Buffett Fan Suspected Of Ripping Off Nebraska Furniture Mart
On the shopping list was a washer/dryer set worth about $ 2000. Other purchases with alerted checks included a television camera, chairs and an expensive dining room set totaling $ 20000, all taken to the Kansas City area in a rented pickup before Patton …
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The Maids offers tips on refreshing the laundry room
Sweep or vacuum the floor, launder any rugs and dust or vacuum under the washer and dryer, being careful to avoid hoses and cords. * Occasionally clean the dryer hose with a duster or long vacuum attachment. This will clear away lint stuck to the walls …
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New Orleans Garden District, LA 70130
Includes all pots, pans dishes, linens etc. Utilities are a flat fee of $ 285/month and it includes Electricity, Water, Cable & High Speed Internet. Sorry no pets or smoking. Limited parking available for $ 100/mo – Washer/Dryer in unit.
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Question by OffLiCute: Where is the best place to buy some cabinets to be installed in the laundry room?
The builder charges over a thousand dollars to have upper cabinets installed over the washer/dryer… and I think we can buy the cabinets and do it ourselves for less $ $ $ $ . Has anyone else done this? Are there any online resources? Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by GracieM
Check to see if there is Habitat For Humanity ReStore in your area
http://www.habitat.org/cd/env/restore.aspx
You’re not only getting quality merchandise, you’re helping a great cause.
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Three Rental Sites to Help You Kick Your Hotel Habit
I had a kitchen, a living room, a washer and dryer, and access to my host's extensive DVD collection. The best part of the experience, I found, was the feeling of living like a local: cooking locally bought groceries in my private pied-a-terre and …
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Vestal to hold meeting for property owners seeking buyouts
The basement can only be used for storage and appliances, including a furnace, washer or dryer, will not be allowed, she said. "We're doing everything to help minimize damage for the next one," Hasbrouck said.
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Update from the Asheville Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force
Residents within any North Asheville neighborhood who operate their own washer and dryer within their own residence, are responsible for paying their own utility bills, wash in a variety of temperatures, and who are responsible for doing their laundry.
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Electrolux EIFLS60JMB IQ-Touch Series 5 Cu. Ft. Blue Electric Front Load Washer: Electrolux IQ-Touch Series 5 Cu… http://t.co/aSKdlkOm – by RileyBoehm (Riley Boehm)
There are definitely ants crawling through the laundry room sink and I want to puke – by SoleilCrispin (Soleil Crispin)
There are many homes in which more than the standard number of people live in them. Whether you are talking about a private home where there are more than three kids running around or you are talking about a Greek house on a University campus, commercial washers and dryers will come in handy. Luckily manufacturers have started to make different commercial models which are geared specifically at the consumer.
If you find yourself starting to think about purchasing a commercial washer, here are some important things to consider. You can save money by purchasing a used model. You can wash more clothes at once to cut laundry time down. You can also spend less money on repairs to the laundry equipment. As a side note; when you use commercial washers, you will actually use less detergent because of the way that they are designed and the loads you will run.
Purchasing Used Models
If you are taken aback a little by the price of the commercial models which are available, it is important to remember that you have the ability to purchase used washing machines. The used machines can come from professionals or private homes. Just like when reselling a compact model, the reseller will repair or refurbish the model before reselling it. You will be able to get a Maytag commercial washer for the same price as a smaller Adora model.
Washing Larger Loads
Another thing to consider when you purchase a commercial washer like a Dexter brand washer is that you will be able to wash easily twice the amount that you will be able to wash in a conventional top loading washer. By combining loads, you will be able to wash clothes in half the amount of time that it would normally take you. If you have the dryers to match, you will be able to cut down what would normally take four to six hours to accomplish into one or two hours.
Fewer Repairs
Pay attention to the review of the models you are thinking about buying. The majority of commercial washers and dryers cost more not just because the machinery is heavy duty. They also cost more because they are built to last. Make sure that the unit you purchase will be able to stand the test of time and be worth the investment you make.
