Home plus is a South Korean/British discount store retail chain jointly owned by Samsung and Tesco with 113 branches throughout South Korea.^[2] Tesco currently holds 94% of the shares in the venture.^[3] Home plus operates both hypermarkets and its express format as well as a home delivery shopping service. Home plus hypermarket stores typically offer general home products, clothing, electronics, and sporting goods. They also usually feature a multi-story car park, large supermarkets, and small, special-purpose stores such as fast food restaurants, travel agencies, appliance-rental firms, pharmacies, and bookstores. There are also "culture centres" in some of the stores. Home plus is the second largest retailer in South Korea, just behind Shinsegae Group.^[3]

Locations[link]

Stores in Seoul & Gyeonggi Province

• Gayang (가양점)
• Gajwa (가좌점)
• Ganseok (간석점)
• Gangdong (강동점)
• Gangseo (강서점)
• Gyeonggi Hannam (경기하남점)
• Gyesan (계산점)
• Guwol (구월점)
• Geumcheon (금천점)
• Gimpo (김포점)
• Gimpo Pungmu (김포풍무점)
• Dongdaemun (동대문점)
• Dongsuwon (동수원점)
• Myeonmok (면목점)
• Mokdong (목동점)
• Banghak (방학점)
• Byeongjeom (병점점)
• Bucheon Sawol (부천사월점)
• Bucheon Sosa (부천소사점)
• Bucheon Yeowol (부천여월점)
• Buksuwol (북수원점)
• Bundang Ori (분당오리점)
• Songwoo (송우점)
• Songta (송타점)
• Sihwa (시화점)
• Sinheung (신흥점)
• Sinnae (신내점)
• Sindorim (신도림점)
• Ansan Gojan (안산고잔점)
• Ansan Seobu (안산서부점)
• Ansan (안산점)
• Anyang (안양점)
• Yatap (야탑점)
• Yeongdeungpo (영등포점)
• Yeongtong (영통점)
• Woncheon (원천점)
• Wolgok (월곡점)
• World Cup (월드컵점)
• Uijeongbu (의정부점)
• Incheon Nonhyeon (인천논현점)
• Inha (인하점)
• Ilsan (일산점)
• Jakjeon (작전점)
• Jamsil (잠실점)
• Junggye (중계점)
• Jungdong (중동점)
• Jinjeop Branch (진접점)
• Kintex (킨텍스점)
• Paju Munsan (파주문산점)
• Pyeongchon (평촌점)
• Pocheon Songwoo (포천송우점)
• Hwaseong Dongtan (화성동탄점)
• Hwaseong Hyangnam (화성향남점)

Stores in Daejeon & Chungcheonnam-do Province

• Gyeryong (계룡점)
• Nonsan (논산점)
• Daejeon Gao (대전가오점)
• Daejeon Dunsan (대전둔산점)
• Daejeon Danbang (대전탄방점)
• Dongdaejeon (동대전점)
• Munhwa (문화점)
• Boryeong (보령점)
• Seodaejeon (서대전점)
• Yuseong (유성점)
• Jochiwon (조치원점)
• Cheonan Sinbang (천안신방점)
• Cheonan (천안점)

References[link]

See also[link]

• Tesco plc
• Samsung Group
• E-mart
• Lotte Mart
• Shinsegae

External links[link]

• E-commerce website (Korean)

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A ranch style single family home

Plans for a human home, by catalog

Many wetlands are home to birds such as these Northern Shoveler ducks.

A home is a place of residence or refuge.^[1] When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can live and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either living in the wild or shared with humans in a domesticated environment. "Home" is also used to refer to the geographical area (whether it be a suburb, town, city or country) in which a person grew up or feels they belong, or it can refer to the native habitat of a wild animal. Sometimes, as an alternative to the definition of "home" as a physical locale ("Home is where you hang your hat"), home may be perceived to have no physical location, instead, home may relate instead to a mental or emotional state of refuge or comfort. Popular sayings along these lines are "Home is where the heart is" or "You can never go home again".

