Trying to predict worthy investments is very tough considering there is always risk in the stock market. I don't believe that people can predict the market. ... These events influence the market a lot and people can't exactly predict when these events will occur. ... However, trying to predict the returns can be very challenging for the future. ... Although we have the past to study and analyze, predicting the markets for the future is very challenging. ...

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He predicted many things back then, and surprisingly many of them came true, according to him. ... However, was this something a 12 year old could have predicted? ... Perhaps many could have predicted one or two of his predictions correctly, but to have predicted all of them correctly, is something of an achievement, and you really have to take your hat off to him. ... He predicts that by year 2009, we will be carrying at least dozen computers in our body. ... However, people around 1998 would have predicted this along with Kurzweil, which just proves that Kurzweil didn't predict anyt...

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Brave New World is an apocalyptic novel, which attempts to predict and define the future. Although it predicts somewhat of an unrealistic world, in some ways it correctly portrays the modern society. Though the beliefs of the predicted society it parallels that of modern life. ... Just as Huxley predicted structured class systems, such as Alpha, Beta and Gamma, today's world has a tendency of separating people into their own classifications. ... This predicted society shows the tragic flaws of our own society. ...

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Since investors should always predict value and growth of the market, which is the same as analyzing decision situations that involve uncertainty, the Lens Model is an exact right tool for this job. ... By measuring exactly how large and significant each cue has historically been in its relation to the outcome, the future value of the outcome can be predicted. Essentially, Lens model attempts to measure the degree of correlation between the cues and outcome, thereby establishing the latter's predictive value. ... It would demonstrate a direct relationship between baby food sales and hou...

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They predict Macbeth, that he is going to obtain the title of Thane of Cawdor and after that the throne of the King of Scotland (Macbeth Act I sc iii 49). ... They also predict that Banqou is going to be "lesser than Macbeth, and greater" (sc iii 65). ... In Banquo's case the witches seem to be able to affect the future as well as predict it, because unlike Macbeth, Banquo does not act on the witches' prediction that he will father kings. So it's hard to determine whether the witches are agents of fate or a motivating force, whether they affect the future or predict ...

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The first thing that I predict will be a major improvement in our lives is the construction of two huge highways that would connect the U.S. to Great Britain, and the U.S. to Japan. ... I also predict that sometime in the future there will be color changing paint. ... The third and last thing that I predict that will affect us in the future is the inventing of the miracle medicines. ...

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Public weather forecasters should not be held legally liable for their forecasts since the day-to-day weather is based on so many factors that may or may not be accurately predicted. ... Pielke point out that the Springer case was based on improperly using available information, rather than inaccurately predicting the weather. ... Predicting weather conditions for several days away has gotten much better over the past 25 years. ... The result was a hurricane that made landfall on the Louisiana coastline almost 24 hours earlier than originally predicted and killed almost all of the Bartie ...

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That's why many people go to a fortune-teller, to have their future predicted or for advice either by hand reading, usage of tarot cards or communication with death spirits. ... What better method of predicting the future than Astrology. ...

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Time Machine by Herbert Wells Time travel. An idea that has fascinated mankind for all eternity. The shear idea of voyaging through the fabric of time is both an intriguing and exhilarating thought. Throughout time, many author's have closely predicted the future through their novels, and who...

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Dictionary.com defines "past" as "[A] previous background, career, experiences, and activities- which is exactly the pretext required to understand the complexity of Gwen Harwood's poetry. By using characters as a portal, Harwood recaptures the past in her poetry and constructs a deep foundation on ...

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Over the past several years, one of the more highly debated and morally questioned acts in science, was the idea of cloning. The issue of cloning really came into the limelight, when it was learnt that a cloned sheep named Dolly was born around six years ago. This past week Dolly died. In an article...

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The piece entitled Just What is it That Makes Today's Home So Different, So Appealing by Richard Hamilton is a collage of pictures from the early to mid-50's. It is my belief that Hamilton attempted to predict the future of America by focusing on the shallow desires of human nature: sex, wealth, an...

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The future is something that cannot be seen or predicted. I do not fear what the future has in store for me. I see it as a place of promise. I believe that whatever is going to happen is happening for a reason. The future is inevitable, therefore the only choice I have is to embrace it. I face the...

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Essay Comparison The Friedmans's essay, "Created Equal," is about freedom of choice, freedom of opportunity, and the free capitalist market. The Friedmans state that liberty and equality are two of the main factors important to man trying to succeed in the U.S. liberty allowing the person to shape ...

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Forster predicts the terrible consequences of technology. ... The future of communication has been predicted accurately by the author, people tend to prefer the virtual form of communication any day rather than the physical, which seems to be too much work to many. ... The means of communication was invented by us to bring people who are separated by great distances together, but Forster predicted that in the future we would simply stay at home all the time and use the new advance in technology to communicate with others. ...

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They did this by having a study in which they carried out IQ tests on pupils and then generated false results in which 20% of the pupils were said to the teacher to be likely to achieve highly in all of their work, at the end of the academic year that randomly selected 20% of students had done better than the rest in the subject and the teachers had formed a better perception of those students who were predicted to score better even those that were selected may not actually have done better than the rest of the pupils. ...

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His biggest asset he says is being friendly.His attitude towards the world is on negative side, he thinks that one can not predict about the future, "means about how and when something is going to happen". ...

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The tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare is basically about a man named Macbeth, who three witches predict will become king. Indeed Macbeth does become king but at the cost of killing to get what he wanted. He killed Duncan, who was the king at the time and he also hired murderers to kill Banqu...

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Antonio is Alienated I believe that in the novel Bless Me, Ultima Antonio is an alienated individual. He doesn't seem to act like any of the other kids his age and has been through so much more then they have. For example, Antonio is torn between making his mother happy and becoming a priest, ...

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I think the life in the future won't be very different by now. The technology will change everything- life in space, transport and the most important thing- the life on the earth and the life of the ordinary men. The new technologies will open up more walls for the people to move from pl...

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Macbeth The specific details that made the play enjoyable started from the opening music until the last scene of the play. The play was done in the near future to make it more interesting while using today's hard rock music. The opening scene where it shows soldiers fighting on the front lines...

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Jake, an ordinary student from Washington Middle School, was walking to school one morning when he saw a bulletin on the board about an upcoming science fair where the first place winner got a huge trophy, $100 in cash, and was distinguished at a banquet afterwards. Excited to tell his friends, he ...

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For many years, science fiction writers have challenged readers with visions of the future and future society. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and life to be like at some future time. One could divide their visions of future into two main streams: an apocalyp...

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Life, Decisions and Consequences The writer Robert Frost in the poem "The Road Not Taken" emphasizes how the life has its own surprises and uncertainties and its own up and downs. Frost can be the speaker in this poem. He has to take a life decision, " Two road diverged in a yellow wood" the ...

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"The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden."" Can you imagine a time in which books are a source of hostility, not of knowledge? Can you imagine a world in which people hate literature and crave to see ...

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