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First year head basketball coach Jim Boone will try to give that shot to the Delta State University Statesmen in the upcoming season, which is officially set to start on Tuesday when they host the Henderson State University Reddies at the Walter Sillers Coliseum at 7 p.m.
Boone has plans to get the Statesmen moving in the right direction after they went a dismal 6-21 last year. After a 4-2 start, DSU lost 19 of its final 21 games and its 1-13 mark in the GSC put the team last in the regular season standings.
Boone had to work at recruiting when he took over in April as he added seven new faces to the team.
"A big part of what we've done over the last six months is to create a culture," Boone said. "For us, that has been changing a culture and creating a new culture. One that is founded in discipline, hard work, accountability and defense. We wanted to recruit young men that had those attributes, and I feel really good about the guys we have brought into our program."
Boone is a seasoned coaching veteran in college basketball as he has a career coaching record of 438-328 over a 27-year career on the Division I and Division II levels. His most recent stint was at West Virginia Wesleyan College last year when he led the Bobcats to a 22-9 record with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Last season was very uncharacteristic for the Statesmen as it marked just their second losing season over the last 21 years. Overall, the Statesmen have six Gulf South Conference titles with 14 appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Boone said DSU's history attracted him to the program.
"It's one of the reasons I'm here," Boone said. "I'm so attracted to that that there is commitment and support for the basketball program to be successful. With commitment and support come high expectations, but that is what you want as a coach. I embrace that.
"I have certainly embraced our past and our tradition — the great players that have played here and the coaches that have coached here. We've been extremely fortunate to have a great deal of success. We want to build upon that success and foundation."
According to Boone, the community support and interest he has received in regards to the program have been great. He says the fans want to know everything going on with the program and have a great interest in it.
"After having been here for six months, I'm just amazed and thrilled at the passion that our community and the people at Delta State have for our athletic programs," Boone said. "I can't go anywhere in Cleveland without some stopping me and recognizing me and wanting to know how we were doing. That's great. I love it. It's been a very busy six months, and it's been an extremely enjoyable and exciting six months."
To prepare for the season, Delta State played two Division I schools in a pair of exhibition games. The Statesmen lost to Mississippi Valley State University 62-59 and to Vanderbilt 69-48.
Boone said both games have really helped the team.
"I think our guys were at a point where they were kind of tired of beating up on each other, so it was really a great thing for us to have the opportunity to play the exhibitions," Boone said. "We didn't hold anything back in the teams we selected. I thought it was really good for us to go to Mississippi Valley to play in that environment which is awesome. It was a rivalry feel. Their team was well coached. Our kids played hard and their kids played hard. We couldn't replicate that in practice.
"At Vanderbilt, playing a superior team in regards to athleticism, size and strength was good for us. Execution became a paramount of importance. I saw some very good things defensively. Offensively, we're coming and that's a work in progress."
Boone said he has been particularly pleased in practice with senior forward Terry Leake and junior guard Cornell Knight, who saw the most playing time out of anybody returning from last season. Knight started all 27 games last year and averaged eight points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, while Leake averaged 14 points and 4.4 rebounds a contest.
"They are two guys that have been a pleasure to work with and have stepped up," Boone said. "They have quickly become two of our team leaders."
Senior forwards Ryan Smith (3.7 ppg., 3.5 rpg.), John Hudson (1.9 ppg., 1.8 rpg.) and Matt Allbritton also return from last year. Allbritton was red-shirted last season.
Freshman guard Jack Madgen (Williamstown, Australia, Faith Lutheran Secondary School), freshman guard Brice Rowe (Madison, Ms., Madison Central High School) , junior guard Michael Weems (Milwaukee, Wis., Iowa Lakes, CC) and junior guard Ryan Fleming (Marietta, Ga., Gordon College) are new players that have shined in preparation for the year.
One thing that Boone is pleased is as far as the offense goes is DSU's ability to shoot the basketball.
"We shoot it well," Boone said. "We don't shoot it great, but we shoot it well. Hopefully, as we progress through the season, we'll shoot it better."
