SHOPPING WEB EXERCISES

Shopping on Lands' End

To see the pants I would purchase and all the information about the item click here.
To see the shirt here.

Shopping in Tower Records

The CD I would consider purchasing is As I am from Alicia Keys

Work place injuries

Many people think that work place injuries are not related to the repetitive strain injuries caused by the performance of the same muscle actions over and over again. Well, they are wrong! The aim of a company is always to get the best benefits taking care of the well-being of the employees. People getting hurt in work time periods would lead to sick leaves, and consequently the company would suffer decreases in the profits.

Therefore, giving more free time to the workers for resting for instance, would benefit both the employees and the firm. The employees would feel free to stop working when feeling overloaded, and the company's profits would not drop down because of the sick leaves.

http://www.stat.rice.edu/~cscott/rsi.html

http://www.webreference.com/rsi.html

Laura-- my enemy number 1

This is Laura. She says she is my friend, but I don't really think so after what she wrote in her blog about me. That I don't know how to combine colors???? Why are you so mean to me little loser??? Well, that's fine. I accept your critics but don't be surprise if I keep on adding posts in my blog about you. This is the war!!! hahaha!!!!!!

Exercise 5

Internet Plagiarism

I believe plagiarism is a really bad thing because it means copying the work that somebody else has done. Obviously it's not the same copying an essay or a final project for example, so the measures to be taken are not the same. So yes, a school's response to this issue should depend on different factors, but never the assignment for which it was copied or the reason why it was copied. It should only depend on the material that was copied. As the text says it is possible to ruin an academic career by accusing an student of plagiarism, and it's not worthy to do it for copying an insignificant writing.

http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm

File Sharing

From my point of view it is more than acceptable to download music, videos or any other files as otherwise we would have to spend a lot of money in the stores. This gives us the opportunity of getting to know the career life of an artist that we could be interested on, and consequently buy a CD, a movie or whatever that he or she has done.

http://www.cippic.ca/file-sharing/

Monitoring Employees

Monitoring computers might be useful to improve productivity, increase security, reduce miscounduct, and control liability risks, but it is also a violation of privacy for the workers of a company. One of the targets that a firm has is the well being of the employees working in there, and this is not the way to get it. But it is also t

Going once, going twice...SOLD!!!

Exercise 1

Surfing at the Christies Web site I've seen Indonesian Art that has been sold to somebody in Amsterdam, Holland, and I found it was very interesting because I never thought about Indonesia further than a touristic place. What an ignorant I am!!!

Another thing that attracted my attention was the Magnificent Jewls that were sold in New York City. And it's not like I'm one of those crazy girls that loves jewls, but because of the extremly high price:38,878,650!!!!!

Exercise2

Looking at the auction Web site eBay I've seen one of my dream cars, the Cadillac Escalade.

It is a huge 4x4 car which I saw for the first time in the USA, and I was marveled by the beauty of the car. My friends say it's ugly and that I'm crazy, but I like it!

Only two people have bid on this item sold by mundaychevrolet. The opening bid was $1, and the current one is $1.50, so I might try it. Who knows? Maybe I get to purchase this car for $3!

For more information click here:

I've also found a great trip for 6 days to Hawaii. I love travelling and learning about other cultures and customs. I usually prefer more cultural destinations, but Hawaii is one of the places I would choose for my honey moon, if I ever get married of course. If not, then I'll go with my friends. I'll have fun anyways!!!

The article doesn't give any information about the opening or the current bid, it only says that it's sold by fundestinations.

For more information click here:

And here:
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/hawaii/flights-to-hawaii.php

Exercise I

1.Job Outsourcing

My personal opinion is that outsourcing is not good at all because it leads to layoffs and dislocations, and it only benefits to the owners of a company, never to the workers.

http://www.cfr.org/publication/7749/trade.html

2.The Truth

A Web site makes it easy for the users to know who is the responsable for the information that we are reading, but this doesn't mean that they verify the information written in there.

