I found the top 10 remote job companies that are almost always hiring and the first one on the list is going to be GitHub. GitHub hires a ton of remote related positions and a lot of them are going to be in the technology industry. They hire in North America, Europe, as well as Asia and they hire for engineering, operations, product, sales and support related positions. And on top of that, they offer internships and anybody who is in the software development world knows exactly what GitHub is. It's basically a code hosting platform where you can actually collaborate on code with other talented software developers. And this company also has really good ratings. Now, some of the salaries that this company pays for different positions are going to be 205,000 for senior software engineers, 183,000 for software engineers, 219,000 for solution engineers and 148,000 for web developers. So as you can see, this is kind of a premium company and they pay very well. So this is going to be one that's a little bit tougher to get into than a lot of the other ones on this list and it's going to be one where it's probably best if you have experience in these different fields before you apply. But with that being said, I'm still going to give it a nine out of 10 opportunity score. The next company on the list is going to be a payment platform and that is going to be Stripe. And this is a company that many different business owners out there use to process transactions. And they hire for a ton of different jobs. So right now I'm browsing it and I see a back-end API engineer, money movement payouts and that's a remote position in Berlin. I see a back-end API engineer, money movement payouts as well. That's a remote position in Ireland. And then a back-end API engineer, revenue foundations, which is a remote position in Bangalauru, which I believe is in India.  And what you would expect to make at this company is for software engineers, $219,000 a year. For account executives, they make 308,000 a year. And if you're not aware, account executive is a sales type position. They pay data analysts about $150,000 a year. They pay recruiting coordinators about $105,000 a year. And they even pay customer service $88,000 a year. So this is one that's hiring for a lot more positions than the last one. It's still relatively high tier, might be one where you're gonna have to have experience, but this is still a very good opportunity and I'm gonna give it a nine out of 10 opportunity score. The next one on the list is going to be Upwork. And this is basically a leading freelance marketplace. So freelancers post their gigs on Upwork and then clients can apply for those gigs and they can work out a deal with the freelancer depending on what job they want. And they have a wide range of different remote job categories. And they also have very good ratings online. And some of the positions you might apply for here are going to be software engineer at $158,000 a year, content writer at $75,000, graphic designer at $74,000, freelance writer at $75,000, account manager at $125,000, and business development representative, which is another sales role at $101,000 a year. So yeah, lots of really good jobs that you can apply for here. I'm gonna give this one an eight out of 10 opportunity score. And if you don't wanna work a job, you could always create an account and start working as a freelancer as well. And by the way, one of the positions they often hire for is digital marketing related. And my friend Seth is actually probably the world renowned expert on helping people get digital marketing jobs. And he does have a free masterclass, which I'll go ahead and put down in the description as well as the pinned comment below. You can definitely check it out because he breaks down everything you need to know about digital marketing. He probably is gonna answer all of your questions and he shows you the different digital marketing paths and which one might be the best for you. So definitely check that out. The next one on the list is a company called Articulate. Now they're hiring for a lot of different positions in different categories such as business operations, customer relationship management, engineering, marketing and communications and sales. And this is actually a company that's been doing remote work for nearly two decades. And it also has very good reviews online. So some of the positions here are going to be software engineer at 128,000 a year, senior software engineer at 172,000, order management specialist at 67,000 a year, software engineering manager at 250,000, manager at 122,000, IT specialist at 83,000, senior technical support engineer at 120,000, quality assurance engineer at 101,000, customer success representative at 90,000, and customer success manager at $119,000 a year. So this is another really good one and I'd say it's a little easier to get into than some of the other ones on the list. I'll give this one a 9.5 out of 10 opportunity score. The next one on the list is going to be AnywhereWorks.com. And this is exactly what it sounds like because you can literally work anywhere, meaning it is a fully remote company. That means as long as you have an internet connection and a computer, you can work anywhere in the world. And they hire in the US, UK, Canada and India. And right now on the US website, for instance, they're hiring in a bunch of different states. For instance, in Florida, they are hiring property service associates, legal support associates, bilingual client experience associates, and medical service associates. And some of the salaries that you would expect for CX associate would be $47,000 a year. For customer service representatives, it's 38,000. For clients experience associates, they pay about 60,000 a year. For client account managers, they pay 110,000. For team leaders, they pay 67,000. And for intake advisors, they pay 51,000. So this is one of those companies where it's gonna be a little bit easier to get that entry level position, right? So if you're kind of early on in your career, you don't have very much experience, this is probably gonna be an easier company to get hired at. And so I think this is a great opportunity. I'm gonna give it a 9.5 out of 10 opportunity score. And the next one on the list is going to be toptow.com.  And that's kind of why it's called top towel because it's a freelance talent marketplace. And unlike Upwork, you sort of kind of like partner with them. Whereas in Upwork, you kind of just advertise your expertise. Now some of the salaries you'd expect to make at this company are going to be $157,000 a year for software engineers, $189,000 for senior software engineers, and $201,000 for sales engineers. And here are some other salaries. I'll pop them up on the screen if you wanna pause the video and check them out. So yeah, I think this is another really good one. A lot of the jobs are going to be freelance related, but you know, some people might be interested in that. I'll give this one an 8.5 out of 10 opportunity scores. Now the next one on the list is going to be clevertech.biz. And they are hiring for a bunch of different technology related jobs. So for instance, they hire native Android developers, iOS native developers, senior Ionic developers, senior React native developers, DevOps directors, senior DevOps engineers, et cetera. And once in a while, they do hire for business related positions as well, such as junior culture coach or junior product analyst or product analyst. Now they do have pretty good reviews online when it comes to their employees. And when it comes to salary, you can expect to make about 140,000 for software engineers, 162,000 for senior software engineers, 132,000 for full stack developers, 108,000 for product analysts, and 140,000 for DevOps engineers. There's some other jobs. I'll pop them up on the screen if you wanna check them out. But yeah, pretty good. I'm gonna give this one an opportunity score of 8.5 out of 10. The next one on the list is going to be a very well-known company. And that is Zapier.  