Boone said the team needs to develop a strong inside game.
"Terry has given us an inside presence to a degree, but we need to get a little more help there," Boone said.
Boone said the defense has also continued to develop day-in-and-day-out.
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"Our defense is still a work in progress to. In January and February our defense will be a major strength of our basketball team and a reason for our success."


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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The stock market struggled for direction Monday morning after five days of losses, with the "fiscal cliff" just hours away and lawmakers yet to reach a solution. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Updated: February 2, 2013 6:15AM
Despite a volatile year that included losses five of the last six trading days brought on by fiscal cliff worries, the Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq both ended 2012 showing double-digit gains for the year, and the Dow also ended higher.
It was the fourth straight positive year for stocks despite a struggling U.S. economic recovery and debt and recession worries in Europe.
As hopes rose Monday for a fiscal cliff deal, the Dow shot up 166.03 points to end the day at 13,104, up 7.3 percent for the year. The Dow has risen six of the last seven years, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
The S&P 500 rose 23 Monday to end the year at 1,426, up 13 percent and beating the 7.8 percent average annual gain of the past 20 years.
Meanwhile, the technology-laden Nasdaq rose 59 Monday to close at 3,019, up 16 percent for the year.
Stocks are in a bull market, "although it might not feel like it to most people," contended Paul Larson, chief equities strategist for Chicago-based Morningstar Inc., who added data indicate most stocks are slightly undervalued going into 2013.
As for 2012, "A lot of the gains this year were front-end loaded," he said, noting stocks posted the year's gains by April, but have struggled to remain steady since.
"It's been a rough last eight or nine months," Larson said.
The year saw highs and lows. The biggest gain came June 6. The Dow jumped 287 points on hopes that European officials would find ways to ease the region's debt crisis, launching a rally.
The biggest drop — 313 points — came Nov. 7, the day after the presidential election. Investors worried that a divided government wouldn't reach deal on the budget in time to avoid across-the-board government spending cuts and tax increases by the new year.
Some of the best-performing stocks for the year were those that were making up for deep losses in 2011. Homebuilder PulteGroup nearly tripled in value after falling for five of the previous six years. Appliance maker Whirlpool and Bank of America more than doubled over the year, after falling by double-digit percentages in 2011.
Apple, probably the year's most talked-about company, helped lead the Nasdaq higher. The popularity of the iPhone and iPad led to staggering sales growth that helped push Apple's stock up 48 percent to almost $600 at the end of March. Apple also announced a dividend and overtook Exxon Mobil as the U.S.'s most valuable company. The stock finished the year up more than 31 percent.
Some of the worst stock performers of 2012 were Best Buy, Hewlett-Packard and J.C. Penney. All are struggling to keep up with competitors who have adapted more quickly to changing technologies and customer tastes. They were all up for the day, but were all down at least 44 percent for the year.

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However this goes beyond that.
In my opinion the most abused law officers do is:
Investigative stops (which gives those being asked questions) the option to not answer and to leave. Vs Terry Stop (which is not legal in this State).
A person cannot be detained unless a certain criteria is met.
Often I hear this "We are not detaining you, we just need some information and to check on who you are before we let you leave" Well.. That is detaining under the law. Or what they call Seizure of one's "self". And it's illegal.
The laws surrounding the authority of an Officer are different than a citizen, thus when you have an officer play both a citizen and officer. These rules collide and are basically conflicting under law. In this case if an officer was to do something inappropriately that leads to a violation of law (Terry stop) for example while acting on behalf of a landlord, there would be nothing stopping the court from not only holding the city accountable for the action of the officer but the property owner that signed giving the officer permission to act on his/her behalf. Thus both parties could be held liable under our system.
Posted "When the rainy day fund was compromised when the markets were flourishing, That to me was the beginning of the end for PERS. Do you think if it weren't for that, the system may have held up?"
I think that we are so use to instant gratification in the U.S.. We fail to think of long term consequences of actions we take today. We don't stop and think that good times might end for example.. And there are serious consequecnes surronding that. There are breaking points at many levels within our society, we must always be aware what they are.
