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...Carbon 14 analysis dated the human rib contained in the relics to between the 7th and 3rd centuries B.C. Pollen testing also found traces of pine - a tree that didn't exist in medieval Normandy but whose resin was widely used to embalm bodies in ancient Egypt. The presence of the cat bones might have added weight to the relics' authenticity, as black cats were traditionally thrown on the fires that burned those accused of witchcraft in medieval times. DNA tests revealed however that the animal was of non-European origin...
...Homer At Homer, a home-furnishings store near the Whitney Museum of American Art, an anatomically correct lobster, hand-carved from resin, has movable parts. tel: (1-212) 744-7705; www.homerdesign.com...
...more shocking ofrenda to Will's memory: one adorned with a photograph of his naked body in the morgue, framed by handwritten messages and cempazuchil, the yellow flower of the dead, as well as an image of the Virgin of Juquila. The altar is lit by copal, the resin that is supposed to guide lost souls after dark. One message reads, "Bradley Will, you are not dead, you are in our minds and hearts...
Despite occasional disasters, however, I was adjusting to a fake arm--thanks to certain modifications by prosthetist John Miguelez's team. Ralph had bit the dust, replaced by a more tapered, slightly lighter shell made of carbon fiber and acrylic resin. The modifications improved my range of motion and wardrobe--I could now button a dress shirt. But I was hardly wearing a second skin. The rigid shell chafed my forearm and got so hot in the summer that sweat dripped out of a small hole used...
...lose touch ..." his voice trails off, and he shrugs. Stefano probably would have hated the opening of the new Diesel store on London's Bond Street in May. The two-level store on a prime corner is a template for the new Diesel. Curvy leather seating and mod decorative resin dividers are part of the sophisticated décor. The layout says designer rather than jeans. At the party, Diesel had paid actress Heather Graham to model a denim mermaid number for the tabloids, and guards shooed guests away from a roped-off VIP area?effectively aping just the sort...