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Morro Strand State Beach scene taken from the Back Dunes 08Oct2011
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Toward Estero Bay. Morro Strand State Beach scene taken from the Back Dunes 08Oct2011 after Snowy Plover fence taken down. Here is information about this area…
from www.slostateparks.com/general_park_info/resources/MSSB_Bi…
“Morro Strand State Beach (MSSB) comprises approximately 159.15 acres between the
north parcel (Old Creek site) and south parcel (formerly called Atascadero State Beach)
as well as an additional 23 acres which is to be transferred to State Parks from the
Cloisters development. MSSB provides a valuable remnant of the strand, dune, and dune
wetland communities that were once common along our coast. This area is characterized
by a Mediterranean climate which yields dry summers and wet winters. MSSB is located
along the immediate coast and stretches from the town of Morro Bay, north towards the
town of Cayucos. It is backed, on the eastern side, by the foothills of the Santa Lucia
Range and a stretch of homes in the lower foothills along both the western and the eastern
side of Highway 1. There are direct maritime influences such as thick coastal fog,
constant wind and salt spray and blowing sand, as well as onshore impacts such as stormwater
run-off which impact this property. Common communities at MSSB include:
beach strand, fore and stabilized dunes, coastal dune scrub, dune wetlands and swales,
riparian corridors and anthropogenic (human influenced).
These shoreline communities provide habitat for a plethora of species including, but not
limited to: foraging seabirds, nesting and foraging shorebirds, sensitive plants, small
mammals, and many invertebrates. Coastal habitats have been systematically obliterated
in California, particularly south of Point Conception, largely due to development. Where
these habitats have been able to persist, they are largely dominated by invasive plants
such as Ammophila arenaria (European beachgrass), Carpobrotus chilensis (Chilean
iceplant), Carpobrotus edulis (hottentot fig), and Cakile maritima (sea rocket), and are
often impacted by human activities such as off road vehicles, dogs, and various other
activities…. A large mitigation pond was built near the Cloisters housing
development around 2000 to offset any damage to the natural habitat caused by the
building of the development itself and to control run-off. This pond fills with storm
water run-off from the urban areas upslope as well as from rain water. It is not only
filling with Tules which support Great-tailed Grackles, but it regularly overflows
and drains to the ocean through the stabilized dunes, the dune swales and the
foredunes introducing non-native species such as Gambusia sp., Crayfish and Carp
to the ephemeral ponds.”
Terrestrial Plant Communities
Strand
While not vegetated by plants, the Strand is an important community that provides habitat
and food for many species. The Strand is the area of the beach between the supralittoral
zone and the foredunes. It is characterized by salt spray, fog water inundation, high
winds, blowing sand, and accumulations of uprooted marine algae, driftwood and other
debris. Common wrack-line seaweeds on the Strand include: Macrocystis spp. (giant
kelps), Nerocystis spp. (bull kelps), Fucus spp. (rock kelps), Egregia spp. (feather boas),
and Uva spp. (sea lettuce). The mounds of washed-up seaweed provide food and habitat
for many invertebrate species and food for vertebrates such as birds. Above the high tide
line the sand begins to accumulate at the foredunes.
Coastal Dune Communities
According to Orme (1990), coastal dune creation and mobility are favored by abundant
beach sand and onshore winds above the threshold velocity for sand entrainment and the
primary stabilizing factor is the effectiveness of sand-binding vegetation. MSSB is part of
the Morro Dune Complex which stretches from Montana de Oro State Park (MDO) to the
south and north to Cayucos and Villa Creek. MSSB is, however, significantly less diverse
than the dune communities found at MDO, presumably from direct human impacts and
the spread of Ammophila arenaria. Native species not found at MSSB but present at
MDO include: Leymus mollis (native dunegrass), Eriastrum densiflora (woolly gilia),
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Dithyrea maritima (beach spectacle pod), Malacothrix incana (dune-delion) and Dudleya
caespitosa (dudleya). Many of these native species are being re-introduced as part of our
restoration efforts.