And this is a remote first company that primarily does hire remote jobs. And they also have really good benefits and perks. Now this one has exceptional ratings online, 4.7 out of five star rating and 97% of the employees approve of the CEO. And when it comes to salary, you would expect to make about $157,000 a year for a customer champion. Engineering managers make $321,000 a year. Software engineers make $189,000. Product managers also make $189,000. Senior software engineers make $225,000. Senior customer champions make $182,000. Technical recruiters make $180,000. Product designers make $158,000. Recruiters make $183,000. Marketing managers make $197,000. And front end engineers make $191,000 a year. So yeah, excellent company. It is more on the high end. You know, this is the best remote job companies video. So I have to put a bunch of high end companies. This is a little bit more difficult to get into if you don't have much experience. But with that being said, I have to give this one a 10 out of 10 opportunity score. The next one on the list is going to be gitlab.com. And this is basically an AI-powered DevSecOps platform. And this basically brings development security and operations teams together to make sure that software gets out there faster. And they hire for sales, marketing, product and user experience, engineering, security, and general and administrative related positions. And they have been a fully remote company since day one. So all of the positions they hire for are fully remote. Now this one has a 4.3 out of five star rating, which is great. And 94% of people approve of the CEO. And some of the salaries that you would expect are going to be 122,000 for account executives, 75,000 for sales development representatives, 207,000 for engineering managers, 167,000 for solutions architects, 112,000 for support engineers, 147,000 for front-end engineers, 185,000 for senior product managers, 77,000 for business development representatives, 171,000 for senior back-end engineers, and 111,000 for SMB account executives. So yeah, really high paying, really good ratings from the employees. Also a little bit easier to get into, it's not as premium as some of the other companies. So I'm gonna give this one a nine out of 10 opportunity score. The next one on the list is going to be automatic. And this company is basically dedicated to the development and support of popular platforms, such as WordPress.com, WooCommerce and Jetpack. And it empowers individuals and businesses worldwide to tell their stories and sell their products online. And they often hire for roles such as business operations, design, engineering, happiness engineering, marketing, and sales and business development. Now this one has pretty good rating, 4.2 stars out of five, 80% approve of the CEO, which is great. And when it comes to the salary, happiness engineers make $119,000 a year, software engineers make 131,000, code wranglers make 93,000, technical account managers make 112,000, senior software engineers make 142,000, JavaScript engineers make 131,000, senior product designers make 137,000, team leads make 86,000, account executives make 85,000, product designers make 114,000, engineering managers make 188,000, and engineers make $117,000 a year. So this is another one where again, it's a little bit easier to get into. There's more options as well. Pretty much everything is on point with this one. So I'm gonna give it an opportunity score of nine out of 10. Now, if you haven't checked it out already, I did make a video where I went over 17 work from home job companies that are always hiring.  Some of them are going to be a lot easier than these ones because these ones are the top companies that are always hiring. So in many cases, they're going to be hiring the best talent and they aren't necessarily gonna be hiring people who don't have a lot of experience. And you can check out that 17 work from home jobs that are always hiring video by clicking right here.


Welcome back to Think Tech. This is Journeys of the Mind. I'm Jay Fidel. We're talking about Alexei Navalny, Russian history today. We are, of course, at another inflection point in Russian history, and for that matter, because of Vladimir Putin's world history. And for my co-host and guest, we have the regular host of Journeys of the Mind, none other than Dr. Carl Ackerman. Welcome, Dr. Ackerman. Thank you, Mr. Jay Fidel. So, the message lost to Mr. Alexei Navalny. I mean, he has been elated to modernism now, but for sure. But where did he come from? What was he before he became so special? Well, you know, pretty early in his life, he decided he wanted to go into politics.  And, you know, what was interesting about Navalny is that he was a Russian nationalist. I mean, he loved his country, and that's why he went back. But what was also very interesting about him is that he really looked like a Russian and he acted like a Russian. So, you know, it's not as if he was a member of a minority group. He was, you know, the real thing. And I think that's what really, you know, he was tall. He was handsome. His wife is beautiful. He is, you know, wonderful children.   And even then, we knew that it was very risky business to oppose Putin. There was this fellow who was poisoned and died in a hospital in the UK. There are many people in prison in Siberia who are his political adversaries. Putin, Putin, as the culture of Russia has shown us, it's been very hard on anyone. You know, even under the czar's time, it's a brutal country. And, you know, you say, well, he was, Navalny was a consummate Russian and believed in Russia and cared about Russia. You know, if he was familiar with Russian history, he would have known that Russia had been a very brutal country all the way through in recent times. You're familiar with that. You disagree? Yes, it's not. I mean, the U.S. has its problems too. Is it had a very, you know, rocky history? But Russia has been brutal. You agree? Yes. You know, with one exception, let me just take a little pause here and go through some of the history. And that is, you know, all the way back to when the serfs were freed by Alexander II in 1861, there was a dissident by the name of Alexander Ivanovich Herzen. And he couldn't write freely in country, so he moved abroad. And he was imprisoned, by the way, for a while in Siberia. But, you know, under the czarist regime, things were, you know, not humane, but a little bit nicer if you were a nobleman. He could take his servants and go to Siberia and live, you know, a fairly nice life, even though he wasn't in Moscow or in St. Petersburg. And so what Herzen did is he published a newspaper called The Bell in English, Cola, Cola in Russian. And he, you know, wrote articles to free the serfs. And eventually Alexander II will do this. He'll free 50 million serfs in 1861 as opposed to the 3 million slaves that Abraham Lincoln freed. And he said about Alexander II, the famous line from Julian about Jesus Christ, you have conquered O. Galilean. But if we move on, Jay, into, you know, past the, you know, socialist revolutionaries, into the Russian Revolution, you had a wonderful Democratic Party called the Cadets, made it up over a lot of professors. The guy that I remember the most is Paul Milyukov, who advocated not for the Bolshevik Party, but for a Democratic Russia.  There were a few as Nicks. And, you know, besides Alexander Solzor-Deepson, Andrei Sakharov was one like Robert Oppenheimer, because he developed the nuclear bomb and then decided, whoops, you know, I better put a curfew tail on this in the Soviet Union, because we don't want to use nuclear bombs, because that will be the end of civilization.  And the Tsar's were, as I said, lenient. If you were a noble person, less lenient if you weren't. Under Stalin, of course, it was much like Putin. So, I mean, Putin is the new Stalin.  And I'm sure that one way or another, the Putin regime killed Alexei Navalny. Oh, sure. You talk about Stalin, Stalin was pretty brutal. Remember the Holodomor back in the 1930s, 1933, where he killed tens of millions of Ukrainians, just to resettle the land with Russian speaking Russians. And that was pretty brutal. And of course, you know, the whole culture of the Gulag and Siberia, and for that matter, the Lubeyanka prison in Moscow. I mean, people went to prison and were subjected to this KGB torture. A psychological torture until they broke, until they died. And so much has been written and filmed about that. It's been the subject of so much public conversation over the years. But you're right, the more oppressive Stalin was, the more oppressive Putin has been, the more likely you will have underground dissidents. It's like, you know, it's like the resistance in France under the Nazis. You know, if you are oppressive, that's what you get. And the question is the tipping point. You know, this was a really bad move at this point in time for Putin to kill Alexei Navalny. Really bad move. And it just works out so that it's a powder keg now. And we should talk about exactly what kind of powder keg it is and how it may play out. But it seems to me that this could lead to revolution. And when I think of revolution, I think of Dr. Zhivago. I think of Julie Christie, who I greatly admired in that movie, Allah Sharif. And it's a statement. That movie is a statement of the Russia Revolution. And how it disrupted everything and how you had a run for your life. And so in this case today, there's no way you can run.  Like he did the pilot in Spain. Like he did the dissident or the defector in London with this special poison. At the way he did Navalny with the poison. In any event, it seems to me that this is filtering out into the Russian public.  And that makes them remember Stalin and the stories from their parents and grandparents about Stalin. And they can't really escape the threat of this kind of brutality. So query, where's the tipping point? Where do we see Julie Christie and Dr. Zhivago rebelling? Where do we see the dissidents getting more powerful?  