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Che Guevara

Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, medical doctor, political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas.In his book "The Socialism and Man in Cuba", which said that "a man can really reach his perfect humanity levels when he production without being force by his phisicaly needs". Thats what I call a Real Communism.

University

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchRepresentation of a university class, 1350s. University Portal A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of teachers and scholars".

Coffee

StarbucksFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchFor other meanings of the name "Starbuck", see Starbuck.Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is a coffeehouse chain based in the United States. Named after a character in the novel Moby-Dick, Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world,[1] with 7,521 self-operated and 5,647 licensed stores in 39 countries.[2] Starbucks serves drip brewed coffee, espresso- and non-espresso-based hot beverages, tea, and ice-blended drinks. It supplements these offerings with pastries, salads, and sandwiches. It also sells coffee mugs and other paraphernalia, as well as bagged coffee beans. Through its Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand, the company has ventured beyond refreshments into books, music, and film.From its founding in Seattle, Washington, as a local coffee bean roaster and retailer, Starbucks has experienced a rapid expansion. It has also been the subject of a number of controversies. In the 1990s, the company was opening a new store every workday, a pace that continued into the 2000s. Domestic growth has since slowed down, though the company continues to expand in foreign markets. The first international location outside of the U.S. and Canada was established in 1996, and they now comprise almost one third of Starbucks' stores.[3]

Hotel

HotelFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchThis article or section is missing citations and/or footnotes.This article or section contains insufficiently sourced phrases. Using inline citations helps guard against copyright violations and factual inaccuracies. You may improve the article or discuss this issue on its talk page. Help on using footnotes is available. This article has been tagged since June 2007.For other uses, see Hotel (disambiguation).Not to be confused with hostel. A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare. Some hotels have conference services and meeting rooms and encourage groups to hold conventions and meetings at their location.In Australia, the word may also refer to a pub or bar. In the UK similarly, many pubs with "hotel" in their name do not offer accommodation or even food.In India, the word may also refer to a restaurant since the best restaurants were always situated next to a good hotel. Dariush Grand Hotel, Kish island, Iran The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. Built in the fourteenth century, the hotel has 48 rooms and 365 acres (1.5 km²) of gardens.

Future

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchFor other uses, see Future (disambiguation).The neutrality or factuality of this article may be compromised by weasel words. You can help Wikipedia by improving these statements.Look up Future inWiktionary, the free dictionary.In a linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the time line that has yet to occur, i.e. the place in space-time where lie all events that still have not occurred. In this sense the future is opposed to the past (the set of moments and events that have already occurred) and the present (the set of events that are occurring now).The future has always had a very special place in philosophy and, in general, in the human mind. This is true largely because human beings often want a forecast of events that will occur. It is perhaps possible to argue that the evolution of the human brain is in great part an evolution in cognitive abilities necessary to forecast the future, i.e. abstract imagination, logic and induction. Imagination permits us to “see” (i.e. predict) a plausible model of a given situation without observing it, therefore mitigating risks. Logical reasoning allows one to predict inevitable consequences of actions and situations and therefore gives useful information about future events. Induction permits the association of a cause with consequences, a fundamental notion for every forecast of future time.Despite these cognitive instruments for the comprehension of future, the stochastic nature of many natural and social processes has made forecasting the future a long-sought aim of many people and cultures throughout the ages. Figures claiming to see into the future, such as prophets and diviners, have enjoyed great consideration and even social importance in many past and present communities. Whole pseudo-sciences, such as astrology and cheiromancy, were constructed with the aim of forecasting the future. Much of physical science too can be read as an attempt to make quantitative and objective predictions about events.The Future also forms a prominent subject for religion. Religions often offer prophecies about life after death and also about the end of the world.This science article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future"

