It's great to see so many people tonight and we're going to go ahead and get started. First thing, I just want to check on the camera. The panel will be filmed on CCTV. I'll repeat this. The question is whether the discussion will not be taped, but is there anyone in the audience who doesn't want to be panned or be on the video at all? Okay, Charlie, there is someone, so yeah, okay. Seems like there was only one objection and she won't be able to shot. Okay, just don't get the corner, but you can pan the rest. Yeah. Okay, welcome everyone to our panel tonight, Israel Gaza and the struggle for Palestine. Thanks to CCTV, Town Meeting Television for filming tonight, Charlie Giannoni. We also have some folks on Zoom who are out there somewhere. Probably about 20. About 20. Okay, that's great. The meeting will run for about an hour and a half, hour and 45 minutes. We'll have discussion from the front with the panelists and then we'll open it up for participation from you all and we'll come back and have some announcements and kind of think about next steps at that point. I'm Paul Fleckenstein from the Tempest Collective and I'll be chairing the meeting tonight. And I want to start first off with an acknowledgement of the land that we're on tonight. We are on the historical homeland of the Western Abenaki people. We honor the Abenakis indigenous history as the traditional and ongoing stewards of these lands. We know that this land is unseated. European colonialism unleashed massive violence, ethnic cleansing and genocide to steal their lands. The U.S. has a colonial and imperial power continues this. We honor both the historical and ongoing resistance of the Abenaki and other indigenous peoples to settler colonialism. We support their struggles for justice and self determination. We must commit ourselves to active solidarity with all struggles for indigenous rights. And I have to say every time I hear that or read it, it has new meaning and I think it's especially important tonight. So again our panel is Israel Gaza and the struggle for Palestine. A week ago, Palestinian resistance fighters broke through Israel's siege of Gaza. Israel declared total war, total siege against the people of Gaza completely cutting off access to food, water, electricity while bombing the strip and killing entire families. The process of ethnic cleansing and routine violence at the hands of Israeli settler colonialism has turned into an utterly horrifying genocidal attack on Gaza with full U.S. backing. In the last days hundreds of thousands of people have joined mass protests in solidarity with Palestine around the world with many thousands in cities across the U.S. Israel bombed a hospital today as reported killing many hundreds. There is obviously an extreme urgency to these as millions of people in Gaza face death, injury and forced removal from their homes. There is also an opportunity for us to build a type of movement and struggle that can bring justice to Palestine. Our panel tonight will address how to understand the current situation in Palestine, the 17-year siege of Gaza, questions of resistance, colonialism and the role of Biden and U.S. imperialism, mass struggle and next steps for organizing. And I'd like to thank our sponsoring organizations Tempest Collective, Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, Central Vermont Jews in Solidarity with Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Vermont, New Hampshire and Veterans for Peace. So thank you all for helping to advertise. Our three panelists tonight and I'll introduce them I think in the order of I don't know which order you guys are taking but first would be Deborah Soleroff from Central Vermont Jews in Solidarity with Palestine, in the middle Wafiq Fawor from Vermonters for Justice in Palestine and Nolan Rampe from the Tempest Collective. So you guys have 10 to 12 minutes I think as we had talked about and I'll give you a warning when we get to 10 minutes and kind of think about wrapping up at that point. So Deb are you ready to go? Sure. Okay let's move the microphone closer to you. Okay I was going to stand I think is it better to stand? Yeah okay. I should just say that I don't usually do this. Okay so I'm a Jewish Vermonter, a member of the Vermonters for Justice in Palestine and Central Vermont Jews for Solidarity with Palestine. My co-members of my groups have co-authored my words so I want to give acknowledgement to them. I speak to you today on colonized Abnecki land. As a Jew I am devastated by the deaths in Israel. I'm also devastated by the deaths and pervasive suffering of Palestinians. Though I rejected religion at an early age I grew up in a religious family. I learned to mumble prayers which, because I never learned their meaning, are sometimes like the sounds of ocean waves. The melodies can bring comfort. The Mornish Kaddash is one of those prayers. I'd like to offer it for every mother and father who has lost a child, for every child who has lost a parent, for all Palestinians and Israelis lost in this horrendous moment. Feel free to join me. He's my rabah, bim barach, olam olamay olamaya. Yes, barach, yes tabach, yes baram, yes ramam, yes nasi, yes adab, yes aleh, yes alal, shemmei de kurisha bryahu. Le'olam min kal birashko, bishir koso, tush be kosa, d'nechem mosa, d'amin birlo, yinru amin. The heish sholamo, rabah min shomaya, b'chayim aleinu, v'kal yisrael, v'imru amin. Ose sholam v'imruv, hul yase sholam aleinu, v'al kal yisrael, v'imru amin. I am here today to stand with the Palestinian people, strengthened and resolved by the memories of my ancestors who died in the Russian pogroms and the Holocaust. It is my duty to speak up when Israel is called the Jewish state instead of a settler colony. When opposition to the apartheid is called anti-Semitism instead of solidarity. It is my duty to my ancestors to say that never again to genocide needs never again for anyone. Those who have been oppressed, those who are victims of violence will oppress and traumatize others. As Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Safar stated, the biggest challenge in the face of inhumanity, of being victim of inhumanity, is to retain your own humanity. It is us to up to us to adhere to the moral principles humanity has adopted and stop the cycle of violence. Unity is our greatest asset. Empathy, love and hope are the foundation of support. Humanity's golden rule says, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, not do unto others as they have done unto you. As Peter Beinhart wrote in the New York Times, Palestinians are not fundamentally different from others facing oppression. When moral resistance doesn't work, they try something else. I mourn all the lives lost in the massacres of the past week, Israeli and Palestinian. The massacre of children can never be justified. The horror of what has taken place shakes me to the core. I grieve with those who have lost loved ones. The horror of what is happening as I speak is unimaginable. None of this was inevitable, but it was not unpredictable. The horror we are witnessing is the direct result of the agenda pursued by far-right Zionists extremists in Israel and the U.S. For decades, these groups have worked to undermine all possibilities for peace and reconciliation in Israel-Palestine. They have actively fostered conditions that disempowered the progressive Palestinian liberation movement, blacklisted supporters of boycott, divestment, and sanctions, and tried to ensure that ethical, nonviolent resistance would be futile. All humans deserve to live safely with dignity and the necessities of life. However, the actions of Israeli governments, in particular Netanyahu's government, have treated Gazans as less than human and empowered the very group they seek to annihilate. The Israeli government has always sought the expulsion of all Palestinians from Gazan, the West Bank, and the re-annexation of these regions. Nothing short of ethnic cleansing. They have never been closer to achieving it. We know the roots of this situation are in Israel's 75-year occupation and colonization of Palestine and the billions of dollars in annual U.S. military aid to Israel. And we know those roots stretch all the way back to the late 1800s Europe. During the heat of the workers' struggle against Europe's elite, anti-Semitism was used as a scapegoat to distract and divert attention from the real-class conflict. In response to state-sanctioned waves of violence against European Jews, our ancestors split into two camps, one that sought to create a Jewish ethno-state in historic Palestine and the other, bundist, socialist Jews who sought liberation in the land they lived through solidarity and struggling along with all working people. It is in the tradition of the bundist that I walk today. I also walk with my ancestors who were the resistance fighters in the Warsaw ghetto and throughout Europe during the Holocaust. Resistance is justified when people are occupied. Without the resistance of my ancestors, I would not be here today. In our name, U.S. tax dollars have continued to fund the deployment of U.S. warplanes and an aircraft carrier group to the Gazan Coast and the Israeli Defense Forces' unprecedented retaliatory bombing of the Gaza Strip. This is not a conflict between military equals. This is the Israeli state terrorizing and occupied people. Just like the U.S. government in coordination with settler colonial frontier violence terrorized and ultimately annexed the land of the indigenous people of this continent, so too as the Nazis terminated the lives of millions of Jews, Roma, LGBTQ plus and others they thought inferior. The U.S. government needs to stop the violence, not further it. The U.S. government needs to send humanitarian aid, water, food and shelter to Gazans. By perpetuating the message of retribution for corporations that profit from arming the world, the corporate media is also complicit in and guilty of supporting the cycle of violence. With different words, different nonviolent reports, they could prevent the escalation of hate crimes around the world. As events continue to unfold, we ask all and especially Jewish Americans to boldly decry Israel's regime of occupation and apartheid and then U.S.'s role in funding it. No one, Jewish or Palestinian, will be safe while U.S. dollars continue to fund an apartheid state while the media continues to blame. Many of us have been hearing from