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Winning Ways
Proverbs 25:6-14
The situation in the Arab world has been quite interesting in recent months. In Libya, Yemen, Egypt and Palestine there have been movements for change. It has been interesting to watch the strategies used in these movements. In some cases they have tried to use peaceful protests, which have sometimes been quelled by violence on the part of government forces. In other cases, like in Libya, they have used armed resistance. In Palestine after years of oppression by Israel, and responses of bombings and other violence, Mahmoud Abbas is trying a new strategy by asking the world to recognize Palestine as a state. Which way will win?
Although these events are taking place in the macrocosm of the world, similar concepts also pertain in the microcosm of our relationships with one another. For example, some people believe that the only way they will accomplish what they want is if they push their way forward. That seems to make sense, but sometimes the best way is counterintuitive.
Sometimes we know exactly what the best way to handle a relational matter is but we just don't feel like doing it. For example, if we have made a commitment to someone, do we keep that commitment even if a better offer comes along? We know that keeping our commitment is the right thing to do, but it is very tempting to break it if it is to our advantage to do so.
In regards to relationships, what are winning ways? As followers of Jesus we are called to obey the Word of God, not only because it is right, but also because God's ways are winning ways. So when winning ways are counterintuitive or hard to follow, we need to be reminded, as a follower of Christ that it is always wise to follow what God teaches. This morning, we will look at Proverbs 25:6-14 which examines a number of winning ways that have to do with relationships. So let us read the text and listen to what God is teaching us in the text.
I. Humble Ways 6, 7
This chapter is described as a collection of proverbs of Solomon which were collected by the men of Hezekiah. Hezekiah was a king who was faithful to God and ruled a number of years after Solomon. The first few proverbs have to do with winning ways for a king. The word "king" appears 4 times in the first 6 verses. Verse 6 describes winning ways for those who come into the presence of a king but the application makes a lot of sense for us as well.
There are no shortages of talent shows on TV. We watched America's Got Talent when it was on during the summer. Some of the people who came to perform humbly got up on stage and displayed amazing talent. They won over the judges and the hearts of America by their talent. There were others who engaged in shameless self promotion and basically communicated that America was lucky they were in the competition. Often their talent betrayed them and they were quickly voted out.
That is the kind of relational attitude which is described in verses 6 & 7. It describes the situation in which a person is before a king and pushes himself forward. Although that is the context, the application is much broader and discourages us from engaging in any kind of self promotion. I have known people who have wanted positions of leadership, but they didn't have the abilities. Sometimes they tried to get into those positions by self promotion. The result was usually unpleasant. On the other hand, I have seen people who had great gifts who were naturally called into leadership. This is one of those situations in which we know the right thing to do, but are sometimes tempted not to do it. We are afraid that if we don't promote ourselves, no one else will. God invites us to a different way of relating. Earlier in the service we read from Luke 14 where we see that Jesus teaches the same thing. Ross says, "It is wiser to wait to be promoted than to risk demotion by self-promotion."
The winning way of humility is promoted in Scripture. To be humble does not mean that we pretend that we aren't able to do anything. Rather, it means that we do what we can do well and faithfully, that we serve willingly and offer what we have to offer gladly. Rather than seeking to be promoted and honored, we choose a humble servant attitude. We can do that because we trust God to guide our life and to bring us to the place he wants us.
II. Peacemaking Ways 8-10
The next few verses describe winning ways in the context of a conflict. These verses do not describe a complete strategy for conflict resolution, but a give us a few things that are helpful in those kind of situations.
A. I Want Justice!
A passion for justice is a frequent plea when a wrong has been done. We hear it when someone gets a sentence that doesn't seem to fit the crime. We hear it from our government when they speak about getting tough on crime. We hear it from people who have been in an accident and want a fair settlement.
God is a God of justice and one of the things we can be confident about in regards to all wrongs done is that God will pursue what is right and just in every situation. He is famous for being a just God. So, the pursuit of justice, the demand for what is fair is a God-like thing to do.
However, Proverbs 25:8 raises a warning about the pursuit of justice. It warns that we should not bring a matter to court hastily. In other words, in our pursuit of justice, we need to be careful not to be too quick about raising issues.
A few years ago I made a left turn into the far lane. It was a double turning lane and there was a car which was also turning left in the other lane. The other car was a little behind me but speeded up faster and as I was trying to go into the far lane, they were coming up very quickly behind me. I was upset that they were speeding up to come into the lane I wanted and I wanted them to do what was right. I felt righteously indignant because of what they were doing. I made a comment about this and the person who was my passenger pointed out that I was the one who had done wrong, that I should have gone into the near lane first and then signaled to change into the far lane.
That is the problem with demanding justice or taking a matter to court too quickly. We think that we are in the right, but our perspective may not be accurate and we may in fact be in the wrong. That is the intended direction of the phrase "if you neighbor puts you to shame." If we are hasty to demand justice or if we are hasty to take a matter to someone for arbitration, we may be surprised that in fact we are the ones who are in the wrong.
It happens in sports all the time when people think they are innocent when they receive a penalty. Often replays show that in fact they were not innocent.
The winning way described here is to have an open attitude about what is right, to recognize that our perspective may not be accurate and that we need to be gracious in approaching other people, making sure we fully understand a situation before we blast away or demand justice. If we think an injustice has been done, the winning way would be to explore the case with humility. Don't be quick to demand justice until it is clear that there has been injustice done.
B. Speaking Honorably
Verse 9 is also set in a conflict context. When in a situation of conflict, people do some very strange things. Usually the goal we have is to defend ourselves and prove that we have done everything right. Of course as we have these conversations, we gather pieces of information from different people, some of them told to us in confidence. One of the things that may happen in our drive to defend ourselves is that we will quote some of these conversations and perhaps even quote some of the pieces of information which are told to us in confidence. It may seem like a winning way to do so. We may feel that we have strengthened our position and made our point. The problem is that there may be an unintended side effect and that is what this verse addresses.
The winning way which is described here is that we ought never to betray a confidence. What happens when we do is that the person whom we are speaking to suddenly realizes that we are not to be trusted and our case may in fact suffer loss.
Whenever someone says to me, "I shouldn't say this, but…" I cringe. If you shouldn't say this, why are you saying it? The information may be helpful, but an unintended result is that the person demonstrates that they cannot be trusted with a confidence.
