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In what is fast becoming a rite of passage for Chinese leaders, President Xi Jinping has decreed that the Xiongan New District be created in Hebei, about 160 km south of Beijing. The area will be developed with similar incentives and infrastructure that were put in place with the creation of Shenzhen and the Pudong New Area by predecessors Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin.
The Xiongan New District is set to include Anxin, Rongcheng, and Xiongxian counties around Hebei's Baiyangdian Lake. It will initially be a 100 km2 area but will expand to more than 2,000 km2 over time, and will house facilities such as markets, schools, research institutions, and hospitals that will be relocated from Beijing. The area is expected to form a triad between Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei.
To facilitate its development, Xi has promoted Xu Qin, previously the Party Secretary and Mayor of Shenzhen, to the Hebei Provincial Deputy Party Secretary. Further details at this time are unclear. However, the previous successes of Shenzhen, transformed from a small fishing village, and Pudong, redeveloped from marshland, augur well, especially as the Xiongan New District is a project directly instigated by the Chinese President.
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What can be expected are new highways and high speed rail links to the new Daxing airport, which is currently under construction to the south of Beijing. Additionally, the Qinhuangdao Port facility will be further developed, and will likely mirror Shenzhen and Pudong by including tax incentives for import-export and to attract specific industry sectors, as well as by establishing free trade zones and bonded facilities.
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The NLPES announces that twelve states were awarded the NLPES Impact Award in 1998 for reports that had a demonstrated impact on their states. Winners are as follows:
California State Auditor
The report,Kern County: Management Weaknesses at Critical Points In Its Child Protective Services Process May Also Be Pervasive Throughout the State, resulted in Legislative hearings, the introduction of new legislation, press coverage, and changes to the County's program operations.
The Office issued a series of reviews of Colorado's Mental Health System. These reports, Purchase of Medicaid Mental Health Services; Department of Human Services Mental Health Community Programs; and Department of Human Services, Impact of Managed Care on State Mental Health Institutes, resulted in legislative hearings, program restructuring, press coverage, and a $10 million savings.
Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
The report, Review of Historic Preservation Boards, resulted in legislative hearings, passage of new legislation to restructure the program, $1.8 million in annual savings, expanded availability of historic preservation services, and press coverage.
Georgia Department of Audits
The report, Dental Treatment Program, resulted in the Legislature continuing the program, which was recommended for elimination by the governor. The study also resulted in press coverage and an expansion of program services.
State of Hawaii Office of the Auditor
The report, Management Audit of the Public Library System, resulted in legislative hearings, press coverage, and changes in program management.
Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, Program Evaluation Division
The report, Residential Facilities for Juvenile Offenders, resulted in legislative hearings and the passage of new legislation, the closure of a facility which will save $2.1 million annually, program changes, and press coverage.
Montana Legislative Audit Division
The Division report, Relocating Utilities on Montana's Highway Right-of-Way, resulted in the passage of new legislation, program restructuring, and a savings of $836,000.
South Carolina Legislative Audit Council
The report, Auto Insurance in South Carolina, resulted in a $15 million reduction in losses by the state auto reinsurance entity. The report also generated press coverage and resulted in the passage of new legislation.
Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
The report, Follow-up Review of Child Day Care in Virginia, resulted in legislative hearings, the passage of new legislation governing the program, press coverage, and program improvements.
Washington Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
The Committee report on the Washington Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement System resulted in a savings of $50 million and the adoption of a new reimbursement system by the Legislature.
Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau
The Bureau released two reports on nursing home regulation -- An Evaluation of Nurse Aide Misconduct Investigations and An Evaluation of Nursing Home Regulation. These reports resulted in the passage of reform measures by the Legislature.
Wyoming Legislative Service Office
The report, Wyoming Deferred Compensation Program, resulted in legislative hearings, press coverage, lower fees for program participants, and improved program operations.

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SYDNEY — Oscar de la Renta and Cynthia Rowley are heading down to Sydney for next month's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, which is due to run from May 15-20 at Carriageworks.
Rowley is showing on May 19, a day organizer IMG Fashion has dedicated to swimwear and activewear. The move is part of IMG's broader strategy to better align the annual summer wholesale showcase with the international resort season in the hope of luring international brands down under. Likewise, the timing of the event was also pushed back several weeks this year to mid-May.
Although Rowley did not respond to an e-mail request for further information about whether or not she will be unveiling a new collection, IMG said the designer is due to present a resort collection of ready-to-wear, swimwear and wetsuits.
De la Renta, meanwhile, will close the week with a presentation of the summer collection. The brand will be represented in Sydney by executive vice president Eliza Bolen.


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Fox Crossing tightens hunting restrictions after stray shot rains down on homes, cars
FOX CROSSING - The village tightened hunting restrictions near Stroebe Island on Little Lake Butte des Morts to prevent stray bird shot from raining down on homes and cars and potentially injuring people and pets.
The changes were approved Monday and will take effect Friday.
"This is designed to provide safety," Village President Dale Youngquist told USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. "Nobody should have to live not being able to come out of their homes, fearing that there's going to be shot coming down on them, their children, their animals, their cars."
In late September, under pressure from waterfowl hunters and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the village modified an ordinance to permit the discharge of shotguns (bird shot only, not buckshot or slugs) in the village with the exception of three areas:
- Within 150 yards of the Roland Kampo Memorial Bridge.
- Within 150 yards of the Stroebe Island Causeway.
- Within a section of the Fox River northeast of Stroebe Island.
Shortly thereafter, homeowners on Stroebe Island Drive and Woodlawn Lane began reporting to police that their houses were hit by shot discharged by hunters.
In one instance, a village police officer and a DNR warden were investigating a stray-shot complaint at a home on Woodlawn when they witnessed shot fall on their vehicles.
In all cases, the hunters were hunting legally outside the restricted areas, yet the shot reached the homes.
"That plan, in working with the DNR, did not exactly work out," Youngquist said. "We had a lot of complaints about bird shot coming down."