Hope that helps..
The best response that I have seen so far was by c.Kernel.
While it certainly appears Heidt is in an indefensible position, as far as the lawsuit goes, it would be nice to have the full facts before the entire police department, Sheriff's Office, OSP, the boy scouts and the girl scouts are lined up against the wall and shot.
The news article alleges several things, such as Heidt addressing Aranda as he approached him. The short video clip starts after the approach starts and the audio is omitted. What does the entire video show and where is the audio? Is this deliberate because Aranda said something inappropriate? Did Aranda make an obscene gesture and they cut it out because it didn't fit the narrative? See, there are two sides to even a conspiracy game. Remember, I have already said that it "appears" Heidt is in an indefensible position.
We have to remember this article is based mostly on a plaintiffs lawsuit that is asking for a lot of money. Do you really think he is going to include glowing recommendations of the police in his lawsuit and then turn around and ask for $1 Mil because "they were good guys and did nothing wrong"?
From his attorney, "He also noted that Aranda speaks Spanish "although he also understands some English." Sympathy ploy? Is he or the reporter trying to imply something here. From the video I would say he probably SPEAKS some English too! Does Heidt speak Spanish? No info on that.
Sometimes it may be best to keep an open mind and not decide the issue based on just one side of the story. Again, from just the info in this article, Heidt is "toast", but I'm still waiting for the "rest of the story". Unfortunately, the City's insurance company may settle this though so we may never know the rest of it.
Just my opinion, not that my opinion matters.
There seems to be no mention of it in the lawsuit and there has apparently been no allegations of civil rights violations filed with DOJ.
They are so quick to point out "A Latino man" but they did not mention why this is important to a NEWS article unless they are trying to do as you said. There again they didn't mention immigration status so perhaps it was just a mistake that was missed by the editors?
Rather interesting though as I don't recall any reference to race being made or anything else denoting race in the "Surveillance photos trigger arrest" story, "Driving spree lands Linfielder in jail" - nope, not mentioned in this story either, Hmmmm, missed any mention of race in this story too, "Cafeteria thief to pay back $50,000". Wait, how about this one, "Suspects sought in rock quarry heist". Nope guess not. Closest they come is "The suspects are described as three males, one featuring a distinctive ponytail extending down to the middle of his back." Is there a pattern here?
You know, c.Kernel, in retrospect, you may just have a point!
However, the author of the article felt it necessary to start her article out with her very first words pointing out race. In at least four other recent NR articles depicting crime and violence, no mention of race was made. We are simply asking why the author and the editors thought it appeared to be so relevant to this article and not the others?
The question here is not race and should have nothing to do with race. The question is why Heidt felt any type of force at all was justified or needed.
Now I would ask Nicole Montesano of the News-Register a simple question, why?
1) No, we didn't deliberately alter the video to present a point of view. No, we are not engaged in a "conspiracy game." I find that a patently offensive allegation, and one utterly without any foundation on your part.
The video is from a squad car. It did not come with sound. The version you saw came directly out of the court file. It was obtained and first posted by KGW. We obtained KGW's copy with permission and posted it untouched. What you are seeing is what all of the investigators, lawyers and other parties saw.
2) We include references to ethnicity and language ability when they seem to be POTENTIALLY relevant. We don't ultimately make that call. It is ultimately made in a legal sense by the criminal justice system and in the broader sense by the general public.
We are consistent in that practice. It was not potentially relevant in the other stories you cited, so was not included.
It's not race, by the way, as Latinos and Anglos both belong to the Caucasion race. It is ethnicity or heritage we are addressing.
3) It is not just ethnic discrimination that could be at play. It could be selection of vulnerable victims by someone with a bully mentality.
A short, physically unimposing Latino man in his 50s, who has displayed a limited command of English, might well seem an inviting target. It would be easy to surmise he might be in the country illegally, lack significant financial means and lack the knowledge and confidence to press a grievance effectively.
By the same token, if I were picking a bar fight in Seaside, I might well single out a man who was several inches shorter, 120 pounds lighter and hampered by a broken arm encased in a cast.