non-Jewish friends asking if it is okay to criticize the Israeli state. Although critiques of Israel are sometimes made in anti-Semitic ways or by people with anti-Semitic views, criticizing the politicians and the political state of Israel is not the same as anti-Semitism. I'm here to say, not only is it okay to criticize apartheid and genocide, it is ethically necessary to close, oh, no, sorry. I cut that part. As journalist Dave Ziren wrote in The Nation, being a Jew for a free Palestine is not easy. It's also never been more necessary to stand in solidarity. I thank you for being here, for staying rooted in love, faith that one day Palestine will be free, and the belief that Jewish people can find safety and solidarity and belonging. Thank you for working together to create a world where all people, from the U.S. to Palestine, live in freedom, justice, equality, and dignity. Thank you, Deborah. Our next speaker is Wafiq Fahour from Vermonters for Justice in Palestine. My name is Wafiq Fahour. I'm a member of Vermonter for Justice in Palestine. I'm Palestinian, born refugee in Lebanon. I was, for a moment, not going to show off. I was afraid that I will miss a call or a text from relatives. I was talking to my brother earlier, which is I have family from both sides of the borders, occupied Palestine, refugee camps in Lebanon. I don't want to let go because I'm afraid something will happen. Put this aside, let's talk about what's happening in general. Definitely you're interested to talk about what happened in October 7th and on, and what's happening on Gaza. Actually, what's happening for the last 75 years. We have been living it as part of our life. Some of us, they're born and they feel dead. By the certificate of birth, when you born refugee, 70% almost of Gazan people are refugees from 1948. Israel, trying to separate as if Hamas is something and the Gazan are something else. They don't know that those fighters, this resistance, who went back to villages, their parents, Indigenous villages and towns in October 7th are protecting their families and parents in Gaza. There is no separation in the Palestinian community or society, wherever you find them, between their resistance and the people, between the people and the resistance. If you tell me in 2007, are you happy that Hamas got elected? I am one of the people, I wasn't happy to tell you the truth. But they won. My opinion was, let them govern and fail because in my opinion, any party based on any religion, regardless, okay, they will not to govern. United States and Israel together dictated into the authority that Hamas will not be part of the government and they divided the Palestinian again. It wasn't the first time, but again with the help of Arab regimes again. So they started playing, we don't have representative of the Palestinian to talk to. So the Palestinian authority, if you don't know, Mayor Miro of Burlington has more authority in Burlington than Mahmoud Abbas and Ramallah. At least Miro, he has authority over collecting taxes. Mahmoud Abbas doesn't. Over water, sewage, electricity, service for the public. Mahmoud Abbas doesn't. Miro can show up and talk about his political opinion about what's happening over there opposing boycott divestment sanction and telling me personally he's against our petition, which is apartheid free campaign, apartheid community free campaign. Mahmoud Abbas cannot do that. They will dictate to him what to say. Mahmoud Abbas didn't meet with his administration to agree or to condemn what Israel is doing. So if today there is election in Palestine, guess who will win? Hamas. Why? Because the Palestinian in every community inside outside with the resistance. October 7th it changed everything for us. I'll tell you the truth. Did it bring me hope? Yes. Did it bring me back to Galilee? Yes. Did it give the right for my family the right of return? Yes. Yes. At the same times it's sadden us and we should not condone except civilian death. But let's talk about it here. These Israeli drawing the picture of what happened in October 7th was very murky with the American news and American administration and the president. But there is a reason for it. United States cannot criticize Israel for many reasons. One, it is a carbon copy of the United States. The United States is a colonialist. Israel is a colonialist. The American whites came as pilgrims and religious promised land. The Israeli and the Jews use the same excuse. United States build on ethnically cleansing. Israel do that. The American are genocidal. Israel that American are racist against people of colors and different ethnicity. Israel is the same. That's why they are together to the hip. One of them can be defeated. Both will be defeated. Otherwise, why the American ships on the Mediterranean? Why 2000 Americans are in the ground advising the Israelis of what they did in Iraq in Fallujah. So when they enter Gaza, they will do the same. The Palestinians in a condition that they are fighting. The Israeli, the American, the British, the French, the German, the whole civilized western world. Unfortunately.  If I want to pray, I will pray for the living. The dead are dead. For you as American, as a community here in Burlington, what can we do? You have to change the mentality and how you look at the Palestinians. It's enough. We lived it for so long to look at us and you think Palestinian equal terrorists.  Mainly the white American, definitely. If you want to help us, help us here in Burlington to sign the petition, to put it up for vote for the resident of Burlington, that Israel is an apartheid state. Israel is a racist state. If you don't put that to the American public and educate them about it, they will continue to do that in your name. For my Jewish siblings, the more we lose, you lose. Already the hijack your identity and your faith. Israel is speaking in your behalf. Israel is speaking in behalf of your history of what happened to the Jews, you know, and making comparison. If we lose, you're going to lose your identity. If you work for justice, for all of us, don't be selective. There is no time to be selective. And the Palestinian equation is local equation, very local equation.   And you are part of the crime when you stay silent. Thank you. Thank you very much, Wafiq. Our next speaker is Nolan Rampe from the Tempest Collective. So Paul spoke about this in the beginning of the meeting, but I want to go back over it before I jump into my talk, because I think it bears repeating. After the Palestinian fighters attacked on October 7th, since then, Israel has cut off food, water, and electricity to 2.2 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, half of which are children. They have engaged in indiscriminate bombing campaigns throughout Gaza, including convoys of people trying to flee northern Gaza. There are currently aid trucks, supply trucks, lined up along the Rafa border crossing with Egypt that are not being allowed in, because Israel will not guarantee that they will not bomb those trucks. Just today, as Paul mentioned, a hospital was bombed, killing possibly 500 people. A school was bombed that was known to be offering refuge to Palestinian families. This is what's happening in Gaza right now. And it is being done with the explicit support of our government. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Anthony Blinken have all come out and bent over backwards to offer their unwavering support for the war crimes that Israel is committing right now. I don't know if you all saw this, but it's normal to see US officials do that. What I saw that was shocking was a leaked memo from the government that was telling US officials and diplomats to avoid using words like de-escalation and ceasefire. Because the US knows exactly what is about to happen, and they are fully on board with it. And that is why it is our responsibility as US citizens to stand up and fight tooth and nail against what is being done in our name. A lot of you probably know the history of how we got here with the US, but for anyone who doesn't, I want to just take a second to step back and provide a framework for understanding how we got here and the origins of this relationship because it is crucial to understanding the relationship between Zionism and US imperialism. Coming out of World War II, the US immediately realized that the Middle East was going to be the focal point of its new imperial power because of the centrality of oil. They immediately went about setting up client states all throughout the Middle East. Usually brutal dictatorships in Arab countries, initially such as Iran and also Egypt, but none was more important than Israel. And the reason for that is because of its Zionist character. What the US understood was that any Arab nation, no matter how solid they get the support from the Arab leadership, it always runs the risk of a popular uprising that can overthrow that government and remove that state from US orbit. We saw it in the middle of the 20th century with the rise of Arab nationalism, particularly in Egypt and in Iran. We saw it again in 2012 with the popular uprising with the Arab Spring. There is always the danger of that popular revolt from below. Israel is fundamentally different. Because of its nature as being an ethno-state, as being a Jewish state in the middle of the Middle East, it has always required that it have the backing of an imperial power in order to maintain and carry out its project of the creation of an ethno-state. That has been the lynchpin that has allowed Israel to do what it has done. In fact, the US identified it as a watchdog of US imperialism in the Middle East because of its ability to carry out the US bidding, maintain order, and we have seen it time and time again since the creation of the state in 1948. The laundry list of things that it has done in the name of US imperialism is too long to go in through here. We can get into it into the discussion if we need to. But it is fundamental. We have to understand that if you are anti-Zionist, you must also be anti-imperialist. The two are inextricably linked. And similarly, if you cannot be an anti-imperialist without being an anti-Zionist, the two go hand in hand. The projects are inextricably linked. And so it is for that reason that we have to, if we are genuine anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist, we must have unconditional support for the Palestinian