...Introduction We live in a society where it is simply impossible to live without your smartphone tracking your location. There are various ways that location-based tracking is utilized on smartphones for good purposes; but what about the not so good purposes? People make very good use of the tracking software located on smartphone from looking up directions to a hotel to checking the local traffic updates while in route to work. And when completing these tasks, they may not know that those locations are actually being stored in the smart phone. The stored list of locations can be used to send out local ads or be used to target that individual. One must be aware of location-based tracking software located on smartphones. Location-based Tracking Apps There are many different applications that use location-based tracking. However, I only use two on my Android. The two that I use is GPS Navigator and Point. I only use GPS Navigator when I need directions to a particular place or need traffic updates when I am out of town. I use Point to find local restaurants, shops, movies, and businesses when I travel out of town. I do not use them very often. However, after using those applications, I un-install any updates for those apps and clear all cache on my phone. This will delete any saved information that was logged. Privacy Policy What is a privacy policy? Wikipedia defines a privacy policy as “a statement or legal document that discloses some or all the ways a party gathers...
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...My sister owns a small clothing store. During a conversation at a family dinner, she mentioned her frustration with having to manually track and reorder high demand items. She would like an automated system but has a very small budget. Manually tracking orders is not a good way to do business. A good example would be if you were tracking inventory using EXCEL you could accidentally delete the file, or a virus could destroy your system. Pen and paper tracking is not efficient, and it leaves a lot of room for human error. The purpose of inventory management is to provide uninterrupted production, sales, and customer service levels at the minimum cost. Since for many companies’ inventory is the largest item in the current assets category, inventory problems can and do contribute to losses or even business failures. What is inventory management? Inventory control is important for the largest companies, and it is equally important for the smallest businesses as well. For example, my sister’s small clothing store needs to be able to track its best-selling items along with its slow moving items. It needs to keep a higher on-hand count of the best-selling items, so that customers will not be upset if the item that they are looking for is not in-stock. A good inventory system creates efficiency and increases profits. My sister’s budget is very limited. So, I am going to build the most effective system that I can for the least amount of money. Sister's main issue is tracking and reordering...
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...Tracking Sex Offenders Tracking Sex Offenders 2/17/2013 2/17/2013 Steve Alexander Steve Alexander Table of Contents 1. Abstract - page 2 2. Brief Company History - page 2 3. Discussion of Business Problem - page 3 4. High Level Solution - page 4 5. Benefits of Solving the Problem - page 5 6. Business/technical approach - page 6 7. Technology - page 7 8. Conclusion summary - page 9 References - page 11 Abstract The base for this paper combines my Criminal Justice knowledge with what I am learning in Information Systems. The problem is simple and it the recidivism of sex offenders and this would be effective within the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). My solution will potentially strengthen the safety of children nationwide. The solution is simple and the technology is already available and just has to be simply modified. The technology I am referring to is microchips and it is already being used to track pets. What I propose is setting up a system to track pedophiles and monitor their movements. I believe this system can be set up and used as a deterrent to prevent them from being in places where they are not allowed. This would also save money in the long run by reducing recidivism. History The purpose of the Department of Corrections is to protect the public from criminal offenders. This is done through a system of incarceration and supervision which securely segregates offenders from society...
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...I often find myself reflecting on how events and circumstances in my education have changed my life. I remember what I loved the most, what has shaped me, and how this translates into what I hope to create for my own children someday. I find the relationship between education and social inequalities to one of the most important concepts in sociological issues today. In this paper, I will address on issues that I have faced in my secondary education. This includes how tracking and social mobility have intertwined to reinforce class disparities and worsened my educational inequalities. Then, I will address how these negative experiences eventually turned positive by having caring relationships and an immense moral influence with my teachers and...
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...us it to tell where there assets were going. GPS navigation has become the norm in many families across America with Garmins or TomToms or Magellans replacing the friendly AAA triptiks of two decades ago. I still remember as a child going into the AAA office with my mother to get a triptik ready for a family vacation. Now, you just enter your trip into the GPS and it does all the routing for you. Cell phone companies realized that this was a huge market and that their technology could easily break into it. They could either us GPS technology to do the mapping just like a Garmin can, or they could leverage the cellular signals they were already broadcasting to create new navigation systems. Some companies decided to go with GPS and other stuck with the cell signal. Either way you look at, cell phones now use GPS or a GPS-like technology to give turn-by-turn directions to drivers all over the country. While this isn’t GPS tracking as most would think of it, it still is using a cellular phone to track and record position information. It can tell people how to fast you are traveling, an ETA (estimated time of arrival), and it can actively tell you your current location. This is GPS tracking if you ask me. As we will see this information can be used for other purposes other than navigation. Location monitoring is another useful application of GPS in cell phones. Unlike the type of tracking that goes on for navigation purposes, the information used to track the location of a...
