Out and About With Brief Comments & a "Thought 4 the Week"....

As a  new week dawns, our team ran across that our founder was gracious enough to let us use from his personal archives which we hope all enjoy.   This was ever so critical in light of what happened in London over the weekend and as our World continues to be witness to the carnage in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.    The shocking images out of Mosul reminds us all of the horrors of World War II.    This is as the Qatar Diplomatic row continues to escalate--the latest is available by clicking here as our team will continue to monitor and assess it all.   

As our team continues its' work building up to weekly edition of Notations to be released in our main, Visions and Education Properties later on this week: 

View of the Week (W-End Edition): On the Prowl.....

It has been an interesting week as the #UKElection2017 is before us--and the role of Ordinary Faces in how they went after the major Party Leaders had.   Our team will be reporting on it Thursday evening as the results come in.  

One very interesting set of reports has been the Sky's Alex Crawford who has been back in the UK talking to ordinary faces.   This clip on her Twitter Feed was quite moving and touching:

"My title is refugee but name is Eden" this woman tells @AlexCrawfordSky who has set up a football club in Oxford to help refugees integrate pic.twitter.com/6JwmDfGq3k

— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 3, 2017

This is also a weekend that Ariana Grande is going back to Manchester with Katy Perry, Cold Play and others as she paid a surprise visit to the victims still under care:

It is also vital to remember all the victims of violence around the World including this 15-Year Old Palestinian Victim , Maria Aman,  that Gideon Levy of Haaretz noted in his recent Haaretz Column: 

In the Aftermath of the US Withdrawal From Paris.....

The United States has announced its' intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.   Some guidance for ordinary faces was noted by Al Gore which is hereby noted here:

Dear Friends, As you know, today the White House announced that the United States would begin the process of leaving the Paris Agreement. Removing the United States from the Paris Agreement is a reckless and indefensible action. It undermines America’s standing in the world and threatens to damage humanity’s ability to solve the climate crisis in time.   But disappointment is not despair. Make no mistake: if President Trump won’t lead, the American people will. Civic leaders, mayors, governors, CEOs, investors and the majority of the business community will take up this challenge. We are in the middle of a clean energy revolution that no single person or group can stop. President Trump’s decision is profoundly in conflict with what the majority of Americans want from our president; but no matter what he does, we will ensure that our inevitable transition to a clean energy economy continues.   As proof, just look at how communities like Salt Lake City, Utah and Boulder, Colorado are committing to switch to 100 percent renewable electricity. Just last month, California set a new record for clean energy use in the state, and over the past several weeks and months, major corporations and businesses from around the world reaffirmed their commitment to clean energy, the Paris Agreement, and US leadership on climate. The momentum of clean energy and climate action only continues to build, and ignoring that reality is shortsighted and wrong. Now it’s up to us to pick up where the White House is leaving off. It’s up to us to keep this progress going full steam ahead. If you’re in the US, commit to pushing your local council or mayor to embrace renewable electricity in your community. If you’re outside the US, commit to pressuring your leaders to fulfill your country’s Paris Agreement pledge and keep the process moving.   My friends, it’s time to fight like our world depends on it. Because it does. And because together we will win. Sincerely, Al Gore Founder and Chairman The Climate Reality Project