I'm not good, but not bad. And I think, you know, with Russia's resources, that is natural gas resources, Putin can rely on this. Although, you know, the United States is going to issue in the West more sanctions. But still, I think what the key component is right now is and it was similar to the Russian Revolution. You know, during the Russian Revolution, of course, there was World War One. And, you know, if the Ukrainians are able to survive and get, you know, supplies from the United States, this will be, you know, an additional burden on Vladimir Putin, because people are already very dissatisfied and they're losing their husbands, their brothers, their sons. And so I think this is going to create an internal pressure. If this coincides with some sort of severe economic downturn, then I think Vladimir Putin is going to have some problems on his hands. Russians do like strong men. They like, as they would say in Russian, Silny Chilovic, a strong man. And as you and I have discussed, Jay, you actually sent me the tape. Alexei Navalny made this wonderful anti-corruption tape about Vladimir Putin. And he could, you know, Vladimir Putin could not allow a guy like this to expose all of his, not millions, but billions of dollars of corruption. And so my, to answer your questions succinctly, I would say that you've got one of the issues that you had with the Russian Revolution right now. That's the warning, the crane. What you need is a severe economic downturn. And we hope that, you know, Democrat Maldi will take over Russia as opposed to something totalitarian like the Bolshevik Party or the Communist Party Soviet Union, right? And we don't want people like Vladimir Lenin digging over or Joseph Stalin. We want someone like Navalny, who was a Democrat Maldi. Yeah. Well, that's a, that's a happy thought. You know, the problem is there's no succession plan, and it's not going to happen naturally. Putin is going to stay in power as long as he can, and he's going to repress as long as he can. And the likelihood is that there'll be a scramble when he dies of natural causes or whatever causes. And then, you know, the people who scramble are going to be the strong men again, the autocrats, the brutality people, and we'll have another Putin. Although I think Putin is really special. Putin is special in the history of Russia. But one thing, you know, is very, there's two things I'd like to mention in response to what you said. Number one is that the United States does not support Ukraine. There's a, there's a chance. It's on a, it's also an inflection point that the countries of the EU will try to make a deal with Putin and give away part of Ukraine. We know that Trump would do that. And some of the, you know, some of the countries in Europe will try to do that if there's no support from the US. And that creates, you know, sort of an end game strategy for Putin. And it alleviates the problem of having a war on his western border and maybe that it improves his prospect. On the other hand, as you say, if the war continues and if the US supports Ukraine in all the ways Ukraine has been requesting, then maybe that, that creates one of those legs of the stool, so to speak, and puts Putin at great risk at home. Because that, you know, wars cost money and wars cost lives. And these things are eating away at his popularity, even if he does all the things he's doing to maintain that. But the one thing I see is this, we talked in the recent show here on ZincTech proxy wars about how people, you know, infiltrate other countries, seeking not necessarily regime change, but seeking to undermine them and seeking to create disruption. And he, Putin, does that with us. I mean, it's clearly shown that he has done that, is doing it now and will continue to do it with Trump's help, maybe for Trump, which is, you know, they're on the same page, those guys, for reasons that we do not yet know. But here's what I'm thinking. You know, the Dr. Jovago scenario, a revolution, it's not likely to happen within the four corners of the, what is it, 130 million people in Russia, not likely to happen as things stand, but other countries will be involved. They will support the resistance. They will support the dissidents, such as the journalists who have run away from Russia and publish about Russia from, of them the Baltic states and I get their emails and their newspaper, so forth. Medusa is the name of the organization, but there are others also, you know, in the Balkans. And so there are people who would, outside Russia, who would support the dissidents, who would support the resistance, who would support a revolution, however you define that. Don't you agree? I do. Pardon me. The one provision I would have is, or exception, is that, you know, Russians are used to living, one must remember that it wasn't until 1991 that things changed and you even had Democratic elections. And of course, you had particularly Democratic elections under the Tsar and the Duma tradition with democracy. And so the kind of evolution that would come from a new regime would be interesting. And we just have to make sure that, you know, that regime remains like Boris Yeltsin had it, you know, I mean it was flawed, but it was Democratic and there were elections held. And interestingly enough, Vladimir Putin has to go through an election process, which I find, I mean, of course, he knows that he's going to win. And there's kind of an interesting story. When Dmitry Medvedev came to Pudoh's school, you may remember that there was a brief period when Vladimir Putin couldn't run again by the Constitution. And so he kind of appointed Dmitry Medvedev. And then there was a reelection where Putin could run and he was asked a question at Jim Scott's house, the former president of Pudoh, whether Putin was going to win.  No matter what, you know, maybe, maybe Trump during the current primaries, but I don't think he would say even he would say, oh, for sure I'm going to win the general election on. But, you know, Putin and Medvedev both knew that, you know, if he didn't win, things would be changed so that he could win. But I am hoping that there will be regime change as you are, Jay. And one of the interesting things about the corruption tape that was in Russian and then translated into English that you and I both saw, people can fight it on YouTube. It's all about Putin and Navalny as the broadcaster or editor or person who tells the story. Is that even before the former Soviet Union, things were done by corruption and the word was oblatu by, you know, other means or Nilevo on the left. And even though you would walk into stores in Russia and there would be no coffee, there'd be no fruit. You go to people's houses and there'd be coffee and fruit and you kind of go, well, how did that happen? And so there's an orbeez, you know, black market in Russia. And this fits the tradition. And, you know, although what that videos, the extent of the video would shock even Russians, you know, the small amounts of corruption, the small amounts of doing things as they say Nilevo on the left, Russians would forgive. Americans would not. I think America would say, hey, you know, this is corrupt, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.  The great, the greatest statement by an American politician, greatest in the sense that it's totally absurd. And it's really, it defies all sense of humanity is Donald Trump comparing himself to Alexei Navalny. Alexei Navalny is a hero and a very brave man. And for Donald Trump or anyone, any contemporary to compare themselves to Alexei Navalny, I think is just a great. Well, disgusting. And the comparisons are Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela. Interestingly enough, Jay, this is just something that I think that you would be finally interesting is that, you know, when Mandela was put into jail, his wife took over. And that's what's happening with Alexei Navalny. And she also represents, you know, the image of the great Russian woman. And so I think she could become very popular like her. Yeah, we have to examine here in this discussion, how the death of Alexei the killing of Alexei Navalny changes, you know, changes the landscape changes the calculus in terms of the possibility of the Russian people rising up. You can you think about it.  What a tremendous for them. What a tremendous waste. You know, the Cold War number two is for them. If they can only recognize how wonderful it would be what a great reaction they would get from the West. Were they to embrace the West, where the West to embrace them, their economy would expand their quality of life and personal circumstances civil rights would expand it would be a beautiful thing to watch. And sometimes, you know, we think maybe that would happen. But I think we dilute ourselves actually, because it's deep in the culture we are right now. However, they do have a culture of revolution. They do have a culture of rising up against an autocratic or monocle and archival system. And so the possibility exists just as a logical possibility. However, the Valny's death is killing is an inflection point. And the question I put to you is, how does it change the calculus? How could it change the way the Russian people, all 120 million of them, whenever it is 130, who have been subjected to this propaganda for as long as Putin's been there? How does it change their way of thinking? Does it make it more likely that they will rise? I think it does. I think that, you know, and because who Navalny was as a great Russian, and how he looked, and how Russian, you know, I mean, even if people were too afraid to speak out and there are people who have been going to his, you know, setting up memorials and being arrested.  