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Village Manager Jeff Sturgell described the number of complaints as "pretty significant."
"This was a true safety issue," he said. "We had multiple homes struck multiple days. It's just unacceptable."
In response, the Village Board unanimously revised the ordinance to expand the restricted zone on each side of the Stroebe Island Causeway. To the north, it now extends all the way to the Fox River zone. To the south, it extends to the intersection of Woodlawn and Sunrise Drive.
In addition, the revised ordinance prohibits the discharge of a firearm in the direction of Stroebe Island or the mainland or into the restricted zones.
Police Chief Tim Seaver said officers will be in the area this weekend to inform hunters of the new restrictions.
"Some of the hunters won't realize there is a change," Seaver said. "A lot of this is education."
Village officials considered reinstating a near total ban on hunting, but Youngquist said the town's attorney advised that such a move "could not be defended very well in court."
Still, if stray bird shot continues to reach residents, Youngquist said the Village Board might well enact further restrictions.
"We're not trying to take rights away from hunters, but the safety of our residents is first and foremost," he said.


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"She was there until at least midnight. She was dancing and drinking cocktails in a room inspired by Britney Spears, which was decked out in pink."
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The Global Sustainability Award serves as an inspiration for the transformative action, business excellence and environment management
MUMBAI, Dec 19 (BNC Network) Kerala based ESAF Small Finance Bank has won the Global Sustainability Award 2020 from Energy and Environment Foundation.
Bank founder and CEO K. Paul Thomas received the award from union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in an online summit attended by Marise Payne, Australia's minister for foreign affairs. The bank was selected for this year's award in recognition of its outstanding contributions, commitment and actions that have made a positive impact on the environment.
Acknowledging the award MD and CEO of ESAF K. Paul Thomas said, "The award is recognition to ESAF's unique social business strategy with a triple bottom line approach emphasizing people, planet and prosperity throughout our journey of three decades impacting over 4.4 million people and their families spread across different states of India as a social bank."
Keith Pitt, Australia's minister for resources, Barry O'Farrell, Australian High Commissioner in India, U.P Singh, secretary, ministry of water resources, Anil Razdan, chairman of Energy and Environment Foundation were among those who spoke at the annual event.
The Global Sustainability Award serves as an inspiration for the transformative action, business excellence and environment management across the world to improve the management of natural resources, demonstrating new ways to tackle climate change or raising awareness of emerging environmental challenges.


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There have been more than a few stories making the rounds advocating share repurchases, in which the authors attempt to make the point that firms which repurchase their shares tend to outperform the general market.
What do Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, Lehman and Station Casinos have in common? Their executives believed they were so well-funded they began very large buyback programs, even though they borrowed to do so.


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Korean heartthrob Lee Min Ho warmed up easily to over ten thousand Filipino fans who went to see him at the Global Benchsetter Fun Meet at the Smart Araneta Coliseum held last Friday night, November 16. His face lit up as soon as he came up on stage and saw the packed venue filled with fans who waited to meet the star of hit Korean series such as Boys Over Flowers and City Hunter.
During the interview portion with event host/translator Sam Oh, Min Ho shared that he has been getting a lot of requests from his Filipino fans to visit the Philippines. So when he was offered to be a Bench endorser, he immediately accepted it because he believes in the brand's stature in the fashion industry. But more importantly, he was thrilled because it would finally give him the chance to meet his Filipino supporters.
The dashing 23-year-old further made the audience more kilig when he said that he finds Filipino women very passionate and shy at the same time. He added that it would be a very good idea to have a Filipino girlfriend since he also had the impression that the people are very nice and warm.
On a personal note, Min Ho went on to describe his life back in Korea. Contrary to popular belief, he enjoys experiencing a sense of normalcy when he's away from the spotlight. During his free time, he loves watching movies, going for walks, staying at home, and playing video games. His favorite cartoon character is Ryo Saeba from the City Hunter manga.
When asked about his dream roles, Min Ho explained that his last two projects City Hunter and Faith were a bit heavy. As such, he'd like to take it easy next year and do more carefree roles. He doesn't mind if it's a movie or a TV series as long as it's a good project. Aside from acting, he admitted that one of his greatest frustrations is dancing.
While the fans enjoyed the interview, the main highlight of the event was the games segment. Ten lucky fans got the chance to play "Spin The Wheel" with the Korean star. The choices in the game stated what kind of prize or activity that they'd do with Min Ho. It included a handshake, a signed T-shirt, a life-sized poster of Min Ho, and a photo op among others. But Min Ho was so eager to please his Filipino fans that he also offered a hug and a photo op with all of the winners.
For the last part, the five winners of that "Act That Scene" were also invited on stage. They were female fans who sent in a video reenactment of a dramatic scene of Min Ho's leading lady in City Hunter. Min Ho was obviously entertained by the entries because he was really smiling a lot while watching the video previews. But for the winning entry, he chose the one from a 16-year-old, adding that the girl showed the right emotions and gave attention to details by showing shots of her hands and shoes in the video.
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We were not made to be alone, and so we need accompaniment in the spiritual life to be encouraged and led onward in the journey of faith. And just as we need accompaniment, we need to accompany others in their spiritual journey. But for many of us, we don't know what it looks like to walk with another person in that way.
Recently on The Inner Life®, Father Ethan Southard shared how our marriage is a natural place to start as we look for how to walk alongside someone in the journey of faith. Father Ethan said:
"In that accompaniment, as Jesus sends them out two by two, there's this encouragement, there's this walking together, there's this journeying together in good times and in bad, in rich times and in poor.
I think marriage is an accompaniment as well. We're supporting each other, even when it's scary. We're saying that we're in this together.
In the vows that you take – for richer for poorer, for sick and in good health – we entrust ourselves to that other person, and we journey with them. That's the beautiful thing, that's the scary thing – that we surrender and we open up to another person in such a beautiful way. But there is a grace in that mutuality, when we open up and reveal ourselves to another person.
