Years in the future

1. In the articles “Welcome to the Future” by Matthew Hutson, and “What May Happen in the Next 100 Years” by John Elfreth Watkins Jr., both talk about good and bad things that will happen in the future, but what does that say about us? In the article “Welcome to the Future” by Matthew Hutson, it talks about how we have already damaged the earth enough to make some big changes to weather and more. In the article, it says “Current forecasts show Earth warming up, sea levels rising, and storms…

Concepts of time value of money The concept of time value of money lies in the argument that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future. This is mainly because money loses value over time due to many different factors. One of the factors that affect the value of money is inflation. Interest rate is another factor that affects the value of money. Fisher (2006) argues that inflation has an effect on the value of money because it reduces the buying power of money. Concepts about time…

technology has developed, changed, and improved slowly over the years. Kelly supports his claim by describing the 12 technological forces that will shape our future. Kelly’s purpose is to teach others the technological forces, because they will transform the way we do things in order to do this we need to embrace the forces so it will be easier for us to stay on track with the technological changes that come our way in the next 30 years. The author's intended audience is those working in…

because of my intellect or my drive, but because of what I have no control over and more often than not, the future of my success would be determined by those judgements. As a young black girl, the product of a single-mother and financial instability, statistics show that the odds are against me, that my future will be the pinnacle of economic depravity and dependence. That will not be my future and only those with such shortsightedness are not able to see the passion and drive I possess, that I…

125th commencement. Graduation is an exciting time... both an ending and a beginning filled with warm memories of the past, and immense dreams for the future. Now the question becomes, should we reminisce about the past four years, or instead focus on the next stage in this journey called life? We’ve waited impatiently for this day for many years, and now, we just want to hit pause, slow down, and enjoy the last fleeting moments before we graduate. After all, our lives will be forever altered…

the characteristics of paying high dividends and has a high leverage. Moreover, management stated that they are building another silos by this year, so it is assumed that Graincorp will have an increasing growth for several periods and will drop to the stable growth afterwards. Hence, the first stage of this model would be the increasing phase for 5 years and then followed by the stable growth phase. 5.2. Valuation Input Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) would serve as one of the valuation…

The future is something many of us think about but never never exactly know if it will turn out the way we want it too. People dread on how they think their future selves will turn out, because they want to be a success in their future or to see themselves accomplish a goal. Most individuals do not know how they should look at their future selves. Paul Bloom, the author of “First Person Plural” suggests that people should treat their future selves as someone they do not know yet because they…

the voting age should be lowered to 16. Kamenetz supports her argument with the 2008 election, legal age should be flexible towards education and cognitive requirements, having a learners permit, “early voting permit”, having their first, and their future are key premises to her argument. I believe that there should be a sepreate electon for the people under 18. In the article “You’re 16, You’re Beautiful and You’re a Voter” author Kamenetz believes that the voting age should be lowered to 16.…

same time. From freshman to senior year it has been a roller coaster of laughs and cries and not knowing what day or month it is, yet knowing when the next three day weekend is going to be. Academic wise, school is, needless to say, not so bad, the only time when school is over the top stressful is when finials roll around the corner and everyone is trying to get their grade up to at least passing. What I am choosing to…

Future City Interview What is your history with Future City? Future City Egypt founded at 2007, once I joined it and participated in founding the new model of Future City Egypt with my colleagues of volunteers then I considered FC as one of my life anchors, It always gives me the power to continue my daily activities with passion and I really consider FC Egypt as a family. Every year we plan for a new season of FC Egypt with passion, usually, we use a slogan for FC Egypt “The treasure is on…