Word: birching
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...Rockwell Group's 90 employees (Rockwell calls them "collaborators") are charged with finding unusual materials to build with. And in the casino he had the means to use every crayon in the box. He wove strips of birch bark together for some of the walls, encased turkey feathers and dried corn husks in glass for others. The lobby is delineated by trees made of cedar, old copper joints and beads, and is punctuated by a 55-ft. indoor waterfall. Gamblers try their luck in the glow of Wombi Rock, a mountain made of onyx and alabaster fused onto glass, which...
With its hardened shell and oversize antennae, it looks like a cockroach with antlers. But the Asian long-horned beetle is no ordinary menace. It's a hungry tree-eating machine with no natural predators and a hankering for U.S. hardwoods-maple, poplar, birch, elm, ash, horse chestnut and willow. The first specimens came to the U.S. as stowaways in wooden packing crates from China and Hong Kong. The beetles turned up in Brooklyn, N.Y., six years ago, in Chicago two years later and in New York City's Central Park this winter, and have already destroyed thousands of trees...
...Consumers can choose among scrubs that smell like green-tea patchouli, citrus-mint ilang-ilang or basil lemon verbena. For the most part, the earth-friendly cleansers are "plant derived," meaning they don't contain man-made substances like ammonia. Degreasers by the manufacturer Caldrea get their punch from birch. In price, the products can't compare with Palmolive's, but they won't bust your wallet: Williams-Sonoma dishwashing soaps cost...
...like to eat. Kids are born with a sweet tooth and a salty one, but they have to learn to enjoy other tastes. They often need repeated introductions to such healthy fare as beans and other veggies. Using dessert to bribe kids into eating nutritious food can backfire, says Birch. "If kids are given one food as a reward, they will learn to prefer that food," she says--and they will learn to feed the vegetables...
...better technique is to put several items on the plate and get kids to try a bite of each. Birch also recommends that parents learn to serve appropriate portions (two sites that provide excellent guidelines: www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines and www.cspinet.org/kids/index.html) Parents should limit the amount of treats and junk food in the house, she says, including soda and fruit juice. Restricting access to a pantry full of fatty snacks and sweet drinks can make forbidden foods seem all the more desirable...