It is Friday here in #Outsiders. For this week, our artist of the week is Vincent Ingala. We hope all enjoy, "If I Could Fly":
8/14/2015
Notations On Our World: An #Outsider Newsflash On This Historic Day in #Havana
— Department of State (@StateDept) August 14, 2015
It was a beautiful sunny day in Havana as The flag of the United States has just been raised over the US Embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 Years. The poem by Richard Blanco on belonging to the sea was just beautiful beyond words. This was as the Secretary of State gave a rousing speech as he underscored how a new day has arrived--this is the first time that a US Secretary of State has been on Cuban soul since 1945.
We found it quite a nice touch as he delivered part of his speech in what he viewed as near flawless Spanish and culminated with a simple admonition that all diplomats remember: Promises made, promises kept. The Embassy Marine Contingent in 1961 that brought down the flag for the last time were there to hand off the flag to the Embassy Marine Contingent Havana 2015 who in turn raised the flag.
Fun to be witness to history....
8/12/2015
Notations On Our World: An Ever So Challenging 24 Hours & #OVERSHOOT
It has been a challenging few days around our World as we have been witness to the continued calamity in Iraq and Syria and the political paralysis in India. Our team has been busy with our "Twitter Watch" on the latest from China and India over the past 24 hours--along with "The Daily Update".
We have also been on the prowl with another challenging problem with our World which we will report on: Our Planet. August 13 will be officially "Earth Overshoot Day" whereby, "...Global overshoot occurs when humanity’s annual demand for the goods and services that our land and seas can provide—fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, wood, cotton for clothing, and carbon dioxide absorption—exceeds what Earth’s ecosystems can renew in a year. Overshoot means we are drawing down the planet’s principal rather than living off its annual interest. This overshoot leads to a depletion of Earth’s life-supporting natural capital and a buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Learn more". It is a developing story which we will have comments on over the ensuing weeks. The interactive map above from the team @ Earth Overshoot Day is quite insightful for all to get a sense of the challenging times we are faced with It was quite timely as our team was able to join this Webinar sponsored by MIT & UPS which we have made available to our community:
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As we went to press with this latest edition of "Notations", we received some distressing news about the cancer of Jimmy Carter. According to a statement released by the Carter Center, he has cancer that has spread. We will continue to monitor it over the course of the ensuing days.
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