Winning ways are ones in which even in the heat of argument, we maintain confidences.
III. Winning Words 11, 12
The next section speaks about winning ways with our words.
A. Speaking Blessing
In verses 11, 12, the writer uses some interesting imagery. This is good writing because it engages our imagination and allows us to visualize what is being said.
What kind of a picture comes to your mind with the phrase "apples of gold in settings of silver." One writer suggests that golden apples are actually oranges and in the picture they are served in a silver basket. The word "setting" is a word which speaks about a sculpture. I imagine a very beautiful sculpture in which apples made of gold are placed into a setting of silver. The intent of the imagery is to communicate the value and beauty of words well spoken.
The word which is translated "aptly" is actually the word "wheels" which implies something along the line of the concept of a "turn of phrase." Ross says, "The stichos is a wheel, and the sentence consisting of two wheels is a 'well-turned' expression.' The line then would be describing a balanced, 'well-turned' saying, a proverb; it is skillfully constructed, beautifully written, and of lasting value."
What is the point of this interesting saying? It describes how beautiful it is when someone says something that just exactly fits the situation. We have all experienced it when people say just the right word to bless and encourage us. The message is that we want to be people whose words bless other people. How can we say things that will be a blessing to others? Jesus warns us that we speak out of what is in our heart. So the best way to learn to speak words of blessing is to have hearts that are filled with His blessing. If our heart belongs to Jesus and has been changed by Jesus, we will be able to speak things that are also a blessing to others.
B. Speaking and Hearing Rebuke
But a word aptly spoken need not be only a positive word. A rebuke can also be a word of blessing.
Once again in verse 12 we have the imagery of jewelry. What is it about a gold earring or an ornament of fine gold that is attractive? We recognize that it is valuable and it is designed to draw our attention to something good, something beautiful.
The proverb teaches us that rebuke can be a beautiful thing. But in order for it to be a beautiful thing there are two things that are required. The rebuke must come from the mouth of a wise person and it must find a ready reception. Winning ways happen when both of these conditions are in place.
Just a rebuke is not always a good thing. Sometimes a rebuke can be very hurtful. Someone may be speaking the truth, but if what is said comes across as a criticism or with the intent to hurt, it is not helpful. I have learned that there are always numerous ways of saying anything. For some of us, our default would be to just blurt it out and lay it all out there, but that seldom helps. If we give our words a little bit of thought, we can usually find ways of communicating something to someone that will really help them. For example, instead of commanding a child to stop doing something that is not good, we can invite them to consider the consequences of their action.
A wise person's rebuke will contain certain things. It will be the truth, it will be spoken with words of blessing, and it will be given with the intent of lifting another up. It will be a care soaked correction spoken in such a way that the hearer understands the intended correction and is not hurt.
But even if a rebuke is spoken well, that does not mean that it will land well. The person who is hearing the rebuke must also have a listening ear. It isn't always easy for us to hear correction. If we have a low opinion of ourselves, no matter how well something is spoken we may not hear it. If we have trouble hearing what is intended to help us because of pride we will not get it.
When both of these things come together and a rebuke spoken by a wise person is received by a person willing to listen, it is a beautiful thing. Keil and Delitsch write, "It looks well when two stand together, the one of whom has golden earrings, and the other wears a yet more precious golden necklace – such a beautiful mutual relationship is formed by a wise speaker and a hearer who listens to his admonitions." This is a winning way. It is a good path for anyone who wants to follow God's way.
IV. Trustworthy Ways 13, 14
The final verses we will look at describe the winning way of being a trustworthy person.
A. A Trustworthy Person
Upon first reading of verse 13, any farmer may be somewhat troubled. I remember well the feelings and attitudes of my farmer friends who were not finished harvest in early October one year when there was a major blizzard. Fortunately that year the snow melted and they were able to complete their harvest, but I know that the snow was not welcome.
Fortunately that is not what the saying is talking about. We need to remember that this was written in ancient times in a Middle-eastern context. At that time, their tractors did not have air-conditioning; in fact they did not have tractors at all. All the work had to be done by manual labor which took a long time. Harvest time was also usually a time of dry heat, just like it often is here. Can you imagine working physically all day in the dust and the heat and then not having any way of cooling down? All the water available to drink was warm. If in the midst of that kind of a harvest season, a breeze would come down from the mountains in the northern part of Israel, which do have snow on them; it would have been a very refreshing feeling. This saying may refer to such a breeze. It may also refer to a drink of cool water. It may have happened, that someone would go up to the mountain and bring down a load of ice and snow in an insulated container and use it to cool the water, how refreshing that would have been.
The proverb says that a person who faithfully delivers a message is refreshing like that. In other words, it declares the blessing of someone who keeps an obligation.
When Carla was in high school and I was in university, my brother, who attended the same high school as Carla, was a messenger between us. We didn't call him UPS, rather, we called him UMS, which stood for "Unreliable Messenger Service." We would send a message through him and later in the day find that it had not been delivered. What a blessing when he actually delivered the message.
Faithfulness is a precious commodity and one of the most important things we can do as followers of Jesus is to adopt the winning way of being someone whom others can count on. The best way to do that is to make a note of our obligations and care enough to fulfill them.
B. An Untrustworthy Person
Some of you will remember 1988. It was a hot dry summer, much like this past summer. The only problem was that the heat and the dry began already in April. Farmers had to sow their seeds deep, few of them came up and they did not fill out well because it was so dry. When the weather forecast came, we were always excited when we were told that there was a 70% chance of rain. The only problem, at least that summer, was that most of the time, no matter what the percentage chance of rain, no matter how the clouds rolled and the wind blew, it did not rain. There was a promise of something greatly needed, but the promise was never fulfilled.
Some people are like that. They make promises, but they don't keep their promises. How empty, how disappointing! Are you that kind of a person? I hope not because keeping promises is another winning way for a person who is a follower of Christ. We must be people who keep the promises we make.
So there are a variety of sayings we have looked at today. They vary, but they all have to do with how we relate to one another. They all describe winning ways, which are the ways in which God wants us to do things. The winning ways are that we not be self promoting, but rather humble; that we not enter quickly into disputes or betray a confidence in the midst of a dispute, but rather be people who seek peace and pursue it. That we speak words of blessing and learn both to give rebuke wisely and accept rebuke with a willing ear. And that we be people who can be counted on.
