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At Saturday evening's forum at Saddleback Church, Pastor Rick Warren asked both Barack Obama and John McCain what it meant for someone to be rich.
"I would argue that if you are making more than $250,000, then you are in the top 3, 4 percent of this country," said Obama. "You are doing well."
McCain, however, spoke for a minute and a half and then threw out a much higher number.
"I think if you're just talking about income, how about $5 million?" he said.
McCain was laughing as he made the comment, and added, "I'm sure that comment will be distorted." His campaign later said the candidate was joking.
Still, it's worth noting that nowhere in his response to Warren, other than in the comment above, did McCain explain what he considered rich.
He did say this: "The point is that we want to keep people's taxes low, and increase revenues…it doesn't matter really what my definition of rich is because I don't want to raise anybody's taxes." (You can watch the full exchange here.)
Now the Democratic National Committee has released a video spotlighting McCain's comment.
It opens with McCain's "$5 million" statement and then fades out as the words "Only 1 Out Of 1,000 Americans Make More Than $5 Million" appear onscreen.
McCain's claim that the "comment will be distorted" is not shown in the video.
The spot goes onto spotlight McCain and his wife's 2006 income and claim the candidate will save more than $370,000 under the McCain tax plan. It then cuts to former McCain advisor Phil Gramm's comments that "we've sort of become a nation of whiners."
It concludes with the words, "The point is John McCain is out of touch."
UPDATE: A response from Republican National Committee spokeswoman Amber Wilkerson: "Despite the DNC's attempts to divert attention from Barack Obama's shifting economic policies, voters can count on the fact that his plans will further hinder our struggling economy by raising taxes on American families and small businesses."
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Illegal marijuana growers are increasingly using solar power to operate large-scale operations in an attempt to remain off the grid and avoid detection from law enforcement agents, authorities said.
Authorities: Marijuana growers using solar power
In isolated regions of the country, law enforcement agencies say they are finding more growers going green and trying to be self-sufficient by drawing power directly from the sun.
New Mexico State Police recently busted up a marijuana operation around the Four Corners region that used solar panels to pump water. And authorities in California have stepped up enforcement against solar panel thefts from vineyards that they believe were headed to illegal growers.
"We're definitely seeing more and more of it," said New Mexico State Police Lt. Robert McDonald. "I think since the cartels down in Mexico are now having such a hard time getting their product up here that some growers are trying to grow it themselves and to (stop) us from finding them by using solar. It definitely makes it harder."
During last month's bust in New Mexico, agents raided a solar-operated facility and seized around 250 marijuana plants that were between six- to eight-feet tall in an isolated area of Rio Arriba County.
In 2010, police in Socorro, N.M., pulled more than 1,500 plants from three locations in a marijuana operation that detectives called "very elaborate and sophisticated." Police said the operation use solar panels, water pumps, batteries and hundreds of yards of hose that functioned on timers.
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Tower defense like you've never seen it before: crisp, beautiful, addictive, unmatched magic. Elf Defense sets a new standard for the tower defense genre, with gorgeous HD graphics, over 100 enemies to defeat, a sophisticated system of unit recruitment and upgrade, all packaged within an absorbing narrative.
Defend the elven homeland against the intrusion of human oppressors. Despite the historical generosity the elves have shown toward their human brethren, the human kingdom has chosen to relentlessly exploit their peaceful friends. Even these peace-loving elves have a breaking point, and it's been reached as human forces attempt to overrun their very homes.
Retina display optimization and unmatched art direction make Elf Defense a pleasure to play; superior game design makes it irresistibly addictive.
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▷ Deploy a wide variety of units, each with their own special combat skills, to take down the enemy before they breach your walls!
▷ Over 100 enemy types make strategy a dynamic, evolving challenge
▷ Breathtakingly crisp graphics are put to good use with a gorgeous color palette and exceptional, unique character design
▷ Special items enhance tactics and provide players with the ability to tailor their strategy to suit their own playing style
▷ Adjustable difficulty makes Elf Defense fun for tower defense newbies and veterans alike
▷ Shop is packed with upgrades and items; players can purchase with in-game currency or buy additional currency
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▷ Gorgeous environments?Fairy Forest, Desolate Desert, Frozen Artic
▷ Collect formidable mercenary warriors to enhance your forces
What's New in Version V1.0.6
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I love this game but it does not rotate in the screen. All of my other games or apps rotate when it tilt the screen the other way. It's not my device because I go to another app and it works fine. This makes it difficult to play when it is plugged in because the outlet location makes it difficult results in the game being upside down. I wonder if anyone else has this trouble.
