Tomorrow is Now–Futurist Jack Uldrich to Keynote the American Sportfishing Summit

San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) October 16, 2014

This year, the 2014 American Sportfishing Summit is being held October 15-17, at the Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas and Jack Uldrich, renowned global futurist, and best-selling author will be a featured keynote speaker, along with political pundit Charlie Cook.

Uldrich will be delivering his talk, "The Big AHA: How to Future-Proof the Sports Fishing Industry." As the son of John Uldrich, one of the founders of Vexilar, a sonar detection system for fish and game forecasting, Jack Uldrich grew up in a world surrounded by sportfishing. Jack's father along with Robert Knutson, both avid hunters and fishermen, founded Vexilar Engineering Inc. in 1960. Their first product in the fishing arena was Deptherm - a unique and simple tool for finding depth and temperature. In 1965 they acquired an electronic temperature sensing device from Honeywell Inc. which also served as a depth finder. Although no longer in production, it did put Vexilar into the marine electronics sector relating to fishing and opened the door to sonar equipment which they first imported from Japan.

Jack Uldrich is the founder and Chief Unlearning Officer of The School of Unlearningan international consultancy designed to assist organizations in succeeding tomorrow by unlearning today. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics pertaining to future trends and his specialty of "unlearning." He will address the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), the sportfishing industrys trade association, on how they can begin future-proofing the industry of marine electronics, and live into their 2014 Mission of "Today was Then,Tomorrow is Now."

As the nations recreational fishing trade association, ASA supports the interests of hundreds of businesses, agencies and organizations and is the champion for the sportfishing industry. ASAs members include sportfishing and boating manufacturers and their representatives, allied manufacturers, independent and chain outdoor retail stores, state fish and wildlife agencies, conservation organizations, federal land and water management agencies, angler advocacy groups, outdoor media groups and journalists all of whom will be audience members for Uldrich's talk on "The Big AHA."

"The pace and scale of tomorrows change begs the obvious question: How does a business leader prepare for a constantly changing future?" Jack Uldrich says, "The answer can be found in a simple acronym: AHA. It stands for Awareness, Humility and Action." He goes on to say, "Leaders must become aware of the extraordinary changes taking place across todays global landscape. For example, advances in nanotechnology are leading to the creation of new materials that can out-compete copper in terms of conductivity and steel in terms of strength. And soon, some of these exotic nanomaterials will even compete on price."

But Uldrich goes beyond simple trend forecasting and extends his keynote into helping his clients learn, or rather unlearn, in order to embrace all the new trends coming their way. "Once a leader is aware that the only 'constant' in todays world is change, and is humble enough to accept that unlearning will be as important as learning, in the future what is he or she to do?" In order to find out, go hear Uldrich speak, or take a look at one of his best selling books, like "Foresight 20/20" which will see its second publication with new editions in the coming weeks.

Uldrichs work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek,Forbes, The Futurist, Future Quarterly Research, the Wall Street Reporter, Leader to Leader, Management Quarterly, and hundreds of other newspapers and publications around the country. Jack is also a recurrent guest of worldwide media, having appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and National Public Radio on numerous occasions and he is featured as a guest commentator on James Woods "Futurescape."

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog, or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. Media wishing to know more about this event or are interested in interviewing Jack can contact Amy Tomczyk at (612)343-0660.

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Wernher von Braun Predicted We'd Send Men to Mars No Sooner Than 2050s

Student researchers at MIT have concluded that given current technology, any colonists to Mars would die after about 68 days. Mars One, the company that hopes to put people on Mars by the 2025 (and film a reality TV show there, so you know they're legit) insists that the MIT researchers are wrong. But as any student of paleo-futurism would know, even the most optimistic space prognosticators of the past century would side with the MIT students.

