the property he had purchased a couple of years ago.


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Feasibility and options for Privatization of East African Development Bank: Establishing the desirability of privatization in an emerging economic environment, for a leading development bank in East Africa. Assignment carried out for African Development Bank covering Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Study of financial system vulnerabilities in non-crisis affected Asian Countries: Sponsored by the Asian Development Bank, probed vulnerability and efficiency constraints in the Indian financial sector & system including banks, non-banks and Capital markets and made suggestions on remedial measures.
Restructuring of State Financial Corporations (SFCs): Diagnostic and restructuring studies for six SFCs in India, which included redesigning credit delivery systems; business systems & procedures; development of MIS; organizational restructuring and business diversification.
Valuation for disinvestment of Government of India enterprises: Diagnostic analysis and suggested valuations study for divestment of Government shareholding in twelve Government of India owned enterprises (State Owned Enterprises) in diverse sectors such as mining, hotels, metals, gas etc..
Awarded the Strategic Management Society (SMS) scholarship that accompanied selection to the doctoral consortium at the 2013 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference.