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Tory Starbuck performs the song Veraline in Futurist Manifesto. 1988 Galactic Rebel Revolution. – Video

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Nicholas J. Webb is a world-renowned business futurist and innovation thought leader. Webb is the author of The Innovation Playbook and The Digital Innovation Playbook. He is also a successful...

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Q&A: Futurist Rebecca Ryan says Madison needs to come to grips with its growing diversity

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Rebecca Ryan has been associated with new-economy Madison for almost a decade now.

In 2005, less than a year after she brought Next Generation Consulting to Madison, the Wisconsin State Journal dubbed her a coolness consultant for her work with companies and cities to attract and retain young people. Shes spoken at the Overture Center on the new economy, been the keynote speaker at a Madison Area Technical College graduation and now chairs the board of Sustain Dane, which aims to make Dane County more environmentally friendly and economically successful at the same time.

As it did for many businesses, the Great Recession changed Next Generation. Down from a peak of 10 employees, the company is now just Ryan, 41, and her partner (both in business and life), Marti Ryan. They are futurists, helping clients (mostly municipalities now) nationwide navigate economic and demographic trends to stay relevant.

Rebecca Ryan is the resident futurist for the Arizona-based Alliance for Innovation, but shes kept a high local profile, including writing a regular column for Madison Magazine. In October, she was the target of some angry blowback for a column titled the Tier-Two Tradeoff in which she said living in a smaller city like Madison comes with an opportunity cost.

Ryan said she was taken aback by the intense reaction to the column, though she conceded in a follow-up piece that tier two which in her line of work refers to a city of between 500,000 and 1 million people might sound like an insult. She also wrote that despite the expressed wishes of some, she has every intent of staying in the city. She came in to the Cap Times offices recently to talk about what Madison has going for it, what its problems are and why shes going to stick around.

Cap Times: Tell me a bit more about Next Generations new focus.

Rebecca Ryan: Version two really came from having a crisis of faith in my clients in some ways. During the first part of my companys history we had helped a lot of companies get on "best places to work" lists and then during the recession, some leaders did things that I just really felt were unconscionable.

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The classic example I got a call from the managing partner of one of the biggest public accounting firms in the world, theyd been a client of ours, and he said, Rebecca, Im going to send you a draft of an email that were going to send out tomorrow first thing and I want you to tell me what you think.

So the email comes to my inbox and its announcing a 15 percent reduction in force effective immediately. I called him and I said, "I remember you telling employees that you were running 5 percent ahead of where you were going to be with some of your initiatives." I asked what communication have they received between then and now and he said, Well, none.

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[video] Ford Futurist: Consumers Seek a Better Balance with Technology in 2014

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The video this transcript is based on appeared on December 31.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Ford Motor Company (F) futurist Sheryl Connelly discusses the top trends expected to take shape in 2014 and how they will affect what consumers will want to buy in the coming year and beyond.

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Brittany Umar: What will be the biggest consumer trends in 2014? I'm here with Sheryl Connelly, Futurist for Ford Motor Company, and Sheryl, put simply, your job is to stay on top of these trends and analyze and predict what consumers will be wanting to buy next year. So what is it specifically that you look at to determine that?

Sheryl Connelly: Most people don't realize it takes three years to bring a vehicle to market. So even if we have the most innovative ideas today by the time the rubber hits the road it might be a little flat. So we look at social, technological, economic, environmental, and political arenas to try to understand was gonna shake consumer values.

Brittany Umar: So what have you found to be the top global trend for consumers in 2014?

Sheryl Connelly: One of the things we talk about in our publication for 2014 is a quiet riot of innovation. Well we've almost become immune to how advanced and rapid technology innovates and we have these dramatic disruptions that we're almost immune to. Consider for a moment that the iPad has been on the market for about four years and is already widespread throughout elementary schools. So these changes happen and they go unnoticed for the most part.

Brittany Umar: So how do you expect that to come into play and actually affect consumers' purchasing next year?

Sheryl Connelly: Well that's a double-edged sword because everyone's really excited about the new exciting thing that's out there, but we also know because innovation moves so quickly, prices drop correspondingly. So sometimes people get into a waiting game that's a 'I want that but I'm going to wait for price to drop." When the price is finally affordable, something new catches their eye and they say, "maybe I'll wait a little longer for that price to drop." And so there's this weighing of value versus innovation.

Brittany Umar: Thank you so much Sheryl Connelly. I'm Brittany Umar for TheStreet.