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/evalhealthinfo.html

3.Computer Games

I don't know this game at all but after reading a little bit about it I understand that, as many other games, is a bad influence for anybody who plays with them. It wouldn't be the first time that somebody has mixed fantasy with reallity.

http://planetgrandtheftauto.gamespy.com/
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/

How can I get to Disneyland Paris?

To see the directions to get to Disneyland Paris by road and a map click here:

Total Est. Time: 7 hours, 7 minutes Total Est. Distance: 511.28 miles

Flight Details
Lufthansa
Flight 4509 / 4278
3:00pm
Bilbao, Spain (BIO)
7:00pm
Paris, France (CDG)
4hrs - 1 Stop
Change planes in Duesseldorf, Germany (DUS)
$249per person

Budget (car rental agency)
$278 / Wk
TotalPrice$374.68

Destination for a getaway

LONDON

About the city

London is situated in south-eastern England at the head of the River Thames estuary. Settled by the Romans as an important shipping point for crops and minerals, it gradually developed into the wealthy capital of a thriving industrial and agricultural nation. The expansion in the 19th century of the British Empire increased London's influence still further. Since World War II the city's prominence on the international stage has diminished, but it remains a flourishing financial centre and home to one of the world's most important stock exchanges. In addition, it is the foremost tourist destination in Britain, a centre of academic excellence, and one of the cultural capitals of the world. The term “City of London”, or “the City”, is applied only to a small area known as the Square Mile that was the original settlement (ancient Londinium) and is now part of the financial and business district of the metropolis. The City of London and 32 surrounding boroughs constitute the Greater London metropolitan area, which covers some 1,580 sq km (620 sq mi).

Population

In 1995 the population of Greater London was estimated at 7,007,100 with two thirds resident in outer London. Although the population is no longer as large as in mid-century it has recently been increasing, rising at an average of 20,000 per year since 1984. London's population is heavily concentrated (at about 4,409 people per sq km/11,238 per sq mi) relative to other metropolitan areas in the country. The arrival of immigrants has contributed considerably to the variations in population figures, and the capital is the most ethnically diverse region in the United Kingdom. Ethnic minority communities account for over a third of the population in the boroughs of Brent, Hackney, Newham, and Tower Hamlets.

Colleges and Universities

London University was founded in 1837 and is the largest university in Britain, comprising many prominent colleges, institutes, and schools. These include the medical schools attached to London's teaching hospitals and other renowned centres of educational excellence, including University College London; King's College; the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine; and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Other universities located in the capital include the City University, the University of East London, the University of Greenwich, Kingston University, London Guildhall University, Middlesex University, the University of North London, South Bank University, Thames Valley University, and the University of Westminster. The Royal College of Art, next to the Royal Albert Hall, awards postgraduate degrees. London is also the home of the British Academy, which promotes historical, philosophical, and philological studies; the Royal Academy; the Royal Academy of Engineering; and the Royal Society, devoted to the encouragement of the sciences.

Parks

Two thirds of London is intensively built up, yet the capital is well endowed with parks and open spaces. Hyde Park, adjoining Kensington Gardens, was formerly known as the “lung of London”. Regent's Park, to the north of the West End, is surrounded by elegant buildings designed by John Nash for the Prince Regent (hence its name) and contains the Zoological Gardens (the London Zoo). Other important open spaces in London, some of them royal parks, include Green Park, St James's Park, Hampstead Heath, Holland Park, Battersea Park, Parliament Hill Fields, and Primrose Hill. In outer London there are some extended green areas such as Richmond Park, Bushey Park, Kew Gardens (incorporating the famous Royal Botanic Gardens), and Greenwich Park.

History

London experienced several disasters in the 17th century. The first was political. Growing tensions between the early Stuart kings and Parliament provoked from 1641 a chain of events that led to the Civil War. After the City gave refuge in January 1642 to five Members of Parliament whom Charles I had tried to arrest, the bonds between Parliament and London became cemented. In August 1642 the king raised his standard in Nottingham. His flight from London left the way open for radicals to take over the city. With war declared, Charles's first priority was to capture the unruly city, which would have won the war at a stroke. His chance came early, before the parliamentary army was organized. On November 12, 1642, royalists overwhelmed the parliamentary troops at Brentford; to parry the inescapable attack, London gathered its trained bands in a force of 24,000 at Turnham Green, to the west by Chiswick Common; Charles hesitated, retired to Reading, and missed his golden chance of seizing the mutinous capital. London then threw up an impressive defence system, ringing the City with a vast system of ditches and fortifications. Thereafter, during the remaining four years of civil war, London remained securely in parliamentary hands, and the city's wealth ensured ultimate parliamentary victory.

After World War I, London continued to thrive and sprawl. Electric trams, the underground railway system, the building of new arterial roads, the motor bus, and eventually the rise of car ownership led to the mushrooming of outer suburban dormitory areas 15 to 25 km (10 or 15 mi) from the centre. Some became employment centres in their own right. The Empire Exhibition of 1924 boosted Wembley, while air travel led to the construction of London Airport (later called Heathrow), which gave a lasting boost to the economy of west London. A new suburban culture highlighted the semi-detached house, built in huge numbers from the 1920s, affordable by the lower middle classes with the aid of cheap mortgages. It was not to everyone's taste. “The life of the suburb,” declared Sir Walter Besant, one of London's most eminent historians, was life “without any society; no social gatherings or institutions; as dull a life as mankind ever tolerated.” So long as the British Empire remained powerful, London's economy boomed, overriding the disruptions of World War I. The City's finance-houses, merchant banks, and insurance companies had no equal, and the port handled immense quantities of trade from all over the world. London also remained a major manufacturing centre, particularly for high-quality goods, becoming an early home of the motor-car and electrical industries.

Theaters and Museums

London is one of the world's leading centres for theatre, and there are about 100 theatres in the capital. These include the three auditoriums of the Royal National Theatre in the South Bank Centre; the two auditoriums in the London base of the Royal Shakespeare Company at the City's Barbican Centre; and the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square, home of the English Stage Company, which stages work by new playwrights. The largest concentration of commercial theatres is in the West End, around Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross Road, and the Strand. In 1989 the partial remains of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare acted, and the Rose Theatre, where his plays were performed during his lifetime, were excavated on the south bank of the Thames in central London: a modern reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, near its original site, was unveiled in 1996.

London's museums and art galleries contain some of the most comprehensive collections of objects of artistic, archaeological, scientific, historical, and general interest. The British Museum in Bloomsbury is one of the biggest and most famous museums in the world. Its collections range from Egyptian and Classical antiquities through Saxon treasures to more recent artefacts. The Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington is an assembly of fine and decorative art collections from all over the world. There are magnificent examples of porcelain, glass, sculpture, fabrics and costume, furniture, and musical instruments, all set in a building of Victorian grandeur. Nearby are the Museum of Natural History and the Science Museum. On the other side of London, in the City itself, is the Museum of London, which has exhibits dealing with the development of the capital from its origins to the present day.