liberation movement. I want to sit on this point for just one moment about what unconditional support means. Unconditional support, when we are talking about an oppressed versus the oppressor, when we talk about unconditional support for the oppressed, what that means is that we do not have a checklist of criteria that the oppressed people need to meet in order to get our support. There is no litmus test. There is nothing of like, well, let me see you do this. Let me see you do this. Let me see you do that. Let me check off everything on my list. And then I will give you my support. No, when there is, if we are going to be principled leftists, when we see a battle between oppressed and oppressor, our solidarity and our support is with the oppressed, period, full stop. Now, that does not mean uncritical support. We can have criticisms. We can have critiques. We can have those conversations. But we can, you know, I am still trying to figure out exactly what my perspective is on Hamas and what happened on October 7th. I'm still working that through. And it's okay if you are too. But while I'm working that through, I have never questioned my unconditional support for the Palestinian liberation movement and their right to resist including through violence and their right to self-determination and freedom and basic human dignity. And I think that's the line that we all need to go for understanding the difference between unconditional and uncritical. And our support is unconditional. So I want to wrap up with a little bit of time that I've got to talk about what we can do here. I think in terms of what's happening here in the U.S., one of the most important things we can do is we need a revitalization of the boycott divestment and sanctions campaign here in the U.S. I think we, you know, many of you are probably aware of the wave of anti-BDS legislation that has happened over the past several years of attempts to criminalize or prevent people who work in state jobs or corporations who are participating in BDS to get locked out of contracts. It is a way of essentially attempting to criminalize our right to peacefully organize to defend our beliefs and carry out the types of political change that we want to see. So we need a revitalization of the boycott divestment and sanctions campaign and we need it happening across the country. We also need to be, you know, showing up at rallies, speaking out, and again being unwavering in that support for Palestinians because I think we've all seen the disgusting media coverage that makes it sound as though October 7th happened out of nowhere, right, that there was just this attack that happened and now Israel has to decide if, you know, what it's going to do in its own self-defense. You cannot occupy people, brutalize them, take away their freedoms, cut off access to the outside world, rule over them with a military fist, and then call it self-defense when they fight back. Call it whatever you want, it's not self-defense and we need to be upfront in making that point. The last thing I'll say that we can do is we need to also be declaring our absolute solidarity with the Arab working class throughout the Middle East because I think what we saw, so BDS is important, we have to do it, it is our role here, it is not in and of itself going to bring an end to the occupation. It is an act of solidarity and it's an important one. What we saw in the Arab Spring in 2012 was the real way forward for how this conflict can get drawn to a close. What we saw was a popular uprising of Arabs in countries across the Middle East and North Africa and what you saw was in the span of a few weeks, the entire network of dictatorships that the US and Israel had built that seemed impenetrable all of a sudden started to crumble. You actually saw the way forward in a movement that could actually simultaneously challenge US imperialism and Zionism. 2012 was ultimately unsuccessful. Revolutions are hard, they come in fits and starts, but all of the ingredients that created the Arab uprising, the Arab Spring, are still there and they will be back and it will be up to us to throw our full support and solidarity behind the Arab working class standing shoulder to shoulder with them in the fight against Zionism and against US imperialism. Thanks.


We're back with the breakfast and plus TV Africa. Thank you so much for staying with us. We head straight to our second conversation. We have our guest join us this morning, Ukadike. Ukadike, it's good to have you join us. Thank you so much for being part of the show. Yes, please. I like you to, you know, I like us to talk about the current situation that we're faced with and which is about field scarcity and you want to juxtapose that with the statement that was made from your organization, the EAPMAN. I mean, there's a statement to the fact that petrol would definitely be equals 800 naira per litre if your subsidies removed. I like you to tell us why that will be the case. Good morning, Nigeria. For we, very different than for normal data, we cannot handle that. Our duty and our focus is to ensure that we don't follow our feelings all the time. And that is what we call now NMPC marketing, NMPC return that we can be able to just to put it in Nigeria.  We are never out there involved in the protection of petroleum products as far as the process is concerned. The third important component of Nigeria is NMPC. And when they import this product through their agents, through their designated agents, those products will be sent to us as a better deposit and better private deposit where we will buy and now break the block and now distribute to Nigeria. For the issue of social benefit 800 naira per litre, I know one of our cameras makes a statement. If you reach point, if you reach last week point, when the minister said that it will say for 300 naira, I also said that it's not because of this people that if you look at what is happening in the international market, the cost of the last, cost of treatment now, the cost of hiring that too and the rest of them. If you subsidize this and remove all these things and all these more situations being involved, it will be very difficult for you to say that I will say for 800 naira, 300 naira. Nigeria is heavily dependent on the protection of petroleum products. And I wonder why we will not start determining how we want to grow these tools since we are not people that are producing the petroleum products. Our job here in Nigeria came as a non-producing country to take our crews to who can produce it for us, then buy it at their own stake. And you will find out now that the dollar is also increasing every place that the commodities are increasing at the present. So I also believe that for begging prices, it is not realistic because demand and supply will determine the price of the commodity. Here in the market, it will be the present like what happens after that. If demand and supply will determine it, why the projection of 800 naira per litre? One is trying to understand the rationale behind 800 naira per litre. I mean, that's what has been stated. That is projection. Because if you look at the domestic distribution of this pyramid in Nigeria, from one of these monday where the sum of the daughter is taking from the daughter's ratio to your daughter's depot, you will find that this ratio has been higher before for $60,000. But now, because of the high cost of diesel, diesel is almost 1,000 naira from 180 naira to 1,000 naira. You will find out that the cost of diesel only has made this little daughter's ratio that was normally used to hire at the rate of $60,000. So, 100,000 or something thousand dollars. So, when you increase all these things, the market value, and the dollar is going up high, and we are going to the black market to buy the cost of this dollar, cost much is going to be around this dollar, and the rest of it. This will increase the price. So, if you look at the little issues that are inherent in this, you will find out that it would be the brother of the employee, look at what has happened to diesel. There is no more space before. They say we have liberalized market. So, diesel is my 100 naira now. So, diesel is the 7,000 naira. If diesel is my 100 naira now, what do you think? Why would fuel this dollar as my 100 naira? Okay, so, but the NNPC has come out to give their own, you know, and of course, Chief Ukadikei Chendu Nasta Peroro of Ipman. You are on the private sector side. The NNPC has come out to give their own, you know, their own figure and what they are saying the petrol may go for if we remove the subsidy. They're talking about 462 naira per liter. This was last year, 462 naira per liter. So, if NNPC is saying the calculation 462 naira per liter, is Ipman not going too far, you know, to say 800 naira per liter, looking at some of the things that you've put up as a situation? No. No, that great panic, unrealistic expectation, fear. Are you not trying to probably do some price fixing here? No. That is, it says myself. That one one of my members said myself because he's also a resultant fuel with diesel. Diesel was 180, when they say we have deregulation, we have the most of diesel and we can go and import. So, diesel is worth for 900. Is it not the same petrol to run? Kerosene is not even worth for 900. A bottle, a liter. Is it not the same petrol to run? So, why are we not... Who are we supposed for 400? What is different between diesel, Kerosene and diesel? If you look at their prices, their NNPC, you will find out that all of them are sharing almost the same price. We're expecting that the Dangote refinery will be completed and of course we can't be fully operational, let's put it that way, very soon. We also told that the Port Hacott refinery is nearing completion. And this year, it will be not completion but the renovation is almost complete and this year, the Port Hacott refinery will resume at full capacity. I mean, you and Port Hacott, we know where that refinery is and we can, we know the state of that refinery. When these are bought on stream and we add to that, the modular refineries around the country that the federal government is encouraging, I mean, will this suspicion, this forecast or this predation by the independent marketers will they play out to see 800 naira per liter? Chief Okadake Shinedu, can you hear me please? All right, so it's a bit difficult hearing you, I think you may need to check it