Month: December 2018

Which of the following beliefs would not preclude charting as a method of portfolio management? D. Stock prices follow recurring patterns. In a 1953 study of stock prices, Maurice Kendall found that were no predictable patterns in stock prices . A. there The weak form of the EMH states that must be reflected in the current stock price. A. all past information including security price and volume data The semi-strong form of the EMH states that must be reflected in the current stock price. B. ll publicly available information The strong form of the EMH states that current stock price. C. all information including inside information Random price movements indicate D. that markets are functioning efficiently When the market risk premium rises, stock prices will The small firm in January effect is strongest . B. fall A. early in the month Evidence suggests that there may be momentum and reversal patterns in stock price behavior. D. short-run, long run Proponents of the EMH typically advocate C. a passive investment strategy Stock prices that are stable over time B. ndicate that the market is not incorporating new information into current stock prices The tendency when the performing stocks in one period are the best performers in the next and the current erformers are lagging the market later is called the reversal effect. A worst, best Which of the following is not a method employed by followers of technical analysis? C. Earnings forecasting Which of the following is not a method employed by fundamental analysts? B. Relative strength analysis The primary objective of fundamental analysis is to identify C. is- priced stocks If you believe in the form of the EMH, you believe that stock prices reflect all publicly available information but not information that is available only to insiders. A. semi-strong 17. If you believe in the form of the EMH, you believe that stock rices reflect all relevant information including information that is available only to insiders. B. strong Most of the stock price response to a corporate earnings or dividend announcement OCCUrs within . B. about 10 minutes is the return on a stock beyond what would be predicted from market movements alone.

C. An abnormal return You believe that stock prices reflect all information that can be derived by examining market trading data such as the history of past stock prices, trading volume or short interest but you do not believe stock prices reflect all publicly available or inside information. You are a proponent of C. weak You are an investment manager who is currently managing assets worth $6 billion. You believe that active management of your fund could generate between an additional one tenth of 1% return on the portfolio.

If you want to make sure your active strategy adds value, how much can you spend on security analysis? B. A mutual fund which attempts to hold quantities of shares in proportion to their representation in the market is called a fund. B. index Choosing stocks by searching for predictable patterns in stock prices is called B. technical analysis Which of the following is not an issue that is central to the debate regarding arket efficiency? B. The tax loss selling issue Most people would readily agree that the stock market is not C. strong form efficient Small firms have tended to earn abnormal returns primarily in A. he month of January Fama and French have suggested that many market anomalies can be explained as manifestations of D. varying risk premiums Proponents of the EMH think technical analysts their time . D. are wasting Evidence supporting semi-strong form market efficiency suggests that investors should . C. use a passive trading strategy such as purchasing an index fund or an ETF Buy a stock if its price moves up y 2% more than the Dow Average, is an example Of a A. filter rule Jaffee found that stock prices after insiders intensively bought shares and decreased after insiders intensively sold shares. C. ncreased, In a recent study, Fama and French found that the return on the aggregate stock market was when the dividend yield was higher. A. higher Fama and French (1 991 ) and Reinganum (1988) found that firms with market/book ratios had higher stock returns. B. low 34. Joe bought a stock at $57 per share. The price promptly fell to $55. Joe held on to the stock until it again reached $57 and then he sold once he had liminated his loss. If other investors do the same to establish a trading pattern this would contradict . B. the weak-form EMH According to recent research securities markets fully adjust to earnings announcements D. radually over time When stock returns exhibit positive serial correlation, this means that returns tend to follow returns. A. positive; positive Basu found that firms with high PIE ratios C. earned lower average returns than firms with low PIE ratios Fundamental analysis is likely to yield best results for . B. neglected stocks You are looking to invest in one of three stocks. Stock A has high expected arnings growth, Stock B has only modest expected earnings growth and Stock C is expected to generate poor earnings growth. Which stock is likely to generate the greatest alpha for you?

D. You cannot tell from the information given You believe that you can earn 2% more on your portfolio if you engage in full time stock research. However, the additional trading costs and tax liability from active management will cost you about 0. 5%. You have a $800,000 stock portfolio. What is the most you can afford to spend on your research? c. $12,000 Even if the markets are efficient, professional portfolio management is still mportant because it provides investors with diversification I. provides a portfolio with a specified risk level . l. low Cost II. rovides better risk adjusted returns than an index B. and II only 42. Banz found that, on average, the risk-adjusted returns of small firms . A. was higher than the risk-adjusted returns of large firms If the U. S. capital markets are not informationally efficient . A the markets cannot be allocationally efficient 44. ‘Active investment management may generate additional returns at times of about 0. 1%. However, the standard deviation of the typical well diversified ortfolio is about 20%, so it is very difficult to statistically identify any increase in performance. Even if true, this statement is an example of the problem in deciding how efficient the markets are. A. magnitude 45. DeBondt and Thaler (1985) found that the poorest performing stocks in one time period experienced performance in the following period and the best performing stocks in one time period experienced performance in the following time period. 8. good, poor J. M. Keyes put all his money in one stock and the stock doubled in value in a matter of months. He did this three times in a row with three different stocks. J. M. got his picture on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.

However the paper never mentioned the thousands of investors who made similar bets on other stocks and lost most of their money. This is an example of the problem in deciding how efficient the markets are. C. lucky event Most tests Of semi-strong efficiency are D. joint tests of market efficiency and the risk adjustment measure The effect may explain much of the small firm anomaly. l. January effect l. neglected effect Ill. liquidity effect D. l, II and Ill Studies show that the bid-ask spread for the least liquid stocks may be as high as The broadest information set is included in the C. trong form efficiency argument The Fama and French evidence that high book to market firms outperform low book to market firms even after adjusting for beta means C. either high book to market firms are underpriced or the book to market ratio is a proxy for a systematic risk factor According to results by Seyhun A. investors cannot usually earn abnormal returns by following inside trades after knowledge of the trades are made public If the daily returns on the stock market are normally distributed with a mean of 0. 05% and a standard deviation of 1. 0%, the probability that the stock market would have a return Of -23. 0% or worse on one particular day (as it did On Black Monday) is approximately . A. 0. 0% According to the semi-strong form of the efficient markets hypothesis B. future changes in stock prices cannot be predicted from any information that is publicly available The term random walk is used in investments to refer to and unpredictable C. stock price changes that are random 56. Important characteristic(s) of market efficiency is that there are no arbitrage opportunities I. security prices react quickly to new information Ill. ctive trading strategies will not consistently outperform passive strategies D. , II and Ill Stock market analysts have tended to be in their recommendations to investors. B. overwhelmingly optimistic Assume that a company announces unexpectedly high earnings in a particular quarter. In an efficient market one might expect . A. an abnormal price change immediately following the announcement A market anomaly refers to D. price behavior that differs from the behavior predicted by the efficient market hypothesis Which of the following contradicts the proposition that the stock market is weakly efficient? C. Every January, the stock market earns above normal returns.