To take just one example, let's look at the April 30, 1954 issue of Collier's magazine, which featured a splashy feature article dedicated to the future of exploring Mars. It was quite optimistic, and no doubt inspired countless kids to think that they might live in space stations by the time they were adults. But when it came to Mars, space pioneer (and former Nazi scientist) Wernher von Braun didn't mince words. It would be "a century or more" before humans set foot on the red planet.

From Collier's:

Will man ever go to Mars? I am sure he willbut it will be a century or more before he's ready. In that time scientists and engineers will learn more about the physical and mental rigors of interplanetary flightand about the unknown dangers of life on another planet. Some of that information may become available within the next 25 years or so, through the erection of a space station above the earth (where telescope viewings will not be blurred by the earth's atmosphere) and through the subsequent exploration of the moon, as described in previous issues of Collier's.

Any time people insist that we'll go to Mars in the near future, I always think about Wernher von Braun's 1954 predictions for manned trips to Mars. We often think of people in the 1950s and 60s as taking for granted the most outlandishly optimistic predictions for the future. But as we're continually reminded, people of the past weren't stupid. Or, at least, they were no more stupid than the people of today.

Images: Illustration of a Martian exploration by Fred Freeman, scanned from the April 30, 1954 issue of Collier's magazine; Spaceship to Mars by Chesley Bonestell, scanned from the April 30, 1954 issue of Collier's magazine

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(Un)freedom

Young Blood By Alejandro Ibanez |Philippine Daily Inquirer

We are not free. That is how I see it, and that is how I experience it. Freedom is a misapprehension, a misconstrued concept that is usually associated with the youth of today.

Young, wild, and free? Dream on. I used to stand with this belief until reality came as unpleasant surprise. Right after college, I thought I had powers to change the world, to make it more humane. But I was wrong. My old friend was right all along: It is such a hell out there. I was so idealistic that my subjectivity crumbled the moment I left the university.

I thought that the might of my ideals and the sharpness of my principles were enough to fight injustice, to challenge the status quo. I thought life after graduation was an opportunity to practice the theories I had learned in the classroompraxis, as the academe calls it. I thought that sharpening my sociological imagination, putting to the fore taken-for-granted assumptions, transcending the faade of normalcy, was the job a critical sociologist could do outside the four walls of the classroom. I thought having the courage to stand up for what is right would suffice to back this eagerness to be an agent of change. But I soon realized it required more than that.

In the university that professes to be the vanguard of democracy and freedom, I was taught that critical dissent is a profession in itself, and I think I have mastered it well. Despite the ravaging criticisms from the mainstream media and from the (post-political-liberal) petty bourgeoisie, and the ruling class out there, I thought it was enough to master this craft of critical engagement to impart counter-ideologies, to not conform with the culture industry, to harness critical thinking, to convince others that there is an alternative to what we have. I was dismayed.

When I entered the workforce as an ordinary Juan de la Cruz, who spent the day at a computer desk for more than eight hours, the frustration grew more. My sociopolitical aspirations were translated to sending e-mails, doing the regulation tasks, attending meetings, pleasing the bosses, etc. My passion for an active engagement with the politics of the state resulted in mere politics in the office. I felt so lost. I was looking for a proper avenue where I could actualize the idea of being a reflective public intellectual, but that eagerness seems to be nearing oblivion.

Just years ago, I was one of those young people who wished for class distinction to wither away. Now I had become an ordinary employee working my ass off for a meager paycheck, already part of the global capitalist labor chain, for a compensation that defines who I am or, worst, defines the contours of what I can do. This is first-hand exploitation. At least now I get to experience it, but the sad part is, it is way easier to say and to theorize than to feel.

Sometimes I wonder if this is really what Marx calls alienation, if this is the feeling that the critical theorists usually despise. The feeling is indescribable, I must say; it is beyond words. Zizek nailed it when he claimed that sometimes we just feel free simply because we lack the language in which to articulate our unfreedom. This is the sad truth. Just years ago, I was criticizing this system. But now I belong to it; sometimes I even think that I am part of it. The idea is that instead of me introducing thought-provoking claims, I am here giving the pleasant, the popular, and the conventional. A sadder idea here is: This is now my reality.