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Picture: Mariah Carey and Nick Canon The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at The Shrine - Arrivals Los Angeles, California - 23.01.10
Mariah Carey has recorded backing vocals for the fictional band husband Nick Cannon has created for upcoming TV movie SCHOOL GYRLS.
The singer also helped Cannon write songs for the teen trio in the film, but didn't want a part in the project, which debuts in America on 21 February (10).
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Hanging Recipe Holder
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Never again will you have to worry about losing that recipe card. Make this hanging recipe holder, using the eCraft electronic die cutting machine by Craftwell, and holiday cooking is as easy as pie. These also make great gifts to give a teacher.
- Bias tape trim or ribbon to sew along the edges
- eCraft Pro Software
- Leaf SVG's
- Acrylic liquid ink
- Sewing Machine or fabric glue
- Jewerly wire
- Wire cutters
- Using either ready made bias tape, ribbon, or a strip of fabric, sew or staple the vinyl on the edge and glue the trip around the sides and bottom.
- Select various leaf svg files to cut on your Cutting Machine.
- Set the pressure at the lowest setting. Leave the cap on and use no tabs. Use a vegetable cutting sheet for your image stablizer.
- Paint leaves with some acrylic inks to achieve whatever effect your desire.
- You can add some stability by double siding the leaves and adding a small wire to the inside once your leaves are dry.
- Place the leaves along the sides of your holder.
- Hot glue or stitch the leaves onto the recipe holder.
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Poor instructions. What is leaf svg's anyway?
Nov 30, 2013
Why isn't the vinyl listed in the materials section? What type of vinyl is used? What size? I assume a pocket is being made for a recipe card to slide into, but the directions do not make that clear. Great idea, poor directions.
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This is one of those "Why didn't I think if that"s I have covered the little cards. But this is great! Especially for someone like me that doesn't see well and gets flour everywhere! Thanks for sharing ;)
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Paper Halloween Banner
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This Paper Halloween Banner, from Iris Metel, is a striking and easy decor item for your next Halloween party! Use it in your home, on a dessert table, or even in the classroom! You'll just love this Halloween decor you can make yourself!
- 14 sheets white 8 ½ x 11 paper
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- 7 patterned cupcake liners
- 7 2½-inch paper circles
- 7 2-inch paper circles
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- Ribbon
- Start by making the paper rosettes. Take one sheet of 8 ½ x 11 paper and fold your paper back and forth, making accordion folds.
- Take folded paper and bend in half.
- Repeat with another sheet of paper.
- Glue together the inside edges of each piece.
- You now have two pieces of paper that look like fans. Glue the outside edges of each fan together to make a circle. You now have one paper rosette. Put aside.
- Take a cupcake liner and put upside down and flatten to make a flat circle.
- To keep it laying flat, snip a small hole in the center and make a fold so that the cupcake liner doesn't pucker up.
- Glue a 2½-Inch paper circle onto the center of the flattened cupcake liner.
- Glue a 2-Inch Paper circle on top of that.
- Once the glue dries, take your "cupcake liner centerpiece" and glue it onto the paper rosette you put aside.
- Punch a hole in the top center of the paper rosette where you will be stringing your ribbon through.
- Repeat steps 1-11 until you have completed 7 paper rosettes with a Halloween-themed center.
- Take your ribbon and string through the 7 paper rosettes.
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No-Bake Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
No time to bake? This sweet and salty recipe features Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, pretzel pieces and peanut butter combined in a fabulous tasting bar. What's not to love!
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter, divided
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar, divided
- 4 cups (roughly ½-inch pieces), broken small pretzel twists, divided
- 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, divided
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BEAT 1 1/4 cups peanut butter and butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in 1 cup powdered sugar. Stir in remaining 1 cup powdered sugar, 3 cups pretzel pieces and 1/2 cup morsels. Press evenly into prepared baking pan. Smooth top with spatula.