I think that you'll have people, you know, especially, you know, inner police and things like that, well, that will be loyal to Vladimir Putin. But I'm not sure how this makes for people wanting to be loyal to Vladimir Putin, except out of fear. As long as the economy is, you know, running along and it seems to be, I don't think he's in great danger of revolution as of yet. But as I said before, the war in the Ukraine, if it continues, it's going to continue to, it's already, people are already upset and they don't buy the reasons that they're there. I mean, it's sort of like what happened in the United States with the Vietnam War. I mean, eventually a majority or close to a majority of people said, hey, what are we doing this for? Now, why are our boys dying? That's happening in Russia right now. But there has to be, you know, something going on in the economy that forces Russians to take a look not only at themselves, but at Vladimir Putin. And, you know, if the economy goes sour, I think you're going to see some, you'll see some demonstrations and you'll see some people coming out of the woodwork. Well, that's why these sanctions are, the sanctions are really important. We don't really have control over the economy in Russia, but the sanctions could add some effect. They've had less of an effect than we hoped up to this point, and he has been wily enough to get around a lot of them. But, you know, for example, this is a maneuver now to try to take seized Russian assets and convert them to cash and give the cash to Ukraine. I don't know why Biden hasn't done that already. That would be a good thing. That would help Ukraine and it would certainly not help the oligarchs. But let me, let me ask you this. And right now, we have the body of Alexei Navalny is held in a small town in Siberia near the prison where he was killed, where he was incarcerated and then killed. And in my view, he was killed because he was such a threat as revealed in that video you mentioned a minute ago. The one in Russian, the one that goes on for an hour and hour and a half about, you know, the corruption, the credible threat by the hundreds of billions, all in favor of Putin and his friends.  So that, that gets out. That's part of the calculus that video which is all in Russian gets out and it is explosive. When you see that video, you realize the depth and scope of the corruption is like never before in the history of the world on a relative basis as they've been corruption of that depth and scope. But there she is trying to get his body. Now, the drug they used on him before, what's it called? Do you remember the name of the drug? I just seem to remember that it was somehow tied to new activity or, you know, it's radioactive. Yeah, I think so. And it's a weapon that only the army has and all you have to do is touch it and you're dead. And so the army has to deploy it. It's not like, you know, they can get some contractors. No, no, no, it has to be somebody very well experienced. So, okay, so the point I make is that she's in this town trying to get his body so she can do a chemical analysis and figure out how they kill them. And in the previous poisoning thing, the Russians withheld his right to leave Russia until I think it was 48 hours so that the poison they gave it would pass through his body. A live or dead, it would pass through his body, it would be undetectable. That's why they held him up. And that's probably why they're holding his body up now. So she can do the chemical analysis she needs to do with her experts to find out how they kill them. Because over time it becomes more difficult. Okay, and they say, well, you want his body, you're going to have to agree that the funeral will be secret. And we'll put him in a grave, very quiet funeral at the edge of the cemetery. No press, no nothing. Nobody invited. And if you agree to that, we'll give you his body. Of course, that's probably not true. They won't give her his body because they have to wait out whatever period of time that was. It may be 48 hours. It may be a month. But that's the proposal they made to her. And she's sitting on that right now. She's deciding that question right now. I care about my husband's body. I want to know how he died and what you did to him. On the one hand, on the other hand, she would have to capitulate with a theoretical deal. She would have to capitulate and agree to a secret funeral. I find that so interesting. Secret funeral is what they want from her. So my question to you and trying to elevate her to stand in Navalny's shoe and to be, you know, within the ambit of his moderate and to have the people continue to protest, you know, and be dissident. The Russians and Putin, they're trying to let the news cycle move to something else, right? He's an expert in that. And intervening news, they will forget about Navalny. He can't be a martyr, you know, in a month or two. If he's going to be a martyr and some effect through her, Julia, it's got to be now. So if you were sitting in a room with Julia, what advice would you give her about this dilemma that Putin has presented her with? The agreement he wants her to reach. You know, it's hard to, you know, it would be hard to give advice to it, to a wife or to a mother. But I would say the biggest political impact, you should insist on a large funeral like in Moscow or St. Petersburg. And otherwise, allow the body to go to the west.  But I wanted to come back to your original 1917 revolutions analogy because there was another, there were other deaths in Siberia.  So the parallel is pretty significant. Well, if I were her, and I have another question after this, but if I were her, no issue, they're not going to let her find out what chemical agent killed him, what, what other brutality they used on him, they're never going to let her find out. What whenever deal she makes, that's never going to be available to her. But if she says no, I'm not going to do that. And what she can do is organize funeral in Moscow, somewhere a populated place in Russia. And she can point out that they have never given her the body back. They have made it impossible for her to get the body back. So we're going to have a public funeral in absentia. And that would enhance his moderate. Don't you agree? You do agree. I do not to put anybody in jeopardy. I would probably do it in the west. But you could do it just as a heck of a and you can have a lot of the dissident sure in the west.  And, you know, people will understand as they did where I started Alexander Harrison couldn't publish his paper in Russia. So he published it in London. And so, you know, I think this is the remarkable thing is that his wife has taken up the banner. Because it's really quite a burden. But she has and well, I worry about her. If he killed the volley and she takes up the banner, she's at great risk of being poisoned or killed in the same way. You know, maybe she falls out of a plane like Progosia or in the case of the Spanish, the Russian pilot in Spain. He was shot dead by some people with guns in the street. You know, and it's it's deniable as far as it's always deniable as far as Putin is concerned. But we connect the dots. We know that he and thank everybody making public statements. Now, your point about moving this whole affair, this funeral in absentia into the west, I think it's a good point because she doesn't take the same risk.  But she'd be safer, say, for example, in Germany, Germany would protect her. And so if that's the case, it wouldn't be quite as effective in terms of dealing directly with the Russian people, but it would be sustainable. She could do it and continue to do it for a period of time and she could use news channels, including the journalistic organizations that have moved out of Russia and are publishing about Russia from, say, the Baltic states, you know, where they where they are now. Medusa is the example. And they're very effective. So with technology, with telecommunications, with the Internet, that would be the best bet, I think, for her to maintain the modern dip, maintain the dissent, maintain the pro, because she could actually do that. And with the technology, she could reach the Russian people one way or the other. Do you agree? I completely agree.  I mean, let's say she gets Joe Biden in there, you know. So, you know, or the prime ministers of France or Germany, et cetera, et cetera. So, yeah, I think it's a, Jay, I think it's a great idea. But I'm glad during this show that we had the opportunity to talk about, you know, other Russian martyrs like Andrei Sakharov, Alexander Herzen, the cadets, the refusedics, and others who, you know, refuse to obey either the Tsarist or Stalinist system. But of the three, that is, the Tsarist system and Stalin. I think that Stalin and Putin are on the same level, which says a lot about Vladimir Putin. You know, it strikes me that whatever she does, whatever the U.S. does, I mean, assuming that Joe Biden stays president, hopefully not would. There's a lot to be said about unearthing the corruption that Putin has been involved in. It's not just money corruption. It's the corruption of these proxy wars. It's the corruption of feeding weapons.    