We can see that there is a divine, precious life within that other person. And I'm revealing myself to this other person, and they're revealing themselves to me. It doesn't have to be pretty, it can be ugly, and it can be our deep, dark secrets, and it's a little scary.
But in that mutuality, we're reverencing the other person and giving them this awe, this wonder, this space for them to be themselves, recognizing that they are created by God. They're human, but there is something really special within them. So it's in that beautiful cherishing and tender reverencing of the other person that there is this humility. And you start to see the Kingdom of God coming up in that space.
So yes, a marriage, a holy matrimony, is where the couple comes together and they make the vows, promising each other that I am going to be here for you, I am going to accompany you, I am going to journey with you until death do us part."
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has expressed his delight at signing Willian from Chelsea on a free transfer.
The Brazilian was out of contract at Stamford Bridge and failed to agree fresh terms, instead moving across London on a three-year, £100,000-a-week deal.
He leaves the Blues after a successful seven-year spell, winning two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and the Europa League.
Arteta pointed to Willian's versatility as a key reason for the interest, and says he has been 'really impressed' during talks with the 32-year-old.
"I believe he's a player that can really make a difference for us," said the Gunners boss.
"We have been monitoring him for the past few months, we had a clear intention to strengthen in the attacking midfielder and the winger positions [and] he is a player that gives us a lot of versatility, he can play in three or four different positions.
"He has the experience of everything in the football world but to still have the ambition to come here and contribute to bring the club where it belongs.
"I have been really impressed with all the talks I have had with him and how much he wanted to come."
Willian's compatriot Edu, who now works as technical director at the Emirates, also expressed his belief that the midfielder would be a success at the Emirates.
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He said: "I know him very well, since a long time ago because we've been working together for the Brazilian national team and of course I was following him because he played for another club.
"He has a lot of fantastic attributes as a person, as a football player of course, his character. I'm 100 per cent sure that everybody in the dressing room, the fans, myself and Mikel will enjoy having Willian in our side."
In all, WIllian played 339 times for Chelsea, scoring 63 goals and recording 56 assists.
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In the US's "Phony Wars," the Military-Industrial Complex Is the Only Winner
Altnews editor's comment: While the article correctly identifies the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex as the primary beneficiary of the spoils of the US's #PhonyWars and provides much verifiable background information in support of the hypothesis, the astute observer cannot escape the conclusion that, when you follow the money, most of the corporations that make up that Military Industrial Complex are in fact owned by the same small group of investors who also deploy their other investment vehicles, like #BigMedia, #BigPharma, #BigAg, #BigChem, #BigEnergy and #BigFood, to steal every last penny from people everywhere and deprive them of their hard earned wealth while keeping them suitably hypnotised, brainwashed, drugged up and suffering from ill health, with, as the planned endgame, to gain absolute power over every human being, nation and state in this world under the guise of the #NewWorldOrder.
Overseas, the United States is engaged in real wars in which bombs are dropped, missiles are launched, and people (generally not Americans) are killed, wounded, uprooted, and displaced. Yet here at home, there's nothing real about those wars. Here, it's phony war all the way. In the last 17 years of "forever war," this nation hasn't for one second been mobilized. Taxes are being cut instead of raised. Wartime rationing is a faint memory from the World War II era. No one is being required to sacrifice a thing.
Now, ask yourself a simple question: What sort of war requires no sacrifice? What sort of war requires that almost no one in the country waging it take the slightest notice of it?
US conflicts in distant lands rumble on, even as individual attacks flash like lightning in our news feeds. "Shock and awe" campaigns in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, initially celebrated as decisive and game changing, ultimately led nowhere. Various "surges" produced much sound and fury, but missions were left decidedly unaccomplished. More recent strikes by the #Trump administration against a Syrian air base or the first use of the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the US arsenal, the MOAB super-bomb, in Afghanistan flared brightly, only to fizzle even more quickly. These versions of the German blitzkrieg-style attacks of World War II have been lightning assaults that promised much but in the end delivered little. As these flashes of violence send America's enemies of the moment (and nearby civilians) to early graves, the homeland (that's us) slumbers. Sounds of war, if heard at all, come from TV or video screens or Hollywood films in local multiplexes.
We are, in fact, kept isolated from Washington's wars, even as the US's warriors traverse a remarkable expanse of the globe, from the Philippines through the Greater Middle East deep into Africa. As conflicts flare and sputter, ramp up and down and up again, Americans have been placed in a form of behavioral lockdown. Little more is expected of us than to be taxpaying spectators or, when it comes to the US military, starry-eyed cheerleaders. Most of the time, those conflicts are not just out of sight, but meant to be out of mind as well. Rare exceptions are moments when our government asks us to mourn US service members like Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, killed in an abortive raid President Trump ordered in Yemen in early 2017 in which children also died (though that was something just about no one here even noticed). While the military has been deploying and striking on a global scale, we've been told from the very first moments of Washington's self-proclaimed war on terror to go shopping or to Disney World and let the experts handle it.
We have, in short, been sidelined in what, to draw on the lexicon of World War II, might be thought of as a sitzkrieg, the German term for phony war.
A bizarre version of blitzkrieg overseas and an even stranger version of sitzkrieg at home could be said to define this peculiar American moment. These two versions exist in a curiously yin-yang relationship to each other. For how can a nation's military be engaged in warfare at a near-global level — blitzing people across vast swaths of the globe — when its citizens are sitting on their collective duffs, demobilized and mentally disarmed? Such a state of mind can exist only when it's in the interest of those in power. Appeals to "patriotism" (especially to revering "our" troops) and an overwhelming atmosphere of secrecy to preserve American "safety" and "security" have been remarkably effective in controlling and stifling interest in the country's wars and their costs, long before such an interest might morph into dissent or opposition. If you want an image of just how effective this has been, recall the moment in July 2016 when small numbers of earnest war protesters quite literally had the lights turned off on them at the Democratic National Convention.
