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...imports of live freshwater turtles from Indonesia in an attempt to stem the flow, notes Compton of TRAFFIC. The main effect was to force dealers to find alternate air routes through second countries like Malaysia, he says, or increase their reliance on the porous land borders. "We pack a layer of legal turtles on top, then put thousands of illegals underneath," says the Bengkulu dealer. "And often it's as easy as just putting a false label on the boxes. The customs officers in China must think their countrymen eat an awful lot of fish...
Does this mean that Michelangelo did not retouch at all? Of course not. Nobody thinks that even Michelangelo could have got every passage of color and shade in the thousands of complex forms that make up the scheme of the Sistine right with the first layer of color on each. The Serpent coiled around the tree in the Temptation of Adam and Eve, for instance, far from being the more or less monochrome reptile of old, reveals the most delicate complexities of feathered stroking in green and yellow over reddish tones of shadow. The slow drying of the intonaco gave...
...soup. Although emergency-management officials are relieved that the flooding did not crack open the storage tanks of the large petrochemical factories south and east of the city, the waters still contain a poisonous mix of gasoline, household and industrial chemicals and stinking human waste. They will leave a layer of heavily contaminated silt everywhere. John Pardue, director of the Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute at Louisiana State University, says, "We're going to have to find out how deep the contamination is. Can we scrape it off, or are we going to have to replace topsoil...
...Back on the airstrip at Lakefront, the stars in the sky were blacked out by a layer of smoke over the city from uncontrolled fires. The only light came from the head beams of a fire truck on the airstrip. Families stood and sat and lay down in a 100-yard-long trash-strewn column. Many had only the clothes on their backs. Some had a bit of money stashed away in pockets, shoes and handbags or a few vital medications. Others had braved the rising waters with a beloved pet. A green parakeet chirped in a white cage...
...younger children. The London-based Boden catalog has a new line that's a hit with urban moms (and their kids). For girls, there are shaggy fringe cardigans, plus T shirts and knitwear with lots of handwork, including sequins and woven patches. For boys, who are less likely to layer, shirts and pants are "washed" to look lived in. "A very classic polo shirt can give quite a different impression if it's highly distressed or ripped," says Emma Stevens, Boden's children's-wear designer...