THE EXTREME FUTURE: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5‚ 10‚ and 20 Years by James Canton‚ Ph.D. “Canton’s background in future-planning consultancy began when he studied under Alvin Toffler in the 1970s-and it shows in this big-picture take on the world of tomorrow…” —Publishers Weekly The Midwest is beach front property‚ the workforce is largely dominated by women‚ and genetic engineering gives rescue workers gills to better save lives according to James Canton
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operated by Facebook Inc. The company has continued to develop and increase potentiality over the last eight years (PrivCo‚ 2011). As of March‚ 2012‚ there were more than 900 million Facebook users‚ more than 125 billion friend connections and there were an average of 300 million photos uploaded each day on the website (Facebook’s S-1 Filing‚ 2012). In this sense‚ Facebook has become the largest social networking sites in the world. Additionally‚ when the company started trading stock to public on 18 May
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Plastic Paradise The great Pacific garbage patch. Not many people have heard of such a thing but this "thing" is real. The pacific garbage patch is said to be an island the size of Texas purely of garbage‚ but the majority of it being plastic. Plastic Paradise effectively shows the dangers of plastic and how it can harm the planet and the wild life it supports. Watching this film shows what we are slowly doing to this planet. It gives examples and states that ever since plastic was invented
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Analysis of Cathay Pacific Airlines General Environment Cathay Pacific was established in 1946 and is now the largest airline company in Hong Kong. It operates both passenger services and cargo services and operates in more than 30 countries throughout Asia‚ the Pacific‚ the Middle East‚ Africa‚ Europe and North America to more than 80 destinations. From Hong Kong‚ where its headquarter is based‚ Cathay operates 36 of their destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. Therefore the general environment
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SHIFT OF US MARINE PRIORITIES FROM ATLANTIC TO ASIA PACIFIC REGION – IMPLICATIONS FOR PAKISTAN INTRODUCTION 1. As per the new global strategy of American imperialism‚ the United States will deploy the majority of its naval forces to the Asia-Pacific region over the next decade‚ Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced in a speech to a security conference in Singapore on june 2012. The move is part of a major shift in the global strategy of American imperialism that puts China at the top
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Strangers From The Pacific Shore There are lots of immigrants coming to the United States from all over the world between 1815 and 1920. United States becomes the land of emerging economy. The Italian‚ Greeks and Chinese saw the opportunity of a better life‚ planning to make enough money and return home and buy some land. But many immigrants like Irish and Jewish immigrants had no intention of returning to their homelands. The Jews of Eastern Europe were often escaping persecution and did not
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The walruses are in danger of extinction‚ and the image makes this apparent by portraying a melting walrus. Greenpeace is the most productive and known environmental organization in the world. They are the voice for those who cannot speak. They stand up for the walruses who are desperately in need for attention and immediate action‚ before it is too late. The walrus population is declining due to the melting of the sea ice. This correlation brings realization to the public that climate change is
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It used to be only select few Malaysian companies had the resources to venture abroad. Overseas ventures were a game only for the big players. Nowadays‚ going abroad is almost necessity for any Malaysian company looking for growth in profit. Malaysian companies are looking abroad to take advantage of the globalization following the rising labour costs and a limited domestic market Malaysia only has 22 million people compared to countries like India and China which each has more than 1 billion people
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A futures contract is a commitment to make or take delivery of a specific quantity of a commodity or other financial obligation at a predetermined place and time in the future. All terms of the contract are standardized and established beforehand‚ except for the price‚ which is determined by open outcry in a pit or ring on the exchange trading floor of a commodity exchange. All contracts ultimately are settled either through liquidation (by offsetting purchases or sales) or by the delivery of the
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even started giving refunds to users who were never able to get on during the troubled ordeal.<br><br>Some people are predicting‚ because of the length of Internet calls and the amount of bandwidth the calls take‚ that one day in the not so distant future‚ the entire telephone network‚ or at least a great portion of it‚ will cease to function‚ and all telephone calls will fail to connect. This idea is referred to by some as the "Gridlock Theory." Others advise that steps can be taken to avoid such
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