MICROWAVE remaining 1 1/2 cups morsels and 3/4 cup peanut butter in medium, uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 45 seconds; STIR. If necessary, microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, stirring just until morsels are melted. Spread chocolate layer evenly over powdered sugar mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining pretzel pieces, pressing down lightly. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours or until firm. Lift from pan; peel off foil. Cut into 60 pieces. Store in covered container in refrigerator.
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Took these to work and they were gone fast! A little tough on the arms to mix that powdered sugar in the peanut butter, but it was worth it! Licking all the bowls was a good prize, too!
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This looked amazing in the picture, but the peanut butter part of the dish is too soft. With some alterations, this could be amazing, but as is it is mediocre.
I made these for a treat at the office. They were a HUGE hit. Everyone asked for the recipe. I used a rolling pin to break up the pretzels.
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- Calories from Fat: 150
- Total Fat: 16g (25% of DV)
- Saturated Fat: 7g (35% of DV)
- Cholesterol: 10mg (3% of DV)
- Sodium: 270mg (11% of DV)
- Carbohydrates: 25g (8% of DV)
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- Protein: 6g
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An amazing new video shows two oarfish swimming just offshore in Mexico to the delight of ecotourists on a kayaking tour. The video, taken last March, shows the pair of fish possibly about to beach themselves. Oarfish are rarely sighted and legend associates their apparition near the surface with earthquake prediction.
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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Ecotourists kayaking in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, have captured an incredibly rare scene on video which was uploaded to YouTube yesterday. The tourists caught a pair of 15 foot-long oarfish swimming at the shore off Isla San Francisco in Baja California Sur in Mexico.
Light a candle to pray for safety and peace.
The video, which was uploaded by the Shedd Aquarium, in Chicago, was posted to the internet yesterday and already rumors abound of the oarfish's reason for swimming so close to shore. According to Japanese folklore, oarfish are sighted at the surface or beach themselves in advance of an earthquake. Some speculate that the deep-sea fish, which can inhabit depths of up to 3,000 feet, are highly sensitive to tectonic movements within the earth's crust.
Oarfish swim vertically in deep waters as they feed.
An oarfish washed ashore in Malibu.
Students on Catalina island found this oarfish in October, 2013.
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Please help me help my maple - a roots/soil/mulch question
I have a large maple (not sure what kind) that was planted when my house was built, about 14 years ago. Some years back, we put a layer of landscape fabric down under the tree, to keep the weeds down. I have recently decided that was a bad move and just removed the majority of it (very difficult to do after years of mulch have built up over it and roots have grown through it.) We are also trying to pull the dirt and mulch back from the trunk of the tree, which is also challenging with all the roots.
Once we got the soil exposed, I dug up some soil for samples and am awaiting the results. Lots of small roots have been exposed in the process of removing the fabric and clearing the trunk. For the ones that are further away from the tree, I buried them in the existing dirt, to which I had added a bit of composted manure. I covered it all with a thin layer of mulch. I don't know what to do for the ones closer to the trunk, as I don't want more dirt/mulch against the trunk (there is already too much, because it was nearly impossible to remove).
I have a couple of questions...Should I be concerned about the smaller exposed roots by the trunk? I know the larger ones, i.e., the skirt, are supposed to be exposed. But what about this network of small roots, that I assume will die off or dry out? How important are those to the health of the tree? Should they be covered, even though they are close to the trunk?
I know I already damaged others of this kind, when I removed the fabric. I'm just concerned I may hurt the tree, when I was really trying to help it by removing the fabric and adding the compost and getting the soil test. It hasn't been looking as healthy the last couple of years and I'm trying to restore it.
Hopefully, the photo below shows what I'm trying to describe.
Not the clearest photo but it looks a little deeply planted - maybe because of the excess mulch that was piled up around it.
I would still like to see a thin layer of something over those feeder roots.....just thick enough to cover them. Otherwise, I think you are fine. As long as the majority of the exposed roots - those closer to the dripline and beyond - are protected against sunlight and drying the tree should be OK.
