The Friday Musical Interlude: Only Tomorrow Knows

Our team settled on "Only Tomorrow Knows" for our "#Visions" Property which we hope all enjoy:

Notations On our World: A Wonderful "Newsflash" From the UK re: #Quran

We have been on the "daily roundup" today and saw this from the UK.  This is a fantastic discovery to celebrate the Islamic Faith especially as the World has been witness to the savagery of the Daesh Gang--referred to as the Islamic State/IS in the West:

World's oldest Koran found after sitting in library for 100 years http://t.co/SSv6j4iPgN pic.twitter.com/Qc15IF9PLU

— The Independent (@Independent) July 22, 2015

Notations On Our World: On #Apple, #Gold & Other Brief Thoughts

 
It has been an interesting day on the Business Scene.  Apple is about to report results tomorrow.  We have been  assessing how everything has been going since the big announcement back in April that saw wide adoption of Apple Pay and the launch of Apple Watch.   Our assessment is on-going.

Apple is fundamentally known as the "iPhone" company although it has worked to create an ecosystem centered on the iCloud.    The seamless process is continuing as iOS9 is about to "hit the street" very soon.   It is now available as a "public beta" download.     The Sydney Morning Herald reflected upon ways that iOS9 will transform the way we will do business in the mobile ecosystem:

Seven ways iOS 9 will change your iPhone

When you first boot up the iOS 9 beta on an iPhone, things don't seem that different. But then you start to notice some changes.


There has been speculation about how Apple Watch will be reported out.    There are "rumors" that the Apple Watch sales are not going well.   The World awaits!!!
Beyond Apple, there is the Commodity Space as well.    We have been quite shocked at the collapse of the Price of Gold.   It is right now at a 5-year low partly due to the changing economic circumstances in addition to the continued slide in the price of Oil as well--as the Federal Reserve in the United States is about to raise interest rates later on this year and as China has slowed down and adapting to the so-called "new normal".     On a side note, our team was shocked at the valuation by PayPal after it was spin off by Ebay.    The last valuation was 50 Billion Dollars.    It is quite a juggernaut to be dealth with Worldwide especially as alternative payment arrangements to the traditional systems continue to be developed.
"Virtually Breathless" as our on-going assessments continue.....

Notations For the Week-End (Special Edition): Vying For Peace

For this, we wanted to feature this we received from the team +TED that is in and of itself quite telling--we can all use Five minutes of Peace!!!

PLAYLIST OF THE WEEK

Talks to watch when you need five minutes of peace

Calming, short talks to watch when you just want to peace out for a bit. Watch »

9 TED Talks • Total run time 41:25

The Friday Musical Interlude: Earl Klugh Live :-)

We hope all enjoy our choice for this week's Musical Interlude as we wish all a fabulous WeekEnd:

Thought(s) For the Week (II) : On Being Fearless & Overcome the Impossible

As our week draws to a close, our team decided on a second "Thought 4 the week" in line with the  Vision of the Possible.   It is about embracing the possibilities.  We hope these two clips underscores the need to be fearless and overcoming the impossible.   In some ways, it is the story of #Outsiders: 

Notations On Our World: On The Art of the Possible in #IranDeal & the quest 4 #Vote4Peace

As we have been on the "Prowl" in the aftermath of the #IranDeal, it is just amazing the stories we continue to run across about all in Iran who have done wonders despite the punishing sanctions.    We saw reports of the German Government sending a 60-member strong delegation to Iran for Trade as others are gearing up.

Al Jazeera's Ali Velshi has been in Tehran reporting on the current landscape and the possibilities.   One of the entrepreneurs he interviewed was the founder of Saba Idea--an incubator that has done some fantastic work developing a "You Tube" like site called Aparat that has 15,000,000 unique visitors a month.    There is also "Mihan Blog"--the second largest blogging platform in the Country with 10,000,000 unique visitors a month to its' sites.    These are just two examples of a very vibrant and emerging scene that is exciting to write about--and our team is also ever so excited by it!!!

Please check them out @ http://www.sabaidea.com/en/

Thought 4 the Week: On #IranDeal & "Thinking Beyond The Now"

Iran and World Powers have agreed on a deal to transform the relationship Iran and the World have had for 10 years as a result of Iran's Nuclear Program.    Our team just published the "Notations" series within the past 30 mintues as we await statements by President Rouhani of Iran and President Obama in Washington.

