Essays on Front

Introduction

Perhaps no decision in world war two from the Allies was as significant as that of Dwight Eisenhower’s decision to follow a broad front strategy in a bid to enter the war in Europe. This paper argues that the broad front strategy followed by Ike was the right choice as opposed to Montgomery’s single thrust strategy. The reasoning given in this thesis statement is that the objective at that time was to end the war in Europe quickly and win against the Axis powers and in such a situation, an all out offensive was the best form Continue reading...

Erich Maria Remarque fought in World War I where he was badly wounded. A decade after the war he wrote a book detailing how ordinary German soldiers fared during the war and this book of his was translated into All Quiet on the Western Front. At the time he wrote his book, war books had a romantic feel about them in their dealings with honor, glory and adventure and in 1895 Stephen Crane changed that with his book titled The Red Badge of Courage which revealed the brutality and violence that is all too common with wars. Remarque followed Continue reading...

Introduction

This book review is about a novel All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque. The review entails about the novel and the critical analysis of his work. In addition, analysis about the nineteen-year-old boy’s perception about what was happening during World War I period. Remarque's objective for this book is to demonstrate the actual element of war instead of some romanticized edition. An imaginary personality known as John Bäumer is the narrator of the tale and he gives the perspective point of a German soldier using trench combat to battle on the front Continue reading...

Movies on War can be associated to the origin of the cinemas, and both are comparatively as old as each other. War has been a fundamental product in Hollywood, and such movies on war can be seen since decades, and they continue to be huge block-busters even in the contemporary world. The movies on war provide outline and structure to war, define war cultures, identify enemies, form objectives, and allow the audience to remotely get familiar with the danger and enthusiasm of the front line. In America, the movies on war were central to the global publicity campaigns waged Continue reading...

The three-wheel car introduced 1970s, by Jeremy in a drive from Sheffield to Rotterdam a journey of 14 miles. In the course of the journey, he rolled seven times and helped to back up by good Samaritans. The three-wheel car is an engineering design disaster. However, it gained popularity in the area as many people used it as a taxi. We examine why the three- wheel is such a design disaster (Turpen 2013).
The three-wheel combines the advantage of a motorcycle and a car; it therefore possesses the weaknesses of both. They are small sized like a motorcycle with Continue reading...

Answer Question

Answer Question
Question 1

This means that the bought the device at:
($600- cost)/ $600 = 0.25
Cost = 450

The device was sold at $450 to McKenson.

Question 2
Retailer
Using markup formula 33% markup
($299-cost) /cost=0.33

Working out

Cost = $300

Distributor 25% margin

Using the margin formula
($300-cost)/ 300 = 0.25
300-cost = 300*0.25
Cost= 300-75
Cost = $225

Manufacturer

Using margin formula
($225- Cost)/ $225 = 0.5
Cost = 225-112.50
Cost = $112.5

Question 3

The Usefulness of Distributors
Distributors are very important in a supply chain. Finding the right distributor is always a plus to the supply chain system. The following are reason as to why the company must make keep the distributors.
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Home front refers to the civilians of a nation which is experiencing war. These civilians act as active support to the military at the war front. The military highly depend on the support rendered by home front either informs of services, physical materiel or psychological support (Whitman, Sylvia, 1993). Home front is rarely involved in active war expect when fighting happen in home grounds.
America was engaged in both World War 1 and the Iraq war. During this war, civilians were involved to form home fronts. The home front during the World War 1 was different from the one Continue reading...

Introduction

There have been several wars that have been fought in the world in the last few centuries. The most prominent of these wars have to be the two World Wars which took place in the first half of the 20th Century. The First World War was fought between 1914 and 1918 while the Second World War took place between 1939 and 1945. War is never good for the society and brings about total chaos, destruction and loss of human life and property. It affects those humans who are the war front greatly and generally damages them psychologically. This is Continue reading...

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Introduction
Computer programming was first introduced in the 19th century, when Ada Lovelace programmed the analytical machine. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2008), one in every 106 workers in the United States is a computer programmer or software engineer. (Seibel, 2009). Today programming has evolved to the level of art and science. From the sequential processing of COBOL we have come to Relational Databases and Cloud Computing. Programming today is almost completely written for the World Wide Web.

Web Programming

Web programming was first introduced in 1989 when Tim Berners-Lee attempted to create a giant HTML (Hyper Text Markup Continue reading...

Fig 1: NDRC Techniques

Introduction

Non-Disruptive Road Crossings are manuals which outline unifying and standardizing measures of Road Engineering Practices. The significant objective of the project is to enhance the management, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of all roads and related infrastructures to ensure a safe and uniform operational and structural capacity throughout the road network in Dubai. The complexity in road construction and to some point other engineering projects leaves very little to be argued about on their significance with respect to the influence they have on the environment. It is a fact that projects like roads, bridges, Continue reading...