Which of the following would violate the efficient market hypothesis? C. Earning abnormal returns after a firm announces surprise earnings. Which of the following stock price observations would appear to contradict the weak form Of the efficient market hypothesis? C. You could have consistently made superior returns by buying stock after a 10% rise in price and selling after a 10% fall. The semi-strong form of the efficient market hypothesis implies that generate abnormal returns and generate abnormal returns. D. Technical analysis cannot; fundamental analysis cannot

An implication of the efficient market hypothesis is that alphas will quickly disappear Fundamental indexing refers to . C. nonzero A. investing in index stocks in proportion to the stock’s fundamental value 66. Tests of mutual fund performance indicate that funds with tend to have poorer performance. B. higher expense and turnover ratios Value stocks may provide investors with better returns than gronrth stocks if . l. value stocks are out of favor with investors II. prices of growth stocks include premiums for overly optimistic growth levels Ill. value stocks are likely to generate positive earnings surprises.

D. l, II and Ill Value stocks usually exhibit _ price-to-book ratios and _ price-to-earnings ratios. A. low, low Growth stocks usually exhibit _ price-to-book ratios and price-to- earnings ratios. D. high, high A day trade with an average stock holding period of under 8 minutes might be most closely associated with which trading philosophy? D. Technical analysis A technical analyst is most likely to be affiliated with which investment philosophy? A. Active management Someone who invests in the Vanguard Index 500 mutual fund could most accurately be described as using what approach? D.

Passive investment Evidence by Blake, Elton and Gruber indicates that on average actively managed bond funds D. under perform passive fixed-income indexes by an amount equal to fund expenses Insiders are able to profitably trade and earn abnormal returns prior to the announcement of positive news. This is a violation of which form of efficiency? C. Strong form efficiency In an efficient market and for an investor that believes in a passive approach to investing, what is the primary duty of a portfolio manager? B. Diversification Which of the following is not a topic related to the debate over market fficiency?

A. IPO results Which Fidelity Magellan portfolio manager is often referenced as an exception to the general conclusion of efficient markets? B. Peter Lynch The tendency of poorly performing stocks and well performing stocks in one period to continue their performance into the next period is called the C. momentum effect Which of the following is not a concept related to explaining abnormal excess stock returns? D. Preferred stock effect The lack of adequate trading volume in stock that may ultimately lead to its ability to produce excess returns is referred to as the B. liquidity effect

Fundamental analysis determines that the price of a firm’s stock is too low, given its intrinsic value. The information used in the analysis is available to all market participants, yet the price does not seem to react. The stock does not trade on a major exchange. What concept might explain the ability to produce excess returns on this stock? B. Neglected firm effect When testing mutual fund performance over time one must be careful of which means that a certain percentage of poorer performing funds fail over time which makes the performance of remaining funds seem more consistent over time.

Before Islam in Arabia, women were seen as property themselves to their man (father or husband). If a man divorced a women he could keep the dowry and the property she has brought to the marriage. Since women had a low status in society baby girls were seen a less valuable than baby boys, this commonly lead to female infanticide. When the Qu’ran was established between 651 and 652 women started to be treated with more dignity and had some legal rights. For example Mohamad’s first wife, Khadija was a successful business women.

In the event of a divorce, woman now leave with the dowry and infanticide cease to exist in Arabia because the Quran strictly forbidden it. Through trade Islam spread to Sub-Saharan Africa in the eighth century and to Malaysia and Indonesia in the 14th century and thus conditions for women there have improved. The reasons why the Qu’ran may have forbidden infanticide is because it’s murder and the common killing of females can stunt the growth or kill the population of Muslims.

In China there is a problem with female infanticide because of the one-child-policy, since en can produce more work in farms women are less valuable to farming families. A major change as of a result from expanding trade networks from 500-1500 is the further diffusion of technological developments further from their nodal points. When merchants traveled along trade networks such as the Silk Road, they brought technologies from their homeland. The Chinese has spread the concept of paper money, porcelain, and cotton sails all across Eurasia.

The Muslim have also done the same in where their ideas such as istilled alcohol and modern soap have been spread throughout Eurasia. The reason why these concepts spread is because of increased interaction. Personal interaction is typical in trading and it is through this interaction is where ideas and technologies are transferred within two people. When a merchant transferred an idea to an indigenous person that person spreads that idea to another indigenous person and he does the same; then eventually a merchant in the area gets the idea and the process begins again. This diffusion is a sort Of contagious diffusion.

The SUCceSS Of this diffusion has much to do with the acceptance of these technologies because they better peoples’ lives. If the technologies were useless and nobody accepted it, its diffusion would have halt to an end really quickly. This diffusion of ideas through interaction is also seen in Japan after WWII when the American military occupied the land. American military men in Japan popularized products like jeans and Coca-Cola through personal interactions with the indigenous people. A continuity that holds true today is that China has lways remained the main producer of silk from 500-1500.

The Silk Road has been standing from the Han Dynasty to the 1450s and the major item of trade was silk from China. Although some other regions like Ancient Rome and the India have discovered how to manufacture silk, China still has remained the main place to get silk. The reason why this is so is because the infrastructure of silk manufacturing in China has been developed for a long time that its complex technological silk making structures were no match to the newly founded silk industries of other countries like Ancient Rome and

India; similar to how Shihuangdi was able to unify China much easily and faster than Augustus when he attempted to reunify Rome. It was because China already had a system in which they can easily build an empire on top Of. China has discovered silk in 4900 BC whereas silk was discovered in India between 2450 and 2000 BC and Rome in 550 CE. The reason why China had such a great advantage in the silk industry is because the government there has produced laws protecting “the secret of silk making” in where guards on border checkpoints would thoroughly search people leaving China or silk worm eggs.

Each time period had distinct characteristics and the changes in Rock music reflected the new attitudes of each generation. performers such as Elvis Presley and Little Richard dominated early rock in the 1950s. Rock and roll established a foundation in the 1950s and these themes carried over in the future generations. This music style originated in the United States and quickly spread around the country. The 1950s did not have any major political or social events, but the music was full of energy and made people get off their feet and dance.