There are cultures in which member lack a permanent home, such as nomadic peoples.

Terminology[link]

A houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington

Makeshift homes in Los Angeles

The word "home" can be used for various types of residential community institutions in which people can live, such as nursing, retirement homes for seniors, prisons for criminals, treatment facilities, etc., and foster homes. A home is generally a place that is close to the heart of the owner, and can become a prized possession.

In computer terminology, a 'home' may refer to a starting view that branches off into other tasks, e.g. a homepage or a desktop. In a full screen editor, home is often used to mean the top-leftmost character cell, or the leftmost cell on a line in a line editor. These are the initial ones used by left-to-right languages. A standard 101-key PC keyboard contains a Home key. Many home pages on the with introductory information, recent news or events, and links to subpages. "Home" may also refer to a home directory which contains the personal files of a given user of the computer system.

Psychological impact[link]

Since it can be said that humans are generally creatures of habit, the state of a person's home has been known to physiologically influence their behavior, emotions, and overall mental health.^{[citation needed]} The loss of a home (due to whatever reason, be it through accident or natural disaster, repossession, or in the case of children simply the decision to move on the part of the parents) can be a valid cause of relocation.

Some people may become homesick when they leave their home over an extended period of time. Sometimes homesickness can cause a person to feel actual symptoms of illness.

It has been argued that psychologically "The strongest sense of home commonly coincides geographically with a dwelling. Usually the sense of home attenuates as one moves away from that point, but it does not do so in a fixed or regular way."^[2] Furthermore, places like homes can trigger self-reflection, thoughts about who someone is or used to be or who they might become. These types of reflections also occur in places where there is a collective historical identity, such as Gettysburg or Ground Zero.^[3]

Gallery[link]

• 

  Two-story house with balconies, Texas (Harry Walker, photographer, 1900-1949)

See also[link]

References[link]

Look up home in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Home

Plus may refer to:

• +, the mathematical sign, see plus and minus signs
• +, the international call prefix
• + (Ed Sheeran album), a 2011 album by Ed Sheeran
• PLUS Loan, a United States Federal student loan
• Plus Magazine, an online mathematics magazine
• Promoting Logical Unified Security, a system for rating a building's security
• Plus (programming language), developed at the University of British Columbia
• "+", a song by Ayumi Hamasaki on her album, Rainbow
• The Professional Liability Underwriting Society, a non-profit organization for the promotion and development of the professional liability industry

Company Names[link]

• Plus Communication Sh.A, a cellphone company in Albania
• Plus (telecommunications Poland), a mobile phone brand in Poland
• Plus (TV channel), digital channel run by Granada Sky Broadcasting
• Plus (interbank network), an international interbank network
• PLUS Markets, a small stock exchange in London, UK
• PLUS Expressway Berhad, concessionaire of the North-South Expressway, Malaysia
• Plus (supermarket), a German supermarket chain
• Plus (Dutch supermarket), a Dutch supermarket chain

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Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Background information
Birth name	Edward Christopher Sheeran
Born	(1991-02-17) 17 February 1991 (age 21)
Origin	Halifax, England
Genres	Folk, acoustic, hip hop, grime
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, producer, rapper, beatboxer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, BOSS Loop Pedal RC-30
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Asylum, Atlantic Records
Associated acts	Yelawolf, Devlin, Wiley, Ghetts, P Money, Wretch 32, Sway DaSafo, Jamie Woon, Yasmin, Amy Wadge[1]
Website	edsheeran.com

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter who is currently signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records.^[2] Sheeran broke through commercially in June 2011, when his debut single "The A Team" debuted at number 3 on the UK chart.^[3]

Life and career[link]

1991–2011: Early life and career beginnings[link]

Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire to Irish^[4] and English^[5] parents, before moving to Framlingham, Suffolk; he is a cousin of TV journalist and presenter Gordon Burns.^[6] He learned guitar at a very young age, and began writing songs during his time at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham.^[7] His early childhood memories, referred to in a interview on the Zane Lowe show, included listening to Van Morrison on his countless trips to London with his parents and going to an intimate gig with Damien Rice in Ireland when he was 11.^[8] He also opened for Nizlopi in Norwich in April 2008 after being one of their guitar technicians.^[7] Sheeran began recording in 2005, which led to the release of his first EP, The Orange Room EP. Sheeran also released 2 albums, a self-titled one in 2006 and Want Some? in 2007. He moved to London in 2008 to play gigs, starting off in very small venues, playing every day, to as little as five people. In 2008, he auditioned for the ITV series Britannia High.^[9]

In 2009, Sheeran played 312 gigs. He said that he read an interview with James Morrison that said that Morrison had done 200 gigs in a year, and Sheeran wanted to beat him on this number.^[10] Also in 2009, he released another EP, You Need Me, just before going on tour with Just Jack. He also did a few collaborations with Leddra Chapman, including Cee Lo Green's Fuck You. In February 2010 Sheeran posted a video through SB.TV, which led to mainstream rapper Example asking Sheeran to tour with him. Also in February 2010 he released his critically acclaimed Loose Change EP, which featured his later debut single "The A Team".

In April 2010, after leaving his old management company, Sheeran bought a ticket to Los Angeles, with no contacts other than one poetry night. He played open mic nights all over the city, before his talent was spotted at The Foxxhole by Jamie Foxx, who was so impressed that he offered Sheeran the use of his recording studio and the run of his Hollywood home for the rest of his stay. Throughout 2010, Sheeran began to be seen by more people over the internet through YouTube and his fan-base grew, with him also getting credit from The Independent newspaper, England football captain Rio Ferdinand and Elton John.^[11] Sheeran also self-released two other EPs in 2010; Ed Sheeran: Live at the Bedford and Songs I Wrote With Amy, which is a collection of love songs he wrote in Wales with fellow singer songwriter Amy Wadge.

Sheeran at Academy 1, Manchester Dot to Dot Festival on Monday 30 May 2011

On 8 January 2011, Sheeran released his final independent EP, No. 5 Collaborations Project featuring appearances by grime artists including Wiley, JME, Devlin, Sway and Ghetts.^[2] With this EP, Sheeran gained mainstream attention for reaching number 2 in the iTunes chart without any promotion or label, selling over 7,000 copies in its first week.^[12] Three months later, Sheeran put on a free show to fans at the Barfly in Camden. Over 1,000 fans turned up to see the show, so Sheeran ended up playing four different shows to make sure everyone saw a gig, including a gig outside on the street after the venue had closed. Later that month, Sheeran was signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records.

[edit] 2011–present: + and commercial success

On 26 April, Sheeran appeared on the TV music show Later... with Jools Holland – where he performed his debut single "The A Team". Six weeks later, "The A Team" was released as a digital download in the UK. The release served as the lead single from Sheeran's debut studio album, entitled +. "The A Team" entered the UK Singles Chart at number three, selling over 58,000 copies in the first week. It was congratulated on being the best selling debut single and the overall eight best selling single of 2011, shifting 801,000 copies.^[13] The lead single also became a top ten hit in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway and the Netherlands. During a headline set in the BBC Introducing tent at Glastonbury Festival 2011, Sheeran announced that "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" would be released on 28 August as the second single from the album. The second single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.^[14]

Sheeran's debut album + was released on 12 September 2011. + received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[15] + debuted number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 102,000 copies in its first week.^[16] It became the second best selling debut album and the ninth biggest-selling album of 2011 in the UK, shifting 791,000 copies.^[17] The album climbed back up to number one on the UK Albums Chart on 1 January 2012, fifteen weeks after it last peaked at the top. The album has been certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 900,000 units.^[18] As of March 2012, the album had sold 1,021,072 copies in the UK.^[19] The album also reached the top ten on the Australian Albums Chart, Flanders Belgian Albums Chart,^[20] Dutch Albums Chart,^[21] Irish Albums Chart,^[22] New Zealand Albums Chart^[23] and the Swiss Albums Chart.^[24]

