Start Here Discussion Board June 8‚ 2014 Social Location To begin I would like to define exactly what social location is‚ according to Henslin‚ "Social location is the group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society. Social location has to do with a person’s age‚ race‚ gender‚ job‚ income‚ and education.” (Henslin 2015 pg2) Our book says‚ “To find out why people do what they do‚ we look at social location” (Henslin‚ 2015 pg3). And I believe it also tells who
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Favorite Location My favorite location is the cemetery in my father’s home town in Puerto Rico. I like this location because it brings me back to my childhood memories. The ocean is on the other side of the cemetery. I enjoy the combination of both. As I arrive and begin to walk up the path I enjoy the smell of the ocean. I stop‚ close my eyes‚ take a deep breath‚ and I take it all in. The beautiful palm trees‚ the smell of the salt ocean and the sound of the blue ocean waves. I love the sound
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Location of Mecca | Coordinates: 21°25′0″N 39°49′0″ECoordinates: 21°25′0″N 39°49′0″E | Country | Saudi Arabia | Province | Makkah Province | Founded by | Prophet Ismā’īl‚ son of Abraham (Islamic tradition) | Government | • Mayor | Usama al-Bar | • Provincial Governor | Khalid al-Faisal | Area[1] | • Urban | 850 km2 (330 sq mi) | • Metro | 1‚200 km2 (500 sq mi) | Elevation | 277 m (909 ft) | Population (2012)[citation needed] | • City | 2‚000‚000 | • Density | 4‚200/km2
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1. A car rental agency uses 96 boxes of staples a year. The boxes cost $4 each. It costs $10 to order staples‚ and carrying costs are $0.80 per box on an annual basis. Determine: (A) the order quantity that will minimize the sum of ordering and holding boxes of staples (B) the annual cost of ordering and carrying the boxes of staples 2. . A service garage uses 120 boxes of cleaning cloths a year. The boxes cost $6 each. Ordering cost is $3 and holding cost is 10 percent of purchase cost per
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system called the supply chain. A retailer purchases goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers directly or through a wholesale‚ and then sells smaller quantities to the consumer for a profit. Retailing can be done in either fixed locations like stores or markets‚ door-to-door or by delivery. Retailing includes subordinated services‚ such as delivery. The term "retailer" is also applied where a service provider services the needs of a large number of individuals‚ such as a public. Shops
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rates affect decisions about facility location in a supply chain? Please select two countries where facilities are located and then respond to this question. 1. Japanese car makers setting assembly plants in the US and other parts of the world 2. Blue Skies Fruits Company from the UK have built a factory in the Free-Trade-Zones enclave of Ghana Duties or tariffs and exchange rates form part of the macroeconomic factors that impact facility location in the supply chain and invariably the
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Location and Layout Case Study Layout of Quality Supermarket in Miami‚ Florida The Quality Supermarket Group operates over 75 retail outlets in Florida‚ of which there are around 10 local Miami/Fort Lauderdale supermarkets. Quality supermarkets compete both by choices of location‚ which are convenient for frequent shoppers‚ and by the quality of the products and service. To remain profitable every Quality manager must maximize the revenue and contribution per square metre but must also minimize
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Assignment 1 Social Location is basically certain class characteristics of yourself that sociologist use to predict your outcomes and get feedback from your opinions. They mainly use this to through interpret the outcomes of surveys or to use the outcomes of survey’s to get the feedback they wanted. Your social locations consist of your job‚ income‚ education‚ gender‚ age‚ and race-ethnicity. If any of these characteristics change so will you self-concept and behavior. My race is African American
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Autonomous Management of Everyday Places for a Personalized Location Provider Abstract—Currently available location technologies such as the global positioning system (GPS) or Wi-Fi fingerprinting are limited‚ respectively‚ to outdoor applications or require offline signal learning. In this paper‚ we present a smartphone-based autonomous construction and management of a personalized location provider in indoor and outdoor environments. Our system makes use of electronic compass and accelerometer
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soldiers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital#General) In general‚ hospitals are normally located in areas where they are other major hospitals as a way to acquire materials at low transportation costs. Unlike other businesses like franchises like McDonalds that would prefer to be in an area where there are no other fast food outlets‚ hospitals enjoy the benefits of being near other hospitals not only in terms of supply of raw materials but also to acquire bigger market shares. Most hospitals are
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