May 12, 2008
Any interior designer will agree about loft is stylish. What began as an inexperience-housing alternative is now a luxurious lifestyle. The centerpiece of interior design has shifted to include industrial pavilions and vacant warehouses. It can be a bit overwhelming when it comes to decorating a large open loft, even to an interior decorator.
These spaces are very spacious; in fact they are so spacious they seem industrious. Not only do they feel this way because of their size, but also because they are made with cold materials. Polished cement floors help spaces seem larger because of their brightness and lack of boards. One possible way to separate the open space into smaller spaces is by staining the concrete floor different colors for different “rooms”. A limited chromatic palette of very intense colors is advisable in this situation. Using limited chromatic palette is advisable, should be with very intense colors. In contrasting with the coldness of the concrete and further enhance the aseptic feeling that surrounds lofts, using bright colors such as reds, oranges, or greens in the kitchen and bathroom is recommended.
When talking about the furniture, few and large. Because we will be seeing the whole picture at a glance, placing too many pieces of furniture will make the room disappear disorderly. A loft shouldn’t be cluttered, and should have an aura of emptiness, not a lot of time or stuff, a fast paced life, lots of work and of an actual life.
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April 22, 2008
The first day of college begins with hopes and dreams of a new future. You walk around the college, drinking in the newness of a world unknown, where the buildings will become a second home to you as you release yourself into a variety of lectures.
Your first day is filled with trepidation as you imagine
what college life will be like. Of course you have watched
“Beverly Hills 90210″ and “The College Years” and have
seen
the picture perfect episodes, describing a life of parties
and fun times and you wonder what acquaintances you’ll
make
and what extra-curricular activities at college you will be
participating in.
The college buzzer rings signaling the start of the first
information session and you join the herd of other college
students fresh out of their last year of high school,
looking around for just a glimpse of anyone you might know,
somebody that you could talk to and perhaps enjoy your
college days with, to no avail. The college information
session begins and as it continues, you sink into your
chair as they ramable off all the general stuff that you
already knew, because you studied the college handbook
as
required before attending. You are thinking what all this
college stuff is about.
College is about the closing of one chapter of your life,
and the beginning of another. It’s a time of expanding and
growing into adulthood. There is a lot of focus on the
higher education aspects of attending college, and it’s
really much more than that.
College is a time to get to know who you are, and what you
may want to do in your life. College gives you an
opportunity to spread your wings, and learn about things
which serve and support you in a “safe” environment.
College
is a time to network, and relationship with other people.
Some of the most important questions you can ask yourself
is
What do I like? What am I interested in? What subject do I
lose myself in? There will be some required courses and
those may not jazz you, but your major should be something
that fits like a glove. If you are unsure, don’t commit to
any one course of direction until you have determined that.
There is an abundance of college options, so take your time
in choosing the one that best suits your needs. It will save
you a lot of time and money and aggravation, in the long
run!
The author has experienced the benefits of a college
education. She credits her college years for building a solid
foundation and rounding out her life. She is a successful
entrepeneur and parent and is involved with her community.
Meghan Semple is passionate about college and
is the webmaster of For
Choosing College
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April 1, 2008
Many students have been purchasing custom essays online and this
has recently caused a great deal of controversy in the education
system. The aim of this article is to describe the transition of
the traditional “essay banks” to what are known as “custom essay
sites” and the further progression to “personalised essay
sites”, and to outline the common grounds under which the use of
these services are deemed to be perfectly legitimate and
reasonable.
The traditional essay banks that still exist today are purveyors
of pre-written essays that allow students to ramble through them
and find an essay that they can use to benefit their studies.
There are many problems associated with the use of essay banks,
for instance not only do they seldom provide the relevant
material to the student, but they are not unique and therefore
they fail to culminate the required research for the customer.
This means that one would have to spend hours searching the
essay banks (often having to purchase the right to view numerous
essays) in order to achieve a reasonable amount of research to
refer to. Not only is this extremely time consuming, but it
could often prove very expensive, with students spending a great
deal of time and money only to end up with more than few vague,
poor quality essays to help them with their studies.
The many problems associated with essay banks led to birth of
the custom essay sites. These sites set out to solve the
problems common to essay banks by providing essays that are
written to the customers’ question. This enabled students to
purchase a model answer specific to their requirements without
having to search the internet for hours. This eventually had its
adverse effects on the market, with many custom essay sites
using this as an opportunity to use their custom essay service
to build up their own essay banks, as well as using their
existing essay banks to create custom research from. Customers
were essentially buying an often wholly plagiarised piece taken
from, or soon to appear on an essay bank. They were essentially
paying for a piece of research that would soon benefit other
students, therefore taking away any competitive advantages that
the model answer would have granted them.
The next phase was the innovative creation of the “personalised
essay service”. These services provide a piece of research that
is custom written to the exact requirements of the customer,
with a guaranteed level such as a guaranteed First Class or 2:1
standard. These essays are scanned for plagiarism, ensuring each
piece of work is unique, furthermore they will not appear on an
essay bank or database for a fair period of time - 4 years or
more, and will never be resold.
Now for the speculation - are these personalised essay sites
aimed to encourage cheating. Having looked at the main websites
in this industry, I have examined the grounds under which their
service is intended and should be used. Under the FAQ section of
one of the main providers, it was fairly argued “Our aim is to
produce essays and research materials in order to aid and
inspire your topic or subject area. We deliver model answers to
the questions that our customers submit to us- that means the
research materials that you receive would guarantee a 2:1 or 1st
class in a like for like exam. The work that our researchers
produce for you is for your own reference, to benefit your final
piece, however it is not intended for you to pass off as your
own. We rely on our customers to use our service sensibly.”
(www.essaysforstudents.com) Furthermore, they retain the
copyright for all their research pieces and if used sensibly,
their service is merely offering substantial support to
customers, just as a private tutor would. They do not condone
cheating in any form and act to discourage it.
By Tanya Scott
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