FWIW, those fine feeder roots are more important to the health of the tree than the larger, anchoring roots. They provide the bulk of the moisture and nutrient uptake. But the tree can still lose as much as a quarter of them without significant damage.
Thanks, gardengal.
I think you may be right that the tree was deeply planted. We've never seen a skirt of larger, exposed roots. I have tried to pull dirt and mulch away from the trunk, but it's really tight with roots and almost impossible to do. If you look closely, you can almost see the line on the trunk where the mulch used to be, a couple of inches above where it is now. I don't think I can get the dirt/mulch level any lower, really. Overall, the mulched area is probably only a few inches higher than the surrounding lawn.
On your advice, today I added a little compost and a light layer of mulch over those exposed feeder roots.
I may post again when I get the soil test results.
Thanks again!
i saw roger on this old house rescueing trees with 'mulch volcanoes' recently.... he pulled away a circle of mulch/dirt to expose the root flare....then loosened and exposed an inch or two of the finer roots that were growing on the surface....cutting many away by hand and especially those with the potential to 'girdle' the trunk( these are roots that only grew here because of the mulch volcano) ...he then added 2 inches of mulch staying clear ot the trunk by 8 inches or so.
given the resiliency of maples and the fact that the majority of the feeder roots aren't located around the trunk, I personally would wait til fall and remove some of those. When a maple is planted too deeply, it will send feeder roots up around the base of the trunk in an effort to get oxygen. I would slowly remove soil from around the base of the trunk until you see the tops of the anchor roots at the flare. To reduce the risk of shocking the tree, this might take a couple years, an inch or two at a time in the fall. As long as you aren't seeing serious dieback right now, it should pull through.


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A BOLD NEW CHAPTER IN STEPHEN KING'S THE DARK TOWER SAGA! Twelve years have passed since the fateful Battle of Jericho Hill and the fall of the gunslingers. Since the Affiliation's resistance against John Farson became little more than a faint memory. Since the friends that stood by young Roland Deschain burned to ash in the Good Man's razing of Gilead. But Roland survived...and now he stalks the desert, hunting the spectral Man in Black in his quest for the Dark Tower. Join Robin Furth, Peter David and Richard Isanove as they welcome superstar artist Sean Phillips (INCOGNITO) into the ka-tet of creators entrusted by Stephen King himself to bring the adult adventures of his most personal creation to life! COLLECTING: Dark Tower: The Gunslinger #1-5
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Twelve years have passed since the fateful Battle of Jericho Hill and the fall of the gunslingers. But Roland Deschain survived . . . and now he stalks the desert, hunting the spectral Man in Black in his quest for the Dark Tower. This volume collects "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" #1-5.
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Mayes can spend $28K of office budget on Seine preservation: committee
A city committee hopes to discourage other city councillors from doling out big grants from their office budgets.
This afternoon, council's governance committee gave St. Vital Coun. Brian Mayes the go-ahead to spend $28,000 of his office budget to fund efforts to preserve the Seine River. Mayes asked for permission to spend a big chunk of his discretionary ward budget to fund Save Our Seine, a non-profit group which aims to protect the Seine River environment.
Council's governance committee must approve any grants doled out by councillors over $5,000.
The committee voted in favour of the funding to the organization, but stipulated that it will be a one-time only grant.
The move marks the first large ward-allowance grant since city council voted in favour of a controversial plan to hike councillors' discretionary budgets by $40,000 per ward. Councillors' annual budgets will rise to $114,000 from $74,000 in 2013.
Governance committee chairman Coun. Grant Nordman (St. Charles) said the increase in councillors' ward allowances was primarily intended to pay for things such as communication with constituents, office staff and research. Any remaining funds could be distributed to community groups, he said.
Nordman said Mayes' request struck some members of the committee as a "little much," but he is able to manage his ward budget as he sees fit. He said the committee limited the funding as a one-time grant to ensure councillors try to find other ways to secure annual funding for community groups.
"We certainly want the councillors to make every effort to exhaust every other source of funding before they resort to more than a $5,000 (grant)," Nordman said.