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...balancing work and families. The main priority for any company is to grow and gain strength. This is done by providing both employees and customers what is needed to be successful. Most employees have families so they need job flexibility. There are now regulations that need to be met concerning diversity in the work place. Then there are the things that are required of employees. The ability to work in a team environment is one of those requirements. Most companies are following one of these trends. Technology plays a huge role in my daily business communication. I am required to contact clients by phone and email every day. There is often times that require that I call for a follow up and then have to e-mails that were lost or misunderstood. Before the technology advancements I would have to write purchase orders and invoices to mail the customer or client. It took longer to receive payment and when there was a problem it took double the time. I am now able to call to ensure the customer received the products and allow them to submit a payment. This also allows the time to do extra work daily. When I get to the office in the morning I will respond to any e-mails we received then move on to sending out new invoices that are due payment. Submitting these documents electronically allows tracking to know when I need to make calls because payments have not been received. I now have a routine that is followed daily. When one task is finished I move on to the next. When my required tasks...
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...for them that brings me to my knees is elopement. For my daughter it would make me sad not to be included her secret marriage, but for my son it is an earth shattering fear of him wandering away to an area of danger. Elopement, the act of leaving a safe area and entering one of potential danger, is a great fear for many families. Almost half of kids on the autism spectrum according to Disability Scoop in 2012 have “wandered away from a safe place”. Disability Scoop’s 2012 research showed that this act of elopement had resulted in more than one hundred deaths....
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...ever tracked your family through a family tree or maybe you are tracking that illusive ancestor right now. My family certainly has had some adventures as we tracked our ancestors all across the United States and across the ocean. We have listened to stories of past events and diligently written it all down. Some of the stories proved true and some proved false, but all are interesting as all are like a mystery that needs to be solved. One such mystery occurred in tracking my grandfather’s father and in fact my grandfather’s whole family. He was my mother’s father and his name was Marcus Webster, a poor farmer that raised seven kids and gave up his dream to become a preacher to raise his family. But his father was an enigma – we did not even know where he was buried. Marcus never would talk about him and he may have been in that generation where fathers were called Paw and mothers were call Maw and kids never even knew their names until upstart grandchildren began doing the research. It would be many years later in a very unusual way that his history would be discovered. That inquiring grandchild of 14 had been challenged to track down the family by Marcus’s wife, Lillie. That started a lifelong pursuit for zillions of ancestors that may or may not ever be found. Marriage would take that grandchild all the way to San Angelo and a faint story that the illusive grandfather, father of Marcus might have been buried in West Texas somewhere sent the family searching every...
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...that is not a super marketable skill, so after I graduated I decided to open a small gift with my sister shop on Johnson, it was actually just North of here about two blocks. This is where I first fell in love with small business ownership. I just loved the freedom and creativity that it provided. I was able to things my way. It was very similar to art in that way. We owned the gift shop for ten years, and while we enjoyed it, we were just unable to cover our expenses. Near the time we were closing down shop, this building was going up for sale. It was actually being run as a coffee shop. The woman who had been running it was moving to Arizona. We had a lot of good ideas for the shop, so we decided to buy it from her. Did small business run in your family? No, it’s funny that you ask that. My sister and I always laugh about the fact that we ended up going into small business. No, my father worked as a carpenter and my mother was a nurse. Nobody in our family ever owned or ran a business before us. However, I have always had a passion for supporting small business. I think the world needs more entrepreneurs. We bring a lot of variety y to the market place. How did you Form you business? We are formed as an LLC. This was the best option for us just because it probably the least hassle. The pass through taxing is a great option for us. LLC’s are just so simple, because my sister is a non-acting owner; we are able to assign ownership interest. Did you start with...
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...Personalized Nutrition and Exercise Plan SCI/241 Personalized Nutrition and Exercise Plan High cholesterol and obesity are two of my main concerns as far as my current and possibly future health problems if I do not do something about it. According to the American Heart Association (2011), about 75% of blood cholesterol is produced by the liver and 25% is from foods we ingest. High cholesterol can be caused by unhealthy eating due to the consumption of too many animal foods or can be hereditary. When cholesterol becomes too high you're at greater risk of having a heart attack or stroke due to cholesterol that builds up and starts blocking arteries. I have been struggling with obesity for many years now and I have just recently found out that my cholesterol is high. If I do not get my obesity under control I will not only have problems with my cholesterol but I will also become at risk for other problems such as diabetes, heart attack and even cancer. There are many lifestyle changes that I must make in order to get my cholesterol and obesity under control. In order to do this I must make changes in my diet and exercise routine. There are several nutritional goals that I would like to do for myself in order to take the reins of my obesity and high cholesterol. My first nutritional goal is to reduce the amount of cholesterol I take in. In order to do this I will have to read labels and check the amount of cholesterol that is in the food I'm buying. I recently bought a...
