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...living on the extremes of viability makes desert creatures surprisingly sensitive to disturbance. Golf courses and suburban lawns soak up sparse groundwater, and indigenous species suffer from the earthmovers, off-road vehicles and domestic pets that new arrivals bring. In California's Coachella Valley in the Mojave Desert, each of the 110 golf courses uses some 750,000 gallons of water a day. "Deserts have fragile ecosystems, and they are being threatened by this development," says William Presch, director of the desert-studies program at California State University at Fullerton. "If we don't understand how the desert environment works...
...should follow for selecting good-quality wool carpets, regardless of vintage. True tribal carpets are handwoven, says Tawab, so no two are ever alike. Older carpets have muted tones, and only very rarely incorporate more than five colors. These colors should be distinct, not muddied (unscrupulous dealers sometimes soak new carpets in tea or other chemical treatments to make them look older). And make sure the colors haven't run into the carpet fringe - a sure sign of chemical dyes and modern manufacture. Next, get down on your knees and scrape a 4-cm patch of carpet with your fingernails...
...should follow for selecting good-quality wool carpets, regardless of vintage. True tribal carpets are handwoven, says Tawab, so no two are ever alike. Older carpets have muted tones, and only very rarely incorporate more than five colors. These colors should be distinct, not muddied (unscrupulous dealers sometimes soak new carpets in tea or other chemical treatments to make them look older). And make sure the colors haven't run into the carpet fringe?a sure sign of chemical dyes and modern manufacture...
Health-food stores and advocates of alternative medicine have long touted the benefits of antioxidants--compounds that can soak up free radicals in the body that promote aging, damage tissues and trigger cancerous growths. Blueberries, cranberries and raspberries are among the best-known sources for these health-promoting compounds, but the list got a lot longer this year when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its most comprehensive study yet of the antioxidant content of common foods. Among the new entrants: red beans, kidney beans, pecans, walnuts, ground cloves and cinnamon. Of course, the USDA can't guarantee that...
...that it be cooked “well-done.” It comes out sizzling, succulent and entirely unadorned. Budget to order a few side dishes, and Atkins be damned, because a steak just isn’t a steak without some onion rings or French fries to soak up all the red-meat juices. The house specialty is the Colorado Ribsteak, 28 ounces of dry-aged in-house USDA prime beef, a feat to finish for even the most determined of carnivores...