Parking lots are a great problem in the university of Michigan-Dearborn, especially in the Casl building. If you go to park between 9:20 am and 10:30 am you won't find a free space. The same thing happens in the afternoon and precisely between 4:30 pm and 5:50 pm. It seems like during each class period the parking lot is full, and that shows that this university has more students than its parking lot can handle.
I find a lot of problems parking. I go a half an hour early to find a parking space. Even though, I wait a long time, and I don't find one. I, then, go to park in the Library's parking lot, and there I park the last. So to go to a class or two, I have to spend two class periods searching for a space to park. Not only this, but I also have to walk a very long distance from a parking lot to another and cross more than one building in order to get to the class. Imagine the case in the winter time, during the cold days and nights, where sometimes the snow is not very well cleaned and walking a long distance might is ability for you to slip. And who can walk a half mile in the windy and snowy times.
In Winter 2007, I had to go to my Math 412, and that was in a very cold morning between 9:30 and 10:30. That morning I had my first test, and I came a half an hour early in order to park my car. I waited as well as other cars. Finally, somebody came out of the Casl building, and it was my turn to park. Suddenly, another came anxious to park. I waited for parked car to come out, and there a parking space for me. But no, the other car urged parking, and it had no right. But, what can I do. I called her and she did not want to listen. She turned her back and went to her class. But, I had to wait, and ten minutes have passed from my test's time. At last, another person came to the parking lot and wanted to get out. I followed him, and another car was first, waiting for this person. I wanted to do the same thing the other girl did to me, and take the car's first right to park, but I couldn't do it. Surprisingly, the car waiting was my friend from another class. I explained to her and she gave me her parking space to go finish my test.
On my way to the class and after 15 minutes late, I walked in the cold, and I was rushing to class. When I arrived, I was 15 minutes late to a 50 minutes class, and I was really pissed off. Under the stress of failing my test, I panicked. When I received the test, and while trying to solve for the math problems, the blood started to come out of my nose. It was a lot of blood that I couldn't handle with my napkins or makes me able to solve for my test. I asked my Professor for the permission to leave the class and try to clean up. The blood continued to come out even until after class. But my Professor was nice enough to give me a make up test for the following week. It was a pretty bad experience that I can't prevent it from happening another time, and due to the parking problem we have in the Casl building.
The same problem I have parking in the Social Sciences building. If you register for a class in the Science building, you have to park in the Social Sciences parking. In the Fall or Winter semesters, you have to walk a long distance to get to class, and don't ask if you are late to class or if your legs are tired from the pressure you put into them to get as fast as you can. Don't ask if you get sick from the cold breeze or wing that slaps your face thousands of time until you get inside that door. Don't blame us if they steal your parking space anxious, just like you, to find one.
It was my first semester in the university when I took a class in the Science building. I did not know where to park, assuming that the parking lot should be next to the building. Finally, I got to the Computer Wing, and it had a tiny parking lot. It said for Faculty members. I did not know what to do, so I asked the Security guy if I can park. He said yes, and that they are not very strict about parking there. From then on, I parked there. One day, I saw a ticket on my car. I went to the security building and I asked them to waive it, because I did not know that I shouldn't park there, as the officer told me I can. They wouldn't believe me, and the angry face women told to better go and pay it. I was really pissed. Imagine that first impression I had on that school.
Our university better find a solution to this problem. It has to provide more parking spaces to the increased number of students. Three big buildings can't share the same parking lot. I wonder if they see people fighting for the parking spaces. If they actually do, why can't they find a way to make their students comfortable going to school.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
In 2005, my husband and I were looking to buy a house and the thing that mostly attracted us to houses was the front and the back yards. We were looking for a house with beautiful, well maintained lawn, because we both love working around the house and spending time outside, whenever the weather permits. After moving in that spring, we started discovering things that we never knew about lawns before. We started spending more and more time at Home Depot discovering the available products that we need in order to make our front and back yard grass look nice and always green. It was then when we knew the importance of lawn fertilizers.
Lawn care has always been important to house owners. It helps in the curb appeal of the house. Taking care of the grass requires the use of fertilizers. Chemicals are the most common fertilizer people use, because it has fast results on the growth and appearance of the lawn. Gardeners have had confusion over the use of organic or chemicals. The question raised is which one makes the grass greener and healthier. Actually, the grass doesn’t recognize the difference between what is organic and what is not. It will grow as long as it finds the proper nutrients in the product applied.
Chemicals are called “synthetic fertilizers”. They are made by man into salt compound containing nitrogen, potassium, calcium and magnesium. These nutrients are very important for plant growth. Nitrogen sources such as ammonia, ammonium sulphate and urea come from the natural gas and oil industry. For the fertilizer industry, chemicals are easily provided and easily manufactured like any other product.