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Editor’s Insight: Futurist delivers dozen predictions for 2014

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Past Winner Matthew Horton (right) catching the keys to his new Peugeot 508 from NBR publisher Todd Scott (centre), with Sime Darby Automobiles divisional manager Simon Rose (left) Horton Media Chief Executive Matthew Horton is the lucky winner of NBRs latest subscription prize. Mr Horton won a Peugeot 508 worth $54,990, which brings the publications prize pool total to almost $500,000 since 1999.

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Futurist And Futurism Bible Prophecy

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The Purpose and Origins of Futurism Introduction

Today Christianity has largely forgotten the importance of the Protestant Reformation, which took place during the 1500s and very few understand the role futurism played in the Counter Reformation. The powerful impact that the Reformers made in identifying the Roman Catholic Church as the Antichrist can scarcely be imagined today. As millions of Christians joined the Reform movement, the Papal Roman Church used methodology that has proved successful for more than a thousand years in order to eliminate those whom it designated as heretics. With the exception of the isolated communities of faithful Christians (often hidden in the natural fortresses of the earth), the Church has been remarkably successful in its persecution. This success was achieved by the arm of the state, which ruthlessly eliminated millions that would not bow to the Churchs authority.

Historians cannot agree on the number of people who were martyred and tortured for their efforts to uphold Bible truth, but estimates range from 50,000,000 to 120,000,000 Christian Saints. These men, women and children lost their lives during the period of Papal domination. Almost all this persecuting was done at the hand of secular governments which subserved the designs of the Papal Church.

The period of the sixteenth century proved different however. Sickened by the corruptions and excesses of the Papacy, many rulers and monarchs embraced the Protestant Reformation and were no longer vassals of the Papacy obeying its commands; thus in a number of European countries, the arm of flesh was not available to carry out the Roman Churchs dictates. This situation naturally alarmed the Roman Catholic Church. The Papacy was not accustomed to this circumstance; therefore, it discerned that a new methodology had to be devised in order to counter the rapid spread of the Reformation engulfing Europe. Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Scandinavia, Britain and other countries all generally accepted the messages of the Reformers.

Europe had been ruled by the iron hand of Rome for almost a thousand years. Only a few Bibles existed then and Christianity was largely permeated with superstition. Faith in Jesus Christ, heartfelt appreciation for His love and a simple trust in His death on the cross was almost unknown. The New Testament truth about full forgiveness, grace and the free gift of eternal life to believers in the Son of God (Romans 6:23), had been buried under a mass of tradition. Then Martin Luther arose like a lion in Germany. After a period of tremendous personal struggle, Martin Luther began teaching justification by faith in Jesus Christ (being declared just by God), rather than through reliance on any human works (Romans 1:16; 3:26, 28; 5:1).

The Discovery of Luther Eventually, Martin Luther turned to the prophecies of the Bible. He read by candlelight about the beast, the little horn, and the man of sin and he was shocked as the Holy Spirit spoke to his heart. He finally saw the truth and said to himself, Why, these prophecies apply to the Roman Catholic Church! As he wrestled with this new insight, the voice of God echoed loudly in his soul, saying, Preach the word! (2 Timothy 4:2). So at the risk of losing his life, Martin Luther preached publicly and in print to an astonished people that Papal Rome was in fact the Antichrist of Bible prophecy. Because of this dual message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ apart from works and of Papal Rome being the Antichrist, the river of history literally changed its course. Hundreds of thousands of people in England and Europe left the Catholic Church.

There are two great truths that stand out in the preaching that brought about the Protestant Reformation, American Bible Commentator, Ralph Woodrow, reminds us, The just shall live by faith, not by the works of Romanism and the Papacy is the Antichrist of Scripture. It was a message for Christ and against Antichrist. The entire Reformation rests upon this twofold testimony. [2] It has been said that the Reformation first discovered Jesus Christ, and then, in the blazing light of Christ, it discovered the Antichrist. This mighty Spirit filled movement for Christ and against the Antichrist shook the world.