Resorts

Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools.ResortFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. Resorts are places, towns such as Sochi in Russia, Newport, Rhode Island or St. Moritz, Switzerland, or larger regions, like the Adirondack Mountains or the Italian Riviera. A resort is not merely a commercial establishment operated by a single company, although in the late twentieth century this sort of facility became more common. Such a self-contained resort attempts to provide for all or most of a vacationer's wants while remaining on the premises, such as food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping. The term "resort" sometimes is misused to identify a hotel that does not provide the other amenities required of a full resort. However, a hotel is frequently a central feature of a resort, such as the Grand Hotel at Mackinac Island, Michigan. Towns that contain resorts—or where tourism or vacationing is a major part of the local activity—are often called resort towns.The Walt Disney World Resort is a prominent example of a modern, self-contained commercial resort. Resorts exist throughout the world, increasingly attracting visitors from around the globe. Thailand, for instance, has become a popular destination. Resorts are especially prevalent in Central America and the Caribbean.Closely related to resorts are convention and large meeting sites. Generally these occur in cities where special meeting halls, together with ample accommodations as well as varied dining and entertainment are provided.

Design

DesignFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Design, usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavors, is used both as a noun and a verb. As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, or component. As a noun, "a design" is used for both the final (solution) plan (e.g. proposal, drawing, model, description) or the result of implementing that plan (e.g. object produced, result of the process). More recently, processes (in general) have also been treated as products of design, giving new meaning to the term "process design".Designing normally requires a designer considering aesthetic, functional, and many other aspects of an object or process, which usually requires considerable research, thought, modeling, interactive adjustment, and re-design. All Saints Chapel in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The building structure and decorations are both examples of design. Design, when applied to fashion, includes considering aesthetics as well as function in the final form. A drawing for a booster engine for steam locomotives. Engineering is applied to design, with emphasis on function and the utilization of math and science.

Supermarket

SupermarketFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchExterior of a typical British supermarket (a Tesco Extra)Exterior of typical North American supermarket (a Safeway)This Flagship Randalls store in Houston, Texas is an example of an upscale supermarket.A supermarket is a departmentalized self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise. It is larger in size and has a wider selection than a traditional grocery store and it is smaller than a hypermarket.The supermarket typically comprises meat, produce, dairy, and baked goods departments along with shelf space reserved for canned and packaged goods as well as for various nonfood items such as household cleaners, pharmacy products, and pet supplies. Most supermarkets also sell a variety of other household products that are consumed regularly, such as alcohol (where permitted), household cleaning products, medicine, clothes, and some sell a much wider range of non-food products.The traditional supermarket occupies a large floor space on a single level and is situated near a residential area in order to be convenient to consumers. Its basic appeal is the availability of a broad selection of goods under a single roof at relatively low prices. Other advantages include ease of parking and, frequently, the convenience of shopping hours that extend far into the evening. Supermarkets usually make massive outlays for newspaper and other advertising and often present elaborate in-store displays of products. Supermarkets are often part of a chain that owns or controls (sometimes by franchise) other supermarkets located in the same or other towns; this increases the opportunities for economies of scale.In North America, supermarket chains are often supplied from the distribution centers of a larger business, such as Loblaw Companies in Canada, which owns thousands of supermarkets across the nation. They have a distribution center in every province — usually in the largest city in the province.Supermarkets usually offer products at low prices by reducing margins. Certain products (typically staples such as bread, milk and sugar) are often sold as loss leaders, that is, with negative margins. To maintain a profit, supermarkets attempt to make up for the low margins with a high overall volume of sales, and with sales of higher-margin items. Customers usually shop by putting their products into shopping carts (trolleys) or baskets (self-service) and pay for the products at the check-out. At present, many supermarket chains are trying to reduce labor costs further by shifting to self-service check-out machines, where a group of four or five machines is supervised by a single assistant.A larger full-service supermarket combined with a department store is sometimes known as a hypermarket. Other services that supermarkets may have include banks, cafés, creches, photo development, video rental, pharmacies, and/or gas stations.Contents[hide]1 History2 Typical supermarket merchandise3 Typical store architecture4 Criticisms5 See also6 References7 Further reading8 External links//