It was influenced by rhythm and blues and gospel music and included instruments such as the electric guitar and drums. The 50s consisted of small bands that eventually drew larger crowds and made rock music became an American way of life. Elvis Presley was one of the most popular composers who made many great hits. Some of these included “Jailhouse Rock,” “Love Me Tender. ” Suspicious Minds,” “If I Can Dream,” Can’t Help Falling in Love. ” Other popular performers included Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, and The Dominoes.

This music had a very strong rhythm and beat. The Rolling Stones and The Beatles were the two most popular bands in the 1960s and greatly impacted American popular culture. Music was becoming more popular due to that fact it was becoming more accessible to everyday Americans. Radio stations broadcasted music and records were being sold across the country. The Rolling Stones and The Beatles were one of rock music’s largest debates because people often compared the two and argued over which band was better. These bands had many common aspects and ad made multiple achievements during the 1960s and on.

The Rolling Stones and The Beatles are both English rock bands that had made a cultural impact on American pop culture. The Beatles members included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star. “Some of their popular albums were “Help,” “Rubber Soul,” “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band,” and “Yellow Submarine” (Nugent 2). The Rolling Stones consisted Of Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Charlie Watts. They performed numerous well-known songs such as “Honky Tonk Woman,” “Brown Sugar,” Paint It, Black,” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want. These bands had their similarities and differences but they both succeeded during the 1 960s. The rise of disco started in the 1970s and many new rock styles appeared such as hard rock, country rock, punk rock, soft rock, and R&B. Rock music spread quickly and it played an important role in American lives from the west coast to the east coast. Bands such as Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, ACDC, Kiss, and Aerosmith were all extremely popular hard rock performers during this decade.

Rock music in the 1 970s was not as energetic and lively as previous decades. The guitar was still a popular instrument but the sounds became much heavier and faster. A new type of rock called soft rock became popular because the music was not as fast and the lyrics had more meaning. A few soft rock performers included Elton John, Billy Joel, The Carpenters, Chicago, and Fleetwood Mac. These composers influenced television and dance and changed American lifestyle. Music was very diverse and during the 70s there was something to listen to for every music taste.

Trends that began in the 1970s carried over into the 80s as well as todays music. Pop and dance music, alternative rock, and heavy metal were all new styles of music that emerged in the 1980s. Other hard rock bands emerged such as 132, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Posion, which introduced Americans to a new wave of music. Bon Jovi is a common music interest in my household, and my family has seen him in concert numerous times in Philadelphia. The band has had incredible success in the music industry and each album had produced award-wining hits.

Some of these include “Living On a Prayer,” “Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” “Have A Nice Day. ” He started making music in the 1 980s and continues to impress Americans till this day. People all over the world favored the 1 9805 music because it was very upbeat and optimistic. “Technology played a large role in incorporating rock music into America pop culture because cassettes, record, and compact disks were used to listen to music. ” (Ratliff 4). The quality was much better than FM radio and many people took advantage of this.

One of the first places I look for a job was a diverse group of companies that have the ame purpose, to help people to have a more productive and fulfilling live (Seek 2015). Another source was a company that has been in Australia since 2007, posting local ads for the community, connecting people for many purposes either moving, buying, selling and even employment (Gumtree 2015).

One problem that I face when looking for a job in Gumtree, is that most of the jobs posted on this web page were “cash in hand” jobs and no guaranteed hours, more like a casual basis or some just available for a short period of time. In the SEEK web page, is where I watched more serious jobs, with more potential but still restricted. Many of the positions available were for permanent residents, full-time or at least temporary residents, leaving me with a few options for employment.

Fortunately, the school has a job fair, where could contact some hotels directly and in the representation Of the school. That was a great help in my journey of looking for a job, great quality hotels send their HR representatives with offers for students, graduates and overseas people. During one of the events, I left my resume to all the hotels available and had a chat with as many managers as I could. was help by the staff of the school to update my resume, since ‘am a tudent from Mexico, for me the cover letter was something new, the resume totally different from the structure and content.

My LinkedIn profile was also outdated, so with the help from the personnel in the school I was able to fix it and improve it in order to create a better impression to recruiters. After the job fair, I was approached by Accor to work as porter in their hotel in central station, but at the same time was contacted by the Intercontinental Sydney for an interview to work in the restaurant called Caf© Opera, as Food and Beverage attendant. One of my uncles works at the Intercontinental in

Austin Texas, so I called him to ask about the company and how well they treat their employees, the benefits and if it was worth to work there in order to create a career. I attended the interview at the Intercontinental, the duty manager interview me following a series of questions about how to serve food, wine knowledge, spirits, coffee and sequence of service. Two weeks after the interview, I get a call telling me that I got the job and it came in a great time, since I had been in Australia for close to three months and my savings were almost gone.

The experience gained as Food and Beverage ttendant I obtained in Walt Disney, has been essential to perform my job and shine at doing it, but learning to make coffee has been something new, the ways of serving and names to the different coffees has been a challenge to learn, especially at the beginning of my employment. From the hotel perspective can notice that is hard for them to hire people that have no training or experience in hospitality, since the wedges here are so high, there is no money to waste on training. Most of the managers seek for people with a minimum of two months of experience in restaurants of hospitality.

Also personnel with knowledge about wines and spirits since is easier to complement the knowledge rather than start from zero, is important also to hire efficient and organized people that have the sense of urgency that a busy restaurant can demand from everyone. After being in the hotel for 5 months I express my intention to do my professional internship to my manager, and she was happy about it since she was a student from the Blue Mountains as well, I was given more responsibilities and a full time option for the duration of my placement, more shifts and the rotation to other areas of the hotel. ried to get into the front esk, but the manager I talked to, resign and I never got contacted by anyone else. Even if I didn’t get to work in front desk, I was able to work in other departments, like the cortile lounge, the Intercontinental Club and even banquets. Question 2 The Intercontinental hotel in Sydney is occupying what it used to be the treasury building, which was built in 1851, making the hotel one of the citys oldest historical monuments (Cannon 2014).

The building was renewed from the inside in the early 1980’s, to erect a 30-storey tower where the 509 rooms were built, hosting the Australia suit, a room of 250 sqm, also attributed the argest suite in Sydney (IHG 2015). The hotel has many services available for the guest, business centre, health and fitness centre, SPA facilities, indoor pool, concierge Services, dry cleaning and may others that will help the stay of any Pearson very comfortable, from luxury to leisure (InterContinental Hotels 2015).

