...FINANCE I initially joined Colgate for the opportunity to work for a recognized multinational, and the prospect of having a global career was very enticing. I am currently a Finance Director for Colgate-Palmolive in the Philippines. What I like most about working at Colgate is the exposure to different cultures, the focus on people development, and the strong global ethics mindset. Since joining Colgate, my professional development has taken a very deliberate course through assignments in varying functional and cross-functional situations (for example Corporate Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Development/Sales, and Subsidiary) that have proven to be great building blocks as I progress within the organization. Participation in varying degrees of leadership development programs have also been a strong complement to preparing me for greater challenges as I advance my career within Colgate. Opportunities to also work cross functionally and in different economic and cultural environments have been great contributing factors in my development. My most exciting projects to-date include my current role in the Philippines which is providing me the opportunity to manage in an environment that is vastly different from the US. I also participated in a year-long leadership development program with fellow Colgate employees from different functions, backgrounds, cultures that provided a great deal of insight into managing in a global environment and Colgate's strategic focus. The key to...
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...Road Not Taken asked that I stop to consider every time I moved my jawa-like wizard around its grid-based maps. On one level I stared at the screen for about five minutes, contemplating every possible route to get the last child I needed to rescue to beat the area while avoiding a malicious black spirit that would drain about a fourth of my current health. But if I made too many useless moves here, I could end up without enough left to finish the next level. I eventually got to the child, but not without taking a spirit to the face - acceptable losses. That risk-reward balance is a clever hook at first, but it too quickly became less exciting as I played. Learning to match the varied animals, monsters, spirits, and other objects scattered across Road’s randomized levels in the fewest movements possible was, at first, unforgiving (leading to situations like my five-minute stumper). Every new object was a surprise, and some are as likely to end a good run on the spot as they are to help you out. But that’s to be expected from a Roguelike, where the first few sessions are more about learning the ins and outs than anything else. Most Roguelikes remove all your progress on death, making your knowledge of what to expect next time around the most palpable form of progress; here that knowledge is solidified in the form of a persistent and indispensable notebook that fills out as you uncover new objects and combinations. Being able to look up what each piece I encountered could turn...
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...Atlanta: For Fun and Adventure Winfred D. Walker ENG 121 English Composition I Instructor: Amy Erickson 29 April 2013 Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. I have visited many places throughout the United States, however, none are as exciting as Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta, there are many places to go and sights to see. For example, Six Flags over Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, and the Atlanta Braves Stadium, are all in or near the city of Atlanta. Six Flags Over Georgia is the largest regional theme park in the Southeast. Six Flags boasts more than 40 rides and attractions. With 11 roller coasters, 3 children's areas, 3 water rides, award-winning shows and numerous other thrill rides, a day can be spent making memories to last a lifetime. The Ninja, is my favorite. The Ninja goes up and down steep hills and even loops upside down. During the summer months, you can splash around in Skull Island, the park's huge interactive water play structure featuring dozens of water slides. My favorite water ride is Thunder River. Last year, I was lucky enough to get caught under the cool splash of the big waterfall. In October, Six Flags is transformed into a haunted theme park for Fright Fest. Halloween shows, roaming zombies and terrifying ride makeovers make Fright Fest the best Halloween experience in Atlanta! Six Flags also has water rides available to keep people cool. Six Flags also has games to play and many souvenir shops. As for the sweets, the funnel cakes...
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...Ashley Jones Mrs. Lusk English 101 August 21, 2015 The Enjoyment of Atlanta Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. I have visited many places; however, few are as entertaining as Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta, there are many places to go and sights to see. There are incredible buildings and hotels and consistent entertainment throughout the night. For example, Six Flags over Georgia, Stone mountain Park, the Georgia Dome and the Atlanta Braves Stadium, are all in or near the city of Atlanta. The hotels in Atlanta are truly colossal and extremely luxurious. One hotel I found extremely ostentatious was the Westin Peachtree Plaza. The Peachtree is a cylinder shaped, skyscraper hotel with windows going all around the building. Six Flags over Georgia is a theme park containing anything from luscious treats to lively rides. Six Flags accommodates many activities for all ages and it is not uncommon to see famous cartoon characters, such as Bugs Bunny, roaming around the park. Older children and adults who possess strong stomachs may enjoy riding the various roller coasters available, such as, The Ninja. The Ninja goes up and down steep hills and even loops upside down. Six Flags also has water slides and a water park available to keep people cool. My preferred water ride is Thunder River. When I was younger, I was lucky enough to get caught under the waterfall. Six Flags also has games to play and bountiful souvenir shops. As for the sweets I mentioned earlier...