Data storage device

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Redirected from Data storage)Jump to: navigation, searchA data storage device is a device for recording (storing) information (data). Recording can be done using virtually any form of energy. A storage device may hold information, process information, or both. A device that only holds information is a recording medium. Devices that process information (data storage equipment) may either access a separate portable (removable) recording medium or a permanent component to store and retrieve information.Electronic data storage is the storage procedure which requires electrical power to store and retrieve data. Most storage devices that do not require visual optics to read data fall into this category. Electronic data may be stored in either an analog or digital signal format. This type of data is considered to be electronically encoded data, whether or not it is electronically stored. Most electronic data storage media is considered permanent (non-volatile) storage, that is, the data will remain stored when power is removed from the device. In contrast, electronically stored information is considered volatile memory.With the exception of barcodes and OCR data, electronic data storage is easier to revise and may be more cost effective than alternative methods due to smaller physical space requirements and the ease of replacing (rewriting) data on the same medium. However, the durability of methods such as printed data is still superior to that of most electronic storage media. The durability limitations may be overcome with the ease of duplicating (backing-up) electronic data.Many different consumer electronic devices can store data.Edison cylinder phonograph ca. 1899. The Phonograph cylinder is a storage medium. The phonograph may or may not be considered a storage device. Posted by My Luv at 21:45 0 comments Labels: Thing's School From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchSchools PortalUniversity PortalEducation PortalThis article is about institutions for learning. For the concept of "schooling", see Education. For other uses of the word "school", see School (disambiguation) or Educational institution.A school is an institution where students (or "pupils") learn while under the supervision of teachers. In most systems of formal education, students progress through a series of schools: primary school, secondary school, and possibly a university or vocational school. A school may also be dedicated to one particular field, such as a school of economics or a school of dance. In home schooling and online schools, teaching and learning take place outside of a traditional school building.Contents[hide]1 Regional varieties2 School sizes and structures3 School ownership and operation4 History and development of schools5 School security6 School health services7 Online schools/classes8 Schools in popular culture9 Stress10 Discipline11 References12 Bibliography13 See also//