To use an expression I heard more than a few times in my years in the military, when it comes to its wars, the government treats the people like mushrooms, keeping them in the dark and feeding them bullshit.
The Fog of Phony War
Prussian war theorist Carl von Clausewitz famously spoke of the "fog of war," the confusion created by and inherent uncertainty built into that complex human endeavor. As thick as that fog often is, in these years the fog of phony war has proven even thicker and more disorienting.
By its very nature, a real war of necessity, of survival, like the Civil War or World War II brings with it clarity of purpose and a demand for results. Poorly performing leaders are relieved of command when not killed outright in combat. Consider the number of mediocre Union generals Abraham Lincoln cycled through before he found Ulysses S. Grant. Consider the number of senior officers relieved during World War II by General George C. Marshall, who knew that, in a global struggle against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, subpar performances couldn't be tolerated. In wars of necessity or survival, moreover, the people are invariably involved. In part, they may have little choice, but they also know (or at least believe they know) "why we fight" — and generally approve of it.
Admittedly, even in wars of necessity there are always those who will find ways to duck service. In the Civil War, for example, the rich could pay others to fight in their place. But typically in such wars, everyone serves in some capacity. Necessity demands it.
The definition of twenty-first-century phony war, on the other hand, is its lack of clarity, its lack of purpose, its lack of any true imperative for national survival (despite a never-ending fervor over the "terrorist threat"). The fog it produces is especially disorienting. Americans today have little idea "why we fight" other than a vague sense of fighting them over there (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, etc.) so they won't kill us here, to cite George W. Bush's rationale for launching the war on terror. Meanwhile, with such a lack of national involvement and accountability, there's no pressure for the Pentagon or the rest of the national security state to up its game; there's no one even to point out that wherever the US military has gone into battle in these years, yet more terror groups have subsequently sprouted. Bureaucracy and mediocrity go unchallenged; massive boosts in military spending reward incompetency and the creation of a series of quagmire-like "generational" wars.
Think of it as war on a Möbius strip. More money shoveled into the Pentagon brings more chaos overseas, more imperial overreach, and undoubtedly more blowback here at home, all witnessed — or rather largely ignored — by a sitzkrieg citizenry.
Of course, for those fighting the wars, they are anything but phony. It's just that their experience remains largely isolated from that of the rest of us, an isolation that only serves to elevate post-traumatic stress disorder rates, suicides, and the like. When today's troops come home, they generally suffer in silence and among themselves.
The US's New (Phony) National Defense Strategy
Even phony wars need enemies. In fact, they may need them more (and more of them) than real wars do. No surprise then that the Trump administration's recently announced National Defense Strategy (NDS) offers a laundry list of such enemies. China and Russia top it as "revisionist powers" looking to reverse America's putative victory over Communism in the Cold War. "Rogue" powers like North Korea and Iran are singled out as especially dangerous because of their nuclear ambitions. (The United States, of course, doesn't have a "rogue" bone in its body, even if it is now devoting at least $1.2 trillion to building a new generation of more usable nuclear weapons.) Nor does the NDS neglect Washington's need to hammer away at global terrorists until the end of time or to extend "full-spectrum dominance" not just to the traditional realms of combat (land, sea, and air) but also to space and cyberspace.
Amid such a plethora of enemies, only one thing is missing in the US's new defense strategy, the very thing that's been missing all these years, that makes twenty-first-century American war so phony: any sense of national mobilization and shared sacrifice (or its opposite, antiwar resistance). If the United States truly faces all these existential threats to our democracy and our way of life, what are we doing frittering away more than $45 billion annually in a quagmire war in Afghanistan? What are we doing spending staggering sums on exotic weaponry like the F-35 jet fighter (total projected program cost: $1.45 trillion) when we have far more pressing national needs to deal with?
Like so much else in Washington in these years, the NDS doesn't represent a strategy for real war, only a call for more of the same raised to a higher power. That mainly means more money for the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, and related "defense" agencies, facilitating more blitz attacks on various enemies overseas. The formula — serial blitzkrieg abroad, serial sitzkrieg in the homeland — adds up to victory, but only for the military-industrial complex.
Solutions to Sitzkrieg
Of course, one solution to phony war would be to engage in real war, but for that the famed American way of life would actually have to be endangered. (By Afghans? Syrians? Iraqis? Yemenis? Really?) Congress would then have to declare war; the public would have to be mobilized, a draft undoubtedly reinstated, and taxes raised. And those would be just for starters. A clear strategy would have to be defined and losing generals demoted or dismissed.
Who could imagine such an approach when it comes to the US's forever wars? Another solution to phony war would be for the American people to actually start paying attention. The Pentagon would then have to be starved of funds. (With less money, admirals and generals might actually have to think.) All those attacks overseas that blitzed innocents and spread chaos would have to end. Here at home, the cheerleaders would have to put down the pom-poms, stop mindlessly praising the troops for their service, and pick up a few protest signs.
In point of fact, the US's all-too-real wars overseas aren't likely to end until the phony war here at home is dispatched to oblivion.
A final thought: Americans tell pollsters that, after all these years of failed wars abroad, they continue to trust the military more than any other societal institution. Consistent with phony war, however, much of that trust is based on ignorance, on not really knowing what that military is doing overseas. So, is there a chance that, one of these days, Americans might actually begin to pay some attention to "their" wars? And if so, would those polls begin to change and how might that military, which has experienced its share of blood, sweat, and tears, respond to such a loss of societal prestige? Beware the anger of the legions.
Faith in institutions undergirds democracy. Keeping the people deliberately demobilized and in the dark about the costs and carnage of America's wars follows a pattern of governmental lying and deceit that stretches from the Vietnam War to the Iraq Wars of 1991 and 2003, to military operations in Afghanistan, Syria, and elsewhere today. Systemic lies and the phony war that goes with them continue to contribute to a slow-motion process of political and social disintegration that could result in a much grimmer future for this country: perhaps an authoritarian one; certainly, a more chaotic and less democratic one.