Caf© Opera was the restaurant where was doing my placement, is a buffet service restaurant, seasonally inspired, with local ingredients, great views of the city and also the hotel launched the 117 restaurant. Talking about the induction to my department, the first day went for my niform, also to get my hotel ID, credential, and my name tag. After everything with the HR department like contract and payment, I was invited back to the restaurant with my manager where she give me a tour through the main areas of the hotel.

We went to the pool, the lobby, the club InterContinental and the offices of the directors, meeting most of the back of the house staff. The induction process to my position was very different to what I had imaged, you don’t get proper training, from my point of view, the manager just told me the table numbers and that is about it, most of the procedures and steps f the service had to ask or figure it out by myself.

Micros is a POS that was familiar with, but still is very different from one company to another, and is very hard for the first week to get used to or to find all the right keys. I remember in Disney, before you can be on the floor alone, you have to perform three sets trainings, and here not even a proper one. Two months later take a training called “brand training”, here I was introduced to all the different brands across the IHG Company, from the budget hotels like Holiday Inn Express, to the five star InterContinental.

The ew acquisitions of the company like the KIMPTON hotels & restaurants, recently joined the group in January 201 5 (IHG Financial Report 2014). Also, the most recent brand of hotels launched “EVEN hotels” focusing in a healthier and fitness hotel, where classes of yoga, fresh juices and personal trainers are offered on the property. On the same day of brand training, I was given a diploma and a picture with all the new staff and the hotel general manager, as well as my InterContinental pin.

To be honest that day I feel like I was valued, welcomed and important for my organization; everyone that day were commenting bout how nice gesture that was making you feel motivated and inspired to work. The induction process from the HR department was really nice, very well planned, with a good explanation of the hotel perspective, also the company financial results and history Of how the enterprise started. From the side of my place of work, I dont think is was well performed, there are many things that can be improves to make it better for the new joining members.

To start, believe that on your first shift, the new staff should be as shadow to the most experienced or the most efficient worker, in order to learn the tricks nd absorb the tips and suggestions. A Minimum of three trainings in each section before any staff can be alone, but most important a handout about how to use micros, since the location of all the buttons and functions vary from place to place is very hard to figure it out by yourself, or you are not very confident when putting orders at the beginning, wasting time and sometimes the time of other staff members.

It happened to me that other departments request help when they get very busy or are short on staff, so many times I was sent as support, but since had no idea how the other department worked, I felt lost, if clients ask me for omething I struggle where to find them or even to put it in the system. feel that this problem could have been mitigated by rotating the staff every once in a while to other restaurants; so you know the movement and the main things to do in other areas.

Question 3 IHG has a couple of developing programs for their employees, the one that has caught my attention is the I-Grad program, is a twelve month graduate management trainee program where you work in different departments while you develop your capabilities as a future leader (I-Grad program 2015). Once I finish my Master degree in BMIHS I will definitely try to enter to this rogram, is full of potential and great opportunities for the future all over the world.

One very important tool for development is education and experience, so one program created in association with Harvard University is ‘IHG Leadership Academy. Create to develop talent, leadership and knowledge sharing across the business (Harvard Business School 2015). The porpoise of the program is to help employees to understand what experiences and knowledge are required for advancement in their career, provide them with learning resources and exceed their management target trough business management.

The IHG’s Leadership Academy runs workshops every quarter, where the participants have to participate in selected Harvard ManageMentor modules that prioritize the business priorities, set specific goals aligned with IHG’s annual performance reviews. At the end employees are able to participate in a global online conference to share their learnings and hear the experience of other participating leaders (Harvard Business School 2015).

Definitely another program worth giving it a shot, especially because of the partnership with one of the best universities in the world. A very important program from IHG is the IHG academy, this program is very ocially responsible driven, its core pillar is to improve the employability and create job opportunities within the communities where there is a hotel from the company (IHG academy 2014). The main areas of focus for the program are: Operate on partnership with local communities and education suppliers, improving skills of each person.

Work experience placement, offering the participants the opportunity to obtain real world experience by working in a hotel. Feedback to the candidate, recruitment discussion and improving the chances of finding a job that is aligned with their skills and abilities. Recruit motivated and engaged people to the IGH Company, inviting to form part of the company to the most skilled potential employees. In order to implement the IHG Academy program in a hotel, consist of five steps, where the community and management come together for the best interest of both.

This creates a sustainable community around the hotels of the company and to the industry at large, creating talented and motivated employees; also investing in current workers to have access to internal training for further develop. Helping to create employee engagement, pride and loyalty in orking for IHG, reducing turnover and improving guest service (IHG academy 2014). Each hotel with this program has the support of the General Manager, HR leader and other employees with the passion for developing others, something unique in the industry as well as beneficial for the employee.

The IHG Academy program has over 600 hotels that provide the program, in 60 different countries, making it the largest program for personnel development in the hospitality industry (PR Newswire 201 5, p. 4). The growth potential in the hospitality sector is tremendous, and with companies that ocus on creating leaders, reflects the commitment of creating opportunities for the people in an industry that is fast-growing, with a long lasting growth potential. Hotel owners work together with the community, creating jobs and training opportunities.

IHG benefits by having access to talent from the neighborhood close to their properties. have worked for another company with a great developing program, Marriott has a program called Voyage, is a leadership program for 18 months. Here you focus in many areas of the hotel, from F to finance, HR and the entire operations (Marriott International 201 5), the program is available in ore than 30 countries. At the end of the program you are offered a supervisor or entry-level management position, according to your skills and experience obtained during the program.

Both companies offer great programs with almost the same characteristics, great opportunities for success in either company. In my personal experience, would stay with IHG, is a chain that have more brands of hotels, with a wider options for development and more programs to choose, from five stars hotels to the budget ones, so you can have more room for deciding your preferences. Another thing is that IHG has properties in more locations, Marriott is very strong in LJSA, but InterContinental has a wider portfolio of properties and a big plan for growth in China.

Question 4 What IHG is focusing for the future is to have an expansion of their hotels portfolio by 66%, including all their brands, budget, midscale, upscale and luxury, compared to their actual presence in China by the year 2020. The company believes that this segment has the highest growth opportunity and the strongest flexibility to the industry economic cycle (IHG Annual Report 2014) and with the continuous growth of china economy is critical to enforce the market in this sector.