This has to be revealed to the world. Now, Joe Biden and the intelligence community in the U.S. could help with that. It wouldn't make, you know, any better friends with Putin, but hey, he's not our friend anyway. So what's the problem about revealing more about what we know of the intelligence community? And so that tight-lipped about this, that we must know much more. And that could come out in the case of Julia's efforts to convince the public, the public in Russia, you know, that they should vote against him, vote against anybody but him. So, you know, there is a chance at getting some democracy, some fresh air into Russia now. Now at this inflection point, now with her, now with her out of the country and being supported by journalists who left the country and other Russians who left the country for whatever reason. We know there are hundreds of thousands of them that moved into, you know, the South, the former satellite countries in the South and Central Asia and so forth. They're there. And they don't like what Putin is doing. They don't like the war. And if the U.S. done on board and Western Europe done on board, it could be a fantastic propaganda war and maybe it would work. Your thoughts? I think it's very true and I just wanted to tell our audience two things. One is that if they see the video, I think this video is extraordinarily important, but also the video that Navalny made. Actually, Putin has assembled a hit squad and he names the names of these people in this hit squad that, you know, that if you're causing problems, you will, you know, you will see the consequences if you're in Russia or not. And also just to tell our audience, you know, it's just wonderful to have an organization like Think Tech Hawaii. And so I urge people, if you want the news that you can get like this about Russia, you should go to Think Tech Hawaii. You should support. You should not only watch the show, but support financially or otherwise. Think Tech Hawaii as headed by the men. Well, I want to make one last statement. Carl, if you don't mind, you know, the fact that this fellow Smirnov, who fed disinformation to the government and caused a number of members of Congress to go up to Joe Biden with an attempt to impeach him was so outrageous. And then to find that Smirnov, who is fluent in Russian and his wife is fluent in Russian or Persian, you know, they have close Russian ties. And the disinformation came from Russia. It came from the intelligence organizations in Russia. So he was, you know, directly linked. So, you know, what you get is Liz Cheney's statement that the GOP, now the MAGA GOP, has a Putin, a Putin wing. And a Putin has got his hands around Trump. Some reason Trump is dedicated to Putin and apparently indebted in some way. And Johnson works for, Mike Johnson works for Trump. And then the whole MAGA organization works for Trump, the base works for Trump. So all of what we've been talking about, the inflection point and whether Navalny's death will resonate, could resonate among the Russian people, it depends on what happens in this election. Heather Cox, Richards and Rope about this really filthy connection between Trump and Putin and Johnson and a number of members of Congress who follow Trump. And, you know, I think the one thing I would leave people with is if we elect Trump again, my God, we are going, you know, Ukraine is lost. Putin is elevated. Trump will do what he can to allow Putin to essentially invade Western, rather Eastern Europe and Western Europe. And so the future of the world really hangs on the election here in this country. And I would say to anyone who was even a tiny bit inclined to vote for Trump for any reason, better take another look at that because it has implications right into what's going on in Eastern Europe. Really heavy, rack and pinion implications. That's my closing statement. Well, your comments are made by Nikki Haley also. And I realize that she's running. So, you know, it's not a Republican versus Democratic thing. It's a silly notion to dissolve our NATO ties. And it's an unproductive and dangerous notion to allow anyone to do what Vladimir Putin did in the Ukraine, whether a Democrat small D, whether a Republican, whether an independent. It, you know, it rings so closely to the invasions of what was then the East by Adolf Hitler.  And the only thing they respect is strength. So, you know, it's a notion that's really in some sense larger than politics. It's just common sense from what we've learned in history. And, you know, for anyone watching this show, that's when the word appeasement became a bad word during World War II. And we cannot appease Vladimir Putin. That's my last word. Okay. My last word on your word is Shakespeare. The question for the country now is to it's not political. It is to be or not to be. That is the question. Thank you so much, Dr. Karl Ackerman for this interesting discussion about the implications of the killing of Alexei Navalny. Thank you so much. Thank you. Aloha.


So, once again, like so much of what this process seems to be about is the idea of balancing two opposites and calibrating, making adjustments, finding the right mix of two opposite things. And so much about life seems to be based on that, it's finding that balance point between too hot, too cold, too excited and too relaxed, and too up, too down. And in so many different areas we have to balance opposite forces. So, we've already had a few mentioned in past vlogs, past episodes, but now, for tonight, what's on my mind is the idea of being obsessed versus being steady. And perhaps there's other words that can be used. For obsessed, we can say driven and extreme versus for steady, we can say measured, controlled, even balanced. And so, if we're working on something, of course, in general, working is best done in this kind of steady rhythm.  It's like the way our life is arranged, we have these daily bursts and we are forced into this rhythm of daily up and down, daily work and rest. Sometimes it feels like being forced into that, like, oh, I wish I could just keep going, but I imagine if we really work hard all day and get a good day's work in, it should be at the point where we're ready to have that rest and it doesn't feel like being forced. But overall, when we look at the course of life and the course of any project that we're doing, it is going to take many days and so it is going to involve an up and down. It's going to involve these stages. Life is like a stage race. We finish one piece in a day and then we rest and then continue. Pick it up again the next day and then take the next step. This kind of measured effort, this is key for long-term achievements to be able to work with this rhythm. Get a good step in for the day, get a good rest, pick up the work again and take another good step, steady advancement. And overall, this is good. The downside of this though is if we make it too steady, too measured, it becomes too much of this, I pick it up a little bit and I put it down. I start it a little bit and then take a rest, a little bit and then pause again. There's always this task switching cost, there is the inefficiency of, okay now I have to get things rolling again, I've got to get things started, okay here we go.  So it seems like sometimes it's like just when we're getting things rolling, it's the end of the work phase and we have to stop again. This is especially noticeable if we're trying to do too many things at once, too many different projects in the day. So you do a little bit of one thing, a little bit of another thing, jump, jump, jump to these different projects and then it just seems like you're always just getting things started but not able to get deep into the work. So the opposite side is to have this approach of obsession and to really, and to be driven and to go into a binge or a surge and really just dive into the work and go deep into it.  Maybe that means working all day on something, maybe it means going on a phase of a few days where this is the only thing so it's just eat, sleep and work on the project and it just let it fill my mind and my thoughts and let it consume me and be fully in this project and then just keep working, working, working on it. Or maybe it's at the extreme case, not even sleeping because even sleeping would mean the stoppage and it said just to go into the all night or go into the full on binge of working on something. And of course, downside being that how many all nighters can you do, they are so draining and when it comes to long term achievement, they often end up meaning less than steady work and yet a lot can be done with having a little bit of this sense of obsession, drive and a binge of work to really go deep into it and really dive into the work, make the work session as long and deep as possible. So some balance of these two approaches seems to be called for. I've been working a lot recently on this kind of developing steady patterns and sometimes and I'm happy with the steady pattern that I have but I find sometimes the progress on my project, like the project of building this project, this can be painfully slow, of course I have to be patient and build each step one at a time but also it may be called for to dive a little bit deeper and to really put more of my energies into this one thing. Move distractions, pick the one project that's most important and dive into it.