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...AI robot: how machine intelligence is evolving No computer can yet pass the 'Turing test' and be taken as human. But the hunt for artificial intelligence is moving in a different, exciting direction that involves creativity, language – and even jazz • Comments (109) • Marcus du Sautoy • The Observer, Saturday 31 March 2012 • Article history [pic] Marcus du Sautoy with one of Luc Steels's language-making robots. Photograph: Jodie Adams/BBC 'I propose to consider the question "Can machines think?"' Not my question but the opening of Alan Turing's seminal 1950 paper which is generally regarded as the catalyst for the modern quest to create artificial intelligence. His question was inspired by a book he had been given at the age of 10: Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know by Edwin Tenney Brewster. The book was packed with nuggets that fired the young Turing's imagination including the following provocative statement: "Of course the body is a machine. It is vastly complex, many times more complicated than any machine ever made with hands; but still after all a machine. It has been likened to a steam machine. But that was before we knew as much about the way it works as we know now. It really is a gas engine; like the engine of an automobile, a motor boat or a flying machine." If the body were a machine, Turing wondered: is it possible to artificially create such a contraption that could think like he did? This year is Turing's centenary so would he...
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...The four years of college is considered as one of the most important times of a student’s life. This is the period where she must open herself to a trove of learning opportunities and use this to the best of her abilities to build and grow into a wiser, more responsible and a stronger version of herself. However, college isn’t only about building on the academia and knowledge, it’s more about finding a holistic approach to improve her level of understanding, involving in different activities and going on a self-exploration to find out about her own interests, strengths, and weaknesses. When I walk into my four years of college, I have innumerable expectations to fulfill and many activities to get done. One of the first things I want from my...
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...Does it disgust you that some find war enjoyable or exciting? Do you feel it is important to obey and listen to your parents? They may know more than you care to admit. War brings on hard times for all members of a family, and It can lead to massive arguments between the members of a family. It is important to obey your parents because they are looking out for you have your best interest in mind. Nothing about war is exciting. It brings devastation upon the population. The story My Brother Sam is Dead shows what the Meeker family has to go through in order to (hopefully) survive the war, and these themes are included throughout. There is nothing exciting about war. With war comes disease and famine, which then leads to death. This is heavily...
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...is my favorite. Each year the classes are interesting and engaging with a series a series of amazing books. Always remember to follow along with the book or risk failing the test that you will have each Friday. The test will review the previous chapter you have read so far. In language arts if you happen to fail a test you can stay after on language designated clinic days to repair the grade to at least a seventy percent. One of the Language Arts teacher at Gulf Coast Charter Schools says, “The best book the incoming sixth grade class will be reading is The Watson’s go to Birmingham, because it teaches you a lot about the civil rights movement.” You will have many writing assignments. One of the...
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...molding a person’s career and future. My life took a major turning point during these years from 1997 to 2007. These years drastically changed my life, for what I am today that I thought before during my teenage years. Remembering those years gives me a sense of joy and happiness and a sense of satisfaction in completing and achieving few steps in life considered to be important. From 1997 to 2000 were my days in college. At first I felt very difficult to adjust to the surrounding, but when I started making friends the life was much better and stress free. Those days were most exciting days as I was independent and my thoughts were developed to mould my life and career. I was seeing great things for future and planning my life for good. In college days I learnt a lot about the nature and philosophy of different people. Basic lessons of life were learnt in my college days. I knew this world can be good place to live and can also be a destructive and bad place to live too. But what matters is the way you live the life and what principles you stand for. These were many occasions where I needed to make important decisions in my life. Some come out to be beneficial but some decisions were not at all correct. Mistakes made in life teach you to step forward to achieve and perform better the next time. “Failures are stepping stone to success”. This saying really strengthened me during my college years when I failed to make some correct decisions in my life. I graduated from college in...
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...Product (features and benefits) My description of my chocolate bar is; Bottom layer- a crisp thin piece of wafer smothered in dark chocolate with a very high cocoa percentage. Middle layer- cocoa dusted balls of deliciousness indulged in gorgeous Belgian milk chocolate. Top layer- is a thin layer of bright white indulgent chocolate to finish off the delightful experience. The chocolate bar is fair trade. The brand personality – include an explanation of how you decided upon this, and the methods and techniques used. My brand personality is sexy fun and sensual. Sensual because it should give you all the right luxurious senses because it will make you happy. It is sexy because the chocolate bar is designed to make you feel sexy. The personality is fun too because it shouldn’t be boring but it should be exhilarating and exciting! Other personalities of I chose this personality because I feel that this personality clearly communicates the relaxed happy feelings I want you to feel when you eat the chocolate bar. I want the consumer to feel exited daring bold and fun! And I think that my personality communicates this clearly. My branding methods are dark colours like browns and blacks this is because they represent the chocolate inside of my chocolate wrapper so when you see the bar you can expect what is inside. I will also use the logo to convey that there is a special centre of the chocolate bar which is adventurous and exciting. The target market – include information...