Another goal is to increase their revenue for their next financial year by $1 million dollars, (IHG Annual report 2014), and for this particular objective the hotels has put in practice serval strategies that will help accomplish the increase in revenue. First, increase the number of properties for a couple of specific brands, 8-12 Holiday Inn express or 2-3 new Crowne Plaza contracts. Also increase the Holiday Inn brand RevPar by 6. % and increase loyalty by increasing the people joining IHG REWARDS by 20% (IHG Public Limited Company 2015). The strategy for the future, in order to grow each brand is segmented to the ype of accommodation, for example, the strategy for InterContinental and Crowne Plaza is, to create new and managed franchise contracts, generate more revenue and differentiate their strongest point of advantage, have an edge by offering high quality and luxury accommodation.

For the brand Indigo the growth strategy is to create new franchises contracts, by looking investors and improve the underperforming assets by training or closed supervision (IHG Public Limited Company 2015). Holiday Inn has the strategy of increasing their RevPar across the entire brand and sub-brands, but the way to reaching this goal is to focus on ustomer awareness, customer satisfaction, increase their impact on the Priority Club Rewards by offering better benefits that will make the brand more attractive for loyal customers.

Finally Staybridge Suites and Candlewood have the strategy to open new managed and franchised contracts, but also differentiate those brands as long stay in key places where tourism is constant like airports, theme parks, stadiums, etc (IHG Public Limited IHG also has some objectives that are socially responsible ones, which I am proud to talk about here, the first one is to contribute a total of $1 0 million ollars to communities through monetary donations (IHG PLC 201 5), the strategy here is to do fund races in all their hotels, like cook-offs contest, marathons, raffles and by asking for donations, so far the company has raised $840,000 for the IHG Shelter Fund, responding to 18 disasters in 9 different countries, including China, Mexico, Egypt and the 1-1K, providing funds to help financially, accommodation and vital supplies (IHG Shelter in a Storm 2015). In the level of the restaurant there are different objectives, the main one is to have a HeartBeat positive survey of 86. 5%.

HeartBeat is a questionnaire send to the people that have just stayed at any IHG property, in order to have feedback from their experience and find areas of opportunities in all the departments that the guest interact with (IHG Owners Association 2012). HeartBeat launched in April 2011 , as a global system to evaluate the stay of the guests around the world, it records the information for up to 12 months and gives a complete report every month about the satisfaction of the clients, ending In accurate and reliable information, in order to fix common problems or have better solutions in the future. Caf© Opera holds a HeartBeat of 82. 6 overall, but this includes criteria like the quality of the food, the ambiance of the restaurant and the price of the restaurant.

Attentiveness is in 93%, which is a phenomenal performance, time of service is at 86%, and despite the great performance in this rubrics is the overall percentage that is important for management. The strategy to be implemented by the Restaurant Manager will be to train all the staff in sequence of service, up sell, customer care and place a welcoming fresh juice station during breakfast and a live cooking station at the entrance of the restaurant. The spectated results Will be to have a better looking restaurant from the first step on it, a higher luxurious feeling and the better service from the staff, motivated and confident about the product their offer.

Being able to make recommendations about wine, spirits and answering food inquiries will help to improve the overall experience of each customer that walks into the restaurant, resulting in increasing the HeartBeat survey satisfaction for the Question 5 Restaurant dining in hotels, can provide a competitive advantage, providing a second income for the hotel in addition to accommodation, explaining the eason why is important to have a good quality and very well equipped restaurant with ingredients of high quality and premium tools (Ashton, Scott & Solnet, 2010). From my perspective, the main area which the restaurant relay heavily, is from the purchases department, since there is where all the raw material arrives to the hotel.

Is important the best data base program to ensure that all the ingredients are stocked and available even for the busiest nights, purchase department IS one of the most crucial areas of the entire hotel, they are in charge of all the materials, parts, food, utensils and many things more. Most of the time the taff from this department is the direct contact with suppliers and is vital the coordination and the good relationship between the both, in order to have a successful operation of the hotel (Smith & Bradford, 2015). Also many prices of supplies are arranged by this department, helping to manage cost, obtaining the best deals from distributors.

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a inematographic film in which the characters are puppets and are made to move to create the whole movie plot. The Nightmare Before Christmas starts with the symphony that develops with time gradually into beautiful tone that engages the viewer to look and listen with concentration. The movie starts with the camera focusing onto a dark forest which has several Halloween related pictures posted on the trunk of its trees such as pumpkin heads and skulls. After that, a deeply voiced narrator speaks and introduces the theme of the story.

The scene then dissolves and a graveyard appears in which everal Halloween figures dance about and sing this is Halloween. The plot of the movie starts with Jack Skellington as the lead character. It can be seen that the characters are made from artificial models but it cannot be determined whether the movie has been made using clay motion or high- resolution computer graphic programs. The motion of the figures is constant and precise. Moreover there is no delay between the hearing of the voices and the appearance of the artificial scenes associated with the sounds.

The movements of the mouths and the talking associated with them are very ccurate and no fault can be pointed out with this regard. The sound effects used in this movie are very engaging. Each action of the character was associated with a different sound that characterized the action. The result of this is that the viewer can freely understand the nature of the action without having to ponder over the situation deeply. The whole sound track of the movie was composed by Danny Elfman, who also provided the singing voice of Jack Skellington, and was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Soundtrack.

The voice of the characters can be heard clearly and loudly. Jack Skellington was voiced by actor Chris Sarandon while the character of Sally was voiced by actress Catherine O’Hara. The Nightmare Before Christmas has several original songs such as ‘X’vhat’s this” and “Kidnap the Sandy Klaws,” which are quite catchy. The audio of the whole movie presents a good image to the audience. There are several occasions in which voices are so clearly present that the upcoming events in the movies can automatically be guessed.

For example; the voices of Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie are so clearly presented that they are fictional personalities easily understood by the The film’s cinematography is simple and elegant. All the figures have been designed with perfection. The characters’ expressions for each and every emotion are discrete and explanatory. The characters faces can be seen to change correspondingly with a change in the scenario i. e. they present appropriate gestures for example SallVs facial expression is seen to change when she sees Jack Skellington; clearly indicating desire and love that she later expresses.

The film has been placed in context by placing events one after the other, each coming event being a sequel to the predecessor. The story beginning ith Jack Skellington as the Pumpkin King follows around him until he gets bored and wanders off to the outskirts of the Halloween-town where he finds trees with symbols on them indicating that they are doors which lead to other holiday-worlds. Jack Skellington chooses Christmas as the holiday he wishes to explore and is deeply touched by the culture and warmth of it. He then tries to bring the same stimulus to the local inhabitants of Halloween-town.