out. I'm ready to talk about it. So, with all these refineries coming on board, the private sector refinery, we talked about Dangote, the government refinery, we talked about Port Hacott refinery and then we're looking at the modular refineries around the country. Should we be this fearful? Now, I thank you, the investors with this key refineries and also the focus of the refineries that we've selected for the past three years. You also remember that the minister has promised us that by the end of February, that Port Hacott refineries will come up on three and we should always pray very, very prayerful because sometimes we don't put it in the hands of God, you know, but also you can be able to determine in this country that this is what the high is going to be from the period of time to the period of time. It's very, very difficult to determine. But what I'm trying to say is that before you talk about removal of subsidies, before you talk about direct revisions, before you talked about unbunding the NLPC, the clinical cooperation and the rate of death, these are some of the problems distribution of petroleum chloride is taking now. We would have, first of all, get our refineries price. We would have, first of all, refine our crude. Look at the best price of refining crude in 19 years. And when we refine our crude, look at the government can able to determine the price. This price we should be invested although you are going outside to do an important CMS call. And why we have a competitive market at a local level? The international market will normally determine what is the local prices are here. But now the international market level has accepted our domestic consumption and price of petroleum products. If there is no war in Ukraine or the ice, the ice in Russia or the sea, that is, it will definitely include our distribution of petroleum products. I was discussing inside, like a shot of supply of petroleum products, like a challenge with testing, professional challenge with testing. These are no more in the medical system in terms of any business in the world. You understand me? Who did it? I want to explore refineries. I want to, we have also been saying it, I'll say that, for example, Muhammad Al-Buhari should also, instead of the imagination of our refineries, I mean, sure that these are refineries who are before he is up. So that it will be easier, you know, going into a deregulation, removal of substance. This kind of thing, you are removing substance. We don't have substance. We don't have the ability to take this product with locality. Now, the refineries are optional. The Dango Day refineries coming up on board. And some of these modular refineries, these modular refineries are not government owned. They also take their crew, you guys on the rest of the international market. If you go to like the data refineries, I want to speak to the refineries. They are selling these at the rest of 700 or something like, we don't say equivalent to the ones that are being imported. If they are good at going right, we want to say they don't need to be connected to locality. All right. So I know that we have been talking about the future, apparently when petrol subsidy would end in June, according to the Minister of Finance, eventually you, your association or group have said that Nigerians should expect to buy petrol, you know, from 800 Naira per liter and above. And that's quite worrisome. But as much as you have also mentioned that you're not in the business of fixing price, but we remember that the petroleum product price in regulatory agency had removed the cap on price of petroleum motor spirit. And of course, given marketers freedom to fix the price. So apparently, are we still talking about the forces of demand and supply being responsible for, you know, the prices of, you know, petrol among others, diesel and what have you. And secondly, a lot of Nigerians are buying petrol for about 215 Naira per liter, 260. Let's talk about the now 300 Naira per liter. Why is that? At least for now, subsidy is still ongoing. It's not been removed. Okay, thank you very much. I will let me first take the first question. The NGPR last week, no, not last three days ago, invited Madagascar and last day the government has do private documents that Madagascar itself, the petroleum product, made a presentation for 100 Naira per liter. And most of them, who attended that, you know, found that because one, we are not in the same color. And I also say as the representative, I also say you are fixing the price. It's the same as you said, Madagascar, this person you're asking about. It has an answer. If NGPR, who is the policeman of the industry, will tell you, Madagascar did that one. They have the same specification. You have heard about it, that the NGPR have the same specification. That is not the regulation they are talking about. Let's go to the removal of the cap. It will remove the cap. You allow supplies, if I mean the market. If you are supplying petroleum products and not, and it's at your point, look at the price, you come down. When the price was 165 Naira, that was the cap, best gift or the NGPR gift or, you also find out that it's not the first supply of petroleum products. And I didn't, Madagascar, telling petroleum products at 162 Naira. And they'll give you cap. They'll wash your vehicles for you. Just for you to optimize them. Because the product is not the way. It's everywhere. Once you extract the petroleum product in this country and it's all the loot and carrying of this country, you will find out that the prices will be 4 times. That is the supply chain. What I'm trying to say is that we should be able to be realistic on some of this government policies. Because this government policies, sometimes they wake up in the morning, after taking a coffee in there, and they come out to sell off the exchange. As I'm talking to you now, they say they have increased price. But this is all the price market prices. So Chief... Yeah, Chief Uqadiki, you're saying that the NMDP RA invited petroleum marketers, independent petroleum marketers to a meeting and informed them that they are to sell a PMS at 194 Naira now? Yes. Because some newspapers had... I think it's the first time that I want to see that presentation now. Hmm. Okay. So how do you reconcile that? But to your knowledge, to your knowledge, has there been a public announcement by the government of this price adjustment? Because what we have are some newspaper reports that we're saying, they noticed that NMPC petrol stations are now selling at 194 per liter. But from my checks, there's been no public announcement yet. Are you aware of any public announcement informing the public that, oh, we have changed the petrol price, oh, now it's 190. So we know. Is there something that hasn't put out there or not to your knowledge? Well, you know how the NMPC can work. They normally communicate with their customers. You understand me? I think you are a customer to NMPC. More than the same exchange of price, other than through a radio flex or through a sign hall message or through an interactive message to that section, they will be able to tell you that, look, this is what you need. You also go to the NMPC portal. It's a high-end NMPC customer expert, that's the same expert. You also find a desktop exchange here. So 190, we're talking 190, it's not a 70 couple. It's now one is something. One is something, one is the phone, something like that. I remember. But the portal now has changed. Are you talking about the X depot price? X depot price, yes. Okay, okay. 40 Naira increase, 40 Naira increase. Wow, wow. But they've not told the, I mean, because normally it's always an issue of national debate, where government say we want to increase, will tell the public. While waiting when you have official, you have to have official, go to NMPC communication, and you see that the price has changed. They will put the price into it themselves. That was the communication to the marketer who is handing out the application. So they want to go and send the price. Because NMPC will not arrest you, send above what you have to play that policy.  Let's not be a reverse, because we are not saying this is wrong. Let's not be a reverse one, which woman they are expecting. But we are saying that what we will do, they have lost order, that is wonderful. They cannot be able to push us through that wonderful. Let them concentrate on the private depot which they are using now. And make this product available. I was told by one of my members in Lagos. It's only like two, three, three depots that the people is being dispatched, be loaded in Lagos. And we have over, this is something that was in Lagos, in Portugal. We don't have over at something private depot. It's only like one or two that is loaded in Lagos. In Caraba, that is none. So how do we reconcile it? All right. Chief, we have to go. Well, thank you so much, Ukadikei. I was hoping that we had more time to talk about it, but of course, time is not on our side. We do appreciate your time this morning. And we look forward to sharing your thoughts in this period where Nigerians are going through a lot. Thank you so much for joining us once again. Chief Ukadikei, Chinadu is the national PRO of Ipman. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. And that's the size of a package this morning on the breakfast. I mean, we had time, wanted to find out from him why Petro stations, his members in Portugal were selling petrol at 400 per litre. Well, in places like Lagos, if you queue, you will still buy 250. And yes, 250, 260. But in Portugal, the way it says, paying as much as 400 per litre. Apart from that, how come you still also have those who are selling petrol? If we say that the product is not available, then how come you have a lot of persons selling petrol in jerry cans and all of that? Oh, the black market is booming. The black market is thriving. It's booming. That's a good question.  We have much to say. But we have to go. Thank you so much for your time. You can always watch us, follow us on social media, across our platforms. It's on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And subscribe to our YouTube channel plus TV Africa, plus TV Africa Lifestyle. My name is Messi Boko. Have a fantastic day. And my name is Kofi Bartels. If you're fine, feel, anywhere, please let us know. So we can join you in the queue. God bless you. Good morning.