Councillors have a discretionary annual budget to pay for executive assistants, ward activities, transportation, postage, mail-outs and other office expenses. Some councillors argued their previous office budget made it difficult to attract and retain staff, operate their office and maintain communication with ward residents.
Last month, the call to increase councillors' ward allowances by $40,000 was panned by several members of council who said councillors should not increase their ward budgets at a time when the City of Winnipeg reduced funding to non-profit groups.
Six members of council, including Mayes, voted in favour of a proposal to reduce the increase to ward budgets by $17,600 in order to restore the funding cuts to community groups. The majority of council did not agree and the idea was shot down.
"This is my way of saying, look I don't think I need that much for bus benches and newspaper ads," Mayes said of his decision to spend $28,000 on Save our Seine. "This is a very good cause and I choose to use it that way."
Save our Seine plans to use the money to hire an executive director, which they have been unable to do for the last two years due to lack of funding.
Mayes pledged to find funding for Save Our Seine as an election promise. He said the city did not have any other sources of funding available aside from his ward allowance budget.
Next year, Mayes said he can still spend $5,000 of his office budget to help the organization and hopes the city and province will contribute further funding to the organization.
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I suspect its more likely to be a map carrier. Definitely not a good idea to read a newspaper whilst cycling!
Nope. It's a newspaper carrier. For carrying and reading whilst cycling. Used to be standard on many bikes in Italy and you can still buy them. They're called portogionata... newspaper carrier. I spotted people using them in Ferrara.
Read more about them on my blog: www.copenhagenize.com/2011/11/newspaper-carrier-for-bicyc...
Oh, and I often read a newspaper whilst cycling in Copenhagen.
OK....I'll make sure there are no bikes visible next time I cross the road in Copenhagen....
When reading the paper I hardly break 10 km hour, so there is no problem. Plus, I have brakes and I use them.
hard to see how you'd be able to read with such a small part of the paper exposed.
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Sounds to me as though you have the experience, and the room to spend, to do a nice re-fit. Good luck!
As a 1980 vintage, you will likely find the wiring to have been inadequate, and having (additionally) been submerged, Id consider replacing all of it with modern, properly sized and terminated Tinned wire. The electronics are likely toast. Check out Ohms Law & Boats @ www.sailnet.com , under Gear & Maintenance.
The stove can probably be cleaned and put back into service (its not electric, is it?).
The engine (was not running when submerged) should be dismantled, examined, and cleaned (flush /w fresh water, then immediately soak in kerosene). Others may provide better, more detailed advice. Also see www.dieselclinic.com. The 13HP Volvo might be somewhat underpowered for a 30 footer, but should be OK for inland lake work?
Unless youre very adventuresome, Id send the Alternator & Starter to a good Alternator Shop (marine experience preferred, but automotive might be OK).
Youll want to carefully examine the fuel tank, and lines. Also take careful note of the condition of the (prop & rudder) packing glands, and the shaft strut.
Youll want to carefully examine HOW the keel came off, and what damage it did as it did so. Look for damage around the keel bolt holes, the corners of the sump, the stringers, and the floor boards. Cracked floorboards can tell you a lot about the etiology of the breakeaway, and its likely consequences. Also check all visible tabbing and structural bonding connections. The racking that occurs when hoisting (full of water) may have disjointed some of these connections. Now will be the time to upgrade backing plates & etc, if required.
Obviously, these structural repairs lie well within the scope of your stated expertise.
Perhaps you should sound the entire hull, prior to investing too much more into her. She was, after all, a (nearly) 25 year old, prior to wrecking.
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Granddaughter's Apple Table
Today we took this down, tomorrow I will post pics of her Halloween Table.
The plates, bowls, glasses & placemats were all on clearance at Walmart for .25 each. The large acrylic platter in center was also on clearance there for .50.
The napkins also on clearance 2 for .50. The apples & candle etc. she borrowed from my stash.
The apple tree was new at a garage sale for $2.00, I also purchased a pear tree at the sale, they are the exact ones as my lemon tree that I paid $8 for a Home Goods this summer!
I see the one napkin was out of place, the setting got a bit messed up with the kids doing homework on the table, missed that one napkin in the first pics.