The story then gradually develops with time and engages the viewers to wait desperately for more to come. The major personal influence that I found to affect severely my opinion owards the movie was engagement in the story. The story of The Nightmare Before Christmas is so amazingly built and constructed a person is compelled to view on and on. The film covers many themes that a person expects to find from a movie including expression of love, drama, thrill, action and adventure. Moreover the hilarious lines and quotes used by the characters are also very entertaining.

The personal influences I found effective were my involvement in the story. The story of The Nightmare Before Christmas involves drama and adventure. From the beginning of the story to the end, I was not only watching the espective scenes with anticipation but was also discussing the likeliness of the things that might occur with my friends. The movie created an enjoyable environment. Each and every action Of Jack Skellington and his accomplices brought joy and awe. There were many moments during the movie that not only made me, but also my friends gasp.

Another personal involvement that I found effective on my opinion was the design of the cinematography. The movie was so elegantly filmed that it was not possible for me to distinguish it from other computer animated movie. The characters moved flawlessly throughout the movie. The conversation and the lip-movements were precise and accurate. The Nightmare Before Christmas therefore made a great influence on me. The movie inspired me in many ways. I was overwhelmed by the idea that the spirit of Christmas was being celebrated in a sad lonely place such as Halloween town.

Jack Skellington experienced the same inspiration when he entered a world of joy and happiness. He was so inspired that he tried to convince his friends of happiness associated with the wonderful holiday. He tried to teach them the ways in which Christmas was celebrated hoping that they would experience the same overwhelming feeling. Thus I believe the whole theme of the movie was the most engaging thing that affected my involvement in the story. The Nightmare Before Christmas covered loads of genres.

At the first, the movie seemed to be related to Halloween and the genre seemed to be related with horror rather than comedy. Then gradually the movie changed its theme and started to look more like comedy. The sayings of Jack Skellington were amusing. The character of Oogie Boogie also presented an engaging figure. The movie therefore seemed to cover comedy, adventure and drama. Jack Skellington’s feelings for Sally also made the movie romantic. The resence of the Mayor of Halloween town presented a political figure that formulated a thorough political theme in the movie.

I personally have found this movie to be very enjoyable. The movie was quite impressing keeping under consideration that it was a cinematographic movie with artificial figures and their mouths made to move to produce motion and dialogue. On a scale of one to five, I would have to rate this movie as a five considering that every moment in this film continues to keep me and my friends entertained. I recommend this movie not just for kids but for all ages to see. References Berardinelli, James. 2012). The Nightmare Before Christmas Movie Review.

According to Thompson, Buchbinder, and Shanks (201 2), there are six management functions in which managers utilize to carry out process in the health care industry: planning, organizing, staffing controlling, directing, and ecision making (Chapter Chapter 1 An Overview of Healthcare Management). Planning, which means setting priorities and determining performance targets, is needed to be able to ascertain which direction and end goals are needed to meet the overall spectrum of the organization.

Organizing involves knowledge of the overall design of the organization and designating reporting relationships and intentional patterns of interaction (Thompson, Buchbinder, & Shanks, 2012, Chapter Chapter 1: An Overview of Healthcare Management). This would apply in the workplace as determining ositions, assignments, and the distribution of authority and responsibility within the scope Of the managerial role. Staffing, controlling and directing all involve identifying characteristics of the workforce and applying those toward the overall need of the organization.

Developing and maintaining the workforce, assessing and correcting the workforce to obtain optimal performance, and the ability to communicate, lead, and motivate subordinates are all necessary criteria of management functions such as staffing, controlling and directing (Thompson, Buchbinder, & Shanks, 2012, Chapter Chapter 1: An Overview of Healthcare Management). Critical to all the other functions of management is decision making.

This is making effective decisions by weighing the advantages and disadvantages of alternative options (Thompson, Buchbinder, & Shanks, 201 2, Chapter Chapter 1: An Overview of Healthcare Management). The Healthcare Leadership Alliance, or the HLA, suggests that there are five competencies in which are common among health care managers. These competencies include communication and relationship management, rofessionalism, leadership, knowledge of the healthcare system, and business skills and knowledge (Stefl, 2008).

There are also many different roles of managers and leaders in the health care industry. Some positions may not have “manager” in the title but the scope of position involves management functions. Thompson, Buchbinder, and Shanks (2012) suggest that the role of the manager is essential to obtaining a high level of organizational performance and that managers are also instrumental in different areas including talent recruitment and etention, succession planning, and shaping health policy (Thompson, Buchbinder, & Shanks, 2012, Chapter Chapter 1: An Overview of Healthcare Management).

Above all, health care managers need to understand the complexity and various nature of the health care industry. This means keeping apprised of new protocols, changes in laws and standards, constant adherence to organizational policies and standards, and new technologies. In order to lead or manage, on must possess the necessary knowledge to hand down and encourage those that follow to adhere to and utilize this knowledge. Furthermore, great leadership also means sharing this knowledge instead of trading it (University of Phoenix, 2014).

Free sharing of information and accessibility to the leader from the subordinates is essential to great leadership (University of Phoenix, 2014). This is probably the most signiflcant aspect related tot he health care management field that one would want to gain through education: the knowledge of how it works from health care delivery to the technologies utilized to obtain, transfer, and utilize information nd ensure the success of the organization in which one is a manager at.

Concrete operational stage (8 to 12) Children learn to discern cause and effect. They can anticipate possible consequences of an action without having to try it out. They begin to understand the views of others. They also understand that quantities remain the same even when their shape or form changes. (ex. Same amount of water poured into a tall skinny glass or short fat glass) Formal operational stage (13 and older) Children can reason using abstract concepts. They can understand future consequences and evaluate the probable outcomes of several alternatives.

They can evaluate their own thoughts and consider major philosophical issues, such as why pain and suffering exist. . Parenting Styles Authoritarian Parenting- Parents who use an very demanding, rigid, punitive. They expect absolute obedience from their children and often use forceful measures to control their behavior. Permissive Parenting- Parents are usually warm and responsive but undemanding. They place few requirements on their children for orderly behavior or household task. Authoritative Parenting- Parents are demanding.