H. Grattan Guinness wrote these memorable words: From the first, and throughout, that movement [the Reformation] was energized and guided by the prophetic word. Luther never felt strong and free to war against the Papal apostasy till he recognized the pope as antichrist. It was then that he burned the Papal bull. Knoxs first sermon, the sermon that launched him on his mission as a reformer, was on the prophecies concerning the Papacy. The reformers embodied their interpretations of prophecy in their confessions of faith, and Calvin in his Institutes. All of the reformers were unanimous in the matter, even the mild and cautious Melanchthon was as assured of the antipapal meaning of these prophecies as was Luther himself. And their interpretation of these prophecies determined their reforming action. It led them to protest against Rome with extraordinary strength and undaunted courage. It nerved them to resist the claims of the apostate Church to the utmost. It made them martyrs; it sustained them at the stake. And the views of the Reformers were shared by thousands, by hundreds of thousands. They were adopted by princes and peoples. Under their influence nations abjured their allegiance to the false priest of Rome. In the reaction that followed, all the powers of hell seemed to be let loose upon the adherents of the Reformation. War followed war: tortures, burnings, and massacres were multiplied. Yet the Reformation stood undefeated and unconquerable. Gods word upheld it, and the energies of His Almighty Spirit. It was the work of Christ as truly as the founding of the Church eighteen centuries ago; and the revelation of the future which he gave from heaven, that prophetic book with which the Scripture closes, was one of the mightiest instruments employed in its accomplishment. [3]

The Counter Reformation The Catholic Church in 1545 convened one of its most famous councils in history, which took place north of Rome in a city called Trent. The Council of Trent actually continued for three sessions and ended in 1563. One of the main purposes of this Council was for Catholics to plan a counterattack against the Protestants and Martin Luther. Hence the Council of Trent became a centre for Romes Counter Reformation. Romes main method of attack up to this point had been largely frontal such as the open burning of heretics and Bibles. But this warfare only confirmed in the minds of Protestants the conviction that Papal Rome was indeed the Beast which would make war with the saints (Revelation 13:7). Therefore a new tactic was needed, something less obvious. This is where the Jesuits and futurism come in.

On August 15, 1534, Ignatius Loyola, a Spanish soldier, who had recovered from serious wounds sustained in war, established a new order of priests and brothers called The Society of Jesus, which is better known today as the Jesuits. Ignatius Loyola was born in 1491, just six years after Luther. After meditation in the famous monastery of Montserrat, in the north-eastern corner of Spain, he vowed to forsake his former ways and became "a soldier of God." He symbolized this vow by placing his weapons on the altar of the monastery.

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FUTURIST: Nobody Will Be Driving Gas Cars In Two Years

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Elon Musk, the CEO and founder of Tesla motors.

And futurist Lars Thomsen thinks that electric cars are such a disruptive technology that they will make gasoline cars obsolete--starting in 2016, or much earlier than most other analysts suggest.

Thomsen delivered a speech this past September, at the25th International AVL Conference Engine & Environment in Graz, Austria, that's contained in the clip below.

It's also in German, which may make the 36-minute-long video a bit impenetrable for non-German speakers.

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But Thomsen suggests that electric cars are a sufficiently disruptive technology that they will lead to quick behavior changes by consumers in the market forautomobiles.

He uses the example of Nokia as a cautionary tale, noting that less than 10 years ago, that company dominated the world market for mobile phones.

In June 2007, Apple released its first-generation iPhone, a radical new entry from a company that for three decades had confined itself to personal computers and portable music devices.

The iPhone was such a radical rethinking of what a phone should be and how it should operate--essentially a small Internet-connected computer, operated via a touchscreen, that also provided voice calls--that it completely reset the market's vision of what a "mobile phone" should be.

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Futurist architecture – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Futurist architecture is an early-20th century form of architecture born in Italy, characterized by anti-historicism, strong chromaticism, long dynamic lines, suggesting speed, motion, urgency and lyricism: it was part of the Futurism, an artistic movement founded by the poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who produced its first manifesto, the Manifesto of Futurism in 1909. The movement attracted not only poets, musicians, and artists (such as Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Fortunato Depero, and Enrico Prampolini) but also a number of architects. A cult of the machine age and even a glorification of war and violence were among the themes of the Futurists (several prominent futurists were killed after volunteering to fight in World War I). The latter group included the architect Antonio Sant'Elia, who, though building little, translated the futurist vision into an urban form.[1]

In 1912, three years after Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto, Antonio Sant'Elia and Mario Chiattone take part to the Nuove Tendenze[3] exhibition in Milano. In 1914 the group presented their first exposition with a "Message" by Sant'Elia, that later, with the contribution of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, became the Manifesto dellArchitettura Futurista ("Manifesto of Futurist Architecture").[2] Also Boccioni unofficially worked on a similar manifesto, but Marinetti preferred Sant'Elia's paper.