Fig 1: NDRC Techniques

Introduction

Non-Disruptive Road Crossings are manuals which outline unifying and standardizing measures of Road Engineering Practices. The significant objective of the project is to enhance the management, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of all roads and related infrastructures to ensure a safe and uniform operational and structural capacity throughout the road network in Dubai. The complexity in road construction and to some point other engineering projects leaves very little to be argued about on their significance with respect to the influence they have on the environment. It is a fact that projects like roads, bridges, Continue reading...

Today, there are many examples that prove that the best way of “keep[ing] the community safe at low cost” (Pritchard, 2003) is front-end juvenile programs, and one such example is the Silver River Marine Institute. Thus, arguably front-end programs are a more viable solution for dealing with juvenile offenders, especially those who have committed minor offenses. While it is true that one juvenile delinquent is different from another, however, one thing that applies to all of them is that early intervention is the most effective way to prevent juvenile delinquency (Flores, 2003). The sooner these children are provided Continue reading...

At present, women are normally seen in jobs formerly dominated by men. From CEOs to welders, women have already invaded these jobs and are seen as more efficient that the typical men workers. However, there are still fields which are not predominantly conquered by women such as the military. Although there are women who wish to serve the core, there is a limitation as to how their involvement can be in the front lines. This limitation is argued by feminists and cadets as they can also fight alongside men in the front lines. For the Constitution and for the Continue reading...

Introduction

Front end, in computer science, is responsible for collecting inputs from various users and processing the data to conform to the requirements of the end user. The front user database is a platform between the user and the back end user. In computer software architecture and design there are many layers between the hardware and the end user. Each interface between the hardware and the end user can be spoken as having its own front user interface. The front user interface is, therefore, an abstraction, which simplifies the core components by providing a user-friendly interface. In the design of Continue reading...

Management of Kayfe

The Kayfe is a small restaurant dealing preparation and serving of various foods and drink. It consists of a front side and back side. The front of the house entails the dining room manager, the host and hostess, the beverage bar, wait staff, and bussers. All, these individuals are tasked with running operations. The back end of the café on the other hand comprises of the prep and line cooks, the dish washers and most essentially the chef who coordinates the back of house activities.
The relationship between the two entities is strong since one cannot work without the Continue reading...

PART A: SERVICE PRODUCT BUNDLE

HOSPITALS PRODUCT/SERVICE BUNDLE:
Hospitals provide a bundle of products and services to customers. Medical services are provided by the hospitals in the form of medical checkups of patients, operations, medical consultancy etc. Nowadays the trend has adapted some innovations in it and hospitals are offerings a bundle of services to its customers. For example, a bundle in which operation with 3 days room booking and four visits of patient after operation are included in a single package. All these services are provided through the doctors in the hospital so the main service provider is the doctor and service is Continue reading...

Culture of UTA’s Maintenance Department

Written by: Jesse Mease, Kevin A Petersen, Dewayne Logan Peterson, & Paul Jaeger
Audience: Mr. Jerry Benson, VP of Operations w/copy to Marette Monson.
Purpose: This report will analyze the culture of UTA’s maintenance department through a live case study conducted through Westminster College’s MBA program. Following live presentations from various levels of the UTA organization we will analyze the embedded culture of the maintenance department, define a critical area for improvement and provide methods to obtain the desired results.
One of the main issues that will be discussed is the issue of decreased engagement of employees, over Continue reading...

Welsh, J. Dramaturgical Analysis and Societal Critique Piscataway, New Jersey. Transaction Publishers. 1990. The original inspiration for dramaturgical sociology, the subject of this chapter, derives from the greatest playwright in the English language:William Shakespeare. It was Shakespeare who adorned London’s famous Globe Theater with the Latin motto Totus Mundus Agit Histrionem(All the World is a Theater) and who wrote the following lines for Jacques in As You Like It:“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
For Erving Goffman (1922–1982), arguably the most original American theorist of the second Continue reading...

Introduction: Communication Ethics: The Front Page Strategy

Ethics are a necessary ingredient in every company. This is especially clear after reading about the unethical behaviors of so many companies in the news. But can employees easily define the meaning ethical behavior in their company? Does the company make it clear how ethics fit with a company’s mission statement? The author describes the difficulty of explaining a company’s ethics unless there has been discussion and attempts to write it down. He argues that an ethics statement is the best way to define the moral behavior of a company. He offers a straight forward way to Continue reading...