Fore/Pioneer Dunes
The fore or pioneer dunes are those dunes located nearest to the shoreline. They are
characterized by a high rate of sand movement which exceeds the rate of colonization
by vegetation. This region of the sand dunes is subject to extremely harsh
environmental factors which greatly reduces plant life and diversity as well as
provides uniquely adapted assemblages of plants. Such conditions include:
desiccation from wind and salt spray, salt and sand abrasion, high reflectivity and
surface temperatures, constant fog, fluctuating tides, high salt content in the soils, low
soil fertility and water holding capacity, and constant burial, excavation, and re-burial
of root systems.
The plants that grow on the foredunes are often called dune stabilizers and are very
tolerant of the above mentioned environmental pressures. Foredune plant species are
often prostrate or creeping along the soil surface, have small succulent leaves with
pubescence, are light in color, and have a small surface to volume ratio. They also
typically have a large tap root, a complex shallow or surface root system and
generally root at the nodes.
Common native dune stabilizers at MSSB include: Ambrosia chamissonis (beach bursage),
Abronia latifolia (yellow sand-verbena), Abronia maritima (beach sandverbena),
Abronia umbellata (purple sand-verbena), Camissonia cheiranthifolia
(dune evening-primrose), Artiplex leucophylla (beach salt-wort), and Croton
californicus (croton).
Common non-native dune stabilizers at MSSB include: Cakile maritima (sea-rocket),
Carpobrotus chilensis (sea-fig), Carpobrotus edulis (hottentot-fig), and Ammophila
arenaria (European beach grass). The non-native species that invade the foredunes
are of particular concern as they readily displace the few native species that are
capable of living in this harsh environment.
Stabilized Dunes
Stabilized or back dunes occur inland of the pioneer dunes at MSSB where there is
enough vegetation present to reduce or stop the rate of air movement along the sand
surface. Stabilized dunes are considered to be older dune communities and are
classified by their increase in plant species diversity and composition. These species
are, however, less tolerant of the harsh environmental variables that affect species in
the pioneer dunes and are therefore restricted to the more sheltered regions of the
dune ecosystem. There are many different plant communities that occur on stabilized
dunes. Those present at MSSB include: coastal dune scrub, coastal dune swale,
Riparian, and Ammophila arenaria dominated dunes.
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Coastal Dune Scrub
The primary native plant community on the stabilized dunes at MSSB is
coastal dune scrub. Successionally older than the pioneer dunes, it is largely
dominated by shrubby species although forbs are present. Coastal dune scrub
has much more stable and fertile soils than the pioneer dunes, with greater
organic matter content and water holding capacity and a much lower salt
content. Species composition in coastal dune scrub communities differs from
other coastal scrub communities; these differences are, in a large part,
attributed to edaphic factors and proximity to the shoreline (Holland and Keil,
1995).
There are a few plants that share co-dominance throughout the coastal dune
scrub although dominance of these species shifts from north to south along the
dune system. The most common shrub species in this community include:
Lupinus chamissonis (silver dune lupine), Baccharis pilularis (coyote brush),
Artemisia californica (California sage-brush), Eriogonum parvifolium (coastal
buckwheat), Ericameria ericoides (mock heather), Hazardia squarrosa (sawtoothed
goldenbush), and Eriophyllum staechadifolium (coastal golden
yarrow). Common sub-shrubs and forbs include: Lotus scoparius (Deer
weed), Erigeron blochmaniae (Blochman’s leaf-daisy), Heliotropium
curassavicum (heliotrope), Lessingia filaginifolia (California aster), Croton
californicus (croton), Achillea millifolium (common yarrow), and Horkelia
cuneata (horkelia).
Coastal Dune Wetlands
Coastal dune wetlands comprise a large percentage of the stabilized dunes at
MSSB. They occur in low-laying areas and depressions between the back
dunes where the surface of the dunes are at or near the water table. Many of
these depressions are created by wind erosion of the dunes and filling in of old
stream channels that meandered through the dune system. While many of the
species in these areas are phreatophytes, having high moisture requirements
and roots that reach the water table, the coastal dune wetlands are at the dry
end of wetland communities and are intermediate in moisture content
(Holland and Keil, 1995). Common plant communities in the dune wetlands
of MSSB include: fresh water coastal dune swales, alkaline coastal dune
swales and isolated pockets of riparian zones.