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...around the world and trying to find the treasure, but most of them just hold it as a dream ,not take it into action. In the book The adventure of Tom Sawyer you can see a very exciting and mind-blowing story,which shows a young boy’s adventure life. It is one of the best-written novels of Mark Twain, which brings the fresh recollections of Mark Twain’s memory of his childhood. Tom Sawyer ,who is always causing mischief and troubles, but sets a new and original image which is totally different from the other children. In the novel, Tom Sawyer with Huck Finn leads a typical American-style life with innocence and happiness. In order to get rid of the usual life and the control of contemporary moral values, Tom and Huck make chances for adventures and have fun in realizing their dream with naughtiness and heroic justice to eradicate evil. childhood which is the best time for me, and maybe the best time for most people. That’s the reason why Tom Sawyer has become one of the most impressive images in world literature which enjoys lots of reputation and popularity. It also should be one of the most memorable time for Mark Twain himself, and we can dig out his values for kids and his past childhood. I ‘m a faithful reader of Mark Twain, , I have covered almost all of his short stories, most of his novels. So I think I understand and know his values and judgment to some extent especially his attitude towards morals at that time, criticizing the role-model kids produced from the boring...
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...impress his Elizabethan audience because entertainment through theater was extremely important to everyone in the era ("Elizabethan Theater"). Shakespeare successfully captivated an Elizabethan audience with this production (“Hamlet”). This essay will explain how an Elizabethan audience was targeted by Hamlet’s final monologue (act 4, lines 32-66). This speech effectively targeted and engaged an Elizabethan audience because its format, mentions of revenge and exciting nature caused the audience to sympathise with Hamlet’s decisions and feelings, and become enthusiastic and involved in the play. The format of this speech is a key factor which explains why the Elizabethan audience is effectively targeted. This speech is written and delivered in the form of a soliloquy. This means that it is an “uninterrupted speech delivered by a single character to the audience but not to other characters” (Jaber Al-Ogaili 48). Soliloquies are a literary device that is most often used as a technique to express the character’s inner most thoughts and feelings in a realistic and personal way. The audience feels connected with the character because they are sharing their inner conflicts and progression through crises with only them (Jaber Al-Ogaili 48). It is this format that allows the audience to get to know and understand Hamlet on a...
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...raveling has a way of giving you perspective. For the past several summers my family and I have traveled around the country, covering as much as 9,000 miles by car in one five-week summer trip. The trips are exciting and fun, great education for my kids, and make us all realize how different our lives are from lots of other people. Our destination is always a big city, like Boston or New York or Washington. I spent my first 29 years living in Boston, so I enjoy visiting my old South Boston neighborhood, riding the subway system I dreaded as a schoolkid, and taking in the museums and historical sites and entertainment I enjoyed so much when I lived there. We stop in lots of small towns on the way to and from the city. Many are similar to our own Gold Beach, Oregon, a quiet, friendly town of 1,500 nestled in a fairly large expanse of open space, in our case the ocean and mountains of the Northwest. I always gain insight into myself and my situation in life when I travel. Typically I feel fortunate to have made the transition from city to country life long ago because I feel at home and comfortable in the country. But the city is still exciting and impressive. Here are what I see as the major benefits and drawbacks between city and small town life: Population density: Even as you approach the city on its main freeway or expressway, cars begin crowding closer together and dart in and out of lanes in an effort to get one or two car lengths ahead of a competitor. In the...
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...SOW" problem? People need change, they just don’t realize it. Most people view change as a negative, but the reality is most change is for the better i.e. cell phones, microwaves, refrigerators, cars, etc. Harrah’s was not providing this necessity to their customers. There was no change, no adrenaline rush. They lacked centricity. The right hand didn’t know what the left hand was doing. Harrah’s has numerous hotels all doing differently. They had data, but there were not using it. II. How does calculating the customer expected net worth help in addressing the SOW problem? Harrah’s will see what is working and what is not working for them by doing an expected net worth per customer. By tracking this data they can offer “new” and “exciting” offers to their customers. III. What key recommendations would you make in solving the SOW problem? If you know a loyal customer is going to Las Vegas, but not staying at a Harrah’s casino simply ask the customer why? Give them chips to use in the Vegas casino as a thank you for filling out the survey. Take a good look at what the other casinos in the area are offering. In fact go stay at some of them to see how hospitality, rooms, grounds compete with your hotel. Without a lot of expense can you match their efforts? Their marketing strategies may be free food while gambling, babysitting services, tickets to the area shows either free or at a discount. My key recommendation is update the rooms. They are very plain...
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...was so new and promising. I didn’t be missing at home because I was doing so many new and exciting things. I was very busy making new friends and of couse traveling. I have some old friends in some other college, we often gathered to make a small talk and went for a walk in campus and observed other students who older than me some reading books, some chatting with friends, some play guitar together…. At that time I told myself ‘ oh my god student life is so interesting, lively. This is a true life, definitely different from my life before the time I only knew study and study. Let’s live and enjoy your life’. I was curious about culture and cuisine there. Therefore I and my best friend traveled around ha noi. I really like old quarter, a rich food culture most famous dishes, such as phở, chả cá, cốm, bánh cuốn, nem trộn, trà chanh, nem vuông, café giang… ‘life is so wonderful there are so many things I haven’t knew’- I thought that. It was a very exciting time and maybe it lasted for about 1 month. Then the hostility stage hit. I think that the turning point was when I decided to sign up the advanced business program. This period was a hard time to me. As you know this program required a certain level of english skills and at that time my english skill was very bad. And I still remember the first period I used to lecture in english and I can’t understand despite the fact that how I tried my...
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