understand and act on the big trends shaping our future. This future looks uncertain and unstable. Hurricane Sandy was a deadly reminder of shifting climate patterns‚ emphasizing the need for new ways to manage the world’s resources and environment. There are growing levels of social unrest over rising inequality‚ austerity‚ unemployment‚ political ineptitude‚ institutional failure and more. And companies will continue to fail because they misread the future - like Kodak‚ which invented the digital camera
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Just a futuristic idea or a need of the present. Titus Fernandes (13th October 2013) Abstract What is city of the future? Will there be any city in the future? For whom will the city of future be? A set of arguments very difficult to respond to‚ but one thing is clear that we are now‚ beginning to shape our present environment in context with a preconceived notion about the future. In this movement of change‚ where does the vision of underground cities stand? The article throws light on how initially
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these. Purpose Scope Background Assumptions Limitations Background Information Industry Define your industry (can be found within the IBIS reports) Describe trends within the industry Size of the industry Growth of the industry Future projections Major players Micro environment Organisation Discuss certain key information in relation to your chosen company. Customers Identify the customer markets that your firm serves‚ e.g. consumers‚ business‚ resellers‚ international and
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Policing in the Future Team A CJA/214 April 3‚ 2013 Lenard Wells Policing in the Future Policing in the future has many exciting advancements to be made in technology such as facial recognition‚ thermal and infrared sensors‚ and night vision just to name a few. Augmented reality systems are systems that are designed to present digital information to users on what they are look at in reality (The Pennsylvania state university‚ 2012) Another aspect of future policing is predictive policing
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Americans have increasingly divulged themselves in over-consumption. This escalating desire for physical goods is initiating the depletion of our resources and the destruction of our environment. The people of the United States‚ in their quest for material products‚ are causing catastrophes‚ such as the greenhouse effect‚ hazardous wastes‚ and a growing number of landfills. This in turn pollutes the planet and catalyzes global warming.      Greenhouse effect has been reeking havoc with
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Identify the following future ‘tenses’: a) I am going to the theater later this evening. Present continuous b) They’re going to play basketball on Tuesday afternoon. Be going + infinitive c) Jane will have left her job by the end of the week. Future perfect d) The train leaves at 6.00 pm. Present simple e) At this time tomorrow I will be lying on the beach. Future Continuous f) Next year‚ Paul will have been living in Italy for 3 years. Future perfect continuous
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt What Does My Future Hold? This is a question that most people have asked at least once in their lives‚ and is asked more frequently in light of these changing times. As we move through the New Earth paradigm shift‚ it is natural to sense a stronger need to know the future and given the various theories floating about regarding 2012 and beyond‚ many are left feeling a deeper sense of uncertainty about their
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Sustainability Nowadays one of the main challenges of the construction industry is to improve the image in terms of sustainability. Sustainability is defined as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Institutions have currently given sustainability more importance than it has ever received‚ mainly due to laws and regulations introduced by the governments of economically developed countries. In addition‚ achieving
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about the future. In history an ample amount of societies made mistakes that led to their downfall; comprehending the miscalculations that led to the disappearances of many societies will help people better prepare for the future. People in history have built nations‚ went through genocide‚ and have seen governments come crashing down along with their hopes and dreams‚ but the things that kept these people going in the midst of the good times and the bad times were the aspect of a better future. The book
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computers coexist in peace and harmony in the future? The poet and the author describe two totally different views‚ talking about the idea of coexistence. Our future will either be good or bad with questions to be asked as well. The poet‚ Richard Brautigan‚ describes the future as having hope and the computers take away freedom and work. The story written by Issac Asimov‚ writes about how computers is going to have a negative effect on the future and society with severe problems as well. The
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