On 11 November 2011, soul ballad "Lego House" was released as the third single lifted from the debut studio album +.^[25] It received its first radio play on BBC Radio 1 on 8 September 2011.^[26][27] It entered the UK Singles Chart at number five, on 17 November. "Lego House" also reached the top ten on Australian, Irish, Scottish, New Zealand Singles Charts, Flemish Ultratop 50 and the Wallonian Ultratip. "Drunk" was released on 19 February 2012 as the fourth single lifted from +.^[28] "Drunk" became the Sheeran's fourth consecutive top ten single in the UK, when it peaked at number nine.^[29] "Small Bump" is scheduled for a release in late May 2012 as the fifth single.^[30]

The song "Moments" on the debut album by boy band One Direction was co-written by Sheeran.^[31] On 21 February 2012, Sheeran attended the 2012 Brit Awards, he received the Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist, and British Breaktrough of the Year.^[32][33]

On 10 January 2012, it was announced Sheeran would support Snow Patrol on their United States tour from late March until May. On the band's Fallen Empires Tour.^[34]

His song "Give Me Love" was featured in the episode "Dangerous Liaisons" of The Vampire Diaries.^[35][36] At the 2012 Ivor Novello Awards in May 2012, Sheeran's "The A Team" beat Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" and Florence and the Machine's "Shake It Out", winning the award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.^[37]

Philanthropy[link]

Sheeran will perform a gig in Bristol, which has raised £40,000 for a charity that reaches out to street sex workers. Sheeran agreed to the event after one of the women One25 helps contacted him. "It's good to show insight that these people are real people with real emotions and they deserve the same charity work as anyone else," Sheeran said. "There's a lot more popular charities that get a lot of attention. And with certain subjects like this they're often washed over and people don't necessarily give them the attention they deserve." Tickets were available to those taking part in the charity's Give it up for One25 campaign by giving something up for 125 hours and hitting the £125 fundraising mark. Louise Willott, who organised the event at The Fleece, said of Sheeran: "He had volunteered in Crisis in London. which is a homeless shelter, and he had met a woman who told him her story. Her name was Angel. "He then went and did some more research about the issues and obviously he must have been moved and inspired to have written The A Team." Willott added: "The Fleece is quite a small venue - it only holds about 400, which makes it extra exciting as it's really intimate and Ed's not playing those size venues anymore. In total this has raised about £40,000 for the project. Its just going to give us such a boost. This is a difficult time for any charity. There's less money available and there's more competition for it, so to have one event raise £40,000 is just incredible."^[38]

Discography[link]

Album[link]

• + (2011)

Tour[link]

Opening act

• Fallen Empires Tour (North American select dates) (2012)

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

[edit] BRIT Awards

[edit] BT Digital Music Awards

[edit] Ivor Novello Awards

[edit] MOBO Awards

[edit] Q Awards

[edit] UK Music Video Awards

See also[link]

• List of Official Subscription Plays Chart number-one songs from the 2010s

References[link]

External links[link]

• Interview
• Official website
• Ed Sheeran on Myspace
• Ed Sheeran on Facebook
• Ed Sheeran on Twitter
• Ed Sheeran's channel on YouTube

Neon Hitch
Hitch performing at the Highline Ballroom in New York City in October 2010.
Background information
Birth name	Neon Hitch
Born	(1986-05-25) May 25, 1986 (age 26)
Origin	London, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Pop, electropop, dance pop, electro-rock
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2007–present
Labels	The Beats, Warner Bros.
Website	www.neonhitch.net

Neon Hitch (born 25 May 1986) is a British singer and songwriter. She was signed to Mike Skinner and Ted Mayhem's label, The Beats, before it closed down. She was later discovered on MySpace by Benny Blanco who flew her to New York to work with him. Their work together earned her a music publishing deal with EMI and a record deal with Warner Bros. Records.