A Tour in London

London straddles the River Thames, 80 km (50 mi) upriver from its mouth at the Nore, where the English Channel joins the North Sea. Most of London, including its central districts and the majority of its famous landmarks, lies to the north of the river. The original settlement that gave London its name was the Roman fort of Londinium, founded in the first century AD. The City of London is on the site where this stood, and the description of the Roman town as “a busy emporium for trade and traders” by the Roman historian Tacitus seems equally apt today. St Paul's Cathedral stands on the western edge of the City, and the Tower of London, the Norman fortress built by William the Conqueror to defend his new lands late in the 11th century (and now listed as a conservation site in the World Heritage List), lies to the south-east. Spanning the river to Southwark (west of Tower Bridge) is London Bridge, a modern replacement of the only bridge over the Thames in London until the 18th century. To the east and north-east of the City are the predominantly working-class districts of the East End, home to successive waves of immigrants from Ireland, continental Europe, and the former British Empire. Lively and industrious, the East End continues to have many thriving small businesses. The area known as Docklands comprises (on the north bank of the Thames) the districts of Wapping and Poplar, the Isle of Dogs, the Royal Docks, and (to the south of the Thames) Surrey Docks. Docklands is the site of a massive inner city regeneration project. West of the City lie the ancient Inns of Court (Lincoln's Inn, Middle Temple, Inner Temple, and Gray's Inn), the legal district occupied by barristers and firms of solicitors; and Fleet Street, once the home of Britain's national press (which has now relocated to other parts of the capital). Further to the north-west is Bloomsbury, the haunt in the 1920s of a renowned group of literary intellectuals (the Bloomsbury Group), thanks to its proximity to London University and the British Museum.

Why London

I've chosen this destination because I've already been there and I love it. From my point of view London is the perfect city to spend a weekend. The numerous museums to visit, musicals to see, the beauty of the city or the different ethnic groups living together makes me wanna go back.

Costs

25Premier Travel Inn Heathrow Bath Road

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8.93 mi / 14.37 kmfrom London
The Premier Travel Inn Heathrow Bath Road is situated less than two miles from London Heathrow International Airport. Local attractions include the National Gallery, Legoland, and the Hatton Cross station.View More Hotel Info. Amenities All room options
Package Includes:
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Booked separately:
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Travelocity Savings:
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Travelocity price:
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$559
includes Flight + Hotel, Taxes & Fees

I would have to add about 300€ for additional costs such as meals, tickets to events and activities.

Lesson II, Exercise II

1) As a first step to fulfilling that mission, Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed a new approach to online search that took root in a Stanford University dorm room and quickly spread to information seekers around the globe. Google is now widely recognized as the world's largest search engine.

2)PageRank Technology: PageRank reflects Google's view of the importance of web pages by considering more than 500 million variables and 2 billion terms. Pages that Google believes are important pages receive a higher PageRank and are more likely to appear at the top of the search results.

3) -The "I'm Feeling Lucky™" button takes you directly to the first web page Google returned for your query. You will not see the other search results at all. An "I'm Feeling Lucky" search means you spend less time searching for web pages and more time looking at them.

-When you click on the "Similar Pages" link for a search result, Google automatically scouts the web for pages that are related to this result.

The Similar Pages feature can be used for many purposes. If you like a particular site's content, but wish it had more to say, Similar Pages can find sites with similar content with which you may be unfamiliar. If you are looking for product information, Similar Pages can find competitive information so you can make direct comparisons. If you are interested in researching a particular field, Similar Pages can help you find a large number of resources very quickly, without having to worry about selecting the right keywords.

-Froogle is a searchable and browsable shopping index tuned to finding products for sale online.

4-5) HTML 3,310,000,000. hypertext markup language. Is the predominant markup ñlanguage for web pages. 0,29 seconds
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HTML, short for Hypertext Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document.

6) After reading one of the turorials I see that the explanation of how to create a Web page is very detailed, but I still don't think that I would be able to follow the instructions. It seems to me that it is something very complicated that only people who really know how to use a computer could to it. And I don't.

KING OF ROCK&ROLL

Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, and grew up surrounded by gospel music of the Pentecostal church.

In 1953, an 18-year-old Presley visited the Memphis Recording Service Records to record his voice. Owner/producer was struck by the plaintive emotion in Presley’s vocals and subsequently teamed him with guitarist and bassist Bill Black.

Presley’s hip-shaking performances on a series of TV variety shows, including Ed Sullivan’s, generated hysteria and controversy. From blistering rockers to aching balladry, Presley captivated and liberated the teenage audience.

the Seventies represent the performing chapter in Presley’s career. He toured constantly, performing to capacity crowds around the country until his death. Presley died of a heart attack at Graceland, his Memphis mansion, on August 16, 1977. He was 42 years old.




