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Please enjoy this selection from John Legend as we look forward to the opportunity and privilege to serve:

On This First Day of the New Quarter....

Welcome to the New Quarter here in #Outsiders.

As our team works away on planning out the new quarter, we wanted to share this as we look forward   we look forward to our continued service to all #Outsiders:

Today's word is JOKE

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Notatios On Our World: As The First Quarter of 2016 Draws to a Close On #USElections2016; #Ethics & #UK

It has been quite an interesting fortnight in the US Political Scene with the most recent upheaval in the Trump Campaign as Mr. Trump's campaign manager was charged with Battery.  Mr. Trump strongly defended his Manager and asserted that he may even file charges against the now former Breitbart Reporter.  He also revoked his pledge to the support the eventual GOP nominee.   This is as both Senator Cruz and Governor Kasich also basically did the same at the CNN town hall that was held last night.    This was in sharp contrast to what the Speaker, Paul Ryan, noted recently that his office released earlier today:

Speaker Ryan: 'We need to raise our game' March 30, 2016  |  Caleb Smith  |  http://spkrryan.us/1ZKR0wd Exactly one week ago today, in a packed room of hundreds of millennials, Speaker Ryan delivered a speech on the state of American politics.  And while his prepared remarks were covered widely in the press, the majority of his time was actually spent answering questions directly from the audience.  You can watch the full 20 minutes of Q&A here, but if you only have 35 seconds to spare, check out the video below, where Speaker Ryan calls upon political leaders to "raise our game," in order to preserve the American idea that our Founders created. Watch on Facebook  |  Twitter  |  YouTube QUESTION: Who is it incumbent upon to introduce civility in American politics? SPEAKER RYAN'S ANSWER: "The Founders created this new American idea. It's an amazing thing. Unprecedented. Never been done before.  "Guess what? It's our job to preserve it. "Sometimes today we see a politics that is degrading, a politics that's going to the basis of our emotions of what dis-unifies us, not what unifies us.  "So here's our job: As leaders, we need to raise our gaze and raise our game and talk about ideas. Try to unite us, not prey on people's separations or their identities."

This is as the Economic Forecast for the 1st Quarter in the United States is anemic at best in light of the profound challenges around the World.  

Beyond the shores of the United States, the UK Steel Industry seems to be on the brink of collapse with the decision by Tata Steel to seek strategic alternatives as we noted here late last night as we were monitoring developments.    It is also of note that the Welsh Assembly elections are coming up and the Welsh Assembly has been recalled to deliberate this.    The Labor Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has asked for the UK Parliament to be recalled--a call that the UK Prime Minister has rejected.   The UK Cabinet is due to meet tomorrow to discuss this.

One more key focus point for us has been Israel as two leading Israeli Politicans have come under what has been deemed a "Severe Corruption Investigation" which potentially undermines a call by the Israeli Finance Minister for a Unity Government which our team released earlier to the #Outsider Twitter Channel.    

We have also been reviewing reports spearheaded by the +The Sydney Morning Herald  and the +Huffington Post  on the "Bribe Factory on how a corrupt network helped to nurture an oil industry over the past 20 years.    This is a company that has bribed the World.   The name of the company and the culprits are list of "who's who" and the expose is quite incredible.   

We leave all with this from +Jonathan Huie as we remain ever so hopeful on the eve of the new quarter:

Notations On Our World: On #Europe Watch re current #UK Challenges

Tata Steel 

The UK Budget Challenges and the on-going so-called #Brexit (Britain Leaving the European Union) have been among the number of challenges that Prime Minister David Cameron has been dealing with.  The plight of the Steel Industry has been added to it as we went to press:

Tata Steel is the key producer of Steel in the UK and has begun to  investigate options which has placed thousands of jobs at risk.   Tata has cited a glut in Steel and cheap imports from China as among the key driving forces. 

Our team will assess this over the ensuing days....

Notations From the Grid: On #Turkey, #US Elections & Other Thoughts (With a Breaking News Update re: @realDonaldTrump)

Ted Cruz was endorsed by Scott Walker this morning.   It was not a total shocker especially in light of the acrimony between Scott Walker and Donald Trump.    This was as Ted Cruz's Campaign was on Twitter touting the endorsement as it also reminded the World that the Democratic Party is not the Party of Kennedy anymore.

As we have been assessing our World, we received reports that the US Department of Defense has ordered the families of US Soldiers to leave Southern Turkey due to on-going security concerns.  This is as The Turkish President is on his way to Washington.   It is also quite disturbing as Turkey demanded deletion of a clip mocking Edrogan and as Edgroan threatened the British Counsel General for posing for a selfie with one of the Journalists on Trial.

Please enjoy this we released earlier to our Twitter Channel as we look forward to be of continued support of the wonderful initiative by Johnson & Johnson's Donate a Photo Program:

Please enjoy this grid as we once again have pleasure to lend support to @donateaphoto wish all a fab day pic.twitter.com/qolpiFMLDs

— The Daily Outsider (@DailyOutsider) March 29, 2016

Update:  We just picked up a newsflash from the Huffington Post that Donald Trump's Campaign Manager has been charged with Battery in regards to the incident with the now former Briebart Reporter.   

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On the Shooting in Washington (with an update from DC Police)

As our team has been on the AM prowl, we are monitoring reports on a lockdown at the +The White House and the @US Capitol complex based on a shooting incident.   A US Capitol Police Officer was shot--but not seriously as reports are coming in that the shooter is down.  This was as the Annual Easter Egg hunt was on at the +The White House 

The DC Police Department just sent out this tweet:

There has been an isolated incident at the US Capitol. There is no active threat to the public

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) March 28, 2016

If there are any further developments, our team will update this "Notation".

On This Easter Sunday 2016....

Our team, at the behest of our founder, decided to be dark today in honor of Easter Sunday to remember and reflect upon this day.    However, the horrific bombing in Lahore Pakistan that we released on our Twitter Channel earlier today underscored the profound challenging times that is before us.

Earlier today, members of our team were in Irvine at the 3rd Annual Nowruz Festival in Irvine that showcases Iran.    This image was captured that we released to our Twitter Channel in support of Johnson & Johnson's Donate a Photo program.   One of the profound Community Outreach Efforts we were witness to were a Voter Registration Drive done by Volunteers to encourage civic participation by Iranian Americans.    It was such a beautiful day as we are pleased to feature this here today on this Easter Sunday 2016:

On this #Easter Sunday lending our virtual voice in support of @donateaphoto wish all a fab night and a fab wk 🙏🏻✨ pic.twitter.com/oEszBog5R2

— The Daily Outsider (@DailyOutsider) March 28, 2016

On behalf of the entire Outsider team, we wish all a wonderful week as we look forward to the opportunity to serve.