Fresh Water Coastal Dune Swale
The coastal dune swales at MSSB occur in long continuous expanses
that run north to south between stabilized dune chains. At MSSB they
are typically dominated by fresh water species such as Juncus acutus
(spiny rush), Juncus phaeocephalus (brown-headed rush), Juncus
patens (spreading rush), Scirpus americanus (bulrush), Scirpus
pungens (common three-square), Carex obnupta (sedge), Carex
praegracilis (sedge), Potentilla anserina (coastal silverleaf), Baccharis
douglasii (marsh baccharis), and various other species of Scirpus
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Carex and Juncus. While most of the wetlands are ephemeral, there
are a few that seem to persist year-round.
Alkaline Coastal Dune Swale
Alkali coastal dune swales occur in the stabilized dunes of MSSB as
discontinuous pockets. They have much a higher soil salt content and
are characterized by species such as Salicornia virginica (pickleweed),
Jaumea carnosa (fleshy jaumea), Frankenia salina (alkali heath),
Atriplex leucophylla (beach saltwort), and Atriplex triangularis
(spearscale). While they are a minor component of the dune system
they often occur on the coastal fringes of the large fresh water swales
and are concentrated at the north end of MSSB south.
Riparian
There are very few riparian areas at MSSB. At the north parcel, Old
Creek forms a riparian area that is dominated by Salix lasieolepis
(arroyo willow). Other common species there include Rubus ursinus
(California wild blackberry), Scirpus pungens (common three-square),
and Carex spp. (sedges). There are three main creeks that flow into the
southern parcel of the park; an un-named creek that flows from Del
Mar Park (at the north end of the southern parcel), Alva Paul Creek at
the southern end of the campground which provides bird foraging and
bathing habitat, and an un-named creek that runs between the Cloisters
development and Morro Bay High School which was created by
channelization. A forth, seasonal creek in the campground is
intermittent, but often pools, forming a small lagoon. If present, the
dominant canopy cover is Salix lasiolepis (arroyo willow). Populus
fremontii (cottonwood) is also present at the MSSB southern property
but is uncommon. The shrub component is generally absent and the
understory forbs are predominately Stachys bullata, Potentilla
anserina, and various Juncus, Carex, and Scirpus species.
Seral Dune Communities
There are large patches of seral dunes that run in discontinuous bands the length of Morro
Strand State Beach. Many of these areas are a result of exotic plant removal projects.
Where Carpobrotus spp. and Ammophila arenaria have been removed, successional
natives such as Heterotheca grandiflora are coming in as volunteers as well as native
dune stabilizers including Ambrosia chamissonis and Camissonia cheiranthifolia, and
Lotus scoparius at the burn plot. Many of these areas are successional to foredune
communities while the inland slopes are successional to coastal dune scrub. Another area
of succession is located in and around the arson fire acreage and will result in various
stages of dune community succession where many common native species are already recolonizing.
Also, just north of the boardwalk, there is a large, open area with compacted
alkaline soils. Dwarfed Salix lasioelepis occurs in patches and club mosses and ground
lichens cover the soil while Heterothecea grandifolia is the dominant forb covering most
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of the area. There was clearly a disturbance here, presumable from a time when vehicles
could access the dunes before the Cloisters development.
Anthropogenic
Large sections of dunes have been colonized by Ammophila arenaria (European beach
grass), forming a monoculture where it occurs, displacing virtually all native plant
species. An Ammophila removal/native restoration plan is in progress; see the section on
exotic species for more information. Other ruderal species include Raphinus sativa,
Erharta calcynia, Melilotus alba, Cortedaria jubata, and Lobularia maritima (See Exotic
section below). A main source for these non-native species is the housing developments
that border MSSB north and south parcels and the empty lots between them.
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