I see a POTENTIAL pattern there totally outside the realm of ethnicity per se.
Steve Bagwell, Managing Editor
In fact, I doubt very much that the victim here would ever have filed an internal affairs complaint, let alone a federal civil rights suit, if the powers that be had not decided to prosecute him for a criminal charge of resisting arrest. They were thereby required to supply him with an attorney, and that, I'm willing to bet, is what set this chain of events in motion.
Could there have been other like victims who, because, say, they were in the country illegally or lacked English language ability, chose to simply lick their wounds and move on? This particular victim is, in fact, a legal resident. Could there be others who were not? I don't know, but I can certainly see that would be possible.
Also, let me point out we also provide other types of background context in stories, such as the the Linfield College enrollment and Linfield football team membership of the drunken driving spree suspect. We try to include ANY context that we feel readers might want to take into account in their own analysis.
That being the case, I think our inclusion of the ethnicity and language information in the excessive force stories was both consistent and relevant.
That was a thoughtful response to my query, but then you went on to add;
"By the same token, if I were picking a bar fight in Seaside, I might very well single out a man who was several inches shorter, 120 pounds lighter and hampered by a broken arm encased in a cast." ~Steve Bagwell, Managing Editor
I gotta say, over all the years I've been a reader, I've read some pretty amazing and self-revealing statements, here, on the N-R's website...but WOW!...really?
My reference, of course, was to Officer Heidt's alleged attack in Seaside on someone with a broken are who was several inches shorter and 120 pounds lighter, according to the police report. The report said Heidt threw the guy through the air. It seemed to me there might be the makings of a pattern there in picking opponents promising to not put up too much of a fight or pose too much of a problem afterward.
If you think your opponent lacks money, means, might, high-placed friends, inside knowledge of the system, English language ability and perhaps even legal residency, you might be inclined to worry less about busting several of his ribs. That was my point.
As for myself, I don't frequent anything stronger than the occasional brew pub or wine tasting room. I don't drink much period. It just doesn't much interest me.
As a consequence of that, and a penchant for minding my own business, I can't say as I've ever gotten into a bar fight. Didn't ever manage that even when I was back in my 20s and 30s.
But thanks for the concern.
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Des Moines -- Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller took action today against two Iowans who sold products through Internet online auctions but failed to provide the merchandise to buyers. Miller also urged buyers to pay by credit card or an escrow agent to protect themselves if they use online auctions.
The Consumer Protection Division simultaneously filed civil lawsuits and consent judgments today in Polk County District Court involving Daniel Schnathorst of Norwalk and Karen Striley of Clinton. The two separate suits alleged that Schnathorst and Striley sold items through Internet auctions but in some cases failed to deliver the merchandise.
In the consent judgments, Schnathorst and Striley were ordered to reimburse purchasers and pay court costs, and they were enjoined from further violations of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. If they violate the injunction, the defendants face a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per day per violation.
The Consumer Protection Division said Striley sold but failed to deliver merchandise including rattan chests, candle holders and bookends, and Schnathorst sold camera lenses and electronic music speakers.
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For the last Monthly Case Study for 2014, the DPDx Team thought we would fill your holiday stockings with a plethora of parasites!
December - 2014 - Case #385
A 10-year-old girl residing in Pennsylvania was hospitalized with a 101.5º F fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
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mmccloskey Posts: 168Greetings:
I took delivery of my Classic Silver 2011 FWD V6 Venza (build date 10/11) yesterday and feel I got a great deal on a very nice car. MSRP was $37,954 which included Preimum Package #2, DVD-Nav w/JBL, Panoramic Roof and Floor mats. Dealer offered car at $32,999.95 (30K) plus 3% VA sales tax, registration & title fees ($22.00) and that dreaded dealer processing fee ($395.00) which is a rip!! Their offer on my trade-in (2007 Highlander Hybrid) was way low so I took the HH to Carmax and they gave me 5K more! I applied that amount (22K) to the Venza plus took advantage of zero percent financing for the balance.
