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...first half of the book follows older brother Abraham, long retired, as he passes a lonely day. We see him take a bath, fix himself some tea and putter around the closed office. During all this he does something almost unseen in comix. He delivers a monologue. Nearly 70 pages long, during this strangely theatrical sequence he tells us about his sales technique, the history of the family business and his peculiar brother Simon. Essentially you are watching an old man ramble on. Whether you find this prospect alarming or enticing essentially defines your interest in this book...
...pair, who have trained together since 1999, first got close in 2001 after an airline lost Montgomery's luggage and he borrowed Jones' shoes for a meet. (His feet are only one size bigger than hers.) That was less than a year after Jones' then husband shot-putter C.J. Hunter got busted at the 2000 Olympics for taking steroids. (The New York Times reported that Hunter wrote a $7,350 check from Jones' account to BALCO in 2000, according to two sources with knowledge of the check.) Jones, 28, divorced him and surprised fans when she kissed Montgomery...
...clips to be superimposed on one another so swimmers and gymnasts can compare their current strokes and dismounts with their best and worst performances. SimulCam also adjusts images so athletes appear to be the same size, even if, for example, the camera was zoomed in on the first shot-putter but zoomed out on the second. Another feature, StroMotion, can freeze a long jumper's position at various points in flight; the jumper resembles cartoon cels whooshing across the screen. The program also makes quick calculations. To illustrate, Leigh pauses a video of speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, a gold...
Forget those traffic-clogged motorways: if you really want to see into Britain's soul, hire a narrow boat and putter gently along some of the country's 3,200 km of languorous waterways. Britain's 200-year-old canal system, once the country's most important method of freight transport, fell into disrepair by the 1960s as roads and rail transport took traffic away. But over the past 15 years, more than $935 million has been invested in canal restoration, so today visitors can rediscover the joys of a bygone pace of life in city and countryside alike...
Forget those traffic-clogged motorways: if you really want to see into Britain's soul, hire a narrow boat and putter gently along some of the country's 3,200 km of languorous waterways. Britain's 200-year-old canal system, once the country's most important method of freight transport, fell into disrepair by the 1960s as roads and rail transport took traffic away. But over the past 15 years, more than $935 million has been invested in canal restoration, so today visitors can rediscover the joys of a bygone pace of life in city and countryside alike. Canal...