Life and career[link]

Childhood and youth[link]

Born in the east England countryside of London,^[1] Hitch resented her parents for her birth name, Neon, and wanted to change it to something more conventional.^[2] Her father was a lighting technician.^[3] Her mother bought a caravan to live in when their house burned down.^[4] They then began street performing, making and selling jewelry and clothing around Europe, and consequently, she never attended school.^[1] By the age of four, Hitch was traveling and performing with the Archaos circus. At age of ten, she began writing poetry which led to her writing lyrics.^[3] Her boyfriend noticed that she could sing and encouraged her to hone her singing.^[5] By the time she was in her teens, Hitch was trained as a trapeze artist, fire swinger and stilt walker and had performed across Europe.^[1] Her family was featured in a BBC documentary.^[2] At the age of sixteen, Hitch moved to India for a few years before resettling in London to start her music career.^[1]

Career beginnings: 2007–2010[link]

Through Neneh Cherry's daughter, Hitch met Cherry and her husband, Cameron. He told her to cut a demo, after discussing Hitch's interest in pursuing a music career. Hitch then found a producer in Stage magazine to record a demo, with which Cameron got Hitch signed to 679 Recordings, the label that The Streets was on.^[6] After singing on several tracks for Greensleeves Records, Hitch was signed to Mike Skinner's label The Beats, later going on tour with him.^[1] She also toured with Professor Green and opened for 50 Cent at the Nottingham Arena before The Beats closed in 2007. She was originally supposed to feature on Professor Green's song Just Be Good To Green, but the song was put on hold and she was eventually replaced by Lily Allen. Soon after, Hitch was flown stateside by James Johnson, owner of Pilot Creative Services Inc, who asked her to go to New York to meet with him and his client, songwriter Benny Blanco, on MySpace.^[4] She was homeless at the time, occasionally checking her MySpace account at friends' houses, and could not afford the plane ticket to meet him.^[4] A little over a year later, she signed James and Pilot as her management and quickly landed a publishing deal with EMI.^[3] Within the next year she co-wrote and sang background vocals for pop punk band Friday Night Boys' song "Stupid Love Letter", Kesha's "Blah Blah Blah" and 3OH!3's "Follow Me Down" from the Almost Alice soundtrack.^[3] She was also featured on the song "What's Urban" by Wan-Cee. She was also featured on Benny Blanco's remix of Miike Snow's song "Burial". In early 2010, she was signed to Warner Bros. Records by Kara Dioguardi after a writing session between the two. Hitch later performed at Lollapalooza in the summer.^[7] She also co-wrote "Traces" by Sky Ferreira.^[8]

[edit] 2011–present: Beg, Borrow, and Steal:

Hitch began recording her debut album, Beg, Borrow, and Steal in March 2010 with Blanco.^[3] She released promo single, "Get Over U", co-written by Sia, for free in January 2011. This was followed by "Silly Girl", "Bad Dog" and "Poisoned with Love", the latter which appeared in Teen Wolf and Now That's What I Call Music! 40. She also released a series of covers and mash-up covers of songs by other artists, including Wiz Khalifa's "On My Level", Waka Flocka Flame's "No Hands" and Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci". Hitch was also featured on "Ass Back Home" by Gym Class Heroes, which has peaked at number twelve in the Billboard Hot 100. Hitch's debut album will be released in the summer of 2012, preceded by the single, "Fuck U Betta". The video was released on March 8 of that year. The album will feature collaborations with Imogen Heap, Bruno Mars and Mike Posner.^[9]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

As featured artist[link]

Other appearances[link]

Music videos[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Twitter Street team
• http://pilot-creative.com/#/ARTISTS/NEON_HITCH