To somehow ease this tension within me, I went back to the academe. To go back to the discipline that taught me to question things around me, to go back to the sociological canons (Marx, Weber, Durkheim) that bestowed upon me that quality of mind that sees things differently. My first day with the university was quite nostalgic. The militanteven the symbolicprotests have occurred to me again. The burning passion to be a revolutionary was alive againbut with more modesty and maturity, I suppose.

The struggles, obviously, are still there, but they are more realistic to me. Why? Because I have experienced it and I continue to experience it still. My rage is still there for the status quo, but I have now controlled myself to be more reticent with my rants and to control my misguided rage. I believe that this should be done to keep me sane in a world full of oppression and perversion. But have I given up?

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Alliance Defending Freedom: OK Court Clerks Don't Have To Violate Beliefs

TULSA COUNTY, Oklahoma -

Despite the recent ruling that made gay marriage legal in Oklahoma, court clerks do not have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples if it violates their personal beliefs.

That is the message from the Alliance Defending Freedom.

After an Oklahoma couple sued Tulsa County Court Clerk, Sally Howe-Smith, over her refusal to issue same-sex marriage license, lawyers with the Alliance Defending Freedom stepped in to represent Howe-Smith.

They ended up losing the case when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case, allowing same-sex marriages in Oklahoma; but Howe-Smith's attorneys said her moral beliefs are still protected.

Dozens of same ex couples have said I do since the ban on gay marriage was lifted in Oklahoma.

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They are getting licenses in the very office where the Tulsa County court clerk refused to issue them and was eventually sued.

"I took an oath to follow the constitution and Oklahoma State law, so it would have been illegal for me to issue a marriage license to someone other than a man and woman, Howe-Smith said.

Now that the ban on gay marriage in Oklahoma is lifted, Howe Smith hasn't had a change of heart.

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Freedom's Zach Juhasz has passion for golf that led him to PIAA championships

Zach Juhasz began playing golf just three years ago but still set a personal goal to win the District 11 championship. And he almost did.

A week after his disappointing playoff loss, the Freedom High senior recuperated to qualify for his first appearance at the PIAA Class 3A tournament. Juhasz shot a 3-over 75 at the PIAA East regional Tuesday at Golden Oaks in Fleetwood, leading all District 11 players at the 18-hole qualifier.

Juhasz and Freedom teammate Helen Hsu led a group of six District 11 golfers who advanced to next week's PIAA championships in York. Hsu, a senior, shot 79 to reach states for the first time. Freedom coach Mike Evans admitted to some surprise.

"It's been quite a few years since we've had two state qualifiers," Evans said. "To go 2-for-2 here, I'm thrilled."

Bethlehem Catholic's J.T. Barker shot a 4-over 76 to advance to his first Class 2A boys tournament.

Emmaus' Kelsey Patterson (81) made the Class 3A girls field for the first time, while Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg's Krista Kissel (84) and Central Catholic's Franca Hurtado (89) returned to states in Class 2A. Hurtado, the District 11 2A girls champ, is making her third trip to states. Kissel, a sophomore, is a two-time qualifier.

Three years ago, Juhasz began playing golf with his dad and immediately took to the sport. He soon was breaking 100, then began to practice ritually, then shot a 42 for nine holes at Bethlehem Municipal.

As a freshman he approached Evans in history class at Freedom and expressed interest in playing golf. Why not? Evans said, figuring the young player was just beginning. But he learned quickly.

Between his sophomore and junior years, Juhasz lowered his average from 90 to 79. This season, Juhasz averaged 76 for Freedom, including a competitive low round of 70 at Bethlehem Municipal. Juhasz said his personal best there is 67.

"He works at the game incessantly," Evans said. "I've never seen anyone with more passion for the game than Zach."

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