KING OF POP

Michael Jackson was born in August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, and is a singer, songwriter, dancer and celebrity icon with a vast catalog of hit records and countless awards to his credit.

Jackson became an instant star at age 11 as the cherubic frontman in Motown’s phenomenally successful family act, the .But that band of brothers, who kicked off their Motown tenure in 1969 with the unprecedented feat of four consecutive #1 singles, was just a prelude to the heights he would scale as a solo artist in the Eighties with the success of Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad.Those three albums sent Jackson into a high celebrity orbit, however, it was Thriller that broke all records, revitalizing and revolutionizing the music business. Released in November 1982, Thriller yielded a staggering seven hits: “The Girl Is Mine” (#2) “Billie Jean” (#1), “Beat It” (#1), “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” (#5), “Human Nature” (#7), “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” (#10) and “Thriller” (#4).

Jackson won eight Grammy Awards and seven American Music Awards for Thriller, and in 1985, it was proclaimed the Best Selling Album of All Time by the Guinness Book of Records.

He has been proclaimed “the biggest-selling artist of all time,” “the single most awarded entertainer the world has ever known,” “the most popular artist in the history of show business,” and “the world’s most famous man.” He is also, by his own reckoning, the “King of Pop.”

Entertainment today!!!

The Oscar winner opens up on Oprah!

HALLE BERRY appeared on today's "OPRAH WINFREY Show" speaking publicly for the first time since announcing her pregancy last month. "I'm sort of superstitious, so I saved all of the negative tests in a drawer," she says. "Don't ask! I don't know why, but I did. After about 35 tests, we finally got a positive test."


Britney Spears will go back to rehab in a bid to get custody of her kids, according to OK! magazine.

The latest issue reports that the pop star will attempt to Eric Claptons rehabilitation centre in Antigua in hopes of getting custody of her two children with ex Kevin Federline.Earlier today, a court ruled that Federline could retain custody of their two sons, while Britney was granted monitored visitation rights.

The Emmy winner is a triple threat in the new issue of 'InStyle'!

Newly minted Emmy winner KATHERINE HEIGL is on the cover of the new InStyle magazine not once, not twice -- but three times!

The "Grey's Anatomy" star, whose next big-screen foray is the wedding-themed '27 Dresses,' is the magazine's first-ever triple cover girl. She takes on three different personas for each InStyle cover: The Ingénue, The Bombshell and The Vixen!

Bruce Willis is one of my favorite actors, and the action movies played by him Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), and directed by John McTiernan, the movies that I like the most.

Willis, a well known actor and musician, was born in West Germany in 19 March, 1955 and raised in New Jersey. He was chosen to play John McClane in Die Hard because the producers felt he brought warmth and humor to an otherwise cold and humorless character. His performance as John McClane in the "Die Hard" trilogy is ranked #46 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

John McTiernan was born the 8th of January, 1951 in Albany, New York.

Director of the hit films Die Hard (1988) and The Hunt for Red October (1990), in a criminal-information case filed by the U.S. attorney, plead guilty to lying to F.B.I. agents about having had Anthony Pellicano wiretap producer Charles Roven (Three Kings (1999), Batman Begins (2005)). Sentenced to four months in federal prison on 09/24/07.

I can perfectly remember the first time I used the Internet because it wasn't a long time ago.

I don't really like the computers and I don't understand them either, so everytime I had to search for information, I used to do it looking it in different encyclopedias, or asking a friend to look it up for me.

It was about three years ago when I started to learn how to use it. I was in Denver for a whole year and it would be too expensive for me to be calling my family and friends by telephone, so I had to do it. It was an absolutely nightmare at the beginning, and still it's not easy.

I've never used chat rooms and I don't trust buying things online. It might sound ridiculous, but I'm afraid of somebody getting my credit card number and stilling all my money.