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...Management Systems Systems Analysis and Development April 18, 2014 My sister owns a small clothing store. During a conversation at a family dinner, she mentioned her frustration with having to manually track and reorder high demand items. She would like an automated system but has a very small budget. Manually tracking orders is not an effective way to do business. A good example would be if you were tracking inventory using EXCEL you could accidentally delete the file, or a virus could destroy your system. Pen and paper tracking is absolutely not efficient, and it leaves a lot of room for human error. The purpose of inventory management is to provide uninterrupted production, sales, and/or customer service levels at the minimum cost. Since for many companies inventory is the largest item in the current assets category, inventory problems can and do contribute to losses or even business failures (What is inventory management, n.d.). Inventory control is important for the largest companies, but it is equally important for the smallest businesses as well. For instance, my sister’s small clothing store needs to be able to track its best-selling items along with its slow moving items. It needs to keep a higher on-hand count of the best-selling items, so that customers will not be disappointed if the item that they are looking for is not in-stock. A good inventory system creates efficiency and increases profits. My sister’s budget is very limited. So, I am going to build the most...
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...manager can master many different skills, but perfecting his or her time management will help the said manager increase their chances of being successful. Time is an inelastic resource that will not grow with demand. It is a constant that must be managed at its highest level. A manager can perfect this skill through techniques designed to help them build the right routine and with a little tracking of the amount of time a manager spends every day on all of the tasks at hand, the more he/she will understand how they can spend their time more wisely. TIME MANAGEMENT There are many different defining characteristics of good leaders. Some leaders have the “gift of gab” so to speak and can deliver a speech that leaves the audience on the edge of their seat waiting for the next word that comes out of the leader’s mouth. Other leaders possess the ability to draft plans that could be used to colonize the moon. Regardless of the skill sets that leaders have there is one unique resource/skill that all leaders must master if they are to be a complete success, time management. “Effective executives, in my observation, do not start with their tasks. They start with their time” (Drucker, P.25). Managing time is more difficult than it may seem, but it encompasses a three step process which includes “recording time, managing time, and consolidating time” (Drucker, P.25). Of the three resources that a manager/leader must effectively manage, time is unique in that unlike people and money, “one...
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...7 completely effective? Select the choice that is closest to where you are now. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Not at all-------------------------------------Somewhat------------------------------------Completely 4. Thinking about the last 30 days, how frequently have you experienced anxiety or stress due to not having enough time to get everything done? 1-never 2-occasionally 3-frequently 4-most days 5-every day If you have not yet watched the Welcome! video, please do so now. Introduction Section Watch the Introduction Video (Duration 9:15) Completed 1. This workshop will teach you 5 skills: Choosing, Arranging, Flexicuting, Tracking and Focus. Which skill are you most interested in...
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...expenditure. Other variables such as age, gender, and genetics have a major role in ones health as well. Part A. Family History On my mothers side there is history of diabetes, and my great grandpa just died recently from it. He did not address his medical problems right away and did not take care of it when it was in full effect. So this being in my family background has an affect on me for sure. My grandmother on my mother’s side has been a smoker for around thirty years now. She hasn’t had any major medical issues because of it. She is a farmer so she is always keeping busy and staying active with driving the tractors and keeping up with the animals. She has always cooked healthy meals, but likes to snack. My uncle on my mother’s side is very healthy and active. He goes to a cross fit gym everyday and runs marathons often. He doesn’t like to say he diets, because it is a way of living. My mother has also been a smoker for as long as I can remember. For most of my life I lived with my mom, and we did a lot of eating out. She never encouraged me to eat healthy or keep active in school sports. My grandmother on my father’s side was an alcoholic for many years, which caused her to end up having a triple bypass heart surgery. Since then she has had control over what she eats, and she no longer drinks. She is a very active person and always has been. My dad was a smoker for a long time, and didn’t always eat healthy means. He just recently stopped smoking and has lost...
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...Robby Hammers November 16, 2011 Sociology 201 Sissa Harris Waiting for Superman The film “Waiting for Superman” illustrates various problems that we have in our public education system. The film follows several children on their quest to get accepted by different schools because if they continue down the path of public school they will fall behind and are far more likely to drop out. Problems in Education: One major problem that the film addresses quite thoroughly is the problem with school funding. Schools receive money from the state, and they are also funded by tax money from citizens who live in the communities. Typically in a neighborhood where the average home price is relatively high the school will often receive and spend more money per student than a school in a poor community. A school in a rich neighborhood will more often than not have newer and higher quality learning materials than a school in a low income community. This difference in income has a huge impact on the education students receive. For example, a “school in a poor neighborhood may be rundown, lack library and science facilities, have crowded classrooms, and be staffed with poorly trained teachers” (Macionis 350). In the film, they called these schools names such as “dropout factories” and “academic sinkholes”. The children in the movie were forced to attend these schools which put them at a huge disadvantage compared to kids who were able to attend a private school or even a decent public school...
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