The car is very nice but has a somewhat firm ride because of the low profile tires and large wheels. I had read that the interior is mostly hard plastics but found that the dash and upper front door panels that run along the bottom of the glass are soft touch as are the armrests. The rear upper door panels are hard plastic so only the front seat occupant and driver are treated to the soft touch treatment. The engine is extremely quiet even under brisk acceleration and the transmission is super smooth. My HH had a CVT and I liked it but this 6-speed unit is very slick.
I was waiting for the 2012's to hit the lots (December I think) but the only changes are the 3 trim level lineup (LE, XLE, Limited). I sure hope they didn't make any visual changes which Toyota usually does in a vehicles mid-life cycle. Maybe just the trim levels are all that's really changed. Since my car is optioned like a 2012 FWD Limited I guess got a late 2011 sans the Limited badge that will come on the 2012's.
One more thing - have any of you Venza owners gotten/installed the mud/splash guards on your Venza? I ordered a set and hope to have them within a week. I noticed there are no screws at the back of the rear wheel wells where the read guards would attach like on the rear of the front wheel wells.
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shreyan Posts: 2Hi All,
Need some suggestion for me.. I am planning to Buy New Venza 2011 this is my first new car. I got the quote from my dealer for $32582 V6 AWD with out JBL and Navigation is this price good to go. It includes the following Packages:
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golfer625 Posts: 1I purchased a new 2011 Venza last week and installed the mud guards myself. I had to drill three holes on the edge of the side panel to properly align the holes for the installation. I had to jack up the car and remove the rear tire to drill the holes because I didn't have a right angle drill. After removing the tire it's easy to install the mud guards but don't try to do it without removing the tire.
mmccloskey Posts: 168Thanks for your reply and info on the Venza mud/splash guards. I ordered a pair the same day I got my 2011 Venza. The guards arrived 4 days later and I installed them w/o issue. The front ones were a snap - just turn the wheel away to clear the rear of the front wheel wells to install. The rear guards (as you noted) were more of a challenge. They fit/look great and will provide that extra protection to the lower portion of the car.
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nextcar123 Posts: 1Live in the NYC area and looking for a new Toyota Venza I4 FWD. Anyone have any idea when the 2012s will be on the lots?
Any suggestions for tri-state area dealerships and suggested pricing? In terms of options, we really only need the Security Package and maybe the Panoramic Glass Roof. Is the roof worth the extra $1K?
So far the pricing I've gotten from 1 dealer in Queens, carsdirect, and Amex for the I4 FWD with Security Package are all in the $28K region including destination charge and tax. Is that much cheaper than the 2012s?
Do you recommend using a car buying service like carsdirect, Amex, or Costco?
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mmccloskey Posts: 168I purchased the car at McGeorge Toyota in Richmond, VA. As my message stated, the price of the car was $32,999 (33K) PLUS 3% sales tax, registration (22.00) and dealer processing fee (395.00). They had another similar car but it was in the showroom and had a build date of 6/11 so the one I bought was a later build (10/11) and they had just received the unit a week before I purchased it. The pickings are slim for the leftover 2011's with mostly 4-cyl FWD for about 28K and loaded up V6/AWD models w/msrp of nearly 40K!! The car is nice but not worth that lofty price so the 33K I paid for my loaded FWD V6 was a good price.
I calculated the price of a similar 2012 model and the MSRP is about $410.00 less than what mine listed for but since I got a good discount plus zero percent interest on the balance (12K) I am pleased.
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jdc47 Posts: 4Hello, I am dealing on a 2011 V6 AWD Blizzard Snow ext/ Tan Leather int. ( build/ ship date of 12/5/11 ) that is loaded with Nav, JBL stero, Panoramic MR, VIP Remote Start, Option Pac #2, Floor and Cargo mats, Rear Bumper Cover, Side Molding, Mud Flaps, and Tow Prep Package . Sticker is about $41500, and I offered $39000 out the door including TTL and all other cost. I am putting $21000 down, and financing $18000 at 0.0% from Toyota. Sales Tax here in PA. is 6 %, so with that and the other cost, I figure I am paying $36500 or a little less for the Venza, is this a good deal?