Later in 1920, another manifesto was written by Virgilio Marchi, Manifesto dellArchitettura FuturistaDinamica ("Manifesto of Dynamic Instinctive Dramatic Futurist Architecture").[2]Ottorino Aloisio worked in the style established by Marchi, one example being his Casa del Fascio in Asti.

Another futurist manifesto related to architecture is the Manifesto dellArte Sacra Futurista ("Manifesto of Sacred Futurist Art") by Fillia (Luigi Colombo)[2] and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, published in 1931. On 27 January 1934 it was the turn of the Manifesto of Aerial Architecture by Marinetti, Angiolo Mazzoni and Mino Somenzi.[2] Mazzoni had publicly adhered to futurism only the year before. In this paper the Lingotto factory by Giacomo Matt-Trucco is defined as the first Futurist constructive invention.[2] Mazzoni himself in those years worked on a building considered today a masterpiece[4] of futurist architecture, like the Heating plant and Main controls cabin at Santa Maria Novella railway station, in Florence.

The Art Deco style of architecture with its streamlined forms was regarded as futuristic when it was in style in the 1920s and 1930s. The original name for both early and late Art Deco was Art Modernethe name "Art Deco" did not come into use until 1968 when the term was invented in a book by Bevis Hillier. The Chrysler Building is a notable example of Art Deco futurist architecture.

After World War II, Futurism is considerably weakened and redefined itself thanks to the enthusiasm towards the Space Age, the Atomic Age, the car culture, and the wide use of plastic. For example, this trend is found in the architecture of Googies in the 1950s in California. Futurism in this case is not a style, but a rather free and uninhibited architectural approach, which is why it was reinterpreted and transformed by generations of architects the following decades, but in general it includes amazing shapes with dynamic lines and sharp contrasts, and the use of technologically advanced materials.

In the 1980s, French architect Denis Laming, was one of the members of this movement and founder of Neo-Futurism. He designed all of the buildings in Futuroscope, whose Kinemax is the flagship building.[5]

In popular literature, the term futuristic is often used without much precision to describe an architecture that would have the appearance of the space age as described in works of science fiction or as drawn in science fiction comic strips or comic books. Today it is sometimes confused with blob architecture. The routine use of the term vague and futurismwhich rarely has political implicationsmust be well differentiated from the Futurist movement of the years 19101920. The futurist architecture created since 1960 may be termed post-modern futurism.

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I wanted you to mark your calendars now because this fall is going to be the Season of Competitive Advantage for your firm! I have 3 live presentations September, October and November where I am going to share with you my best and latest strategies that will give you and your funeral home a competitive advantage. September: Funeral Bootcamp Series in Cleveland, Ohio I will be presenting my Supercharging Your Website and Web Presence Workshop more details here. October: NFDA Convention in Austin, Texas I will be presenting a two hour workshop: Winning More Calls with Google [Read More ...]

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Elon Musk and Daryl Oster, competing for what could become the worlds largest infrastructure project

When Tesla Motors CEO, Elon Musk, mysteriously leaked that he was working on his Hyperloop Project, the combination of secrecy, cryptic details, and his own flair for the dramatic all contributed to the media frenzy that followed.

Leading up to this announcement was his growing anxiety over Californias effort to build a very expensive high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco with outdated technology.

While the Musk media train was picking up steam, several reporters pointed out a similar effort by Daryl Oster and his Longmont, Colorado-based company, ET3, to build a comparable tube transportation system that was much further along.

Indeed both are working on what will likely be the next generation of transportation where specially designed cars are placed into sealed tubes and shot, much like rockets, to their destination. While high-speed trains are breaking the 300 mph speed barrier, tube transportation has the potential to make speeds of 4,000 mph a common everyday occurrence.

As Daryl Oster likes to call it, space travel on earth.

Even though tube travel like this will beat every other form of transportation in terms of speed, power consumption, pollution, and safety, the big missing element is its infrastructure, a tube network envisioned to combine well over 100,000 miles of connected links.

While many look at this and see the lack of infrastructure as a huge obstacle, at this point in time it is just the opposite, the biggest opportunity ever.

Constructing the tube network will be the biggest infrastructure project the earth has ever seen, with a projected 50-year build-out employing in excess of 100 million people along the way. But in addition to these impressive projections, theres far more at stake than just jobs and superfast transportation. Heres why.

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"PHONE PHOBIA"=A BLUR MILESTONE-GOT MY FIRST CELL PHONE(THE MOST PRIMITIVE *FUTURIST*ALIVE) – Video

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