Hi, this is your host Akil Bhatia and welcome to a special edition of let's talk Which was supposed to be recorded at open source summit in Vancouver But we are doing it remotely post the event and today we have with us Tina so Cheer of LF edge board Tina is great to have you on the show. Nice to meet you Let's start with the growth of LF edge project and foundation Talk a bit about how LF edge has evolved over the years and what factors have contributed to its growth LF edge has significantly evolved since its inception Expending its project the portfolio and growing its community It started with a few foundational projects and has grown to host a variety of innovative edge-focused projects This growth can be attributed to the increasing importance of edge computing in the tech industry The broad support from industry leaders Recognizing the value of open-source collaboration The need for standardization and interoperability in edge computing Talk about the role that you see LF edges played in Organizations companies embrace edge computing the the growth and adoption of these technologies and solutions in the market LF edge plays a pivotal role in shaping the edge computing landscape It has promoted the development of open-source edge computing solutions fostered the cross industry collaboration accelerating technology development Providing a unified platform for adjusting critical industry issues Of course, this is an open-source project. You know folks can see in github and the whole project pipeline there, but Can you talk about what kind of things are you folks are working on? What are the future plans? What things are in the development for at least this year? Looking ahead, we can expect LF edge to incorporate more projects and expand its community Drive standardization efforts creating industry-wide best practices for edge computing Influence the development of edge computing technology in emerging fields like 5G, IOT and AI Since you mentioned 5G are there any industries that you see are like emerging Which can benefit from LFs? The fact is there are a lot of industries, but not everybody is using open-source LF edge We've already seen Like china mobile they are deploying the CF and blueprint from LF edge is computing force Networking using AI and the scheduling of the Um different architectures in the same network talk about the challenges that are there and opportunities that are there for LF edge and the whole ecosystem LF edge faces challenges such as ensuring compatibility And interability among various edge computing solutions. Yeah, it's challenges. It's also opportunities managing the rapid pace of technology changes But it also has opportunities like leading the industry and defining the future of edge computing Leveraging the growth growing interest in edge computing across various industries like For agriculture like for public health like for transportation networks And so I'm not going to talk a bit about you. Can you share your own personal experience? How have you been involved with LF edge and what have been your key takeaway from your experience? I have been involved in LF edge for many years The involvement in LF edge provides a valuable opportunity to collaborate with leading industry professionals Contribute to defining the future of edge computing Stay at the forefront of technological innovation in the edge computing landscape Tina, thank you so much for taking time out today and talk about LF edge And I would love to sit down and chat with you again. Thank you Yeah, thank you so much for your very valuable questions. I would love to see many Request to join LF edge


ITTT back this week with another live session. Thank you so much for joining me today. We're live as always on YouTube and on Facebook at the same time. So welcome, welcome. Today we're going to talk about when is the best time to apply for teaching English jobs, English teaching jobs, TEFL jobs, TESOL jobs, all that stuff. We're going to look at the different types of schools because they have different hiring seasons and also the different regions in the world, countries in the world and when they are hiring and they're hiring seasons. All right. Hi, Kristaline. Hi. How are you doing? Awesome guys. So if you can see me, if you can hear me, if you're here, please just let me know in the comments where are you watching from today? Where are you at? Let me know and or just say hi if you don't want to share your location, whatever it is, just let me know that you're here. I can see how many people are watching, but I can't see who you are. 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How are you today? I hope everybody is doing well. And thank you so much for tuning in. I'm excited and I'm excited for today's topic that we're going to talk about. So again, we're talking about when is the best time to apply for Tefl jobs, teaching jobs, English teaching jobs in specific. So Kristaline says, I've missed the last couple of sessions, but I was finishing up my finals. Oh, I passed. So I have a little less than a half of year to getting my bachelor's. Then I can finally go abroad for my internship job. Oh, that's so exciting. Wow. Well, then this, I think this live session is perfect for you. So you can kind of know, uh, about the different hiring seasons for the places that you want to go to. So stay tuned for those really good. And you're from Ohio. Yeah. And you changed your picture. I think it's nice. Is that from the, the, no, I don't think from Moana, the goddess, what was her name? TV? Something like that looks like that. I think that's wrong. Anyway, then we have Alexandros back again. Great content, always helpful and precise. I'm a T-Soul graduate watching from Greece. Yay. I really miss Greece. I've, I've been only once, unfortunately, but I remember it was amazing Athens. It was a couple of years ago. So we were in Athens first, meet my mom, Athens, and then, um, oh my God, the food was great. Athens is a beautiful city, loved it. And then we went over to Crete and we rented a car and we drove around Crete, which was also very, very beautiful and amazing. So I really miss that. I really want to go back actually, maybe this summer, we'll see. Crystaline says, oh yeah, to Fiti, to Fiti. That's what it is. Is it that? Okay. Oh, then I was right. Oh, I love that character so much. Beautiful. Beautiful. All right, guys. And then you also always know that we have a 30% off opportunity, 30% discount off of all of our Teflon T-Soul courses just for you guys. So what you can do is you can scan this QR code or I also have a link for you. Let me get this link. Let me get this link for you. So again, you can scan this QR code and get the discount. Oh, I have some little something here. Little hairs. I don't know. Oh, it's getting like, humid in Korea. So you can definitely feel like we're not there yet, thankfully, with the humidity, but soon. So anyway, this is the link. It ends with FB live minus Linda. So you copy paste this link and then you can get 30% off any Teflon T-Soul course from ITTT. So if you're just getting started, this is a great opportunity. Do not pay full price. I always say that. Use this discount code.  You can go traveling, right? Okay. All right. My bubble says, can you suggest any specific degree, which is allowed everywhere? Can you lighten detail? Yes, absolutely. So for a lot of English teaching jobs abroad, you do need a four year bachelor's degree. Now in many cases, it does not matter the major, the major that this degree is in. So it could be anything. So me, for example, I have a degree in management, so business, but that allows you also to teach English. So the major doesn't matter, but most of the time they want a four year degree. Now there are also other places where they accept people without a degree as well, or sometimes also a two year associate's degree. In terms of Teflon certifications that I would recommend, the 120 hour usually is the minimum, 120. That's the international minimum. And then you also have my personal favorite, which is the 220 hour course. So that's the 120 hour course plus two specializations, one in teaching English to young learners, and the other one in teaching business English. So 220, that's the, I think it's called master package. That's my personal favorite. And that's what I have also.  It's the standard. So you want to have a little bit more than that. So then the 220 hour course is perfect for that. And again, you can use our discount code to save 30% off of that. Great. Then we have lion here. Good morning also from Bangladesh. We have a lot of Bangladeshis. Nice. I like it. How are you doing? Great. All right. So quick introduction about myself. So the spanner covers my face. Let's get rid of that. All right. So my name is Linda. This is for everybody who's watching, just for the first time, I give a quick introduction every session, just as a refresher. But my name is Linda. I am many different things. I am a travel writer. I am a content creator. I'm also a language teacher. I teach English in German. And I'm also a Teflon TESOL marketing professional. So I do many different things. I've been with ITTT for about eight years, I believe, so long, long time. But I do also have my own personal website. It's called LindaGhostEast.com and also on Instagram. I'm very active over there at Linda Ghost East. East because I've always been super interested in Asia and I've been living in Asia pretty much since 2012. I started out in China and now I've been in Korea now for eight years. So China and Korea. So if you're interested specifically in those regions, let me know. Hit me up. I can give you some details about how to make that happen. But yeah, I'm originally from Germany slash USA. So my mom is German. My dad is American. And I'm, like I said, based in South Korea. So that's sort of that side. And then the Teflon TESOL marketing side for ITTT, if you're kind of tuning in for the first time and you don't know what ITTT is, it stands for International Teflon and TESOL Training. It's a bit of a mouthful. And our website is tefloncourse.net. And actually ITTT has been has been around a long time since the 1990s. So it's one of the oldest, most established Teflon TESOL course providers out there. And of course, we're worldwide. All of our courses are accepted worldwide with accreditation. They're all recognized. I googled Tefl certification back when I was in China. And I came across ITTT. And that's kind of how I slid into that world. So I am a course graduate myself. That's how I started. I took the course. And then I ended up working for ITTT as well. And I've used my certificates for my jobs in China and my jobs in Korea, always accepted, always had never had any issues. So it's all legit. Crystalene says, I have the master package. I have completed three of the six courses so far. Nice. Great. Excellent. Yeah, that's my favorite course as well. Actually, the master package. All right. Then what are we doing next? Yes. So let's let me just show this again. But again, today's topic and what we're going to talk about today, Teflon jobs. When is the best time to apply? There's no just one best time to apply. It depends on a couple of different factors. First of all, the country, the region that you want to go and teach in, but also the type of school that you're applying for. So public school, private school, international school, university, they all might have different take in and hiring seasons. So we're going to look at that. We're going to look at the different types of schools. We're going to look at the different countries. We're also going to look a little bit about we're going to look a little bit at online teaching. I need to slow down. I don't know. I had too much coffee maybe. And having some more. Anyway, our live sessions last usually about 45 minutes to an hour. So you can grab yourself a snack or a beverage of your choice. But if you can't watch the full live session, no