They impose rules and standards of behavior but they are also responsive and supportive. They encourage autonomy and self-reliance and uses positive reinforcement rather than harsh punishment. Uninvolved Parenting, parents are neither supportive nor demanding because they are indifferent. They spend little time interacting with their children and know little about their whereabouts or interests. 3. Latchkey kids are children who return home after school and let themselves in to an empty house or apartment, where they are alone and unsupervised until their parents or adult comes home. . Globalization-the growth and spread of investments trade production communication and new technology around the world. 5. Wealth- is the money and economic assets that a person or family owns 6. Income- is the amount of money a person eceives usually through wages or salaries but it also can include rents interest savings accounts dividends on stock or the proceeds from a business. 7. Glass ceiling- women hit a collection of attitudinal and organizational biases in the workplace that prevent women from advancing to leadership positions. 8.

Battered- woman syndrome-a condition that describes a woman who has experienced many years of physical abuse and feels incapable of leaving her partner. A. Phase One- The Tension-Building Phase-minor battering occurs Woman tries to reduce her partneds anger by catering to him or staying out Of his way. 8. Phase two- The Acute Battering Incident- partners explodes in rage and beating or otherwise abusing his partner. C. Phase Three- Calm (The “Honeymoon Phase”)- partner begging for woman’s forgiveness and promising that he will never beat her again.

Give up whatever cause his anger, He say. Baby Boomers, now in their late 40s and early 60s, are often referred to as the sandwich generation because they must care not only for their own children but also their aging parents. 9. phases Of Separation Preseparation-the partners may fantasize about what it would be like to live alone, escape from family responsibilities, or form new sex liaisons. Early Separation- besides feeling ambivalent about leaving a marriage. Questions arise about what tell family, friends, children teachers. Who get what items in home and economic issues.

Midseparation- the harsh realities of everyday living set In. The pressure of two households meeting the children emotional and physical needs and unexpected expenses arouse; work college etc. Late Seperation – the partner must learn how to survive as singles again, such as doing all the housework or home maintenance. 10. The Process of Divorce Emotional Divorce begins before any legal steps are taken. One or both artners feel unhappy or rejected. Legal Divorce is formal dissolution of a marriage. Couples reach an agreement on issues such as child custody property division and other economic assets.

Economic Divorce- couples may argue about who should pay past debts, property taxes and new expenses such as braces for children. Coparental Divorce- involves agreement about legal responsibility for financial support of the children their day to day care and the rights of the custodial and noncustodial parents in spending time with them. Community Divorce- during this stage they inform friends, family, teachers nd Others that they are no longer married. Psychic Divorce- in which the partners separate from each other emotionally and establish separate lives. Types of Custody 1 .

Sole custody- one parent has sole responsibility for raising the child; other parent has specific visitation rights. 2. Split Custody- the children are divided between the parents either by sex or by choice; the children decide who they want. 3. Joint custody- the children divide their time between their parents who share in decisions about their upbringing. 4. Co-custody- parents share physical and legal custody of their children equally. Process of Remarriage 1 . Emotional Remarriage- is often a slow process. The person has to establish a commitment to trust in a new partner. 2. sychic Remarriage- their identify changes from single to a couple. 3. Community Remarriage- may have to change their community of friends when they remarry. They may have to sever close personal ties that they established after a divorce and lose valuable friendships. 4. Parental Remarriage- involves developing relationships between a partner and the children of the new spouse. 5. Economic Remarriage- reestablishing a marital household as an economic nit. 6. Legal Remarriage- The legal system does not specify remarriage responsibilities , people are left to struggle with many problems on their own.

Life Expectancy- the average length of time people of the same age will live, of almost 78 years compared with 47 years in 1900 and 71 years in 1970. Ageism- to refer to discrimination against people on the basis of age, particularly against older people. Grandparenting Styles: 1 . Remote or Detached- the grandparents and grandchildren live apart and see each other infrequently, maintaining a largely ritualistic , symbolic relationship. 2. Companionate and Supportive- is the most common pattern. They see grandchildren often and frequently do things with them. . Involved and Influential- grandparents play an active role in their grandchildren lives. They may be playful and be spontaneous but they also exert substantial authority over grandchildren imposing definite-and sometimes tough rules. 4. Advisory and Authoritative- the grandparent serves as an advisor or a reservoir of family wisdom. Grandfather may acr as family financial advisor and grandmother plays a crucial role in grandchildren lives, especially if the mother Is young. Mentoring the mother until she is able to handle parenthood.

Complete the table below. Review the steps of the communication model. Describe each step using your own personal or business example in paragraph form. Review pp. 10 & 1 1 of Ch. 1 of Business Communication Today for more information. Steps of Communication Model personal or Business Scenario 1. Sender has an idea. My husband own’s his own landscaping business and we were thinking of ways to advertise for the fall season. came up with an idea about how to advance the way he advertises verses just posting something on craigslist.

This step is all about starting with an idea. 2. Sender encodes the Idea in a message. This steps is about how you communicate your idea. I did this by sitting down with him and explaining how we could make adds that includes not only services he provides but pictures of his work as well that would be appealing to future clients. 3. Sender produces the message in a medium. The medium of communication that was used in this process was non- personal. We made up the ads and then decided to post them electronically. 4. Sender transmits message through a channel.

The channel we decide to use was the internet as a way to communicate by posting ads on social media sites such as facebook, sites like craigslist, as well as the company’s personal webpage. 5. Audience receives the message. This is when the message reaches the intended audience and you hope they understand your message in its entirety. When making these ads we had to make sure that they would be properly read as well as catchy in order to capture the eyes of future clients. We also had to make sure that our ads tood out better than the competitiors. . Audience decodes the message. The way the audience will decode the ads would be to understand its meaning. Telling them the services that my husband provides as well as some deals we may be running at the time. This is when the audience will decide how they will respond to what it has just read or seen. 7. Audience responds to the message.

Challenging being defined as ‘Culturally abnormal behaviour(s) of such intensity, frequency or duration that the physical safety of the person or others is likely to be laced in serious jeopardy, or behaviour which is likely to seriously limit use o f, or result in the person being denied access, to ordinary community facilities. ‘ (E merson 1995). This role will expectyou to share your skills, experience and expertise to reali se our vision and mission for people with complex needs.

Our vision being “a varied and developmental lifestyle for each and every person” our mission being “empow ering people to achieve a lifestyle they are proud of’. To empathise with customers needs and support individuals to overcome obstacles to live the lifestyle they deserve. To have high expectations of yourself and fellow employees of what is possible for people with complex needs with the right care and support. To provide a personcentred service led by the customer wants, needs and aspirations and what is valued most by them.