Basic Modules of Gas Turbine High Bypass Engine

Air Inlet Section: As shown in figure 5, the air inlet section is the most forward section of the engine. This section forms the air inlet for the engine and houses the inlet guide vanes. The purpose of the vanes is to direct the incoming air at the proper angle to the first fan stage. The vane at the bottom of the air inlet is thicker than the others in order to accommodate engine tubing. As indicated in figure 6, the no. 1 bearing support assembly is mounted in the center of the compressor inlet case. Behind the front support is the no. 1 bearing rear support. Mounted on the front of the inlet case, in the center is the front accessory drive support .

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With the world in turmoil and far bloodier, gorier scenes being created in video games than could ever be captured in a book, one would think a war novel, translated to English in 1929, would have lost its impact over the years. The startling, but very real truth, is the impact of the novel has not faded over the decades. It has been nearly a century and the words are still as powerful as the day they were written. Originally written by Erich Maria Remarquee and translated later by A.W. Wheen, anybody who reads it would be stunned by Continue reading...

I. Introduction
Journalists have a responsibility to the facts of an event. This is an aspect of journalism that is often lost in the sensationalism that often follows the news in the modern era. Ethics and standards in journalism are principles that give the journalist a structural framework for conducting the practice of reporting on events, people, or places; they are designed to help the journalist navigate specific situations and challenges that journalists often face. Journalists do not exist in a vacuum; they are people with their own opinions and feelings about the things that they are reporting, and Continue reading...

Last month I had the privilege to dine at the Front Room coffee shop, baker center 4th floor located in Ohio State. It is a campus coffee shop offering a wide variety of American drinks and hot beverages such as coffee, tea and chocolates that I have not served before. I chose this coffee house because of its serene and cool environment. Secondly my best choice of this place was based on the fact that I rarely go to coffee shops and that I am also not a coffee-drinker and lastly, my friends have always described it as serene Continue reading...

Executive Summary of Internship Project

This report is a detailed analysis of my internship experience form the date of July 7th and August 31st. The internship was carried out at a local five star Hotel. During the eight week internship, I worked on several places at the hotel with varying duties that included Front desk, Concierge, Reception, House Keeping and Butler Department. This report is a detailed analysis of some of the skills I learned in the internship

- My goals for the internship were to build a formidable resume as a competent and reliable worker. Particularly, I was focused on building strong relationship Continue reading...

Abstract

Proper marketing is key to gain competitive advantage for a company. Management must put some efforts in maximizing available communication medium especially between and organization and its clients. Businesses especially should utilize the new technological schemes available since the world is gearing towards numerous technological advancements affecting the paradigm of conducting businesses. This paper proposes to create a Camping Site directory for the company as a one way of marketing the companies camping equipment products as well as gain alliances with partner companies. This paper also presents ways which the website could add to the profits of the company.

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Introduction

Very many civilians are of the opinion that soldiers live extremely secretive lives. They believe that the soldiers are always in battle with enemies or they are constantly getting bombed and mortared. The civilians therefore believe that danger is a constant thing in the soldier’s life. On the soldier’s part, most of them view the civilian life as bland and boring. They perceive that most of the civilians have unimportant jobs that contribute to the boring nature of their lives. The major difference between the military and civilian lives is that soldiers are expected to lead disciplined Continue reading...

- Describe how the population growth in Europe from 1800 on fit conveniently' with the spread of early industrialization in that same period.
The significant growth in Europe was mainly due to improvement in medical services, which reduced the havoc caused by diseases. Famine was also reduced due to the availability of food like potatoes for the poor. The combination of these factors meant there was reduced death rates hence increase in population. Early industrialization was mainly characterized by horse-drawn equipment, proper drainage project, and scientific breeding of agricultural products. This was fueled by the fact that the population Continue reading...

Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front effectively eulogizes the sacrifice of Old World values and sensibilities on the killing fields of France and Belgium. Traditional European notions of chivalry, honor and patriotism were obliterated by industrialized, mechanized war and the trivializing of human life. Remarque’s story is, among other things, a scathing indictment of nationalism and the manipulation of human emotion. Fired by nationalist fervor, Paul Baumer, the story’s main protagonist, goes to war expecting glory and victory but is soon disillusioned by the horror of trench Continue reading...

Front line employees are regarded as individuals who have a direct interaction with public or organization customers (Baum, 2006). These individuals may include call center staff, help desk staff, service-desk staff, or customer service staff. These employees are constantly associated with limited motivation, excessive workloads, little or no career growth, and minimal performance rewards. Supervisors link front line employees with the management team of an organization. As such, there is a necessity for supervisors and front line employees to collaborate in their job roles in order to attain organization success, as well as attain an effective working environment.
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The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost has one major theme. It talks about the paths we choose in life, the choices we make and what we may lose by taking one path instead of the other. Life is a journey and just like in any journey a person needs to make hard choices. Just as the protagonist of the story, we are often put in front of a choice and the decision we take may influence us for the rest of the life. Even though we might have a Continue reading...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In today’s world of brutal competition, companies are being forced to reduce their operating costs. Although this seems an obvious choice, reducing the costs too deeply can result in loss of precious customer loyalty. Customers have become more demanding and they are well aware of the fact that their loyalties have become important for the survival of companies.
Organisations have started taking measures that have reduced certain customer privileges, but the top companies are doing their best to reverse this trend. Most of the large companies are trying to avoid any reductions to their customer service budgets. These Continue reading...