Societal degradation and democratic implosion, caused in part by endless phony war and the lies associated with it, are this country's real existential enemies, even if you can't find them listed in any National Defense Strategy. Indeed, the price tag for US wars may in the end prove not just heavy but catastrophic.
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The Worklist is a specific workspace designed to contain the following items:
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Eric Schmidt, who has been the CEO of Google and executive chairman of its parent company, Alphabet, predicts that within the next decade there will be two distinct internets: one led by the U.S. and the other by China.
Schmidt shared his thoughts at a private event in San Francisco on Wednesday night convened by investment firm Village Global VC. The firm enlists tech luminaries — including Schmidt, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Diane Green — as limited partners, then invests their money into early-stage tech ventures.
At the event, economist Tyler Cowen asked, "What are the chances that the internet fragments over the years?" Schmidt said:
"I think the most likely scenario now is not a splintering, but rather a bifurcation into a Chinese-led internet and a non-Chinese internet led by America.
If you look at China, and I was just there, the scale of the companies that are being built, the services being built, the wealth that is being created is phenomenal. Chinese Internet is a greater percentage of the GDP of China, which is a big number, than the same percentage of the US, which is also a big number.
If you think of China as like 'Oh yeah, they're good with the Internet,' you're missing the point. Globalization means that they get to play too. I think you're going to see fantastic leadership in products and services from China. There's a real danger that along with those products and services comes a different leadership regime from government, with censorship, controls, etc.
Look at the way BRI works – their Belt and Road Initiative, which involves 60-ish countries – it's perfectly possible those countries will begin to take on the infrastructure that China has with some loss of freedom."
The Belt and Road is a massive initiative by Beijing to increase China's political and economic influence by connecting and facilitating all kinds of trade, including digital trade, between China and countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Schmidt's predictions come at a time when his successor at Google, CEO Sundar Pichai, has stirred up controversy around the company's strategy in China.
Reportedly, Google has been developing "Project Dragonfly," a censored version of its search engine that could appease authorities in China. The project allegedly included a means to suppress some search results, booting them off the first page, and a means to fully block results for sensitive queries, for example, around "peaceful protests."
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I think theres 4 cameras in each carriage, and normally 6 carriages (depending on time and line), so that makes 24 cameras inside each train, so how is the driver meant to watch these and drive at the same time and whatever else they have to do, like jerk off during the express stations? This means they probably dont notice jack shit, unless you bomb like crazy.Even if they saw you killing someone all they can do is get someone like cops to hop on at the next station, but theyd have to be very quick to make it in time, or maybe there will be undercovers on the train already if youre unlucky, but theyre pretty easy to spot if theyre on your carriage, just a talent I have.By the way I think there is a blind spot where the doors are, if you ducked and bombed the doors or that wall seperator thing it wouldnt be caught on camera at all, but just double check cause im not sure, at least wear a hat or something to cover your face more.if youre really crafty make a video loop and transmit that through to the monitors, and then do a t2b e2e inside panel."that reminds me of the movie where theres a bus, and it couldnt go under 50mph. I think it was called 'The bus that couldnt slow down'"


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The world of mortgages is about to see one of its biggest shake ups. Right now, approving someone for a mortgage takes a lot of time and effort by both parties. Even after all that, it's very dependent on a FICO score. Both of those things are about to change.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has been looking into alternative credit scoring models and supplements to the FICO score since 2015, but FHFA Director Mel Watt said in a speech in New Orleans on Aug. 1, that any change wouldn't occur until 2019.
At Finicity, we understand changing the mortgage industry can be a long-term undertaking, but we have found a lot can change quickly with the right push.
Ever since the Rocket Mortgage Super Bowl ad changed the way everyone thought about the loan origination process, shortening the time it takes to get a mortgage has been a major piece of what we're trying to accomplish.
In his speech in New Orleans, Watt said, "One of our biggest challenges has been getting lenders to make loans to creditworthy borrowers who want to buy a home."
That shouldn't be the difficult part. Lenders should be making loans to creditworthy borrowers who want to buy a home, and frankly they're likely more than ready and willing.
It's an issue of having the right tools to identify creditworthy borrowers. Alternative data can make the whole lending process more efficient. And while it may take some time to mature and be adopted, like almost every other digital transformation, it will happen rapidly. Even though, the FHFA is waiting, the transformation of lending using alternative data has already begun.
Offering a digitally native process for income and asset verification can play a key role in reducing the lending process from two months to two weeks without the headaches of searching, scanning, and sending bank statements back and forth. Making lending quicker for both the lender and the customer helps make loans easier to process and reduces the time they take, removing the dread of being captive for 10 weeks trying to purchase a home.
A major emphasis for us at Finicity is continued improvement of a consumer's ability to access their financial data stored across their financial institutions. With a broader set of data, consumers can then better signal their suitability for a mortgage or car loan, and they can better manage their money on a daily basis. That data can also signal whether a person, despite limited actual credit history and the associated credit score, still has the income and responsible payment history necessary to handle a loan payment. Cash flow, income, assets, and employment history can all provide great insights into how well a person would handle their new loan payment.
With borrower permissioned data, Finicity can provide the methods for credit bureaus and lenders to see the alternative data that can help qualify thin-file and no-file credit applicants for loans they currently can manage, but can't receive because of their lack of a credit score.
Alternative data can better serve the underserved populations, the younger, less established potential borrowers who have only ever rented and don't have much if any credit history, as well as those who have never used credit, but have always paid their bills on time.
The FHFA sets benchmarks and goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reach in order to spur the approval of mortgages to low-income families and areas of underserved minority populations. It's these same groups that can be better served through alternative data for credit decisioning.
To borrow directly from the FHFA's goals for their underserved markets plan, alternative data will help develop new loan products and more flexible underwriting guidelines. It will increase access to credit for those who are creditworthy and not just those with a high credit score. And the kicker is, with a digital experience it will dramatically reduce the time and work it takes to go through the mortgage process.