Chemicals have a main advantage. The nutrients found in them are immediately available for the plants and are calculated to provide the right amount needed by the grass, which helps it grow continuously thick and green. They are the fastest way to have beautiful and green yards for your children and pets to enjoy. Grass is the most important part in the curb appeal of a house, which requires the need of fast growth and insect protection products. It is easy to apply by using a spreader. You don’t have to have so many applications, because one application per month or two is enough for the lawn to grow thick, healthy and green. Insecticides products are also easy to apply. Sometimes one application a year can be enough to repel or kill many kinds of insects. Also one chemical product could have the defense against many kinds of insects, but now lawn fertilizers contain the required insecticides for the protection of the lawn, which save us time.
Chemical fertilizers also have many disadvantages to the lawn, our environment, and our health. If those products are heavily applied to our lawn, they burn its roots and kill the plant. During heavy rain they penetrate deep into the soil. As the roots are very thin and short, it makes it impossible for the plant to get the nutrients in the fertilizer or even store some. Overly applications of the manufactured fertilizers can create toxic concentration of salt in the soil, therefore chemical imbalance, which is harmful to the plant. By forming chemical imbalance, this toxic concentration kills so many insects that are good for the health of our lawn and help in the defense against other harmful insects. The toxic concentration can also evaporate and spread into the air, which affects the health of our kids and pets. We and our pets can catch the existed chemicals applied to the lawn, which can spread different diseases.
So many reasons make us think of something other than chemicals to make our lawn look pretty. Why not use organic fertilizers, as long as they have the same results of chemical fertilizers? Organic fertilizers can be found in plants, animals or their waste. They come from the manure of cows, sheep, horses and also poultry. These nutrients can also be found in the green manures coming from falling tree leaves and dead plants. Organic fertilizers have beneficial micro-organisms that speed up decomposition of trimmings. It also improves the structure of the soil. They also come from the recycled nature waste. They are not harmful to insects, pets or human.
Many people prefer chemical over organic fertilizers, because they have quicker results on the grass. As organic products have fewer nutrients, they require more applications and even more work and wasted time. Organic fertilizers are more expensive, and they are not provided in immense variety like the chemical fertilizers. Some work should be done by our government to force the production of organic fertilizers and stop that of chemicals. After all, our health and environment are more important, even if we have to put more time into lawn care.
Lawn care has always been important to house owners. It helps in the curb appeal of the house. Taking care of the grass requires the use of fertilizers. Chemicals are the most common fertilizer people use, because it has fast results on the growth and appearance of the lawn. Gardeners have had confusion over the use of organic or chemicals. The question raised is which one makes the grass greener and healthier. Actually, the grass doesn’t recognize the difference between what is organic and what is not. It will grow as long as it finds the proper nutrients in the product applied.
Chemicals are called “synthetic fertilizers”. They are made by man into salt compound containing nitrogen, potassium, calcium and magnesium. These nutrients are very important for plant growth. Nitrogen sources such as ammonia, ammonium sulphate and urea come from the natural gas and oil industry. For the fertilizer industry, chemicals are easily provided and easily manufactured like any other product.
Chemicals have a main advantage. The nutrients found in them are immediately available for the plants and are calculated to provide the right amount needed by the grass, which helps it grow continuously thick and green. They are the fastest way to have beautiful and green yards for your children and pets to enjoy. Grass is the most important part in the curb appeal of a house, which requires the need of fast growth and insect protection products. It is easy to apply by using a spreader. You don’t have to have so many applications, because one application per month or two is enough for the lawn to grow thick, healthy and green. Insecticides products are also easy to apply. Sometimes one application a year can be enough to repel or kill many kinds of insects. Also one chemical product could have the defense against many kinds of insects, but now lawn fertilizers contain the required insecticides for the protection of the lawn, which save us time.
Chemical fertilizers also have many disadvantages to the lawn, our environment, and our health. If those products are heavily applied to our lawn, they burn its roots and kill the plant. During heavy rain they penetrate deep into the soil. As the roots are very thin and short, it makes it impossible for the plant to get the nutrients in the fertilizer or even store some. Overly applications of the manufactured fertilizers can create toxic concentration of salt in the soil, therefore chemical imbalance, which is harmful to the plant. By forming chemical imbalance, this toxic concentration kills so many insects that are good for the health of our lawn and help in the defense against other harmful insects. The toxic concentration can also evaporate and spread into the air, which affects the health of our kids and pets. We and our pets can catch the existed chemicals applied to the lawn, which can spread different diseases.
So many reasons make us think of something other than chemicals to make our lawn look pretty. Why not use organic fertilizers, as long as they have the same results of chemical fertilizers? Organic fertilizers can be found in plants, animals or their waste. They come from the manure of cows, sheep, horses and also poultry. These nutrients can also be found in the green manures coming from falling tree leaves and dead plants. Organic fertilizers have beneficial micro-organisms that speed up decomposition of trimmings. It also improves the structure of the soil. They also come from the recycled nature waste. They are not harmful to insects, pets or human.
Many people prefer chemical over organic fertilizers, because they have quicker results on the grass. As organic products have fewer nutrients, they require more applications and even more work and wasted time. Organic fertilizers are more expensive, and they are not provided in immense variety like the chemical fertilizers. Some work should be done by our government to force the production of organic fertilizers and stop that of chemicals. After all, our health and environment are more important, even if we have to put more time into lawn care.
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