As our team continues to assess the agreement and the possiblities it represents, our team ran across this from William Faulkner that goes to the heart of what can be possible.   Diplomacy has triumphed as all lived up to the admonition by him--something that hopefully all who oppose understand it: 

“You cannot swim for new horizons
until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”

Our team also chose this from our daily must reads by +Jonathan Huie  on Peace which is in and of itself ever so crucial for us all to embrace:

There is no way to peace; peace IS the way.
- A. J. Muste

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist.
I am willing to fight for peace.
Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
- Albert Einstein

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world.
For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
- Margaret Mead

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
- St. Francis of Assisi

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Notations For the Week-End: Admonitions to Remember to Create "A Vision of the Possible"

Our team has been working away and ran across these that goes to the heart of what must be done to create the "Vision of the Possible"--we were just blown away as our on-going journey here @ #outsiders continues:

Go out and do it! #ThinkBIGSundayWithMarsha pic.twitter.com/Cpg8pQfQ2L

— For the Entreprenuer (@IWantToBeABoss) July 11, 2015

#entrepreneur #ThinkBIGSundayWithMarsha @reidhoffman pic.twitter.com/8pj01yuQlZ

— Neeraj Kumar Singal (@nksingal) July 11, 2015

The Friday Musical Interlude: Roman Street plays Windjammer

It is Friday here in #Outsiders and time for another "musical interlude" on the eve of a Week-End in Outsiders.    Our team chose this beautiful selection from Roman Street which we hope all enjoy on the dawn of the Week-End here in #Outsiders: 

An #Outsider Newsflash: The Evolution of Microsoft

Image Source: eWeek

One of the more fascinating companies that is continuing to reinvent itself is Microsoft under Satya Nadella.  There is a new Mission Statement to, "...to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more."  It is a broad brush that suggests (as noted in the EWeek article) that Microsoft will continue to leverage its' existing strength while enhancing its' capabliities in Mobile & Cloud.   We will be assessing it here in "Visions".

Notations From the Grid: On #Iran

As #Iran is making the headlines, our team wanted to release classic +TED talk from the emminent Iranian Scholar Professor Abbas Milani from Stanford that reflects upon the true Iran which is ever so critical for all who are sceptical about the true nature of Iran today:

Notations For the Week-End: Solar Impluse Makes History

As America celebrated Independence Day, the World also had a glimpse of what true independence can be.    Our team has periodically commented on the adventures of the Solar Impulse as it traveled around the World.     What they achieved was truly in line with living up to the "Vision of the Possible" as we reviewed this received at our Virtual Studios and caught the latest coverage with the beautiful picture of the plane: 

RECORD-BREAKING SOLAR FLIGHT REACHES HAWAII AFTER 5 NIGHTS AND DAYS AIRBORNE WITHOUT FUEL“I feel exhilarated by this extraordinary journey. I have climbed the equivalent altitude of Mount Everest five times without much rest. The team at the Mission Control Center in Monaco (MCC) was my eyes and my ears… The MCC was battling to give me the possibility to rest and recover, but also maximizing the aircraft’s energy levels and sending me trajectories and flight strategies simulated by computer", said André Borschberg, "This success fully validates the vision that my partner Bertrand Piccard had after his round-the-world balloon flight to reach unlimited endurance in an airplane without fuel", he adds. "What André has achieved is extraordinary from the perspective of a pilot. But furthermore, he has also led the technical team during the construction of this revolutionary prototype", said Bertrand Piccard, initiator of Solar Impulse and one of the pilots. To catapult this idea to the next level, Solar Impulse initiated the Future Is Clean campaign, calling on supporters to add their voice to the message on www.futureisclean.org: a website serving as a petition to convince governments around the globe to implement the necessary clean technology solutions and help ensure that the United Nations’ upcoming Conference on Climate Change (COP21) is successful in renewing the Kyoto protocol this December in Paris. Relive the landing

It is a magnificent image of the true "art of the possible".     For those who missed it, it is now available to be relived!!    They're on to Arizona--but this is now part of history--and fun to be witness to this evolution.   We @ the Daily Outsider are absolutely thrilled to add our name www.futureisclean.org campaign to help change the narrative on the future.