To be passionate about customer experience and enthusiastic about sharing your passion with others. To work in an approach that safely meets individuals needs whilst risk assessing situations To contribute to an atmosphere of learning and reflection so that people are unafraid to make or acknowledge mistakes. TO encourage feedback honesty so that you and others can reflect on ractice and continually improve the quality of service offered.

To encourage a culture of transparency openness and to value the contributions that can be made to our mission by others whatever their background or experience. To ensure activities safeguard customer rights and provide opportunities to exercise rights. To implement the Service User Plans To ensure accurate records that support Green Light’s legal obligations, audit and quality assurance processes are kept on all professional activities within the Registered Home. To positively interact with customers and ensure this reflects Green Light’s overall vision mlsslon or people with complex needs.

To listen to the views of people using the service, fellow employees and others willing to shar e these to improve the quality of service. To ensure that any breakdown in relationships are quickly reported to preven t this impacting on the positive culture of the customer’s home and team working conditions. To ensure practices meet legislative requirements and are legally and ethicall y sound, reflecting key white papers, e. g. valuing people, valuing people now, challenging behaviour: a unified approach, The Mansell Report, etc.

To support the Registered Manager to ensure the home fully complies with th standards, requirements and recommendations of the relevant regulator Care Quality Commission (CQC) , Ofsted (where post relates to children) The Health and Safety Executive, The Independent Safeguarding Authority Criminal Records Bureau , Environmental Health Agency. To foster positive and open relationships with regulatory bodies and their employees in order to develop and improve standards of care and support.

To ensure your practices reflect the General Social Care Council (GSCC) Code of Conduct for employees employers To be aware of the relevant safeguarding vulnerable children/adult practices, olicies and procedures. To contribute to the wider development of Green Light and the implementati on Of its vision and mission. The care and safety and supervision of the people using the service. The day to day activities in the home are complete including administration and ensure compliance with statutory regulations and company policies and procedures.

The cultivation of an environment in which high standards of care and support are provided. To engage the customers to express themselves and take control of their lifestyle. To foster positive relationships with people who are personally or rofessionally significant to the customer and to the quality of care offered. To listen to and to consult widely with significant others and to include them in regular reviews of the Service LJser Plan To ensure any medication is stored and administered according to company policy and procedure, training and pharmaceutical recommendations.

Protecting customer confidentiality and ensuring policies and procedures relating to this are understood by those within the Registered Home. Encouraging freeflowing communication between parties involved in the care and support process; customers, their friends, carers and families, Green Ligh employees and health and social care professionals. To professionally represent the team and wider organisation in multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences and formal reviews.

To ensure your own development professionally and thus contributing to the development of Green Light’s services for people with complex needs. To meet with fellow employees at all levels on a regular basis so that information can be exchanged on the various parts of the company. TO ensure the home is safe, clean and tidy and wellmaintained inside and out reflecting high standards. To ensure resources under your control are afe, fitforpurpose and are well cared for by those using them. For example, any vehicles provided for customer and team use. To complete records of each person using the service.

To ensure you are suitably trained, competent and confident to fulfil your delegated responsibilities to required standards. To undertake a share of evening, weekend and sleepin shifts as dictated by customer needs, as reflected in the rota. To respect and maintain the confidentiality, respecting the fact that our business results in access to privileged information about vulnerable people, their families and representatives. To ensure that you maintain personal integrity, can be approached by employees with concerns knowing this will be dealt with in confidence.

To share our vision and support our mission for people with complex needs. To maintain positive relationships and high regard for Green Light’s business activities with current and future customers and their representatives and the general public. Ensure your professional activities and interactions reflects the values and principles of the General Social Care Council code of conduct. Maintain positive professional relations. Attend meetings and training as required. Ensure you have an awareness, observation and adherence of Fire and Health & Safety regulations.

He would always scold me properly when I misbehaved. Because of this early discipline, I always stop and think about what I am doing. If think my father would disapprove, then would not do it. My mother is a devoted Christian. She attends church service every Sunday and would always see to it that go to Sunday school. This was so instilled in me that while was in high school I would assist the Sunday school teachers with the children left in their care, while their parents attended the church service. This has helped me to be very patient with younger children. My identity was also affected by my ethnicity.

Although was brought to this country from Jamaica when I was 1 year old, I still identify myself as being Jamaican, even though I cannot speak the Jamaican language. This is because my parents have always surrounded me with people and things Jamaican. My parents’ brothers and sisters are Jamaican and when they visit, they always talk with the Jamaican accent and do things and cook dishes that are Jamaican. I can always talk with my Jamaican cousins and we can always confide in each other. When I was younger, would go to Jamaica and spend ime with my Grandparents.

While there I would attend summer school. Socializing with Jamaican children my age helped to shape my identity as a Jamaican. My identity has also been affected by the location that grew up in. In our neighborhood, my parents have friends that have taken an interest in how I grew up. I could always talk to these friends and get their impression on something that I had an interest in doing. Some of these friends are also Jamaican so this has helped to shape my identity as being Jamaican. I also have some friends in the area whom communicate with on social media hich has also shaped who am today.

Because some of these friends are American, it has helped to shape my identity not just as being Jamaican but Jamaican American. For instance I have learnt to accept Reggae music which is Jamaican and at the same time I like American Hip Hop music and several of the American artists. Also although one of my favorite dishes is Mac and Cheese which is the American side of my personality, also enjoy Ackee which is Jamaica’s National fru it. Participating in different sports has also played a part in who I am today. did Track and Field when I was in Middle and High school.

Many times I would be walking in the mall and different people would say, “l know who you are. You used to run for the Maryland Titans! ” I also did Karate while in Middle school and developed an identity as being very talented. I played Basketball in the neighborhood and developed the identity of being very athletic. Friends in the area used to call me a crafty little basketball player. really enjoyed playing sports. This really helped to build my self-esteem, just to know that people recognized what I have achieved in the different sports that I participated in. During my free time I love to watch Netflix, not just any shows.

I love to watch the shows that have use my brain and solve mysteries, like Blue Bloods, CSI, Rookie Blue and all the solving mysteries that get my attention. This past June, I took a trip to California and Las Vegas. In Las Vegas the is this place called the CSI experience where I got to solve a fake crime. I was really happy that I solved the case in less than 25 minutes. Just by solving this crime I felt like I was in the television shows that I watch. From was a young child; I was always fascinated with computers. Both of my parents work with computers, so I think that is what got me nterested with them.