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What's going on guys got Kyle here with late in sports cards. We are ripping 2022 Donner's optic football This is six bucks half case number 23 pick your teams We've got Andrew a with the Falcons Anthony P is gonna have Bucks Brock T. Browns Carol G has Ravens Panthers Charles N. Has the sea are sorry Charles F. Has the Seahawks Colby C. Has Jags Dan L jets Dennis F with the Chargers Dylan J. Titans Dustin G. Has the Broncos Eric P. Has the Raiders Jared S. Has Texan Saints JB has the Bills Vikings Jeffrey H. Niners John M. Has the Colts Kareem A. Has the Chiefs Keith S. Has Patriots and Bears Lansing H. Dolphins Martin B with the Commanders Michael B with the Lions Rob V Cardinals Ronald G Packers Ryan B with the Cowboys Santiago B with the Bengals Steven S. Has the Eagles Vroom Go Birds Tony T. Has the Rams Trent D. Has the Steelers and Sunfumi you has the Giants. All right. Good luck guys grab six grab the first six out of here We'll get it going cheeseburger 25 is that Yeah, cheeseburger well 25 is about 935 we do have our break schedule on the website It'll say when the breaks start That one is with Sam later. So that one starts around 9 30 p.m. tonight That one is not A daytime break. So that one will be tonight Alrighty guys. Good luck here. This is case number 23 half case optic Let's see what we got guys Some loose packaging on that might be a good sign guys. That might be a good sign Never know and there's some mojo to some of these boxes. You never know A weird box mojo seems to work sometimes. Alrighty guys. Good luck on number 23 here Bailey Zappy rookie's insert Pierre Strong Lipsky never heard of Lipsky There's the 179 Brandon cooks On the blue Hassan Haskins Oh, yeah Brandon cooks indeed Hollow Darnell Mooney My J. Sanders rated rookie Retro series Terry Bradshaw Christian Watson Real TV 12 Terry Bradshaw God Matthew Stafford on the stadium circles to 125 Oh, if it gets ya. Yeah, it does. I can't do it I like the stadium circles Prefer to get disco, you know Oh Brock Purdy rookie black Pandora Here we go number to 25. That's gonna be Jeffrey Rock uh Brock Purdy on the black Pandora grid iron kings. There we go Jeffrey We'll mag this one for you sir 19 of 25 Boom That'll do for you sir Jalen Petrie rated rookie And we've had some nice optic case so far man. That's a Good couple breaks here Uh Malik Willis based rated rookie It's like the rain's coming in as well Elite series rookies Desmond Ritter Logan Hall Yeah, it sounds like it's coming down pretty good guys. So if uh, you lose us or anything probably what happened Knock on wood there, but uh, it's a 65 Darren Waller Bzz electricity insert Desmond Ritter black Pandora again. This one is Chris Godwin Here we go bucks to 25. We're starting with some Pandora That is two of 25 Very nice one there for the bucks Beautiful card beautiful It's 179 Keenan Allen gravy Gardner 299 Matt Stafford for the Rams trust an Ebner rated rookie is sensational or a signature series auto bob lily there For the cowboys. I think all of these have been cowboys so far Bailey Zappy rated rookie like all the veteran autos feel like they've been cowboys There's a hollow rated rookie J. Mo J. Mo Williams for the Lions They ignore that as well. Yeah, we're just gonna ignore a lot of things today Dylan We got Miles Garrett to 99 For the Browns breeze hall It's 199. Matt Jones as McCorkle on the orange George Carloff this James Cook base packs hollow Aaron Donald Jackson hill rated rookie Niko Collins to 299 Texans Tariq woolen All righty box two Come on. Come on. Let's keep it going. That's a couple Black Pandora is that box Let's keep the low hits coming to 99 Xavier and Howard Damian Pierce rated rookie having Harris there is blue to 299 Nick Chubb Terry and Davis price rated rookie there. We go to 50. We got optic rated rookie for the Titans McCreary Nice one there six of 50 breeze hall There's a hollow Danny Gray rated rookie Niners Niners already doing well with that uh Black Pandora perty. I'll see some more There is the forest Buckner to 199 Colts Johan Dotson George Carloff this rated rookie There's Lombardi Lenny to 1 or 299 light blue to req woolen This is gonna be for the Cowboys number to 35 rated rookie Otto J. Lynn Tolbert I sit there for the boys 32 of 35 on the purple uh on card Otto God Pierre Strong Kenny Pickett There's a dark blue rated rookie to 179 Skyler Thompson Niko Dolphins getting some uh rated rookie color going another purple this time it is Laramie Tunsel to 50 To uh 41 a 50 on the Tunsel There's elite series rookies Ken Walker Yante Ingram Jalen Petrie rated rookie hollow Jalen waddle Desmond Ritter Derek Stingley Sahalo Darnall Grave Gardner There's Jeremy Rockert for the Jets number to 299 Rated rookie blue John Taylor legendary logos Cam Taylor Brits There's a retro series Elway Bailey Zappy Alrighty guys box three This is half case number 23 pick your team stop Again, we do have Sam starting at five o'clock today. He's got some more group breaks and personals at the end of the night He's starting with some baseball. He's got basketball and football as well On an ending the night with some Star Wars breaks. You guys are looking to get into any of those breaks Got a little bit of flawless tonight. Gonna be a fun night with Sam for sure Antoine Winfield hollow TDP Tier D was price Great iron kings. There's Crystal Lave rated rookie. Oh, you know it I think that's why my internet blacks out sometimes. I have seven things open while I'm playing There's lights out Damian Pierce, Fadarian Mathis The personals in the Mona There's the 199 Nick Bosa Jahan Dotson I got Monday off Bad There's Red Hot Rookie's Crystal Lave hollow sounds like it. Can you pick it? Sounds like a lot of Fortnite tonight. Oh goodness There's a hollow Jared Goff Evan Neil Stadium circles Travis Kelsey to 125 Chiefs Diamond hands Tay Adams hollow Brian Robinson Keontae Ingram rated rookie There's a Davis Mills 299 Nick Bonito There he is black Pandora to 25 Donny scared me there. Uh, Jair Alexander Like somebody was sneaking up on me To 25 there 25 to 25 Jair nice one there for the pack Aiden Hutchinson base I heard him like come in then he like stopped like right right near me 199 we've got James Connor Devontae Wyatt Joe is gonna be William Perry on these sensational signatures the fridge Or Brad will call him the refrigerator repairman Perry For the bears there a nice throwback auto the fridge There's a 99 Devin White Bucks Josh Pascal There's David Bell number to 179 rated rookie for the Browns Browns been getting some bell Had the blue ice on the last break There's a hollow rated rookie of Brian Robinson like blue to 299 Stafford Damian Pierce Kevin Harris We've got a Charles Cross the 65 for the uh Seahawks there Hi Chandler it is coming down out there It is raining Trayvon Walker rated rookie Fox Fort that is rain To 199 Tray McBride going to the Cardinals there rated rookie Pierre Strong Going hard man To 199 we've got Jordan Brooks Seahawks GMC has got a little pool Oh, no Down We got a TDP rated rookie Hala Tyrion Davis Price Johan Dotson I thought about that before like putting a Put a tarp down like having like a pool day at the at the at the car That's a 179 got Chris Jones Well, you don't think that's a sick dude. Can you pick it me? Don't make it fun of me guys. This looks like a rpa here This feels like an rpa I should say It is not but it is so 49 it is Jersey Otto DeMarcus Ware on the dynamic That is going