Notations On Our World: ON Eve of the #July4 Week-End.....

It is the July 4 Week-End in the United States.    As we went to press with the latest edition of our notations in our "ordinary faces" channel, we wanted to share this curation of thoughts from one of the required readings by our team from +Jonathan Huie which we hope is enjoyed as we go "dark" for this July 4 W-End on the beauty of nature and majesty of life that is to be embraced for all to blaze a path towards a "vision of the possible.     

We will be back next week with our regular features and the "Friday Musical Interlude".

Happy Birthday America!!!

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity;

so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

- Henry David Thoreau

Pause to appreciate the beauty around you.

Whether rainbow or butterfly,

mountain or tree, painting or poem -

whether crafted by nature or by a human hand -

beauty adds a magical element to life

that surpasses logic and science.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Be gentle with the earth.

- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama 

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

- William Shakespeare

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

- Albert Einstein

Today's affirmation:

I see the miracle in all of life.

I am thankful for all creation.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Thought 4 the Week

As the quarter comes to an end, we have been refleting upon the year and remembering the steep mountain before us at #Outsiders.   This very perceptive thought our team chose for this Quarter End  Thought was quite onpointe as our team is reminded to go "Onward":

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it 

~ Henry Ford

Notations On Our World: On Making a Difference & Other Thoughts

Part of the idea of creating a "Vision of the Possible" to be able to see "beyond the now" and be able to do what can be done as underscored here which was one of the daily "curations" done by one of our team's daily "must reads" from +Jonathan Huie :

 

One interesting development in this vain has been the Personal Genome Project (PGP) by Professor Church at Harvard available at http://www.personalgenomes.org/.     We look forward to sharing insights on it here in "Visions" Soon.

Notation For the Week-End: How One Simple Act Can Make a Difference

We ran across wonderful gesture by Johnson & Johnon Recently: http://www.donateaphoto.com

It was such a simple gesture--yet so beautiful.   One takes a pictures, uses the App to donate it to a designated cause.    One is able to donate an image a day--and we have been very privileged to do our part on a daily basis.    It is such simple acts that helps to create "A Vision of the Possible" in spite of all the challenges that ensues.

The Friday Musical Interlude: So Beautiful

Our team released a "View of the Week" Earlier in the Ordinary Faces Channel as we reflected upon a challenging World and as we listened to the riveting euology by the President of the United States.   During his euology, he reminded all on a resevoir of goodness that is ever so vital to ultimately create a "Vision of the Possible".      

Our team had a struggle on this terrible day to choose the "Friday Musical Interlude".    We though Boney James' "So beautiful" brings a level of joy and reminds all of the beauty of life in the midst of the profound misery our World has been witness to:

Thought(s) For the Week: On Sharing Happiness

Our team, during the daily review, reflected upon the concept of Happiness as we deliberated the latest thoughts received courtesy of one of the must reads by our team, +Jonathan Huie as noted below.   It is the essence of creating the ultimate "Vision of the Possible as we strive to share and give back for the betterment of all......

 
We are not cisterns made for hoarding,
we are channels made for sharing.
- Billy Graham

The happiness of one's own heart alone
cannot satisfy the soul;
one must try to include,
as necessary to one's own happiness,
the happiness of others.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

It's about sharing.
You just give what you have to give
wherever you go,
and you let God handle the rest.
- Lindsay Wagner

The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.
- Leonard Nimoy

You can't live a perfect day without doing something
for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden

A bone to the dog is not charity.
Charity is the bone shared with the dog,
when you are just as hungry as the dog.
- Jack London

Notations From the Grid: Keeping tabs on the International Space Station

In our "daily roundup" we had a chance to review the latest from Scott Kelley up in the Space Station that +Mashable also reported on it's "Velocity Alert".      The Earth is expected to get a "severe" solar Storm--and it should be quite a site:

Yesterday's #aurora was an impressive show from 250 miles up. Good morning from @space_station! #YearInSpace https://t.co/wZJOxrD0EQ

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) June 23, 2015