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On Our Virtual Route 99 This Week: A Taste of Hope

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When our team launched Esparenza , it was with a sense of hope.     We are proud to present this from Gaza on a " Taste of Hope " as the fragile peace continues to hold, courtesy of the team at the National of the UAE : Taste of hope A coffee server at Abu Al Soud sweet shop in Gaza city . The shop serves free coffee to customers. Photo: Abu Al-Soud After a two-year absence, the scent of syrup and roasted nuts is drifting through Gaza city’s streets once more. A popular sweet shop that was burnt and destroyed by the Israeli military is up and running again – a small act of revival in a city still surrounded by rubble. For decades, Abu Al Soud has been renowned as a symbol of the enclave’s culture and flavours. Khaled Abu Ouda , who has worked at the sweet shop for more than 15 years, smiled as he spoke of its return. “We’ve finally returned to work to offer people the sweets they’ve loved for generations,”  he told  The National . He said reopening the shop wa...
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On Our Virtual Route 99 (Special Edition): On this Remembrance Sunday

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On Our "Virtual Route 99" ((Special W_End Edition) : A Grid On Climate Change

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Our team created this grid on Mother Earth and on Climate Change , courtesyof  the team at the United Nations :   
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On Our "Virtual Route 99" Around the World: (Special Month-End Edition) On How A City Becomes unlivable

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 As our team gears up to go dark until November 5, Our team chose this about Tehran, The Capital of Iran , about how a City can be unlivable:
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On Our "Virtual Route 66" (Special Edition): Out & About In Germany and A Perspective from Gary Kasparov on America

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Our team chose a celebration of Germany to showcase a sense of purpose and thoughts on America by Gary Kasparov and Tana Ganeva: Former FBI Director James Comey is now the first among a slate of high-profile Trump critics to face criminal charges. Indictments against John Brennan and John Bolton may well be on the way. Many observers,  myself included , have already addressed the transparently political nature of this campaign of lawfare. We know that the US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia previously failed to identify  probable cause  for indicting Comey. We know the plight of the White House’s targets, and the chilling effect this government overreach could have on other would-be critics. So today I’d like to look at the other side of things: from the perspective of Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and other senior Trump administration officials. In executing the president’s personal vendettas with no regard for their obligations as pub...
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On Our "Virtual Route 101" With a Special Quarter-End Edition on Artifical Intelligence

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Our team presents a snapshot of the State of AI so that we can continue to potentially leverage it for a sense of hope, and closing it out with thoughts from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee:  Onward to Q4 with all its possibilities!!  
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On Our "Virtual Route 101" (Special Edition): #JimmyKimmel is Back On the Air

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 Our team is proud to welcome back Jimmy Kimmel, and it is an honor to release this to all our properties:
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