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I was initially intrigued by the historical significance of John Thomson's photographic and literary chronicle of pre-republic China during the waning years of dynasty rule. After viewing and reading The Inmost Shrine I have taken away so much more from this extraordinary work. First, the images are stunning and capture a time and culture that is beyond imagination. I am so impressed with the consideration and ability of Levenger Press to incorporate new scanning technology to create such high quality digital reproductions of Thomson's original images. In many instances pictures that originally were four on a page have been enlarged to occupy their own page. This allows one to study Thomson's work in greater detail. They also leave the back of each photograph page blank I believe to eliminate any ill-effects from ink or type that could alter an image. I would often read Thomson's narrative, flip to the photograph, then return to again read his description of the subject or scene. The presentation of this book, like so many of Levenger Press's offerings, is so well conceived and executed that I find myself delicately handling every page. Levenger Press demonstrates great respect for the importance of Thomson's work. I then found myself in admiration of the author. For a person to travel to such a far place, that was so culturally different, carrying such burdensome and dangerous equipment is itself a remarkable tale. Facing cultural and language barriers combined with fear and hatred of Westerners by many Chinese had to be extremely challenging in the best circumstances. Thomson then used his camera, a large and menacing looking device back then, that many had never seen and often mistook as a form of dark magic. I suspect this explains the facial expressions on some of his subjects. I was curious about what John Thomson looked like and externally found a self-portrait of him while in China. His build and look truly set him apart from the Chinese. I enjoyed this wonderful book for its amazing content and presentation. Though the original is a rare and archived work, you will find yourself delicately handling this quality piece as if it was from an archive. Bravo Levenger Press for bringing another great work back from obscurity for us to enjoy.
September 30, 2010
Quite a find
There have been other editions of Thomson's groundbreaking work in China, but none (so far as I know) in the last several decades. This one is remarkable, especially if kept close alongside other voulmes chronicling the extraordinary changes in China since 1910 and especially since WWII. I think it's remarkable that Levenger chose to issue this volume. Congratulations to them. It's a bit of a departure--well, maybe a major diversion--from their central marketing line, but this edition (wish it were more widely marketed) is *invaluable* for those starting out in Asian or Chinese studies, or curious about a remarkable popular culture that's rapidly disappearing from the PRC's major cities. Great, great contribution. (I hope that you are marketing this to libraries, at least to University libraries.) BTW, please note how central the Eastman family was in this initiative. Kodak is nothing like it was in the good ol' days of film, but if not for people like George Eastman, we would have lost forever some irreplaceable gems. People think Matthew Brady was the ultimate photojournalist: Thomson, his contemporary, was awfully close. (Note: I am not am employee of Levenger, of Kodak, or any publisher, nor of any Chinese organization. I'm just an active avocationalist on pre-Republican China and its remarkable developments.)
December 16, 2009
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What a delightful discovery: a brilliant combination of informative text, wonderful photos and production values. There's nothing quite like the 'feel' of an original volume but this is something else. High quality photography, printing, prose and portraits galore. John Thomson is a genuine discovery, a name hardly known in the photographic world let alone the world of photojournalism and its origins. People like Matthew Brady (American Civil War), Frank Sutcliffe (Yorkshire rural life) and Roger Fenton (Crimea war) are well-known pioneers of reportage. Please now add John Thomson (and thank Levenger Press via George Eastman) for showing what he did. I was intrigued by the acute observations that Thomson made about China, his keen eye for everyday detail and his portraits of everyday people. Thomson writes with that directness and clarity that characterize Victorian writing about social events – and indeed natural history, in my experience. It's a salutory lesson for today, where over-elaboration and poor expression masks meaning. Thomson would be thrilled to see his small photos blown-up to full page. The simple backdrops used for the people photographs remind me of Avedon portraits - elegant, stark and revealing. Or maybe Avedon reminds us of Thomson? We should not under-estimate what Thomson has done in this book: shown how people lived, their dress and demeanour, where they lived and breathed and relaxed. Who else thought to photograph opium users and to reflect carefully on why they did this? There's a careful artistry in the posing of people in natural settings and a wonderful humour in the way groups are organised. This was a man who thought carefully about taking photographs and honestly statest that he paid people to take part, as well as enduring physical and verbal attacks for 'being British'. I craved more information about the photographic techniques used by Thomson and more about the man himself. Please publish more volumes of Thomson's work and make sure that the wider world knows about this artist and chronicler ot times past. Makes me proud(er) to have been born in the same town as John Thomson and hugely admiring of what he achieved in remarkable times and circumstances. Bravo.