How do we walk in these winning ways?
To walk in winning ways requires that we have a heart changed by Jesus. We can learn and memorize and discover winning ways by trial and error and we need to do that. How much more powerful if we learn winning ways because our heart has been change by God!
To walk in winning ways requires that we make good choices. Seeking God, seeking God's wisdom, seeking help from others are ways in which we can make good choices and if we learn to do that, we will be able to walk in God's way.
The third way in which we can learn to walk in winning ways is to be humble enough that we are aware that we may have blind spots and to always be on the lookout for them so that we can correct them.
May we honor Christ by walking in winning ways!


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Morgan Cars
This is one of many illustrated classic car guides I've created for the eBay community. I hope you enjoy it and if you would like to find out more about the classic Morgan sports car art featured in this guide please click here.
Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan started out as a railway apprentice at Swindon, but in 1906, and with the blessing of his clergyman father, opened his own garage in Malvern Link. Three years later he designed a lightweight chassis for a three-wheeler to take an air-cooled vee-twin engine and commissioned Mr Stephenson Peach, engineering master at nearby Malvern College to machine components for him. The tiller-steered single-seater prototype became the forerunner of over 15,000 Morgan three-wheelers made until 1952. Four-wheeled production started in 1936 with the 4-4 (4 wheels, 4 seats) and in essence the cars have changed little to the present day. Still occupying its Pickersleigh Road, Malvern Link factory, Morgan has remained 100% family owned and is truly unique amongst British sports-car manufacturers. This guide features a selection of six classic Morgans from the F-type 4-cylinder model of 1933 to the V8-engined Plus 8 of 1968.
Morgan Three Wheeled Morgan 1912-1952
The Morgan three-wheeler arrived on the scene in 1912, before the cyclecar craze that hit its peak in the 1920s, and it outlasted every other make of cyclecar, for the last Morgan three-wheeler was built in 1952. It owed its longevity not only to ingenious design, which enabled it to combine low weight with high performance but also to the business acumen of HFS Morgan. The F4 model was introduced in 1933 and featured the car-derived Ford 8HP four-cylinder engine.
Morgan 4-4 Series 1 1936-1950
Called the 4-4, standing for four wheels, four cylinders, Morgan announced their first four-wheeler in "The Light Car and Cyclecar" in 1935. The prototype was based on the Morgan F-type chassis and powered by a Ford 993cc side valve engine, although production models would be fitted with the more powerful and sporty 34bhp Coventry Climax 1122cc engine and later the 39bhp Standard "Special" engine, retrospectively known as the Series I.
Morgan 4/4 Series 2-5 1955-1968
In 1954, after a gap of four years, Morgan re-introduced the 4/4 as a lower powered more economical model to run alongside Plus 4. The new 4/4 was a fully cowled model whereas the last 4/4 had been a "flat-rad" and the engine was a Ford, rather than Standard Triumph product. This revived ties that went back to the days of the three-wheelers. As Ford changed its engines, Morgan followed and the 4/4's performance improved as it went through the 105E Anglia (Series III), 109E Classic (Series IV) and 116E Cortina (Series V) engines.
Morgan Plus 4 1950-1969
The Plus in Plus 4 stands for extra power, provided in the first instance by the four cylinders of the 2038cc Standard Vanguard engine and then by the engines of the Triumph TRs. Introduced in 1950, the two-seater reached production first, followed by the four-seater and the coupe within the space of a year. By 1954, after some experimentation, the classic "high-cowled" style was achieved.
Morgan Plus 4 Plus 1963-1966
The 1960s was a difficult time for the company. Morgan's old-fashioned styling was out of vogue and competition was fierce with an ever increasing array of new sports cars on offer from the likes of MG, Triumph and Lotus. In an attempt to modernise the Morgan, the Plus 4 Plus was introduced in 1964. It used a Plus 4 chassis, with the same TR4/TR4A engine, exhaust system, gearbox and back axle as the standard Plus 4 of the time. The body however was a fixed-head coupe, with two doors and an externally opening boot. Only 26 were made in two years.
Morgan Plus 8 1968 on
The introduction of the Rover V8-engined Morgan Plus 8 in 1968 added a genuine high-performance model to the company's range. Retaining Morgan's traditional design, with styling as the Plus 4, the Plus 8 addressed the needs of the Morgan's sporting customers. Enthusiastically received by the motoring press and tested by Autocar in September 1968, a prototype Plus 8 achieved a maximum speed of 124mph and 0-60 mph in 6.7 seconds.

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10/31/2011 10:32am, #1
Moving to Hoboken. NJ. (Hope this is the right forum)
It's been a while since I've posted on here, so go easy on me! In a few months, I'm going to be moving to Hoboken, NJ where my girl just moved to for a great job opportunity (yeah, I'm whipped.) I hold a black belt in RyuKyu Kempo (5 years training) and taught voluntarily on my off-days from work, along with amatuer Kickboxing (0-1 thus far). I want to find a style or school around Hoboken where I can continue in martial arts and start fresh. A couple schools I was looking at are: Tiger Schulmann's MMA, Hoboken Kyudokan Gojo Ryu Karate, and Institute of Defensive Methods (idmnj).
My question is: Can anyone offer any insight on any of these schools or any other schools around the area that have good training methods? I have a car, so I can drive to some locations, depending. I will admit, I do have some experience in the LARPing of Martial Arts, and some RBSD, so I'm open on whatever.
Go easy on me, I feel like a noob again. And to the Moderators; not sure if this is the right forum, so my apologies if I posted in the wrong area.
10/31/2011 10:35am, #2
Try Cutting Edge BJJ in Harrison.
10/31/2011 10:53am, #3
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Don't limit your search to schools in NJ. NYC is right across the river, and it's a short, inexpensive ride on the PATH train.
10/31/2011 10:59am, #4
True as well. I don't know much about the area so I just kept it to where I was at, but yeah, being across the river from Middle Manhattan, any schools over there as well would work. I'll definitely look up Cutting Edge BJJ, being that I did a little BJJ in my school as well before me and my girl made the decision to move.
