Q: If your garden is too close to the house, water may erode at the home's foundation. This can cause basement flooding or structural problems. Keep your rain garden away from driveways and sidewalks as well to avoid pathway erosion. Watch your yard's rainfall draining pattern during a storm. Try positioning your garden near where runoff naturally flows. Using a long, straight wooden board and a carpenter's level, measure the slope of your projected area. To get enough rain water into your garden, you'll need a slope of at least 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) in 4-1/2 feet (1.32 meters), or 2%. Without this natural slope, you'll have to create it naturally by digging. Because rain gardens protect your yard from water overflow, you will want a slope of two percent or more. Before you begin digging, check the soil to make sure it's suitable for your garden. While rain gardens can thrive with less permeable soils like clay, they will do best with well-draining or sandy soils. Dig a shallow hole in your projected area and fill it with water. If the water remains in the hole for two days, the soil is not permeable enough for a rain garden. If all the soil in your area is non-permeable, you can create suitable soil on your own. The ideal rain garden soil will be 30% sand, 30-40% loamy topsoil, and 30-40% organic matter. Till this mixture into existing soil for proper drainage. Typically, rain gardens range between 100 to 300 square feet (30.5-91.4 square meters). Any smaller, and your garden won't have room for plant variety. Build larger, and your garden will be hard to dig and ensure an ideal slope. How large your rain garden will be depends on your area's weather patterns. If you experience a lot of rainfall, you'll want a larger garden. Even small gardens, however, will help with runoff. Rain gardens are usually between 4-8 inches (10.2-20.3 centimeters) deep. If your location's slope is less than 4%, you'll want a rain garden between 3-5 inches (7.6-12.7 centimeters) deep. For slopes between 5-7%, create a rain garden 6-7 inches (15.3-17.8 centimeters) deep. Slopes between 8-12% will be best at about 8 inches (20.3 centimeters) deep. Rain gardens deeper than 8 inches (20.3 centimeters), or with a slope over 12%, will not be ideal. They present a tripping hazard and generally hold water for too long, becoming more of a pond than a rain garden.
A: Position your garden at least 10 feet (3.0 meters) from your home. Measure your area's slope. Test the soil in your location. Plot your garden's size using stakes and string. Plan your garden's depth based on its slope.

Article: Wash your face every morning and every evening before bed to keep your skin clean and healthy. You should also wash your face after exercise or excessive sweating. Do not wash your face more than that, since that can strip your face of key oils and damage healthy skin cells. Be sure that you use warm or lukewarm water when you wash: hot water can dry out and damage your skin. Only use your hands and fingers to wash: do not use scratchy cloths, loofahs, or sponges. If you wear makeup, it is essential that you remove all products before bed. Leaving makeup on overnight can clog your pores and encourage the spread of unhealthy bacteria on your face. Harsh cleansers and perfumes might dry out your skin. These products are also more likely to irritate sensitive skins. Avoid products with alcohol in them, since that is a drying agent. And if you have oily skin, look for products that are noncomedogenic (or water-based instead of oil-based). Look for unscented products that are suitable for sensitive skins. Do not rub your skin after washing. Patting or blotting yourself dry will help keep your skin moisturized and healthy. Use soft towels--not harsh or scratchy cloths--to dry yourself. It might seem counterintuitive, but moisturizing is necessary in order to prevent skin blemishes and conditions. When your skin is too dry, it actually increases your skin's oil production. By keeping your skin properly moisturized, you avoid the overproduction of oils that cause blemishes. A moisturizer can also help minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, though a moisturizer cannot prevent these lines from occurring. Look for a noncomedogenic moisturizer if you are prone to oily skin. By purchasing a moisturizer with SPF 15 or higher, you can kill two birds with one stone. Moisturizer is most effective when used on damp skin, fresh from washing or showering.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Wash your face twice a day. Use mild products for washing. Dry your skin with a patting motion. Moisturize after washing.

Q: Disk Utility provides the same basic functionality as Chkdsk does for Windows machines. You will need a Mac OS X installation DVD. Hold down the "C" key. This will load the setup program for Mac OS. Choose your language to continue. You can find it in the desktop menu bar. Select the hard drive you wish to repair and click Repair Volume. If Repair Volume is successful, then you can run Repair Permissions as well.
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Launch Disk Utility. Turn on the Mac and insert the CD. Open Disk Utility.