Wow, great buys and it sure would look good in my kitchen which has a split personality, both apples and chickens. I couldn't commit so just used them both, LOL.
How fun that you get to do this with her! I'll bet she loves going to Grandma's House!!
What a wonderful way for the two of you to get to do things together, and she's learning from you the little lessons of setting a pretty table and developing a love for making her home pretty.
Her little apple tree is so cute, and I love those red/white dishes. I like that she used both the red and green, and the candle was perfect for that too.
Great job!
Your Gdtr should be very proud..
Everything looks lovely..and how nice that she takes an interest in this.
You bought some really nice things at such low prices.
I've never seen anything priced that low at Walmart.
I guess I'm not looking in the right places.
I like your apple tree centerpiece..that was also a great buy and it works perfectly with this theme.
I'm looking forward to her Halloween table..
Yachter, What a fun , bright, colorful table! Your granddaughter did a great job! Getting everything at such bargain prices makes it even more special I think. Can't wait to see her halloween table!
You are so funny. If you wouldn't of mentioned the napkin being out of place in the first pics, I wouldn't of noticed. Sounds like it was out of place for a good reason.
Be sure and tell DGD we loved another one of her tables. She is on her way to be a Master Tablescaper. My DGD is going to follow in her footsteps if she keeps her interest going and I love it.
BTW, I really like the way you faded the edges in the pictures.
Very, very, very, very nice job! I think it is so nice to take the time to show youngsters that it is possible to "dine elegantly" on a very tiny budget.
The centerpiece is great.
Love the red and white plates, by the way.


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Need guidance on drainage
I'm looking for some guidance on where to start with a drainage problem. The attached photo shows some of the considerations. My primary issue is water pooling in the carport when it rains. I've gotten some quotes on fixing this with either a channel drain or a graveled swale across the front of the carport and around to the side yard where there is ample fall into the backyard away from the house.
However, I'm wondering whether I should also do something to better drain around the front of the house. Currently, there is a low point in front of the picture window right in front of a foundation vent into the crawl space. I am getting the crawl space encapsulated and that vent will be sealed, so moisture will not be a problem inside the crawl space. However, I want to protect the foundation as well.
Should I be looking to have a drain installed all along the front of the house, draining across the front of the carport to the side yard? One of the crawl space proposals I received included a window well in front of the vent, which I know only gathers the water and doesn't actually remove it.
The previous homeowner is still friends with the neighbor behind me and he said that he had a few truckloads of dirt brought into the front yard to help water drain around to the left of the house. The front yard does have a decent slope around to the left, so I believe it's only the downhill side of the pathway that drains toward the house.
The previous owner had problems with water coming into the kitchen. I haven't had that, but there is a bit of mildew on the bottom of the block wall at the inside front corner of the house where it meets the carport. Fixing the carport drainage may possibly keep that area from getting too saturated.
One other point to mention: the downspout is connected to a drainpipe that the previous owner tells me used to daylight in the backyard. It's covered over now and I can't see where it would have been, but it does still drain well when it rains.
Also, I have had the foundation inspected and everything is in good shape for its age.
I plan to hire a professional to address this problem. Here are some questions that I thought this forum might be a good place to discuss:
1. Will the carport drain or swale likely take care of most of the problem, or is it critical to address the front of the house now?
2. If I can get away with a partial solution for now, is a channel drain a better option than a swale because a future drain along the front of the house could be tied into it? (From reading on here, I see that above-ground drainage is typically preferred because it doesn't clog.)
3. What type of contractor would I call about the drainage along the front of the house? The estimates I've gotten for the carport issue have come from landscaping companies, but it seems like maybe I need to switch to basement waterproofing companies.
I do not have a ton of money to pour into this at the moment, so I am looking for a reasonably effective solution with maybe the option to add to it later. Thanks for any input you can provide.
"...the downspout is connected to a drainpipe that the previous owner tells me used to daylight in the backyard. It's covered over now and I can't see where it would have been, but it does still drain well when it rains."
Please try to explain this paragraph again. I'm not following.