10/31/2011 11:09am, #5
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I would stay away from Tiger Schulmann's because I remember when they were still a board-breaking, kiai-ing karate franchise and now they've jumped all over the MMA thing. Maybe they hired some guys that know what they're doing, but it seems shady to me.
I do know they compete in BJJ tournaments in the area though, because I have a BJJ purple belt friend who trained at the Jungle Gym in NYC who told me stories about how much his coach HATED Tiger Schulmann's and always vowed to beat them. I don't remember if he mentioned they were actually any good or not though.
10/31/2011 6:47pm, #6
I have friends who train at CEBJJ in Harrison and can vouch for the place. Also, in North Bergen you also have the Judo option at Tech Judo with Clyde Worthen.
And as someone else pointed out in the thread, you're just a PATH train ride away from Manhatten and a lot of options.
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Whenever I go to NYC I always stay in Hoboken and take the train into The City....its that easy. I can't speak to the martial arts schools in Hoboken, but there are a lot of cool pubs and eateries....cool little town.
11/01/2011 8:53am, #8
I'm actually in Hoboken for the week visiting my girl. Tomorrow, while she is at work until 9pm, I'm gonna go around and visit as many places as I can. I do like BJJ, but I also wanna see other styles as well to keep my options open. I'm loving Hoboken, but fucking HATE the parking, but it's something I have to get used to.
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If you can get there (not familiar with where the various cities are in NJ) you can't go wrong with Karatedo Shurenkan, in Bayonne. http://www.bayonnekarate.com/
The dojo chief, Miguel Rios, was an uchideshi under Enshin's Joko Ninomiya. They're a great bunch, and they often host huge training sessions with martial artists from all over. I can't recommend the school highly enough.
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If I lived closer to the city, I'd be all up in Sambo Steve's place fo' sure


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Seven injured in weekend wreck
Published 7:06 am, Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Seven people were injured - including one who was transported to a Lubbock hospital - after a major wreck on the I-27 west access road Sunday night.
According to the report, Sheryl Bartels, 35, of Hereford was heading south in the 1800 block of the I-27 west access road at 11:22 p.m. in a 2004 Dodge 2500 pickup. She reportedly veered into the northbound lanes where she collided with the left side of a 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Emeterio Rivera, 51, of Plainview, and then head-on with a 2008 Chevrolet pickup driven by Harold Ralls, 68, of Plainview.
Bartels, along with her passenger, 7-year-old Bradley Bartels, Emeterio Rivera, Francis Rivera, 17, who were both in the Tahoe, Harold Ralls and his passenger, Betti Ralls, 75, all were taken to Covenant Hospital Plainview by Plainview EMS, the report said.
Bertha Rivera was taken by private vehicle to the hospital, but left without receiving medical attention.
Harold Ralls was transferred to University Medical Center where he was listed in serious condition. No information on Betti Ralls was available from hospital officials.
All others were treated and released.
According to the report, no citations were issued, but police did collect a blood specimen from Bartels that was sent to the Texas Department of Public Safety labs for further testing.
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The new LaPashe series is going to be released on Monday 25th August at 5pm live on Create and Craft. I was so excited when I received my DT package - Jak these are the best yet!! Here's a sneak peek of what's coming!!! To peek some more take a look at Jak's, Toni's and Karens blogs.
Saturday, 23 August 2008
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(Running Press)
Sorry it's been so quiet on the Geek Speak front lately. What say we make some noise with a legendary cartoonist famous for his literal thousands of wordless gags in MAD Magazine?
As I posted before, Running Press recently released "MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés," a fun hardcover collection that showcases five decades of Aragonés' favorite MAD doodles. Aragonés was kind enough to talk about his book and career for Tuesday's print story, which means all those juicy bits that can't fit in print get their due on the virtual page. Hit the jump for some choice Sergio speak.
You had a pretty set idea from the get-go in terms of how you wanted to do these cartoons, with the pantomime approach. Why go at it from that angle? It seems like that would be a harder approach than going with the dialogue.
I grew up in Mexico. And I love cartoons and many times when they send me magazines, the staff, and some were in English and I couldn't understand them and it was very frustrating. [Aside: That sounds like "froost-trating." Seriously, print doesn't do Aragonés' one-of-a-kind voice justice.] And the ones I could understand were the ones without words. And I loved that because suddenly I realized that it was a way to communicate universally — without having to translate anything. The thought went directly to the reader and I could convey my jokes without having to translate it in any language.
It's so deceptively simple. You don't see the speech balloons but then the joke is conveyed.
It takes more work. But to me that's how I do it. It becomes very comfortable…. On that aspect of it, because of the practice after so many years. And it becomes in a way a solving problem. You think of a joke and then you try to express it in the less way. Sometimes you cannot do it in one panel, you have to do it in two and sometimes even three. And sometimes you have to tell a story and you have to do it in six or seven panels but the (theory) is the same to try to make it simpler.
When it came to putting together this book you're putting your greatest hits, your handpicked selections. What did you notice about your work over all these decades? Besides the hippy jokes.
Well, I have a great advantage in that the people in editorial make the first choice and then I just went through them. Because it's so much work that all of them become your favorites. You cannot be specific about a particular work because all of them mean a lot to me…. But I have noticed is in the beginning how bad I drew (laughs)….
But I realize the ideas have been consistent. So more than the drawing has always been the idea per se, not the drawing. Because when I was young… I never studied art. I always came from writing, from thinking. I would think an idea and then draw it.
Many artists think of the visual concept of the art, but to me that was secondary. But with many, many years of doing it you improve. And that's one thing I realize when I look at the cartoons. "Oh man, I have worked very hard to arrive at certain solutions here." And yes, I realized that I have learned more with the time.
On the big gag pages that sport dozens of characters crowded into a "Where's Waldo?" kind of pastiche….
Usually the ones that have a lot of drawing is not a gag. It's mostly an illustration of a particular thing (like a large battle or something that has a lot, lot of people)…. You start looking at what would be the best way to show it all…. Then you transport yourself there. Which is the secret….. And the secret for all the cartoonists is that you don't do it all at once…. If you see it all at once you can get very tired or confused. It's good to do a little and put it aside and continue.
I'm curious about these "Marginals" cartoons. When we see the final product, they look like thumbnails. What size do you draw them at?
