...Will Grayson, Will Grayson Author Study Summary Exposition: Will Grayson, Will Grayson takes place in Evanston and Naperville, Illinois. “it’s not that far from Evanston to Naperville, but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson might as well live on different planets”(Green Forward). The book starts out with Will Grayson number one introducing Tiny Cooper. Tiny Cooper is Will Grayson number one's best friend. The novel’s society is made up of Will Grayson number one, Will Grayson number two, Tiny Cooper, Maura, and Jane Turner. During the first couple of pages we learn that Tiny Cooper is gay, falls in love with someone new every four hours, and loves musicals so much that he decided to write and direct one of his own....
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...Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green and David Levithan, is a book depicting two extraordinarily different young men both named Will Grayson in modern day society. The other Will Grayson's or OWG’s friend, Maura, convinces him and the original Will Grayson into meeting their internet friend, Isaac, who is imaginary. The realization that Issac is nor real devastates OWG; however, after meeting Tiny Cooper, Will Grayson's enormous, homosexual friend, OWG, who is also homosexual, concludes his life is changing for the better. Furthermore, Tiny Cooper has the plans to conduct a play depicting love and his story. Although the book lacks a reader friendly presentation, and the book continually drags through an abundance of chapters, the use...
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...Case Study: Grayson Chemical Company Presented by: Allan Bermudez Marlon Abito Zarny Zaragoza CASE STUDY: Grayson Chemical Co. Executive Summary: Grayson Chemical Co, a 40-year old company manufactures industrial chemicals sold to other industrial companies. It has been run by a stable management in which there had only been two presidents. However, within the past few years, the company is suffering from declining earnings and sales. This has brought pressure from the board of directors, investment bankers, and stockholder groups to name a new president. The company had become stagnant – (although at Grayson, they refer to this as conservative) and had steadily lost market standing and profitability. Finally, the board decided to hire a new CEO and was able to hire a dynamic manager from another major corporation. CASE STUDY: Grayson Chemical Co. Tom Baker, 47 and an MBA, has helped his former company into a leadership position. He has chosen to join Grayson after another executive was chosen for the top job in his former company. Baker knows what he needs to do and that is to develop a topnotch management team that could provide leadership to turn the company around. Unfortunately, the situation at Grayson is not very favorable. Decisions are made by the book or taken to the next higher level. Things were done because “they have always been done this way,” and incompetent managers were often promoted to higher level jobs. Baker met with three members of the board...
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...plot in Will Grayson, Will Grayson. In the text, two boys by the name of Will Grayson - One going by Will solely while the other prefers Grayson - meet under unfortunate circumstances. Will had been tricked into a relationship under false pretenses. He was dating a boy online by the name of Isaac only to have it revealed on the day of their planned face-to-face date that it had been Will’s friend Maura all along. She had used the name Isaac and had orchestrated the entire thing, puppeteering with Will’s emotions, to out him as gay. Green and Levithan foreshadow this exchange through Maura's speech. During the high point in Isaac's and and Will’s relationship, Maura comes in several times confronting him on topics that, originally, seem odd for her to even...
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...The Grayson Chemical Company Case Analysis Problems Grayson lost its competitive edge. It has become stagnant and market standing in the industry has decreased. The management at Grayson is resistant to change. Incompetent managers were being promoted simply because they were next in line. Another problem is that when he polled the board to gage the direction in which he should go, he got a variety of answers. The board isn’t even on one accord. There is no unity, so there is no direction. Causes Incompetent mangers are being promoted because the board doesn’t like change and that is the way that it has always been done- by the book. Because of this philosophy, the company has failed to stay abreast of new ideas and fallen far behind the competition. The board doesn’t have any unity and can’t agree on issues because the organization is disorganized and has no clear focus. This is apparent in the fact that although the company has been losing profits for years, it took them several years to agree to go outside of the company to hire someone with fresh ideas. Alternatives Baker could just leave it like it is and let it continue has it has been. He would soon be out of a job though. Baker could also try implementing a few new ideas and make gradual changes to help them get used to the idea of change. He could also go with the style that has worked for him in his previous jobs, but incorporate the board and management into the changes. Recommendations I suggest...
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...Throughout my book, Grayson, the main character Lynne learns a lot of bravery, trust, and independents. Lynne goes for a swimming off the coast of a beach in California. After about 3 hours of swimming she has a feeling that there is something under her. If this was me right now I would be screaming and swimming as fast as possible back to shore. But Lynne didn't do that, she stayed calm and collected. After a few minutes or swimming her friend off the dock yells that there is a baby whale following her. If she heads for shore then the baby whale's lungs will stop working. She has no choice but to continue swimming until the baby whale finds its mother. Lynne is tired and wants to head back inside. The water is 55 degrees and icy cold. It is...