If it still drains, then where is the water coming from? Have you observed how it actually comes during the rain? I'm 2nd guessing, but this has a look of clogged underground pipes that will accept the first few minutes of rainwater, but then will start backing up as soon as the pipe is full. It would be important to study this DURING the rain.
You're probably looking at a 2-pronged approach. When I work with homeowners such as yourself, I tell them that I'll handle the grading and any drainage away from the house, and I'll work with whomever they settle on for a waterproofing company. That way everyone's scope of work is what they're comfortable with.
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Thanks marcinde, that makes sense. I'm in Richmond.
Yardvaark, good question. What I mean is, when it's raining, I can hear the water flowing down into the pipe, and I haven't noticed it backing up. Yet I don't know where the daylight end is...I've looked and don't see anything obvious. I would guess it's a perforated pipe so it's also draining along the way.
During the next rain I'll check it out. We should get some within the next week.
I called some basement waterproofing contractors to set up estimates, and at least one of them said they don't do exterior waterproofing. I also called some general contractors to see if they do it. Haven't heard back from everyone yet but hoping to get some things set up soon.
"I would guess it's a perforated pipe so it's also draining along the way." And I would guess that it's also being infiltrated by roots here and there. Maybe a lot. It is important to find the point of outfall in order to check that the pipe is functioning. Usually, you can dig down a little and see what direction it goes. Dig a ways down the line and check it again. Usually, it's traceable without too much effort.
You need to check it for several minutes during a hard rain in order to know that it is still accepting water. (A slow rain probably won't tell the story.)
The rain we had yesterday wasn't hard enough to cause a problem, only an inch or two. What I will do is put a hose down the pipe and see whether it backs up, and see if I can find a soggy spot where the pipe used to daylight.
Today I met with two contractors. One proposed a trench and sump pump in the crawl space, but I'd rather not encourage all the water in the yard to flow through my foundation. The other proposed regrading along the entire front of the house and removing the slate and concrete path. I think the regrading is a better option and I hope I can afford it.
I have seen on here that the recommended action is to hire a professional to create a plan, then get contractors to bid on that specific plan. What kind of professional creates that plan, and how do I find one in the Richmond area?
Thanks for the feedback so far.
"What I will do is put a hose down the pipe" The trouble is that a hose is a "drop in the bucket" compared to a healthy rain. It would be better to observe during a big rain. Don't worry ... one will come.
Right about that on how to approach design and resolution. But find out as much as you can about the problem before you hire the professional, to better keep them on track. A landscape architect would be the place to start. If one who you call won't do it, ask for a recommendation of who might and call them. You could also call landscape contractors and ask them if they know who might DESIGN this for you.
I found two local landscape architects and emailed them. So far one has responded. The initial site visit will be $125 which seems like a fair rate for a technical professional.
Can you get me in the ballpark of how much the design and project might cost? If it's a $20k project I will not be able to proceed anytime soon, so I'd rather tell the architect now before wasting his time and my $125.
There is a bit of efflorescence on my crawl space walls, but the grading done by the previous owner has improved the drainage in general, so I may have to live with an intermediate solution and only deal with the carport flooding for the present.


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Neither the Movement Coordination Center Europe (MCCE)--a multi-national organization established in 2007 to coordinate and optimize the use of airlift, sealift, and land movement assets owned or leased by member nations' militaries--nor any of the ATARES member nations we met with or received written responses from has conducted comprehensive analyses to assess whether the ATARES program as a whole is achieving its intended purposes. However, some program- and mission-level data on ATARES is collected and tracked. MCCE uses the data member nations report about their exchanges of services to ensure that members are operating according to the parameters set by the Technical Arrangement and Annexes to which each member agrees before joining the program. For example, MCCE monitors each nation's balance of credits and debits to ensure that it is not exceeding the limits set in the annexes to the ATARES Technical Arrangement. Member nations identified several benefits from the program, including gaining access to additional flight routes, saving time and money by efficiently using aircraft assets, and increasing cooperation among nations. Although DOD has not yet begun to participate in ATARES, DOD officials stated that the department has several of its own intended purposes for participating in the program, including leveraging empty space on its flights and enhancing multi-national relationships within the European Command area of responsibility.
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