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...while they have stayed close and visited him often as an adult, a former associate of Abramoff's tells TIME, they have always stayed at a hotel during visits, rather than following the strictures of the Orthodox household that Abramoff, his wife Pam and their five children keep in Silver Spring...
...There is such joy in a good ship, and a greater joy to have the ship's belly fat with other men's silver. It is the Viking joy ..." Such are the pleasures animating this big-bellied, bushy-bearded tale of 9th century England. Our hero is Uhtred, a good-hearted lout with a pleasantly sour disposition; he's like a 9th century Han Solo. As an English nobleman who was raised by the invading Danes but whose fate is to fight against them (with his deadly sword Serpent-Breath!), he endows the book with an unexpectedly complex, thoughtful soul...
...does donepezil, a drug that raises levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. In another study, men on 200 mg of modafinil did better at mentally challenging games than subjects taking a placebo. But those results must be kept in perspective. Research at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Md., found that neither modafinil nor the military pilots' go pills were any better than several cups of coffee at restoring the attention and performance of sleep-deprived people...
...Sugimoto is well aware of the irony that he, like the creators of such dioramas, is practicing a vanishing art. It's not simply that digital photography is quickly becoming more popular than traditional film. It's that his tools?an 8 inch by 10 inch box camera, silver-emulsion film, and fiber-based paper?are virtually extinct. "The materials I use are becoming endangered species," he says. "A few months ago, my paper maker went bankrupt. I'm negotiating with the new owner to see if they are going to keep making my type of paper if I order...
...Much of the business, however, may end up being made up by small innovators such as Point Blanks Surfboards, which use more environmentally friendly foam. And therein lies a potential silver lining on the horizon. "As surfers, we've always wanted to protect the environment for the good of the sport," explained Smith, "and yet the very boards we ride are not as environmentally sensitive as they could be or should be. This will force us to take a hard look as we move forward." In other words, thanks to the demise of Clark Foam, maybe surfers will finally...