Before, they had some sayings on the borders of MAD but they were written. And I asked one of the editors what this means. And Jerry (DeFuccio, who was MAD's associate editor) would say, "Well, did you see that movie?" And I said, "No." "Well, you wouldn't understand it." Or he'd say, "Did you read that book." "No." "Well, you wouldn't understand it." So again, the solution is to do things without words that everybody can understand through the years — not something that just happens and then you read the magazine 10 years later and say I don't remember that. But if you see a guy without words, that's forever.
So I presented ideas to the editors and they thought it was a little weird, that having (them) without words. And they said, "Well, we'll run it until he runs out of ideas," because they figured it was just going to last a few months. (Laughs) Little did they know….
Do you try to address different facets of humor in each topic?
I try to think that if a young person reads the magazine I hope that he's not as dumb as his parents are. Because you talk to a 13-year-old or a 12-year-old and they're already having sex. I mean, the parents don't want to accept it…. I have a daughter and I saw her growing and I know what she knew.
So every time that I make a joke I realize that a young person is going to read the magazine. So I never have shown anything obscene or total vulgar but I have talked about families cheating because it happens. I have put people making love when they shouldn't be because it happens. But I don't make it pornographic or obscene. I just INDICATE what's happening.
[I mention a "MAD Look at Cell Phones" strip involving a nudist camp and a guy behind a bush fishing out a mobile from, well, you get the picture. Aragonés grabs the book to find the gag.]
I just look at the one that you mention and it's so silly there…. So I try to be careful. That is one of my first thoughts. If I'm going to do a joke, including toilets and that, it's in good taste. It takes time. It's not the first thing that comes to your brain. You have to work at it.
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PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The holiday lights are going up at Dollywood in the middle of summer as the theme park gets ready for a Smoky Mountain Christmas.
Decorators say it takes about four months to get the four million lights hung. They also start in August, because the heat actually works to their advantage.
"We're very picky about how our lights are hung. They have to be neat, they have to be up against the building," said Andrea Fontana, a 17-year decorator with Dollywood. "It makes it hard to take what we've hung in the valley this time of year, it's hard to replace it when it's cold because it makes it the strand don't give like it does in the summer."
Fontana says they've already replaced some lights, but they have a long way to go.
The Gates couple have hung lights together for 7 years.
"I tell people every bulb is touched by a human. There's not a bulb in here that has not been touched by a human hand," said Carol Gates. 'It's not only stringing up some lights, you got to figure out direction. You can't have 15 lights left at the end."
The Gates say sometimes you have to get a second opinion on the lights to help. However, it might not be the best idea to ask your better half.
"There can be disagreements on how a particular job should be done," said Rick.
The Gates say it's convenient for travels to work to work together.
The Gates say seeing the work completed is just a part of what makes the sweat and mental stress of getting the lights right worth it.
"You recognize work that you have done. and you hear peoples comments about how they feel about how it's done and it kind of makes you proud at what you've done."
Dollywood plans to open for the holiday season on November 8.


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Mercedes-Benz has released the first official video of the new Mercedes-Benz CLS. Have a look!
The CLS will go on sale from autumn this year and should be available with five engine options: the CLS 350 CGI, CLS 500, and the three diesel models of the CLS 250 CDI, CLS 300 and 350 CDI. The two more powerful versions should appear with the Mercedes 4Matic all-wheel-drive technology.


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"Classic Torchwood"
Loved it, all the better for John Barrowman as a narrator. one of the better stories.
"surprisingly mediocre performance and ok story"
I'd pass unless you're just dying for anything Torchwood
I honestly can't find anything memorable
Everything. I concur with other reviewers on the observation that JB doesn't sound like Cap Jack in this book.
He's fantastic in all the other TW audio books. But I can't hear Jack's swagger and humor in this one. Could be the odd studio effect. Could be that the story just lacks character development. JB sounds rigid, wooden, and just flat. No character distinctions at all, like he is bored stiff himself.
Not this one
The other Torchwood audio books with the entire cast are great. Short, yes, but satisfying. This one just doesn't live up to TW standard.
"Fun Listen"
If you like any of the Dr. Who or Kolchak or Outer Limits then this is a good show and a really good listen. The other 2 books are great listens as well.
The plot was only okay. Not even close to the quality level of an episode. I was disappointed with John Barrowman's reading of the book. He never changed his voice or his accent for the different characters. He wasn't even good as Captain Jack, his own character.
"Would have made a good episode"
I know I shouldn't expect too much from a serial novel based on a TV show, but honestly... by the third time a character "fumbled" something in or out of a pocket (despite being not the least bit nervous), the AP English-level writing had really begun to detract from my enjoyment of what could have been a fine Torchwood episode if produced for television. However, if bland, unimaginative prose (e.g. "Ianto picked up the coffee pot, poured a cup, and handed it to Gwen. She set it on the desk.") doesn't get under your skin, then by all means give this book a go.
"John Barrowman is a vibrant reader throughout the narrative!"
The story is a thriller chiller! The novel is everything fans of Torchwood expect - exciting drama, amazing space visitors and cool technology. Pure fun entertainment.
"A fun ride"
John Barrowman does a great job. The story could be a real episode of Torchwood. I recommend this book if you are a fan of the show.
"Brilliant and Truly Surprised me."
Yes. Just love it.
Doctor Who series.
Wonderful. He seems alive in the reading of the book.
A really nice read from John, with a good storyline to play with.
"Torchwood: Another Life"
Torchwood: Another Life, An original dramatization based on the hit BBC spin-off of the Doctor Who series is both delightful and gripping. A top notch science fiction / mystery story, worthy to be included in your collection. Very enjoyable story with quality sound, narrated by John Barrowman who plays Capt. Jack Harkness on the television show. I enjoy the TV series and this original tale continues the adventures of the Torchwood team as it protects earth from aliens and creatures from time and space. If you like Doctor Who and Men in Black, you will love this audio book.
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A Success Story: Greenback Cutthroat
Oncorhynchus clarki stomias
by Karen Christopherson
The Greenback is one of 14 subspecies of Cutthroat Trout. The Cutthroats originally populated waters from southern Alaska to central New Mexico. They were the only native trout in the western US and were remarked upon in journals of explorers such as Lewis and Clark.