to the Broncos there 43 of 49 player worn material Nice two color patch there DeMarcus Ware. I think that's a Cowboys patch on the uh on the Broncos card there My jay sanders rated rookie. I think that's a Cowboys patch. I have to guess Rated rookie was shot white For his stadium circles Martin Amerson rated rookie to 125 the Browns the stadium circles There is stadium circles to 125 Corey Davis for the uh Jets Keontae Ingram one more come on Uh desmond rated rookie They in Florida and they ran in there There's a hollow DK Metcalfe Derek Stingley Ohio That's where that's where Donnie learned the golf It's the birthplace of golf just an Abner rated rookie Birthplace of golf Scotland and Ohio Double C Dublin dude, that's pretty much that's pretty much Ireland. There's a gravy gardener Hollow Brett Favre Packers can't tailor Brits Freakin go faster. So I don't get it rained out here. It's 179 Matt Jude on Bailey Zappy gnarly out there Oh, um legendary logos for the bills Stefan Diggs Priest Hall we've got Tristan Ebner for the Bears the 2.99 rated rookie light blue Furious George Tariq woollen there is diamond hands aj brown For the uh Eagles Brian Cook Brian Cook To 99 Jim Kelly the four falls of Buffalo For the bills there Jim Kelly to 99 James Cook Base and downtown out of nowhere we got uh Garrett Wilson Nice one there rookie downtown for the Jets J E T S Jets Jets Jets That's steady in it That one is Dan L getting the Garrett Wilson downtown from the Bronx Zoo That is a sweet looking one. We'll uh mag that for you Dillon will mag that one for you Yeah closer, thank you Dan appreciate you there sir nice hit on the uh Wilson uh downtown Yeah, the Bronx Zoo that's sweet I like you that one Guys two lefts and we got number 24 to close out the daytime We got a roquan smith to 65 Kyler Elam The rookies insert damien pierce jeremy ruckert That's a sweet one man. Yeah, I really like that. I don't I think I like to tell you Adams one better though That one is actually like crazy Elite series rookies of aton hutchinson Jermaine johnson, I remember my fair one this year There's the one 79 brandon cooks On the blue covee brian Hollow john elway for the uh broncos Zameer white There's a white hot rookies hollow meleague willis for the titans sam williams There's a red hot rookies. This is drake london Carson strong What makes him red and him the other one white hot? We've got a stadium circles. That's mark ingram to 125 Scared dilly drop the top lower there turn on berks stadium circles This box has been loaded with them We've got this is snoop connor on the purple number to 50 snoop with some per 25 of 50 there for the jags The kuanu come on. Come on. Let's see some low numbers. Let's see that gold vinyl. Where you at? Montreau, Washington Devin Lloyd like blue to 299 durwin james go nulls Kyle hamilton There's red nice one here for the packers romeo dobs number 299 rated rookie red rated rookie red romeo And for the packers, we've got elite series rookie auto going to be christian watson nice box for the pack Nice hit there green bay on the christian watson rookie auto. Heck yeah That dude was open a lot last year man. He was wide It's a 199 fred warner. I'm imagining that's him or him than uh rogers. So I think he'll be doing all right. So There's hollow rated rookie sam williams cowboys george pickens base jacquan brisker is nico colin's to 299 a jabbo rated rookie drake london hollow mac jones jay mo base rated rookie Got box six guys. Good luck. This is half case break number 23 24 right after this and then we'll have sam with the uh evening group breaks christian watson base rated rookie light blue press scott to 179 or sorry 299 299 light blue have a kettie a Masuyama That brock purdy base rated rookie hollow dalvin cook dalvin cook Lighted up lamar kyler gordon I'd be furious. Yeah, although I do that all the time. So there's a t higgins pink velocity nice one there to 79 for the bangles Maddie corral there's a christian watson gridiron rookie and malik willis base There's a throwback retro series lt jordan davis blow rogers rajas k-bon tibido rajas rajas Just count double check That's a gold There's a gold insert That is jamar chase on the my house gold. Nice one there That one is 10 of 10 for the bangles. That is a sweet card There we go bangles Very nice hit on the jamar 10 of 10 on the my house insert Jelani woods base behind it. Heck. Heck. Yeah, man Some nice parallels coming out of this case here Debo samuels to 199 Or 299. There's orange romeo dobs now number to 199 to go with your red You go uh pack It's 199. No, it wants a 199 miles garret for the browns They are more of the oranges than the browns Let's have a little more color match James cook oh ice It is rated rookie treston ebbner on the ice number to 15 10 of 15 for the bears nice one there on the rated rookie Every low number there to 15 grass bears I really like those blue ices man. Those are pretty uh pretty parallel Here we got fred warner pink velocity to 79 and purple This is clyde edwards a layer to 50. It's a crazy numbers coming out.  It is brice halter 99 on the red rated rookie We go jets jets killing it Sontaskans. I'm pretty sure I just saw black velocity I did it is skylar thompson on the black velocity rated rookie auto Here we go fins Very nice one there for the uh to his backup here Linsing h with the fins Beautiful card there. Good mag that one for you as well Luis uh luicine on the back ready guys go through a quick hit recap here for uh half case number 23 Appreciate you guys. This was some crazy color had two black velocities Godwin and Jair Alexander We had trestin ebner number to 15 on the rated rookie We had a gold jamar chase my house number to 10 We had the refrigerator on the auto for the bears Bob lily for the cowboys. We had christian watson Uh rookie's auto. We had demarkis wear for the broncos patch auto Jalen tollberg for the cowboys number to 50 rated rookie auto or started 30 35 We had downtown garret wilson there nice rookie for the uh jets The bronx zoo downtown and we had broad purdy on the black pandora rookie Really nice one there jeffrey The uh broad purdy number 19 of 25 And on the back we had this black pandora skylar thompson Alrighty guys that will do it for case number 23 um six box half case. Thank you guys so much 24 coming right up


This is stock number one one zero zero zero a we are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Your new and used SUV headquarters today. We are checking out this super clean 2016 Honda pilot EXL. 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This vehicle smells very clean inside I don't think it's ever been smoked in you do get map lights up there and your home link buttons for your garage door Security systems and lighting systems. We'll take a quick look at the back seats and then we'll start it up and Take a look under the hood Second row Bench seating no rips or tears back here does have the latch child safety system Seats are in really nice condition You do get rear air controls back here and we have those husky all-weather formats back here as well So there's a little button right here. You press and then those will kind of slide up for access to the third row You can see the third row seats are in really nice shape No rips or tears back there Carpentine is nice and clean No seats slide right back to where they're supposed to be Child safety locks on the back doors bottoms of the doors all look really good And we'll start it up and take a quick look under the hood This is a push button start so you got a heavy foot on the brake to do it. 