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...Grayson Global Shipping: Setting Up Website & Blog Prepared for Michael Roads Vice President of Operations Grayson Global Shipping Prepared by Temeka Heard, Web Designer Multimedia & Designing Team Grayson Global Shipping November 23, 2013 MEMORANDUM To: Michael Rhodes, Vice President of Operation From: Temeka R. Heard, Multimedia & Design Team Date: November 23, 2013 Subject: How to set up Website & Blog for Grayson Global Shipping Here is the report you requested November 15, regarding how to set up both a website and blog for Grayson Global Shipping. I thank you for allowing me the opportunity to show you by aid of diagram of how to set up both a successful website and blog. Grayson Global Shipping has been known for their reputations in striving to provide the absolute best for its customers. In order for Grayson Global Shipping to uphold its reputation and to stay ahead of its competitors, the creation of what GGS is missing is key. I hope that you approve of the steps I will outline. I will outline ten steps regarding the framework necessary to implement these changes. The steps will include a discussion of the resources necessary to implement the site, the timeline for implementation and the benefits of implementation into working shape. I do understand both the doubts and uncertainties our employees currently have. They reservations because they are unsure if the direction GGS is...
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...Will Grayson, Will Grayson The novel that I read was titled Will Grayson, Will Grayson. The novels is split up into two different ways. The first Will Grayson lives in uptown Chicago, the author presents his side of the story like a normal book would be written. The other Will Grayson who lives in downtown Chicago, the author presents him by not using any capital letters while writing his side of the story. The first Will Grayson is straight and likes a girls named Jane. Jane likes Will throughout the first half of the book. It isn’t until she gets a boyfriend that Will realizes that he is in love with her. Will best friends name is Tiny, which is ironic because he is the opposite of Tiny. All 3 of them attempt to get into a concert, The Maybe Dead Cats at a 21 and over bar. Of course Will expensive fake I.D. does not fool the bouncer at the door. Will tells Tiny and Jane to go ahead in and to call him when they decide to leave. So Will is stuck wandering around town and decides to go into Frenchys. the other will grayson is gay. he meets a guy online named isaac, they have everything in common and will believes that he is in love with isaac. they finally set a time, date and place to meet up in uptown chicago. once he gets off the train he find the place where they are supposed to meet, frenchys. he doesn’t believe it at first, that isaac wants to meet at frenchys, because frenchys is a porn shop. once inside he finds two guys inside, a pierced guy standing...
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...ACCT11057 – PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING Suggested Solutions – Week 1 All solutions are reproduced and displayed with copyright permission from Pearson Education Australia. Activities: Ethical Issue 1 Req. 1 The fundamental ethical issue in this situation is letting the financial statements tell the truth about the company’s performance. Performance was bad, and the financial statements should present a bad picture of the company. Req. 2 The proposal to transfer personal assets temporarily to the company violates the entity concept. The president implies that these assets can be transferred back to him, and the “investment” appears designed to make the company’s financial position appear better than it is. This is dishonest and unethical. The request to “shave expenses” violates the reliability principle. The president wants the accountant to understate expenses in order to convert a loss into a reported profit. This is dishonest and unethical. (20-30 min.) P 1-1 Req. 1 Mala Chong-Wa, Solicitor Analysis of Transactions |ASSETS |= LIABILITIES + OWNERS’ EQUITY | | |DATE |CASH AT BANK + |ACCOUNTS |+ SUPPLIES + |OFFICE |ACCOUNTS |MALA CHONG-WA, |TYPE OF OWNERS’ EQUITY TRANSACTION...
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...A show all about wealth, greed and vengeance, ABC Revenge is filled with plot twists that keeps the viewers wanting more. Many calling it a “guilty pleasure” (Netflix Viewers), Amanda Clarke/Emily Thorne’s life never fails to capture the audience. After her dad was framed and murdered for a crime caused by the privileged Grayson family, Amanda changed her name to Emily Thorne and moved back to the Hamptons to revenge her father’s death. As a child, Emily and her father were on their own after the death of her mother. She grew up in the Hamptons, right next door to the Grayson’s. Her father worked for Grayson Global and Emily always knew that her dad was having an affair with Victoria Grayson, his boss’s, Conrad Grayson, wife. At age 8,...