STEP 1: Identify a Project With Internal Motivation

- What does the project entail? Describe the steps, needed materials, who is involved, etc.
The project that I am embarking is to master the skill of public speaking. Public speaking always enamored me since I was a child but had a terrible fright of speaking in front of a group of people. I almost faint when I need to get on to a stage even when there are no people in the audience! I am aware that I have intense stage fear and words fail me when I need to speak in front of a group of people. Continue reading...

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak are two books that have lots in common and some differences. The Book Thief is a story about a young girl called Liesel Meminger, who ends up staying with foster parents because her ailing mother cannot be able to fend for her. It was during the time Hitler was in control, and there was war everywhere, so the setting of the story is during a war time in German. On the other hand, All Quiet on the Western Front is a story Continue reading...

Patient access

Scheduling / pre-registration;
This step allows for collection of client’s data and admission to the correct department.
Insurance verification/authorization;
This step allows the hospital staff gauge the client’s ability to pay for the medical services they are seeking
Time of service registration;
This step evaluates the time and type of service a client is seeking; these factors play a role in determining the cost of medical care.
POS collection: Point of service collections feature allows for the identification and billing of all billable services even at their point of care, but in a clinically friendly manner.

Financial counseling

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War is a subject that is frequently expressed in writing and literature. Two famous novels that treat, respectively, World War I and World War II are “All Quiet On The Western Front” and “Slaughter-house Five.” Using a different format, but also touching on the theme of war, is the poet Siegfried Sassoon who is one of the most famous and important poets of World War I. Though “All Quiet On The Western Front” and Sassoon´s poetry both cover aspects of World War I. Sassoon´s poetry is more reminiscent of “Slaughter-house Five,” Kurt Vonnegut´s semiautobiographical account of Continue reading...

Foot Soldiers vs. Commanding Officers

During the World War II, foot soldiers were infantry troopers who fought on foot. Most of the foot soldiers did not hold any official ranks and were mainly comprised of enlisted civilians from the public. The foot soldiers spent a lot their time in the trenches except in situations where their commanding officers decided they could stage surprise attacks on their enemies.
According to Massie, the World War II came at time a general feeling of naturalism, patriotism and loyalty was sweeping through Europe (72). In fact when the countries started declaring wars on each other, there were open Continue reading...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Suburban Space
If you look back at the history of Australia, you will find that race had always played a central part in the formation of a national identity. Historically, race had been perceived as a benchmark, to measure the eligibility of a person to be called an Australian national and also worked as an assurance in guaranteeing the particularized homogeneity. For the entire part of twentieth century and even till the turn of this century, uniformity in racial culture and language was considered to be the most pressing issue of the nation. From the late 1780s, the predominant Continue reading...

Introduction

At the dawn of the Vietnam War, the United States of America was driven by the malicious interest of going to war for no apparent motive to gain anything from the war. The cards were however turned upside down when the French withdrew from the war leaving the U.S troops at the war front. The U.S was just out to oppose the growth and establishment of communism at all costs. The proponents of communism were aggrieved by the malice occasioned on them by the U.S and thus resolved not to relent in the war. Due to the massive deaths Continue reading...

Stars are heavenly bodies that are spherical in shape and shine because of nucleic and thermal fusion of radioactive particles within them and this is only for part of its life since the hydrogen may burn out or gets exhausted. Some of them can be seen at night from the earth but just as points because of their great distances .The sun is a star that is closest to the earth, whose mass makes up 99% of the solar system and chemically made up of hydrogen that fires it up and it also contains helium. It has great influences Continue reading...

Consonants Chart

Consonant phonemes
/m/ is a bilabial nasal consonant, as in /kup/ ‘house‘ (cf /rup/ ‘eye’).
/p/ is voiceless bilabial plosive, as in /kyp/ ‘house’ (cf /kyb/ ‘roof’). It is represented by allophones [p] and voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ], the latter pronounced in an intervocalic position: /kypyɾ/ ‘house’ [ky’ɸyɾ] ‘referring to a house’.
/b/ is a voiced bilabial plosive, as in /kyb/ ‘roof’ (cf /Byb/ ‘child’). It is represented by allophones [b] and voiced bilabial fricative [β], the latter pronounced in an intervocalic position: /tɔ:b/ ‘water’ [tɔ:b], but /tɔ:byɾ/ ‘wet’ [tɔ: ‘βyɾ].
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