Online shop

Online shopFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchThis article does not cite any references or sources.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!)Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.This article has been tagged since December 2006.Online shopping is the process consumers go through to purchase products or services over the Internet. An online shop, e-shop, e-store, internet shop, webshop or online store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or in a shopping mall. It is an electronic commerce application used for business-to-business electronic commerce (B2B) or business-to-consumer electronic commerce (B2C). Online shopping is popular mainly because of its speed and ease of use. Some issues of concern can include fluctuating exchange rates for foreign currencies, local and international laws and delivery methods.Contents[hide]1 Product reviews2 Store reputation3 Price comparison3.1 Discounts3.2 Means of payment3.3 Product Delivery4 Security issues5 Shopping cart systems6 Free software7 Comparison8 History9 References10 See also//[edit] Product reviewsOnline shoppers can easily learn from previous experiences of different products, mostly by reading user or expert reviews. Many online stores allow customers to comment or rate their items. There are also dedicated review sites that host user reviews for different products.[edit] Store reputationIt is important to do business with reputable online stores to avoid possible Internet fraud and to easily exchange or return when things go wrong. Shoppers often read store ratings or reviews by other customers if they are not familiar with some online stores.Some general guidelines apply when choosing an online storeHonesty in providing product information and availabilitySpeed of orders processingShipping cost and speed: online package tracking is popularReturn/exchange policy: the time frame customers can return/exchange; who should pay the returning shipping; if there is any restocking fee etc. (Note: In the United Kingdom, Online shops are prohibited from charging a restocking fee if the consumer cancels their order in accordance with the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Act 2000 http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/business_leaflets/general/oft698.pdf)Some online stores also provide live chat with their representatives in case customer need to discuss the product.[edit] Price comparisonAn advantage of shopping online is being able to use the power of the internet to seek out the best deals available for items or services. For example if one is buying a digital camera he/she should enter "digital camera" into a search engine or a price search engine. Most price comparison services have the advantage of store ratings and reviews. The differences between the online prices and local store prices also rely on the shipping cost and tax.[edit] DiscountsMain article: Online shopping rewardsThere are multiple websites that compile coupon or discount information for most online merchants.[edit] Means of paymentOnline shoppers commonly use their credit card for making payments, however some systems enable users to create accounts and pay by alternative means, such asDebit cardVarious types of electronic moneyCash on delivery (C.O.D.) Note: Very few online stores will ship C.O.D.ChequeWire transfer/delivery on paymentPostal money orderPayPalGoogle CheckoutReverse SMS billing to mobile phonesGift CardsDirect Debit in some countriesSome sites will not allow international credit cards and billing address and shipping address have to be in the same country in which site does its business. Other sites allow customers from anywhere to send gifts anywhere.[edit] Product DeliveryOnce a payment has been accepted the goods or services can be delivered in the following ways.Download: This is the method often used for digital media products such as software, music, movies, or images.Shipping: The product is shipped to the customer's address.In-store pickup: The customer orders online, finds a local store using locator software and picks the product up at the closest store. This is the method often used in the bricks and clicks business model.[edit] Security issuesUser and payment data is encrypted by SSL when it is transferred on the Internet.Quality seals can be placed on the Shop webpage if it has undergone an independent assessment and meets all requirements of the company issuing the seal. The purpose of these seals is to increase the confidence of the online shoppers; the existence of many different seals foils this effort to a certain extent.The ability of the online merchant to determine the identity of the purchaser is still the major security issue. Repudiations of involvement with online transactions can happen even 6 months after the date of transaction.Privacy of personal information is a big issue. In spite of Privacy Guidelines of the OECD, for example, privacy violations still occur and hamper eCommerce from developing to its full potential.[edit] Shopping cart systemsSee also: Shopping cart softwareSimple systems allow the offline administration of products and categories. The shop is then generated as HTML files and graphics that can be uploaded to a webspace. These systems do not use an online database.A high end solution can be bought or rented as a standalone program or as an addition to an Enterprise resource planning program. It is usually installed on the company's own webserver and may integrate very well into the existing supply chain so that ordering, payment, delivery, accounting and warehousing can be automated to a large extent.Other solutions allow the user to register and create an online shop on a portal that hosts multiple shops at the same time.Open Source solutions can be adapted and installed on a webspace.There exist commercial systems that can be tailored to ones needs so that the shop does not have to be created from scratch. By using a framework already existing, software modules for different functionalities required by a webshop can be adapted and combined.[edit] Free softwareosCommerceCRE LoadedZen Cart[edit] ComparisonMain article: Comparison of ecommerce solutions[edit] History1990: Tim Berners-Lee wrote "The WorldWideWeb browser" using a NeXT computer.1994: Netscape released the Navigator browser in October under the code name Mozilla. Pizza Hut offered pizza ordering on its Web page. The first online bank opened. Attempts to offer flower delivery and magazine subscriptions online. "Adult" materials were also commercially available, as were cars and bikes. Netscape 1.0 in late 1994 introduced SSL encryption that made transactions secure.1995: Jeff Bezos launched Amazon.com and the first commercial 24 hr. internet only radio stations "Radio HK" and Netradio started broadcasting. Dell and Cisco began to aggressively use Internet for commercial transactions. eBay was founded by computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb.1998: Electronic postal stamps can be purchased and downloaded for printing from the Web.1999: business.com was sold for US $7.5 million (purchased in 1997 for US $150,000) The peer-to-peer filesharing software "Napster" was launched.2000: The dot-com bust.2003: Amazon.com: first-ever full-year profit.[edit] References[edit] See alsoBricks and clicks business modelElectronic businessElectronic commerceInternet fraudShopping cartStreaming mediaOpen catalogueOnline flower deliveryOnline bankingOnline auction business modelOnline advertisingOnline CatalogOnline food orderingOnline Personal ShopperOnline advertisingOnline walletOnline trading communityOnline pharmacyOnline video game rentalOnline DVD rentalOnline used car shoppingVirtual shoppingRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_shop"