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Disney Channel has ordered a third season of Big Hero 6: The Series ahead of the show's season two premiere, which is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 6.
In addition, the animated series has lined up a slew of guest stars for its upcoming second season, including Nestor Carbonell as Chief Cruz, San Fransokyo's new police chief; Isabella Gomez as Hiro's new friend Megan; Ben Feldman as Chris, Liv Amara's assistant; Will Friedle as Ian, Krei's geeky scientist; Jane Lynch and Timothy Simons as Supersonic Sue and Supersonic Stu, a grandmother/grandson super villain duo; Jessica Paré as acrobatic thief Sirque; and Horatio Sanz as El Fuego, a Mexican wrestler.
New episodes of the Emmy-nominated series will continue to roll out weekdays through May 17. Episodes will also be available the same day on DisneyNOW.
Based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios' Oscar-winning feature film, Big Hero 6: The Series continues the adventures and friendship of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro (Ryan Potter), his compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax (Scott Adsit) and their friends Wasabi (Khary Payton), Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez), Go Go (Jamie Chung) and Fred (Brooks Wheelan) as they form the legendary superhero team Big Hero 6 and embark on high-tech adventures as they protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains. In his normal day-to-day life, Hiro faces daunting academic challenges and social trials as the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology.
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This work examines the shaping of Ottoman intellectual life between 1302 and 1362 as part of the common cultural heritage of Turkistan, Iran, and Anatolia. The relevant Damascus-Cairo and Byzantine aspects are also considered. It will detail how the components of this heritage were transmitted to the Ottoman realm and investigate both the channels used and the institutions involved during the reigns of 'Osman and Orhan Gazi as well as the role of Dawud Qaysari, who was considered to be the first Ottoman mudarris. The period's political, intellectual, and ideological approaches will also be taken into account, and a brief context evaluation will be conducted on the al-Ithaf al-Sulaymani fi al-'ahdi al-Urkhani attributed to Qaysari and presented to Sulayman Pasha. This scholarly work is identified as the first one to be compiled in the Ottoman realm. Its editio princeps will be appended to the article..


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I m thankful not to meddle with this very controversial issue says the head of the government s Dangerous Drugs Board
Psych interventions needed in drug rehab programs – expert
The Psychological Association of the Philippines spearheads the Katatagan Kontra Droga sa Komunidad a program that trains community volunteers in facilitating drug rehabilitation
Dela Rosa says PNP hit year-end drugs war target
But the figures don t really seem to match
Part 2: The Philippines as target market for illicit drugs
A public health approach rather than a law enforcement one should form the basis for a response to drug use and dependence
Part 1: Drugs 101: What you need to know about the PH drug situation
Killing people – especially by police and paramilitary forces – has never stopped a drug problem anywhere Instead it contributes to a climate of fear instability and distrust in law enforcement personnel
COA: P189.63M for drug rehab facilities still unliquidated
The Commission on Audit calls on the Dangerous Drugs Board to demand reports from implementing agencies on how they used funds given to them throughout the years
Data in the drug war: Why accurate numbers matter
Duterte claims there are 3 to 4 million drug addicts in the Philippines but data from the Dangerous Drugs Board show there are only 1 8 million current drug users How will this affect the war on drugs?
PH gov't to UN: Consider anti-drug campaign 'beyond the headlines'
NEDA Deputy Director General Rosemarie Edillon in a dialogue with a UN committee says the Philippines is addressing the drug problem with treatment and rehabilitation among others
Robredo: Roll out community drug rehab now to stem killings
The Office of the Vice President is part of the interagency team that will pilot a community based rehabilitation program in 11 LGUs
#AnimatED: Policy on drugs must be based on facts
Despite recent official data of 1 8 million drug users President Duterte hikes it to '4 million addicts'
Gov't 'making use of whatever is available' for drug rehab in PH
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar says various government agencies are working together to provide treatment and rehabilitation to surrendered drug personalities
Drugs survey: Try it once, you're likely to try it again
After trying shabu for the first time 28 of users will use it again a nationwide survey by the Dangerous Drugs Board shows
DDB wants law institutionalizing community-based drug rehab
The Department of Health also supports proposals to put up at least one major in patient drug rehabilitation center per region
DDB: Philippines has 1.8 million current drug users
The survey commissioned by the Dangerous Drugs Board estimates that 4 8 million Filipinos aged 10 69 years old used illegal drugs at least once in their lives
How to seek drug treatment and rehabilitation in the Philippines
A drug user seeking treatment and rehabilitation will have to undergo a Drug Dependency Examination DDE and file for a petition for confinement
LIST: Where are drug treatment and rehab centers in the Philippines?
According to a list provided by the Dangerous Drugs Board there are 50 drug treatment and rehabilitation centers in the Philippines as of July 2016
Robredo: Family, church key in nat'l drug rehab program
In Naga City the families are integrated in the campaign against drugs while the church is a strong partner in Catanduanes These have been factors of success
Part 2: The dangers of the Dangerous Drugs Act
Finger pointing between government agencies as well as the lack of funds hamper the fight against illegal drugs
The dangers of the Dangerous Drugs Act
If such strict law – the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 – was passed 14 years ago in 2002 why does the multi billion industry continue to proliferate?
EXPLAINER: How serious is the PH drug problem? Here's the data
This could help contextualize the country's drug problem and put in perspective the government's response
Dangerous Drugs Board wants rehab centers in jails
The DDB also says events where drugs are distributed sold or used should be included in the law s definition of a drug den
Communities, private sector help is key in nationwide rehab program
With thousands of drug surrenderees – but less than 50 treatment facilities in the country – the government plans to tap communities and the private sector to help in the rehabilitation process
Inside the brain of a drug user
Psychiatrists say the effect of drugs on the brain could be so damaging as to cause paranoia even months after a person has already stopped using the substance
War on drugs: Rehabilitation must be more than a knee-jerk reaction
But with more drug users surrendering by the day government cannot afford to tarry in providing much needed interventions for Filipinos who ve made the first step away from drugs
Rehab centers shortage: 100 years to treat drug surrenderers – Recto
The senator s projection is based on almost 600 000 drug suspects who have surrendered to the police and the usual 6 month treatment period for drug dependents
Law enforcers to get rewards for successful anti-drug operations
Under Operation Lawmen authorities involved in successful anti drug operations will be eligible for monetary rewards depending on the quantity of drugs seized
Before Duterte: How did anti-illegal drug operations fare?