problem. They always stay in our, our videos always stay in our playlist on Facebook and on YouTube. So you can just refer back to it. Also, if you leave a comment here after the live session is finished, we will also get back to you. So don't worry. I'm also going to share our contact details, of course, so you can just reach out to us later with your questions as well. Okay, I think that's it. So yeah, just again 30%. I'm just going to leave this banner here and I'm going to share that link one more time later as well. So you can have that for everybody, anybody who's like tuning in later. But yeah, let's jump in. So let's start off with this one, I believe. Yeah, so the best time to apply for teaching jobs depends on two factors, two main factors. So one is the country that you want to teach in. And then the other factor is the institution that you want to work for. So the country and the type of school basically, or the type of institution. So let's start off by looking at, oh, well, there we go, looking at the different types of institutions, different types of places where you can work as an English teacher and when specifically they hire. As always, feel free to leave your comments. I know many of you have taught abroad, are teaching abroad, so you also have a lot of valuable experience and things to share. So don't be shy, share, and also questions, any questions you have. Also again, at the end, we will also have a Q&A section for a couple of minutes. So you can ask questions then as well. But feel free to keep the comment section pop in. So here are the different kinds of TEFL jobs that we see, there might be more than these four, but these are kind of the most, the biggest ones, the most common ones. So of course, we have our government slash public schools. So we see a lot of English teachers working for those. And then of course, also the private language schools. And I would say those are the two main schools that you as an English teacher abroad will be working for, either a public school or a private school. So these are the most common. However, we also have a lot of teachers who work, for example, at universities. Also in my city, there is a big university. And some of my friends are English teachers at the university. They teach English. Some of them might teach English grammar. Some of them might just do English communication, conversation things. But that's also one of the places where you might find a teaching job at a university. And then also very popular, especially in Europe, we have the summer camp positions. So those four, but like I said, public schools and private schools are the top ones, the ones where you will find most of the teaching positions available. So let's go through those, what they are exactly, and then have a look at when they also hire. So we're starting off here with government and public schools. And here, as you might imagine, like in your own home country, most of the time, the students that you're teaching are usually aged between four years old and 18 years old or six years old and 18 years old or older than 18. So it depends on the local school system and how old the students are from elementary school, all the way to high school, that age range. And here, if you're working for a public school, you might either be the main teacher, or you might also be an assistant teacher, or you might be the whole class teacher, or you might be just the English teacher. So let's break that down a little bit. So the main teacher, main teacher and class teacher, I think might be the same thing or very similar. So actually, that's what I had in my kindergarten where I was teaching English, I was the main teacher. So that was my class, main teacher and class teacher. I had that one class, every day the same class of students, and we taught different subjects. So not only English, but we had like reading and we had one was like science and one was, I don't even remember exactly. But we had different subjects, but I was the class teacher, the main teacher. But there was also a Korean teacher that was kind of the assistant teacher. But sometimes it can be the other way around, where the main teacher is actually a local teacher. So in my case, a Korean teacher or a Japanese teacher, I think in Japan, they actually do that a lot. So the main teacher, the class teacher might be a local, and then you are the assistant. So you only do the English section where you might be in the classroom at the same time, and you might teach together. So it depends on the school, depends on how the public school is structured. So that's what we also see, or you are just the English teachers. So you would teach English to all of the different classes in that school might also be all the different grades, all the different people. So it depends. Sometimes we see we see a combination of all these things. So it might depend on the type of school, not the type of school that the country that you work in. Of course, you teach during school hours, and you're possibly also involved with after school clubs, such as drama or art or tennis, things like that. A lot of times English teachers, they would give you like a book club, for example, that you have to do, or actually at our school, we also had like chess, somebody would do chess or, you know, whatever my maybe you personally have as a skill you can bring in as an after school club. We also see that a lot. So that is a public school teacher. And then looking at the private language schools. So here you teach learners really of all ages. So you could also teach adults older than 18, or you might also teach children younger than elementary schools of kindergarten or even younger. My youngest student that I ever had in China, I think was two years old. So that's the private language school that age range is really all over the place depends on the school. If this language school only targets maybe young children pre K whatever kindergarten, all these things depends on the language school. You teach anytime of the day, possibly even in the evenings because these private language schools are often after school. So then they start a little bit later, we have a lot of these working hours are typically 1pm to 8 or 9pm for these types of schools. The students, they can start at any time and stay at the school for a week or a year or anything in between. So what this means, contrary to a public school where there is a set like start date and end date sets and semesters with a private language schools, they sometimes also have that but basically the students, they can start at any time or new classes can start at any time. They are not bound to the schedule like a public school. So and sometimes, depending on the language school you work for, you might have courses that last for a month, maybe like an intensive one month course or you might have a whole year, you might only have in the summer a summer course. So it's different than a public school. So yeah, and then of course universities. So here you teach adult learners during the day, you don't teach children obviously in a university, you teach university age students during the day and then the summer camp, you teach high school learners over a number of weeks. I think not only high school learners actually but also children right of all ages, I would say similar to the public school, summer camp and again just over a couple of weeks. Summer camp, there's also winter camp when I add that but summer camp is more common, especially in European countries. So here are the different kinds of jobs. Oh, that's okay. Sorry, got out but still connected and watching till the end as well. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. All right, let's have a look at when these types of schools hire. So let's start off with the government and public schools. So again, here it's important to note that different countries have different academic years, right? So for example, in my home country where I grew up in Germany, our school year starts in September versus in Korea here it starts in March. So it's very different or in April, I think it's March, very different. And so it just depends on the country that you are in when they have their public school academic year start. Here though to note the schools they prefer to hire teachers for the beginning of the year of course and to commit to at least a whole year, sometimes even two. So you really will be hired then a couple of months before this academic year starts and then you have to stay like for at least one whole year because they don't want to search for a new teacher in the middle of the school year. They don't like that of course. Some schools even want you to commit for two years, but that's a little bit more rare. Most of the time it is one year. So that's for public schools, private language schools. So some private language schools that actually follow the public school year and have similar hiring seasons because again these are private language schools that are targeted at students. So they have these after school programs and so they run at the same time as the public schools. But other private language schools they really hire throughout the year without a strict hiring schedule. So you might find positions there at any time of the year. Really depends. With university it's pretty much the same with the public schools. So different countries have different academic years, same right. And these universities also prefer to hire teachers at the beginning of the semester and to commit for at least a year again or sometimes even two. Same with the public school. With the summer camp, especially in Europe, this will happen in July and August. This is when most of Europe is on summer vacation in July and August. And then they usually recruit for these positions three months in advance. So if it's in July it's what? April? Is that right? Something like that. April, so in the spring. They recruit in the spring for the summer camp positions. So yeah, we're also going to look at the countries later more in detail which specific countries have what kind of hiring seasons, which months. So you know this would be then for the universities and for the public schools, etc. Okay. Yes, we're going to look at that right now as a matter of fact. All right, so the different hiring seasons. Oh, there is a spelling error. Seasons, my mistake. Hiring seasons around the world. Need to fix that. All right, let's have a look. So just an important thing of course to keep in mind that schools don't hire teachers in the month before the new academic year. They begin recruiting and hiring a few months before and sometimes even up to a year in advance. We're going to talk about that as well. Why is that? Of course this is because of visa reasons and because of the fact that TEFL teachers, they usually need to relocate to the city of the school or the country. So you need to get a lot of stuff organized which can take a couple of months. You need to get a work visa. You need to do all of these things. You need to buy your airplane ticket. You need to go there. So that usually takes a couple of months. Sometimes you need to get like a background check, which takes a couple of weeks to get. So all of these documents that preparation time takes a long time. And so you usually go through that hiring process a couple months before, right? So you are just in time. That's something to keep in mind. So here is a table and feel free to make a screenshot. I can't talk today. Take a screenshot of this right here. These are the hiring seasons for TEFL jobs around the world. So you have the country, the academic year start and then when they hire. So as you can see, for example, Brazil here, their academic year starts in February and they start hiring in December, January also. Korea, March academic year. So they also start hiring in January. I think sometimes even in December. So I would just kind of go earlier than this when it says on here just