Cutthroats are descendents of coastal trout who worked their way inland as much as 2 million years ago. Possibly, they migrated up the Columbia River, into the Snake, and spread into the other large rivers of the west. The glaciations of the Ice Ages helped, providing changes in river courses and fluctuations in water levels. How did they get across the Continental Divide and major mountain passes? Good question - there are many theories on this.
The early explorers and native Americans had names for the cutthroats, but did not necessarily distinguish them from other trout. It was not until the 1880's that the trout got their name. A writer for American Angler, Charles Hallock, commented in an 1884 article about Montana fishing that, "Its distinctive feature, however, was a slash of intense carmine across each gill cover.....For lack of better description we called them cut-throat trout." The name stuck.
drawing of greenback courtesy of Colo. Div. of Wildlife
Original Range
The original range of the Greenback subspecies is difficult to determine, in part because it so closely related to the Colorado River Cutt, in fact it is descended from the CR Cutt. However, now the Greenback is that cutt considered native to drainages of the South Platte and Arkansas River systems. As exploration of the west continued, so did growth. And as people moved in, they wanted some of their favorite fish to angle for. Browns were introduced to Colorado in 1890, Brookies in 1872, and Rainbows in the 1880's. The cutthroats were not bred to compete with the larger and/or more aggressive trout. Other factors that added to the Greenback's demise were over-fishing (no catch and release in early Colorado) and loss of native habitat.
By 1937, the Greenback was thought to be extinct. But two populations were discovered, and in 1959 efforts by many agencies were started to recover the Greenback to Colorado waters. In 1967, the Greenback was listed as an endangered species. Further successful efforts led to the downgrading from endangered to threatened in 1978. Recovery efforts included re-populating Greenbacks to streams and lakes with favorable habitat; removing other species from these habitats so that the Greenbacks wouldn't have to compete with other trout for food; harvesting semen and eggs for hatchery raising.
Photo by Peter Rissler. Courtesy of Biological Resources Research Center, Univ of Nevada, Reno
Today's Status
Today many stable populations of Greenbacks have been established. The Division of Wildlife and other groups have listed the Greenback as being present in 52 locations and 19 stable populations. And, the Greenback was named the official state fish of Colorado in 1994.
Catch and release fishing for Greenback Cutthroats is possible in locations including:
- Rocky Mountain National Park: North Fork Thompson River and numerous lakes
- San Isabel National Forest: Lake Fork Creek and numerous lakes
- Roosevelt National Forest: Sheep Creek and Zimmerman Reservoir
- Arapaho National Forest: Cornelius, George, and Bard Creeks
As you're fishing in these regions, keep your eyes open because you may find a Greenback in another water!
What do they look like?
Greenback cutthroats have the crimson slash under the jaw, the mark of a cutt. The Greenbacks have numerous black spots across the top of the greenish body and tail. The belly turns a bright crimson red during spawning season (in the spring and early summer). These cutts can live to be five years old in smaller rivers and up to ten years old in lakes.
Image of Greenbacks by Judy Hass; Judy's work is also featured on CFN's home and fishtail pages.
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The former blue-chip recruit who was a four-year starter at North Carolina ended up going undrafted, setting off a frenzy of calls from NFL teams that wanted to recruit him as a free agent. Hurst had 18 offers from NFL teams, but decided on Baltimore where he could realistically compete for a spot on the 53-man roster.
Once he joined the Ravens, Hurst made a strong first impression and caught the eye of Head Coach John Harbaugh during last weekend's rookie minicamp.
"Hurst at the left tackle draws my attention a lot," Harbaugh said. "He has very good feet. He seems like he's picking it up quickly. He likes to practice. He has a heavy punch. So, he has a chance."
Hurst's tumble out of the draft was mostly the result of him breaking his leg during a December bowl game. The injury limited his ability to work out for NFL scouts leading up to the draft, and he was unable to participate in the combine or Senior Bowl.
He tried to work out at North Carolina's pro day in March, but he still wasn't fully recovered from the injury.
"I did my pro day at about 80 percent and people were still kind of wondering after that," Hurst said. "Obviously that injury was a big setback, but it's behind me now and I'm just trying to get better and make the team."
Hurst is now 100 percent and able to participate in all activities during the voluntary offseason program.
"I feel great," Hurst said. "I'm not limited out here or in the weight room. Everything that we've done I've been able to do it. I'm really happy about that."
The Ravens didn't have much contact with Hurst during the pre-draft process, outside of a brief meeting at the combine. But once they noticed he would likely fall out of the draft, they went into full-scale recruiting mode.
Part of the selling point in getting him to Baltimore was the phone call he received from Offensive Line Coach Juan Castillo who made a pitch for the Ravens.
"He called me, which meant a lot to me, and that kind of sold me and told me about the situation and what they had going on here," Hurst said. "Obviously it was a good opportunity so I was excited to jump on it."
Hurst immediately enters a competition for a roster spot after the Ravens did not draft an offensive tackle with their eight picks this season. The current starting tackles are
If Hurst continues to impress throughout the offseason and into training camp, then he will likely be in the conversation for a roster spot.
"I want to make the team. I know they need a third tackle," Hurst said. "I know they have two good guys up there. I know they need a third and I want to be that guy, if not more. Right now I'm focused on making the team, making the 53-man."
Hurst not only faces competition from veterans, but also from fellow rookies who have shown early potential. The Ravens also added Iowa's
"All three of those guys, [we're] very happy with them," Harbaugh said. "I think they're all going to make a run."


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Here's another potentially Oscar-worthy film to add to your increasingly busy fall movie schedule: Ang Lee's "Life of Pi," the big-screen adaptation of Yann Martel's best-selling, lyrical tale about an Indian boy stranded on the Pacific Ocean with a bunch of zoo animals.
The first trailer for the film has arrived online, and it does indeed deliver sweeping shots of the Pacific, zebras desperately doggy-paddling and a very angry tiger roaring atop a life boat.
20th Century Fox has cheesed up the marketing angle a little — "When all you've ever known is lost, find your courage," the trailer declares, in classic, cliché movie preview fashion. But the imagery, in keeping with Lee's flair for the visual, is absolutely stunning. Last holiday season gave us "We Bought a Zoo." This one — "Pi" comes out in November — will give us "I Lived on a Boat ... With a Zoo."