December 15, 2009
very disappointing quality of plates
First book on Thomson's life work also still contains far better plates than those copied for the Levenger edition from the Eastman Museum copy of Thomson's 1873 work, because the plates in John Thomson. A Window to the Orient (Thames and Hudson, 1985) were not only printed in duotone on coated paper but, more import- antly, were printed from either original negatives or vintage prints of Thomson's China images in the Wellcome Institute in England. The contrasts and clarity of plates in the White book put the plates in the expensive Levenger coffee table edition to shame. Fortunately, I own a copy of the White book and regret buying the Levenger edition now.
December 6, 2009
A most beautiful, impressive book
The cover alone is worth the price—that gorgeous Chinese-red and gold! Frankly, I'm surprised it costs only what it does. It looks like it would be much more, especially when you see the actual book. I've never placed any books on our dining room table, as it's a formal dining room, but this book has a place of honor on the dining room table.
October 23, 2009
The Inmost Shrine
This book is incredible! Whether you have been to the places depicted in Thomson's images or not, it is a fascinating documentation of a culture that continues to be intertwined with ours. The large format makes it an especially wonderful gift.
October 13, 2009
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I witnessed this first hand in my first pastoral appointment. I came it with that mindset and was always looking at what we could do better. I failed to celebrate the things that we were doing well and I failed to witness to the ways that God was moving in great ways within peoples' lives and the life of the church. Shockingly (okay it was a shock to me at the time) this didn't work to motivate people. It depressed people and cultivated a sense of hopelessness and negativity. After I knew I was going to be moving to another appointment I discovered the important lesson of celebrating the victories and I quickly saw the attitude of the church change. It wasn't like the situation changed, but attitudes began to change and hope began to spring. New ideas came forth and new people found their voices, etc. We began to tell a different story. (all a little too late…..lesson learned)
Well, here I sit a year and a half into my second appointment and again I see how my "perfectionist" ways color my perception of the context. I look around and quickly come to conclusions of what we can do better, but because I learned a bit I am also trying to celebrate the "victories." This is hard work for me. It is hard for me to celebrate, because there is always a longing for more and a knowledge that we can be so much more. But if I don't celebrate, the culture can't change. So I have tried to share the stories of movements within the life of the church. Two young boys in elementary school who both took from their own money to help build wells in Liberia through our Advent Conspiracy participation. A family who funded an entire well by their single contribution. A homeless man getting his truck fixed through our benevolence fund which allowed him to get a job that requires reliable transportation. Individuals longing for deeper connection with one another and God who are starting to meet in a home weekly. I could go on with a few more.
The stories are there, but how often are we sharing them? Two weeks ago after a council meeting where we discussed the budget and all the joys that come with that (sarcasm intended), I wrote four questions on the board in my office. The third question I wrote has been continually running through my mind:
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Our story has been dominated by who we should be and who we are becoming as two congregations recently merged and moving towards re-birth. But I am afraid we are forgetting to share the great things that God is doing and has given us which point to the hope and possibility that comes through God. We see "financial drain" of buildings. We see a lack of younger adults. We see that we aren't the church we once were. We see the reality that our finances just don't match up.
I have to catch myself sometimes (and most of the times I fail) as I add to this culture. I am really trying to help be a catalyst for change and I think the biggest way this is going to happen is by sharing the amazing stories that have happened and are happening. Some positive thinking could really help us open our eyes and ears to see just how God is calling us in our re-birth efforts.
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