to be sure. Just to make sure you're really on time and you don't miss any opportunities. Argentina also March and they hire in January and February. Japan is April and they hire in February and March. Thailand is in May and they actually have two hiring seasons. So one is March and April and the other one is November. Then we have Vietnam where the academic year starts in August and they hire in May and June, Mexico. Their academic year starts in August, but they actually start hiring much earlier in February already. So keep that in mind. Also academic year in China is September and they start hiring already in January and February for that September intake. And that is usually because especially countries like China, they have very strict visa regulations and you need a lot of documents and you need a lot of prep time to get your visa and everything. So you need more time for that. But keep that in mind. If you want to go to China, most positions are advertised at the beginning of the year for fall. So keep that in mind. Spain here also the academic year there starts in September, but they hire in July and August. So right before or also in January as a second hiring season. And then we have the United Arab Emirates where the academic year starts in August and they start hiring in March from March to June is their hot period. So right now we're already kind of in the middle of the hiring season there. So if you want to go to the United Arab Emirates, now is the time to look for jobs. Basically. So feel free to take a screenshot of this. So you have it. If there's your country of choice. If your country of choice is not listed here, don't worry. I actually did a big, big, big live in the past, which was called the top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad. You can find that in our playlist. And here I go through a lot of different countries as well. And just more details about these hiring seasons in particular. So I recommend checking that out if there's a country that you really want to go to. Some more free information for you. And then also let's talk about the different programs that have their own application deadlines. All right. So what do I mean by that? What do I mean by this? So for example, here we have the jet program in Japan and the epic program in South Korea. These are two of the biggest and most popular English teaching programs in Asia and then also the whole world, to be honest. So they've been around for a very, very long time. And what they do is they place English teachers, foreign English teachers into schools in Japan and in Korea. One second. There we go. So they have really their own strict application deadlines and they are very strict. If you miss that exact day by which you need to apply, you will be out. You will love to be considered. So it's very important to keep in mind. They also have their own official websites. You can check it out. Jet program. Just put that in Google. Also epic program Korea. Just put that into Google and it will show you exactly for this year the exact date, the deadlines by which you need to apply. So let's have a look here. Their application deadline is between, so you can apply between October and January for the jet program. So their deadline is somewhere in January. So right now you cannot apply for the jet program. So when you apply between October and January, that intake will then start, those teachers are hired and they will start teaching in July or August. So this is almost, if you apply for this program in October and you might start in August, this is like 10 months, right? Is it, I think a 10 month, 10 months in advance that they hire because this program is very competitive and but also very, very good. And they have a lot of support. They have orientation. It's very planned out. They've been around for many years. So and very competitive. So they need a lot of time to go through all of the applicants as well. Epic program is very similar. So they actually hire twice a year. So they hire in August to start in February and then February to start in August. So that's actually really easy to remember. So if you want to teach English in Korea with the epic program next year, for example in February, then you need to apply this year in August. So check out their website. What's the August deadline, that exact day, what it is. And the other way around, if you want to teach next year in the summer. So if you want to start next year in August teaching English in Korea with the epic program, then you need to apply in February next year to get considered. So there are also more. There are two more really popular programs, which is the Tapef program in France. And they hire from mid-October to January to start in October. So also they start recruiting a year, about a year in advance. Right. So that's for France. Again, if you want more details on this, you can put that into Google Tapef program France. I also recommend just in a second, a other live session that I did covering all of these government programs. If you want more details on those and which countries offer these. So there's that. And then another popular one is this one in Spain called the North American Language and Culture Assistance Program that's called NELCAP for short. That's in Spain. And they recruit in January and in April. So they just finished from January to April to start in August and September. So if someone watching right now really wanted to join this program, it's too late, right? So you would have to wait until January next year to apply and then to start in August and September of next year. So that's why it's really important that you guys join these live sessions like right now. So you get as much information as possible about the destination where you want to go to. So you know what your options are.  So you can be ready for that time. You have your TEFL in hand. You have all your other things and you are ready to apply. So that's why it's great that you're here and you're getting this information. So yeah, this is the live session that I just talked about. I did this in the past about the best government programs for teaching English abroad. So if you're interested, there's actually many more than just those four that I mentioned, but these four that I mentioned are just the most, yeah, the most popular and the biggest ones. So there are actually many, many more in other countries as well. So go to this live session if you're interested in joining one of these government programs because so maybe let's talk one second about why you should join these government programs. So there's actually no cost. Sometimes they have an application fee, but there's no placement fee. So these are just programs that are basically sponsored by the local governments in their countries. So for example, Korea, the EPIC program, this is from the Korean government because they want to get foreign English teachers into their countries to teach their local Korean children in the schools, right, to improve their English. So that's the whole concept, basically. And a lot of countries do that. And all these programs, you know, are different from country to country, but typically they would just have a lot of support. So in many cases in the jet program in Japan, EPIC program in Korea, they would actually come pick you up from the airport. Then there's like four weeks, six week orientation period where you and other people from this program, all the newbies, get together and you learn about the country. You might even learn a little bit more about the schools and about the teaching style in this country. It's really fun and you have a really good support system. So I always recommend joining these kinds of programs or actually trying just to get in for anyone who is totally new to living abroad, totally new to teaching English abroad, because you have the support system. And I believe throughout your entire contract, you always have the assistance from someone from the program. If you have any questions, if you have any problems, you can always contact someone from there. So I think that's really good. And it's very well organized and you get a lot of benefits, good money, they pay for housing, all of these things. So it's always good to be in one of these programs, especially as a newbie. And then later on, you know, you can get, you can go out of the program and you can join a different school, but just to get your foot through the door, I think these programs are really, really good. So again, this live session just mentions a couple of more, couple more of these government programs in other countries as well. Check it out. Good. Oh yeah, I also have a video specifically on government programs for teaching English in Europe, because they're quite a lot. I think Europe has the most of these programs. So do check it out. If you're interested specifically in teaching English in Europe. All right, then next year we have teaching English online. Right. Let's talk about that as well. A lot of people nowadays are interested specifically in teaching English online, because why not? And actually a couple of weeks ago, right, we did a live session with the digital Nomad visas, because that's just super, super popular as well. Nowadays, so many countries, if you haven't seen that, and you want to work online, I really recommend you watch that. There are so many 55, I believe now, 55 countries in the world who have that have digital Nomad visas. So you can work online, but live in that country. And for us relevant, how is that relevant? Well, with teaching English online, you can be an English online teacher, but work in a different country. So I think that's a really great opportunity. And let's have a look quickly at when to apply for online positions then. How are the hiring seasons there? How does it work? So let's go through that. So first off, first things first. So online platforms, they really don't have any hiring seasons, which is great. So you can really register and apply at any time at any time. They most of the time don't have any hiring seasons, right? It's not like schools. Some platforms, however, and that's something important to keep in mind, that some platforms, they might stop accepting new members or new teachers after a certain number of teachers, if they have, after they have reached a certain number of teachers on their platform. So for example, I've seen that before. For example, I think PrePly had that or a different online language learning platform. So they don't only have English, but they also have German and French and Spanish and Italian and all that. But of course, there's so many more English teachers so that once they reached, I don't know how many hundreds, 500, I don't know, 150, don't quote me on that. Just as an example, once they have reached 500 English teachers, they stopped taking in new ones. Am I still here? Okay, I was frozen for a second, I think. So after they, some platforms do that just because they want to cap it down. But not all of the platforms do that. And also the hiring process for online teaching jobs is very quick. But it also doesn't happen overnight. So a lot of people think, oh yeah, I'm just going to fill out this application and then I'm going to start teaching tomorrow. That's also not how it works. But for me, from my own experience, I started teaching English online in 2020, I believe, or 2021. During the pandemic might have been 2020.  