More than 63 000 drug suspects were arrested from 2011 to 2015 but low conviction rates plague the government s anti illegal drugs efforts according to PDEA data


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China has taken the lead in quantum computing, but bitcoin remains secure.
Chinese scientists announced last Friday (4) a prototype of a 76 photon quantum computer (qubits). The new computer takes only 3 minutes to solve the Gaussian mathematical bosom sampling algorithm (GBS), while the most powerful supercomputer today takes 600 million years.
With the announcement of a new quantum computer, an old doubt returns to the spotlight, can bitcoin encryption be broken with the new super computer?
Boson sampling is a means of calculating the output of a straight-line optical circuit that has multiple inputs and outputs. This is accomplished by building a machine in which the photons are sent in a parallel circuit and, once inside, are divided by beam splitters.
Quantum computers depend on some counter-intuitive physics of the subatomic world and are extremely fragile and difficult to maintain.
Conventional computers struggle to deal with problems that involve uncertainty, such as weather forecasting, calculating stock price rises and falls, simulating earthquakes, tracking information, or guessing a password.
The quantum computer was built to find clues to this kind of chaos. For example, a database may contain many smaller data sets, some of which may have an unknown relationship with others. The processor could quickly find out which data sets are related, a difficult task for traditional computers.
China's more powerful computer than Google's
Last year, Google's quantum computer became the first to achieve quantum supremacy, performing calculations in a matter of minutes that scientists estimated a current supercomputer would take 10,000 years to complete.
Unlike Google's computer, which used superconducting materials to manage qubits – bits of quantum information – the new Chinese computer, called Jiuzhang, is photon-based, using light to move and store quantum bits.
This unique computing capability has a wide range of potential applications, such as data mining, bioinformatics, finance, and of course, solving mathematical problems, such as cryptography.
In the test reported by scientists on Friday, Jiuzhang used light particles (photons) to perform calculations. Photons should be generated in their purest form because even a small physical discrepancy can lead to errors. And they must be produced one after the other, a technical challenge that brings optical precision to the limit.
Bitcoin threatened?
The development of quantum computers can pose significant risks to today's encryption methods that are used to protect much of the information stored on the Internet, including cryptographic algorithms that currently keep bitcoin secure.
This danger has fuelled a race to protect Bitcoin and other data protected by algorithms on the Internet.
Despite the developments in China and Google, this apocalypse scenario is still far away, as bitcoin code can be upgraded to a cryptography called 'post-quantum cryptography', which is considered resistant to quantum attacks".
"You may be able to build a quantum computer that can break a cryptography, but there are ways around the threat that quantum computing poses to bitcoin and other cryptographic-based technologies," technology expert George Gilder told Forbes.
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The public is invited to attend Holiday Magic Downtown at 5 p.m. Thursday in Alexander Fulton Park, better known as the downtown mini-park in Alexandria.
Holiday Magic Downtown is the first event of the Twelve Nights of Christmas in Central Louisiana.
Thursday's event in the downtown mini-park is free and will include the lighting of the downtown holiday tree by Mayor Jacques Roy, community caroling, school choirs and a visit from Santa Claus. It is sponsored by the city of Alexandria's Division of Community Service, which coordinates the Twelve Nights of Christmas programs. For more information, call (318) 449-5225.
The other events of the Twelve Nights of Christmas are:
* Friday, Dec. 5: Candyland Christmas, T.R.E.E. House Children's Museum, 1403 Third St. in Alexandria, 5-8 p.m. The event is sponsored by T.R.E.E. House Children's Museum. Kids and families can make candy sculptures, decorate cookies, make ornaments and talk to Santa on a HAM radio. Cost: $4 per person. For more information, call (318) 619-9394.
* Saturday, Dec. 6: An Old-Fashioned Christmas, Kent Plantation House, 4-6 p.m. It is sponsored by Kent Plantation House. Activities will include Christmas arts and crafts, decorating Kent House's tree, storytelling, vintage music and dance, a visit with Papa Noel, and hot chocolate and cookies. Free admission. Call (318) 487-5998.
* Sunday, Dec. 7: Live Nativity, First United Methodist Church of Alexandria, 6-8 p.m. The event is sponsored by the church. Visitors drive through a live Nativity scene to experience a re-enactment of the Christmas story, complete with live animals, carols and candlelight. Free admission. Call (318) 443-5696.
* Monday, Dec. 8: Holiday in the Heart of Alexandria Mall, Alexandria Mall Center Court, 6 p.m. It is sponsored by Alexandria Mall and will feature a live theater cast and musical performance presented by Lagniappe Theatre Co., as well as light refreshments and a visit from Santa. Free admission. Call (318) 448-0227.
* Thursday, Dec. 11: How the Grinch Stole Christmas Party, Bath Planet of Central Louisiana, 3016 Broadway Ave. in Alexandria, 6-8 p.m. It is sponsored by Bath Planet of Central Louisiana and will feature games, giveaways, snacks, Grinch-themed craft and a visit from the Grinch. You can like Bath Planet of Central Louisiana on Facebook for a detailed itinerary. Free admission. Call (318) 442-3802.
* Friday, Dec. 12: Pineville Christmas Parade, Main Street in Pineville, 7 p.m. The event, sponsored by the city of Pineville, features floats and music. Free admission. Call (318) 445-3439.