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...Sabrina Smith Steve Stewart ENG 1101 – Composition and Rhetoric (21163) 14 November 2015 Analysis of Paul Grayson and Phil Meilman’s “Guns and Student Safety” Thesis: Guns should not be allowed on college campuses to keep suicide, homicide, and accidental death rates down. I. College students are roughly half as likely to kill themselves. a. Grayson and Meilman states that depressed students are less likely to commit suicide if they only have access to razors and pills (Grayson & Meilman, 2013). b. College students who are suicidal may be able to get the help they need instead of having easy access to handguns. c. Having handguns make it easier for depressed or suicidal students to end their misery. II. College campus homicide rate will rise significantly if students had easy access to handguns. d. There are many angry students who may want to pointlessly kill their peers (Grayson & Meilman, 2013). e. Troubled students who may want to retaliate can easily do so if they had CHL (concealed handgun licenses). f. Mentally ill students are also individuals that we have to pay more attention to if the ban on guns in school is lifted. III. The rate of accidental deaths are higher than college mass shooting rates (Grayson & Meilman, 2013). g. College students may be more careless when “showing” their handgun off to fellow classmates which could end up in an accidental shooting. h. There are many students...
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...CASE : The grayson Chemical Company CASE : The grayson Chemical Company Case summary The case study talks about Quantum's dilemma in wanting to strike a balance between corporate culture and liability exposure. Quantum's TGIF beer bust, an informal party that involves everyone in the company, had been effective in boosting team spirit and cooperation. However, many concerns were raised as to whether the parties may bring undesirable consequences that the company need to be accountable to. I. Problem A. Marco 1. Grayson has become stagnant, failed to change, and is no longer competitive. 2. The current people at Grayson are not acceptable to change. 3. There is a culture of doing things by the book. B. Micro 1. Incompetent managers promoted. 2. Board does not have a consensus of opinion. II. Causes 1. Grayson has not been proactive with its environment. 2. Corporate culture is very resistant to change. 3. Board does not speak with one voice. So entire organization is somewhat disorganized in its operations—no clear direction or focus III. System affected The entire organization is affected. The organization is still functioning; however, to be a healthy company and to grow, changes are needed. 1. Structural – with major changes, the structure...
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...In this essay, I will be exploring the role of social experiences in child development. It is important to consider and define what social experience is when taking it into account in the terms of social development. For the purpose of exploring the ideas in Book 1, Chapter 2; social experiences is physical and mental interaction between other children and adults either directly or through observation by watching social interaction and feeling socially involved. So, with that in mind, for a child’s environment to not contain some sort of social experience, they would have to be socially isolated by either being alone or by ignoring their surroundings. Throughout this essay I will be assessing the role of social experience in each theory and evaluating the extent it has played in a child’s development. ‘Behavourism’ is a conditioning theory, which involves consequences for behaviour. Depending on the desired behaviour, the child is either rewarded or punished for how they behave according to the particular behaviour. The ‘Constructivism’ theory is a school of though that children build their own learning depending and through their own experiences and activities. In the ‘constructivism’ theory, children follow a set of stages in development. The ‘Social Learning Theory’ teaches that children learn by example, by observing others they understand and learn how to behave. The last theory I will be exploring is ‘Social Constructivism’ theory believes that children build their development...
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...Grayson Silverman 2-16-15 English II-Pre Ap Lee Bergen In The Prison Break genius and revolutionary Grayson Silverman discusses the positive economic, political and social impacts of the continued legalization of private Prisons. Grayson Silverman helps to inform those currently unaware on the issue while also providing deep factual information. He supports his research with hard boiled facts and study's. Ensuring that this report is both factual and interesting. The Prison Break It is quite easy to look at private prisons and see them as evil corporation which uses the captivity of people to generate a profit. There are many benefits that are commonly over looked by the media because they wouldn't generate nearly as many ratings if they...
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...Good morning team, as you know there was a site survey performed for our client Sifers-Grayson on Monday morning. This meeting is to review any issues uncovered during the site survey and the recommendations we can offer our client. Sifers-Grayson already has two redundant wide area network connections, but we need to explain why having two separate (redundant) wide area network connections from the campus area network to the internet is important. We need to convey to our client that the most important reason for our recommendation of installing two separate (redundant) wide area network connections is to avoid a single and even multiple points of failure in communication or data access with/between their employees or clients. A failure of this magnitude could result in the loss of business and their professional image being altered. If you have a single point of failure and it fails you, then you...
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