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Cabernet Sauvignon Sauce
An excellent sauce for cheesecake, ice cream, pancakes, pies, tarts, and chilled roast chicken. Adapted from Chopstix by Hugh Carpenter.
|(1) 750-ml bottle Cabernet Sauvignon
|(1) 10-oz bag frozen organic, unsweetened raspberries, defrosted
|1 cup sugar
|1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
In a large stainless steel saucepan or skillet, combine the wine, raspberries, sugar, and pepper. Bring to a vigorous boil over high heat and cook until only 2 cups remain (about 30 minutes of rapid boiling). As the sauce begins to thicken, stir with a spoon to prevent scorching. Strain the liquid through a sieve to remove the seeds. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours. (Sauce will keep a month in the refrigerator.)Makes 1¼ cups
Per serving: 47 calories; 0g total fat; 0g saturated fat; 0mg cholesterol; 1mg sodium; 8g total carbohydrates; 0g protein;
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Hi Everyone,
I've been working on a site dedicated to the biggest drone news over the past few months, and thought you guys might be interested to see it.
We've carried out a whole load of interviews and research, as well as embedding all the best vids we could find online.
If you're interested, you can see it here: http://www.dronesfutureskies.com/
Thanks, would love to know what you think!
That is so cool Jack. I am Khalid from Quadcopter reviews. Do you think we can do something together? May be a few resource shares?
Let me know.
Hi Khalid,
Sounds good, what sort of thing did you have in mind?
I can definitely send you some of the most interesting source-material that we've used if you like?
The most useful thing for us would be if you could share or review our site on yours, we are not likely to publish more ourselves, but are very interested to generate more attention around our piece.
Thanks, look forward to hearing from you,


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NBA Playoffs: Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard & New Orleans Hornet's Chris PaulApril 26, 2011
2010-11 Playoffs
Three teams have done pretty well in the playoffs with only one star: The Magic, Mavs and Hornets. It's been wonderful to see just how good Dwight Howard, Chris Paul and Dirk Nowitzki are. We can throw in Deron Williams if we include the last few months of the season. These stars (save for Dirk) happen to be 2012 free agents.
In the Hornet's first four playoff games, Chris Paul has scored or assisted on 58 percent of their field goals. Derek Rose has done the same on 43 percent of his team's. And during the regular season, Paul was assisted on only 18 percent of his field goals while Rose was on 27 percent.
For both players, a large percentage of their assisted baskets came when teammates passed to them with the shot clock winding down. Chris Paul's playoff stats are inflated by the terrible Derek Fisher, but they are still amazing.
Howard has scored roughly 1.4 points per possession through four games. His teammates have scored roughly .84 points per possession. This is crazy.
Second / Third / Fourth Highest PER Guys
Hornets—David West, 20.1 / Emeka Okafor, 16.0 / Carl Landry, 14.9
Mavericks—Tyson Chandler, 18.45 / Shawn Marion, 17.1 / Jason Terry, 15.9
Magic—Ryan Andersen, 16.1 / Brandon Bass, 15.9 / Jameer Nelson, 15.4
Lakers—Pau Gasol, 23.3 / Andrew Bynum, 21.1 / Lamar Odom, 19.5
PER is imperfect, but it reveals how much Howard, Paul and Nowitzki have done with so little. Their ability to create good shots is what makes them great, but that isn't easily tracked with stats.
Dirk Nowitzki's absurdly amazing jump shooting as a seven-footer puts a ton of points on the board and opens up the floor for players like J.J. Barea and Jason Kidd to score. Who else can you ask to create a shot for them? Jason Terry is not even the league's best sixth man.
Chris Paul's ability to get anywhere in the paint with a dribble—and his ability to score or give a teammate an easy basket—is beautiful. He's like Steve Nash if Steve Nash were super athletic. Their best other option is Carl Landry, who was still assisted on 60 percent of his possessions and scored less than 12 points per game. Paul is the best player in the Lakers series. The Lakers have the next five best players.
Dwight Howard's strength in the post requires a double team and lets the other four guys on the floor shoot threes. He singlehandedly makes a team with no other plus defenders a good defensive team. Two years ago the Magic's best offensive option not involving Howard was Turkoglu taking a fade away three off the dribble. This year it might be Nelson forcing drives. I don't know.
Match Ups
The Lefty Submariner Mike Myers had a job in the NL West from 2000-2003 because of Barry Bonds. Jason Collins of the Hawks has carved out a similar niche as a Howard defender. When a double doesn't come to Howard, the Magic cannot take open threes and are entirely reliant on the big man. It doesn't matter that Collins can't play offense. Zaza has done a good job on Howard, too. It feels good having a bad Euro in the league now.
The Kendrick Perkins trade can be looked at many ways. Money, need for back ups for the three old leaders, etc. Fear of centers is another one. Kendrick Perkins is very good at defending centers. But what NBA centers are really that scary offensively? Howard? Bynum maybe? Those are the only two that are too big for Garnett and Glen Davis. The odds are pretty good that the Celtics could win a championship without facing either of them. Betting on Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal wasn't that crazy.
The Grizzlies and Nuggets also give us examples of the importance of match ups. No team in the West is as apt to match up with the Nugget's speed as OKC. No team is as good of a matchup for the the young, strong Grizzlies as the old, slow Spurs. The gamblers seem to agree with me (a little too much). The Grizzlies are +4000 to win the championship as of Monday afternoon, while the Spurs are +1200. The Grizzlies may have been favored to win the series but the Spurs were still considered more likely to win the championship.
Its nice when teams can play different styles. It was great watching the 07-08 Lakers kill you deliberately with Kobe and Pau, and then kill you with Odom, Farmar, and Vujacic running. I'm guessing this is the first time those last two have been praised in 28 months. Still, it seems best to stick to doing what you do best. Getting pretty and adapting too much to your opponent means you are playing their game a la the Mavericks loss to the We Believe Warriors.
Future of the NBA
Three superstars born in 1984 or later will be free agents in 2012. Here are a look at other impact players who will be 28 or younger at the start of the 2012-13 season.
Point Guards
D. Williams
J. Smith
Combinations of them should win championships for the next ten years.
2010 Free Agency
GMs have seemingly gotten smarter and players are realizing they can control their careers. Still, we do not know how these actors should put together winning teams. Taking a team with the world's second best wing and adding the best wing, and a jump shooting 6'11 tweener is not the best solution.