* Saturday, Dec. 13: Christmas at Inglewood, Inglewood Harvest Barn, 6233 Old Baton Rouge Highway near Alexandria. It is sponsored by Inglewood Farm and features hay rides through the garden, pictures with Santa, the Farmers Market and live music. Free admission. Call Stephen Reed at (318) 442-6398.
* Sunday, Dec. 14: A Cradle – A Cross – A Crown, The Pentecostals of Alexandria Sanctuary, 2817 Rapides Ave., 6 p.m. It is sponsored by The Pentecostals of Alexandria and tells the story of Jesus Christ. Free admission. Call Genevieve Ryder at (318) 427-6608.
* Thursday, Dec. 18: Holiday Expressions at AMoA!, Alexandria Museum of Art, 5:30-9 p.m. The event, sponsored by the museum, will feature a festive evening of art, music, storytelling and spoken word poetry in the spirit of the holiday season. From 5:30-7p.m., attendees will enjoy storytellers, children's book readings and holiday music. Beginning at 7 p.m., they can join in singing holiday songs with performers from the past year's Acoustic Concert Series at the museum and hear spoken word performances promoting the art of self-expression. Free admission. Call Amanda Guillot at (318) 443-3458.
* Friday, Dec. 19: Holiday Light Safari, Alexandria Zoo, 5:30-8 p.m. The event is sponsored by the city of Alexandria and FOTAZ. It will feature dazzling light displays and festive activities as visitors stroll through the zoo, along with a visit from Santa. Train rides, the gift shop and concessions will be available. Mathew Davidson Band will perform from 6-7:30 p.m. Additional dates: Dec. 5-6, 12-13, 20-23 and 26-28. Cost: $6 per person. Call (318) 441-6810.
* Saturday, Dec. 20: Having a Dickens of a Christmas, 135 Riverfront St. in Pineville, 6-8 p.m. The event, sponsored by Forts Randolph and Buhlow State Historic Site, will feature a classical Dickens' Christmas with live dulcimer music, the Dickens' Louisiana Carolers and candlelight tours of the fort. Free admission. Call (318) 484-2390.
While not listed as a Twelve Nights of Christmas event, the Alexandria Christmas Parade is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14. The parade is sponsored by the Alexandria Mardi Gras Association and will take place on Jackson Street Extension.


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29-May-98 The iMac Cometh (MacWorld 7/98)
29-May-98 The Vision Thing: Defying Gravity... Again (MacWorld 7/98)
28-May-98 With the iMac, Apple shows it's thinking different (MacWeek)
27-May-98 Fixing iMac (MacTimes)
27-May-98 Apple wants more games for Mac (MacWeek)
23-May-98 Apple making headway with iMac, G3 products (Express-News)
18-May-98 Apple's New Crop (Time)
14-May-98 Thinking too different (The Boston Globe)
14-May-98 In the iMac of the beholder (The Guardian)
14-May-98 iMac's job is to expand Mac OS sales and market (MacWeek)
13-May-98 Major USB distributor sees iMac potential, commits support (Mac Central)
13-May-98 Apple might have a winner in iMac (The Gazette)
12-May-98 iMac and the Future of Apple (MacOpinion)
12-May-98 iMac Icon (MacUser Software Central)
12-May-98 Missing the Point and Getting Enervated (Mac Central)
11-May-98 Showy iMac due (MacWeek)
11-May-98 Apple's Return to the Future (Gadget)
11-May-98 USB Stuff informally commits to Apple's iMac (Mac Central)
09-May-98 The iMac: Upon Further Reflection (Mac Central/Crabb's Apple)
08-May-98 Net Surfers Enthuse About Apple's New Computer (CNNfn)
08-May-98 Keeping an eye on Apple's iMac (San Jose Mercury News)
08-May-98 Editorial: The show goes on (MacWeek)
08-May-98 Whoa! Apple's back with the new $1,299 iMac (ZDNN)
08-May-98 Lay off of my Blue Suede iMac (Mac Addict)
08-May-98 iMac update (MacOS Rumors)
08-May-98 iMac - Think Innovation, not Incomplete! (Mac Central)
07-May-98 The Apple iMac: PC Killer (MacTimes)
07-May-98 Apple spokesman responds to iMac concerns (Mac Central)
07-May-98 Apple's New Shine (Time)
07-May-98 21st Century Apple (PC Magazine)
07-May-98 iMac Attack! (Mac Addict, Mailbag)
07-May-98 What Apple didn't say about iMac / The iMac -- expandability at issue (MacOS Rumors)
07-May-98 Jobs Unveils Newest Macintosh (Washington Post)
07-May-98 Retailers think iMac will sell (news.com)
06-May-98 Apple and the Consumer by Don Crabb (Mac Central)
06-May-98 Overview: iMac the first shot in Apple's new consumer campaign (Mac Central)
06-May-98 iMac Could Get Apple VARs Into Small Business (Computer Reseller News)
06-May-98 Second Thoughts on iMac: Echoes of 1988? (MacInTouch)
06-May-98 iMac Introduction: Echoes of 1984 (MacInTouch)
06-May-98 Declaring 'Apple is back on track,' Jobs outlines new product strategy (PC Week)
06-May-98 iNtroducing iMac (Mac Addict)
06-May-98 The King and iMac (Mac Addict)
06-May-98 iMac: New twist on Mac design (MacWeek)
06-May-98 Apple unveils the new iMac (San Jose Mercury News)
06-May-98 Apple's new consumer Macintosh (news.com)
06-May-98 Apple unveils iMac (CNNfn)
27-May-98 USB peripherals on deck for Mac (MacWeek)
22-May-98 Kodak shoots for USB (MacWeek)
21-May-98 USB ports on Mac horizon (MacWeek)
11-May-98 Short Take: Imation SuperDisk drive gets USB capability (news.com)


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I have one major complaint with this program. The price.
They led me to believe that legitimate TEFL courses can't cost less than $1,000 and I believed them. The ITA website does an incredible job of convincing you that they are the number 1 course- in the world, no less. So I went ahead and paid the $2000 course fee for their 4-week online TEFL course.
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