The next day I got an appointment for a virtual interview, which was maybe two or three days later. I did the interview. And then the next day they were like, okay, you're in, you can start teaching. So it was like about a week, I think, about a week the process. And then I was able to teach English online after just one week. So it's quick. But again, it doesn't happen overnight. But it's quicker, of course, than teaching English abroad, where you have to move and make all of these preparations also for your visa and things like that. So yeah. And if you are interested in teaching English online, I have this previous live session for you, a complete guide to teaching English online, everything you need to know from what kind of equipment you need, which platforms are good, how much money you can earn, all of that stuff you can find in this live session from the past. So do check it out if you're interested in teaching English online. You can just find it here in our playlist, complete guide to teaching English online. Type that in and you'll find this one. And there's a lot of information there for you. Okay. So that is all the information I have for you guys today, but let's do a quick recap, because I know we have people coming in and out of this live session. But basically, this is what we talked about today. And this is the most important stuff I want you to take away from today. Okay. So the best time to apply for TEFL jobs depends on two things. One is the country that you want to teach in. And the second is the institution you want to work for, for what type of school. Public and state-run schools, they have hiring seasons according to an academic year. But they vary in different countries, right? Private schools, they might hire throughout the year without a strict hiring schedule, but some, they also follow the academic calendar. So it depends on the private school. Then we talked about summer camp positions. And this is especially in Europe where, where they happen in July and August, the summer camps. And they are often filled three months in advance. So in the spring time, in the spring, late winter, early spring, they are filled for the summer. Now, then we also talked about different teaching programs like the JEP program, the EPIC program, the TAPIV program, and the NALCAP program. There's many, many more. But all of these programs have their very own application deadlines and they're very strict. They're often to the day and also to an exact time. And if you are later than that, you are not in. You will not be considered. So that's very important that if you want to join one of these programs, really be on time, send in your stuff in time, not after the deadline because then you're really out. Online platforms, we also just talked about that. So online platforms, they don't have hiring seasons. You can register and apply at any time. However, some platforms, they might stop an intake after they have reached a certain amount of teachers just to limit and not be overcrowded or if they just don't need anymore. So keep that in mind as well. I think that's about it now, right? That is it. So yeah, I'm just asking you now, are you ready? So the general rule of thumb here is to start the application process as early as possible. That's why it's great that you guys are here and you're watching this, you get free information, you get prepared, you learn about the timeline when you should do what. So the earlier you start, the better, right? The earlier you do this, the better. Get your TEFL certificate and then you have it even a year or two before you plan on going somewhere because things take time. And as we've seen, the world can be very unpredictable. Like with COVID that pushed things back a couple of years. Things like getting a background check, getting visas took so much longer so you never know what happens. So it's just better to start as early as possible. That's what I want you to take away from today. And yes, so this is again how to reach ITTT. You can actually request a call back if you want to speak with one of our consultants over the phone. You can request a call back on our website. You go to teffelcourse.net and at the top it will say request a call back. You can do that. You can also always reach us via email at courses at tesall-teffel.com if you have any questions. Also, if you're not quite sure which course is right for you, any of these kinds of things reach out to us and we'll help you. And yeah, then we still have a couple of minutes here that we can take questions. So again, I just want to mention this 30% off discount, right? We mentioned that in the beginning. So I just want to mention it again. You can get a 30% discount off of any TEFL or TSOL course from ITTT if you scan this QR code or I also have a link for you that you can copy and paste and that will get you 30% off as well. If you're not yet TEFL or TSOL certified, and like I just said, you want to start as early as possible with this journey. If you want to teach English abroad, that will really help you. So copy, paste this link. It ends with fblives-linda and it'll get you 30% off any TEFL or TSOL course from ITTT. And then, do I have one more slider? Is this it? I think that's it. So we have Q&A now. I don't have a slide for Q&A, but I do have a banner. So here we go. Ask me your questions, guys. Ask me your questions. Either about today's topic, if there was something that wasn't clear, or if you have any other questions about TEFL, TSOL, teaching English abroad, anything really. Now is your chance to ask a question. So just via the comment section, if you have a question, type it in and then I'll answer it for you. We still have a couple of minutes here that I can be online for you guys. So don't be shy.  We are all at different stages in our teaching journey, in our going abroad journey. So some of you guys might be at the very beginning and you don't really know a lot about this stuff yet and that's okay, right? Some of us might already have completed a TEFL course. So we already know more about TEFL, TSOL, about the countries. Some of you watching might already be abroad teaching and you're looking for a new opportunity. So we're all at different stages and that's okay. And we can still answer questions about everything. Also me, I've been doing this for I think I said in the beginning like eight years and I still learn new things, right? I still learn new things all the time and things change all the time as well. So 10 years or when I first started eight years ago, seven years ago, now things are so much different. Things are so much different now, especially with the digital nomad visas where you can go abroad and work online. Also there are new teaching programs that came out then when I started or even new courses, right? When I first started this, nobody really was teaching English online and now it's so popular. So things change all the time. So yeah, let's see. And I really appreciate you guys who were here today. We have crystalline, really appreciate you. Mahbubul from Bangladesh, Alexandros from Greece. Then we had Lyon here from Bangladesh as well. So thank you guys so much for tuning in and asking questions or just leaving comments that really means a lot to me because sometimes it can't be quite daunting to go live and you know especially if you don't get any responses it can be a little strange just talking to myself but it's all right. That's why we're doing this, right, to provide information to you guys. But if there are no questions that's okay too. We will go live again next week and next week will actually be a whole Q&A, Tefl Q&A session because it is the first Friday of a new month. So every first Friday of a new month we do live session. We do a live session only Q&A. So you guys can ask me your questions next week. You can write it down, save it for next week and then ask me, ask me then. Yeah. All right, well I think there are no more questions coming through today and that's okay, that's okay. I hope you guys enjoyed today's live session. I hope you learned something and again, I appreciate you staying on and coming on however long you watch these live sessions. It's really, it means a lot to me even if you just watch five minutes. So I appreciate that. And yeah, like I said, next week we are doing a Q&A session. So Marble Bull maybe next week you can join again and you can ask questions, you can think about some questions for next week. Everybody always has some questions, you know. I hope to see you too again next week, okay? Same place, same time, please join us again. It was really nice to see you. All right, then I'm gonna say goodbye and I hope everybody has a wonderful weekend, whatever you're doing, wherever you are, always stay safe. And I hope to see you again next week. Thank you guys so much and take care. Bye.


Whether it's a missing child, a terrorist threat, or the weather, wireless emergency alerts or WEA can save lives, as many of the warning systems already in use do. But most of those require you to be tuned in to the TV or the radio or logged onto the net. The power of the wireless emergency alert system is that you don't need any of that. All you need is a smartphone, which 61 percent of us have. The National Weather Service in San Diego began testing and using WEA in 2012. Since then, it's issued more than 140 flash flood warnings alone. It took just minutes for mountain roads to be transformed into rivers of mud Sunday afternoon. It's working as it should. When we put it out to a certain area, it goes to that certain area. WEA allows the National Weather Service to use cell towers to target who gets their warnings for flash floods, tornadoes, dust storms and tsunamis. Now keep in mind that these emergency alerts are specific to the highest threat area, meaning that here at Mission Beach, if a tsunami was expected to come ashore, only those folks here, the tourists and the residents, would be the ones to actually get those alerts. Alex Tardy shows us how they do it. So flash flood warning is up here. We go down here and say, how long? And then did public report flash flooding? Did Doppler radar report flash flooding? Did the media report flash flooding? They pick all those messages in there, and then they hit create text. Once they write the message, the next step is to select the geographical boundaries for the WEA warning. It's as simple as drawing a box around it, then... Hit send. Once they hit send, they don't do anything else. He says it's not perfect, but it's getting there. The concern right now is that it goes out to a larger population beyond that impacted, potentially impacted area. But the benefits far outweigh any concerns, including the challenges of determining who would issue any alerts, and communication between those agencies. And they do work in coordination with local jurisdictions, so that there is a coordinated effort to ensure the messaging is appropriate and proper for that area. And the WEA system works beyond weather warnings. Law enforcement is finding more and more uses for it, especially for Amber Alerts. We approved itself with the Yuba City PD in June. You know, in my 16-year career in law enforcement, this was the best I've ever seen. Shawna Pavey is talking about how, in record time, a wireless emergency alert helped catch a man whom police believed kidnapped three children. To have a situation where the first time we really had an active Amber Alert system come out on this and have such a positive result, to have three children return safely within five minutes is just phenomenal. Around here in Yuba City, Garender Judy is hero of the year. I didn't even believe it. I was like, what? He got the WEA warning, an Amber Alert for three missing kids. He knew instantly it was serious. There has to be something about it, you know. It's totally different. I've never seen anything on the phone like that before, right? And the timing was impeccable, and so was Judy's awareness. He got a good look at the plate, and it was a match.   Five minutes later, cops had the suspect boxed in and under arrest. WEA performed beyond expectation, and Yuba PD is sold on its capability and potential. Well, from a law enforcement perspective, this increases your eyes in the community exponentially. WEA can save lives, and it just may have on that day back in June, with a little help from an alert citizen. If people are aware, you know, if they know what's going on around the surroundings, you know, I think that thing works.