2012 Free Agency
Where should Paul, Williams, and Howard go? Dwyane Wade does not make Lebron James better. They are too similar. The Spurs, Lakers, and briefly Heat have dominated since Jordan left with a star big man and star wing. What happened with the Pistons most consider a fluke.
General wisdom and ideas of marginal utility would say that elite wings should pair with offensively minded big men, that elite point guards should pair with athletic/ defensively minded big men, and that defenders and three point shooters everywhere else are great.
Things don't always work out this way. Someone thought that Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon were cores of a winning team. If the Thunder win the championship we may be momentarily convinced that their organic model is best and they will dominate for a long time.
If the Heat win we will think that Superfriends are the way of the future. If the Celtics win my focus on under 28 players will look dumb. If the Bulls win we can reconsider the idea that scoring point guards don't win, copy Thibodeau defensively, and decide its better to have Kurt Thomas than a shooting guard.
We want to learn but one playoffs can't teach us a lot. Getting giddy about Paul running the pick and roll with Howard may be more reasonable than imagining what James and Wade could do together, though.


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Renée FlemingVIEW EVENT DETAILS
Renée Fleming, renowned opera singer and new Trustee of Asia Society, takes a global perspective on cultural exchange. She will be joined in conversation by Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society; and Joseph W. Polisi, president of the Juilliard School, about the visible role of musical exchange between China and the United States.
The evening will also include sung excerpts by two up-and-coming Chinese singers, baritone Yunpeng Wang and soprano Ying Fang, both part of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
About Renée Fleming:
One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. At a White House ceremony in 2013, the President awarded her the National Medal of Arts, America's highest honor for an individual artist. Known as "the people's diva" and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo, she continues to grace the world's greatest opera stages and concert halls, now extending her reach to include other musical forms and media. Over the past few seasons, Renée has hosted a wide variety of television and radio broadcasts, including the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series for movie theaters and television, and Live From Lincoln Center on PBS. She brought her voice to a vast new audience in February of this year, as the first classical artist to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.
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KETCHIKAN - My own experience watching whales that day began in the first minutes of a fishing trip near Light Island in Clover Pass late Saturday morning.
I was sitting in my 16-foot Smoker Craft skiff, looking down and fiddling with my bait and tackle when I thought I heard large waves crashing on the island shore. I wondered what big boat went by that could cause those sounds.
But when I got my bait in the water and looked up while pulling line off the reel, I saw two or three large humpbacks swimming near the shore, showing backs and flukes and blowing.
I thought to myself, "Oh boy! Look while you can, because this never lasts." Then the whales all dived out of sight and I figured that might have been the end of the show.
However, within a few minutes, four to six whales broke the surface together and I realized they were bubble-netting.
I had read descriptions and seen photographs showing how humpback whales, acting alone or in cooperation with others, get beneath a school of herring, then blow bubbles in a large cylindrical pattern.
Apparently, the herring will not attempt to pass through the wall of bubbles, even as the whales rise from below the fish, opening their huge mouths.
The behemoths again swam around on the surface Saturday, showing fins and flukes, blowing and bellowing, making wonderful groaning and other sounds before again diving. Minutes passed. Then a ring of bubbles caused rippling on the surface below a large ball of circling seagulls.
The huge heads began to emerge again and the froth, spray and gaping mouths came into view, along with some dozens of the lucky herring that had escaped by swimming so hard they literally flew away from the whales.
Those herring too dazed and confused to quickly get into the deep again were pounced on by the gulls.
According to several sources, including oceanographer Gary Freitag of Ketchikan, many humpback whales feed on herring and krill in Alaska and British Columbia waters, and then winter around Hawaii while breeding.
They don't eat, but survive on stored fat, for months on end during their stay in the tropics.
I began to hope that this Saturday performance might continue through the afternoon because, on a day in early October, these whales might be wanting to gorge while they could before beginning their long migration to Hawaii.
I brought my fishing gear aboard and decided I couldn't miss this perhaps-once-in-a-lifetime event.
I had intended to "get the big one" Saturday, and had left my camera and lenses at home. Now I called Terry, my wife, and asked her to bring them to me at Knudson Cove. As it turned out, I got almost 500 photos of "the big ones."
I wasn't alone. Many other boaters, along with people watching from Clover Pass Resort, Knudson Cove Marina and homes along the shoreline took the opportunity to witness the rare sight.
Sonia Christiansen watched the whales cavort for eight or nine hours from her home on a hill north of Knudson Cove. The show continued for more hours on Sunday, and she had a chance to see more action Tuesday, she said. The whales moved around as they fed and, from her elevated position, Christiansen could see the rings of bubbles rising before they broke the surface, she said. Sometimes, she said, she could hear the bubbles rising.
Kelly Jenks saw the humpbacks Saturday and Sunday, as well as two pods of killer whales on Sunday, while boating through Clover Pass to and from fishing holes in other places, she said.
She stopped and took photos for more than an hour each time, she said.
She also saw porpoises on Sunday but they were moving too quickly to get good photos, she said.
Misty Pattison, manager of Knudson Cove Marina, said the whales were active each day since Saturday. By Wednesday, she said, the bubble-netting activity seemed to be tapering off. But some of her customers who rented skiffs said that the whales were breaching jumping out of the water that day. One boater reported seeing a whale jump nine times, said Pattison.
The cruise ship season, with its stream of charter fishermen, had ended, but the whales brought a new, surprise customer base to the marina.
"We're getting lots of whale-watching traffic," she said.
People with large cameras were coming out and renting skiffs, she said.
There also had been many sightings of killer whales and some interactions between them and the humpbacks, she said.
Boaters told Pattison that there'd been some tension when the killers approached a juvenile humpback, she said.
Tore Lynne, who was fishing alone Monday on his 22-foot cabin cruiser, watched the bubble-netting activity Monday. He also reported seeing many sea lions that day and that they followed his boat around. They interfered somewhat with his fishing, he said.
Of course, when whales remain in an area for days on end, they also are around at night. Char White and her husband, Bruce, couldn't see whales from the comfort of the hot tub at their Raspberry Lane beachfront home, but heard them blowing late at night.
"It was so cool," she said.
It has been, and apparently continues to be, cool.
It also has been a photographers daydream and a lesson: Don't leave the camera at home when going outdoors in Alaska.
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