Pixonix Inc. is a graphic design company that operates in Toronto‚ Canada. However‚ though it is based in Canada‚ Pixonix Inc. buys the company’s licensed proprietary tools and software from a U.S. company every year. The cost of these tools and software is 7.5 million U.S. dollars. Thus‚ every year at the end of January‚ Pixonix Inc. has to endure an expense of 7.5 million dollars. According to the case‚ currently the Canadian dollar is appreciating against the U.S. dollar. Therefore the Canadian
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– roughly 0.00007% of the world’s population at that time. What changed? Progress. A word Neil Postman doesn’t seem to acknowledge in his essay‚ Future Shlock. You see‚ Mr. Postman has a theory. He essentially states that after future shock‚ a phrase that describes “the social paralysis induced by rapid technological change”‚ a phenomenon called future shlock occurs. This phenomenon is a “cultural condition characterized by the rapid erosion of collective intelligence.” It’s a cute concept; one that
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Multimedia future There seems to be a rising flourish of enthusiasm about Internet courseware and multimedia. Additional individuals learn‚ the more they want to learn. For example‚ once their essential classes Web pages are complete‚ instructors often decide that they want pictures‚ then perhaps some audio‚ then animation‚ then. There are a number of advantages to using audio over the Internet. Professors are able to create archived lectures or live broadcasts‚ allowing for asynchronous or
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Chapter 5: Future Eugenics “You may think Humans is a noun‚ but in reality we’re actually a verb- we’re an action; an occurrence; a state of motion!”- BJ Murphy Consumer driven eugenics practices like designer babies‚ provide parents with choices‚ something that the old eugenics never did. However‚ these choices may inhibit conditions for choice in the future. Screening embryos for diseases and creating children “In our own image” (Galton‚ David (2001)) can help parents give their children the best
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Criminology in the Future Everyone wanted security in life. Whether faced with threat or danger‚ people could use protection in any given situation. New technologies created to ease the worries of an individual. An example was biometrics. The tools refer to automatic identification or verification of living persons using his or her enduring physical or behavioral characteristics (Johnson‚ p. 92‚ 2004). Examples of applications were fingerprints and facial traits. Many countries like the United
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“My predictions on the future of the world fashion industry 20 years from now.” Essay Joris Rotsaert M2Ei ___________________________________________________________________ So‚ according to an ancient prediction of the Maya’s‚ the world is going down in 2012. But best case scenario: we will still be here 20 years from now‚ how will that world look like‚ How will fashion look like in 20 years from now? In my opinion the future of fashion and the earth in general will be more
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people who make that future happen...” Write out the text of a talk you would deliver to your classmates entitled: Our futures are in our own hands. Good afternoon classmates. As graduating students our future captures a wide range of possibilities. Some of us may be certain of what that future might be and others are willing to wait patiently for the unexpected to come. Whether going to college or choosing to earn a living‚ we all hope for a better and brighter future. Along the way we learn
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Walking Through Some Examples of Futures and Options Contracts – Speculation and Hedging As Dr. Cogley said in class the other day‚ sometimes futures contracts and options are hard to wrap your head around until you see them a few times. So I’ve written up some examples similar to those Dr. Cogley did in lecture‚ with a little more explanation about how we get the results that we do. But before we jump into that‚ we need to revisit our terms. 1. Forward contract: A buyer and a seller agree to a specific
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It all happened so fast. The smell of gasoline intoxicated my lungs as it spread through the air in the dark night sky. My vision was impaired as the blood from my forehead trickled down my face into my eyes. It was almost impossible to move within the confines of that metal death trap. Any movement insured glass and broken pieces of metal would pierce my skin adding more agony to the pain I was already feeling. All of it was a big blur‚ really. As the smoke started pouring inside of the vehicle
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When i think about a future career for myself‚ i see myself doing it for a very long time. In my imagination i picture myself as a millitary special forces officer. I have always wanted to go into the military since i was a little boy. The first time i ever heard about the green berets or the navy seals i knew that was what i wanted to do. I was told that being in the special forces was a very hard‚ but honorable career. You have to be very tough physically and mentally. My favorite thing about the
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