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Hi there! My name is Chinenye and I am a second-year student at Tilburg University's Global Law. Today we're here with Anka, a member of Tilburg University's international team, to help us with the tense topic housing, but in a light-hearted manner. So Anka, can you tell us a little bit about the Tilburg or the Netherlands housing situation? Thank you for having me. I would say that the matter of housing is one of the most important aspects that international students should take into consideration when setting their eyes upon the Netherlands as their study destination. So let us commence with an important piece of information that would also give a realistic perspective on the housing expectations. Dutch universities generally do not own their accommodation facilities, so that means that not all students will have a dorm to stay in, like you would find it for example in different other countries, such as the US for instance. So in Tilburg you have two options, you either go for reserve accommodation or you look for a room or an apartment out there on the private market. Okay, well I've heard quite a bit about these two terms, reserve accommodation and private market. Could you shed a lot more light on it? Absolutely. So when it comes to reserve accommodation versus private market, Tilburg University works with preferred suppliers that reserve accommodation for international students that start at Tilburg University that year, so first year bachelor students or master students. These reserve accommodations have more of a first come first serve policy, so they have a limited number of rooms available, which means that not all students have access to reserve accommodation, so when they're full, they're full. And also good to know here is that the contract extends to a certain time, so there's a limited time that you can spend in a reserve accommodation option. In terms of price, reserve accommodation prices can range from somewhere around 300 to 600 euros for a shared student house with shared facilities. And lastly about reserve accommodation, it's only available for accepted students, so you have to be conditionally accepted into Tilburg University to access these and the registration happens around mid-May, the university will email you to tell you the exact date. My piece of advice here would be to be in front of the computer when that happens, so once they indicate a date, be there one hour in advance. Living in a dorm and reserve accommodation generally is one of the most popular options for internationals and therefore everybody would like to stay there. So if you know the date, save it, make sure that you have that morning free or depending on times on that time free so that you can book a room and have a smooth transition into your studies. It's like Ticketmaster, just waiting for it. It's pretty much like a concert. You're right there like I need that room, let me get it and then you book it and then that's it. All you need to do is pass your final exams. Since Tilburg University can't guarantee me an accommodation, what other options would I have as an international student for housing then besides reserved accommodation? Well there's a private market out there which needless to say it's a bit more complicated to look for a house in the private market but it's likely that you will end up finding accommodation there. My main advice and I can talk from a personal experience as well as a previous international student at Tilburg University is to not wait until reserved accommodation is full to start looking on the private market. So it's always good to take both options into consideration so that you can actually increase your chances of finding a room. In the Netherlands there are these so-called student houses. You can find the room out there on the private market by using social media for example or you can go through an agencies. Again, if you go to our webpage you will see a list of recommendations when it comes to both social media pages as well as agencies. Please note, maybe that's useful to note, that some agencies do require a certain registration time before you can rent a room and you can also find just more information on this topic on our webpage and if you are looking for a room through social media roommates are sometimes chosen by current residents of the house during a visitation which I would say is just more of a Dutch process of looking for a housemate. Yes, I'm familiar with it. You are, you went to visitations. I've been to my fair share of visitations, viewings, yes. Because honestly, I'm an international so the Dutch process of housing really kind of came as a culture shock to me because usually you assume that you go to a place and you think, oh this place looks nice, I'm going to take it. But really you go to the place and the people living there as well as probably the house itself if it had a mouth and eyes would be like, I think you're pretty cool. I think we're going to let you stay here for a while. That's how it was and that's literally how it goes. It's a very culture-shocking experience but worthwhile especially once you get to live in some place. I think that underlines the essence right there. So indeed visitations are these events held by housemates where you try to see if there's a fit between you, the person who is looking for a house and the rest of your roommates, your potentially future roommates that are already there. So they're just trying to figure out whether you will have a good relationship, whether there's maybe social chemistry there and so on and so forth. So different reasons why they would organize these visitations but to underline the essence it would be to see whether there's a match between personalities for example. And because we keep talking about how international students are struggling with finding accommodation it's actually hard for that students as well so it can take them almost one year to find a house that's really a fit for them. So it's a matter of a housing shortage, not necessarily an international housing shortage. Yeah and I would say that that pretty much underlines it there. Okay well okay so imagine this. So I'm an international. I live somewhere in America, Kenya, Australia. I can't come to the Netherlands at any point in time that I want besides coming here to learn. What do I do if I've found a place that I want to live in but can't come for the viewing in person? That's a good point and a good question. It's not going to be the end of the world. There are some houses that organize virtual meetings or virtual visitations nowadays but of course you'll have to check that with the housing, your potentially future housemates. And maybe this would be the right time for you to make the first step regarding the proactive so you can just message them hey can we set up a video call to get to know each other a bit better. So just for them to know you and for you to know them as well. It's important to have an idea at least the slightest one about the people that you're going to share a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room with. Definitely. So for international students there are a lot of things that they have to overcome. Well that we have to overcome, you and I included, aside from virtual viewings. What exactly would you say to international students to help them overcome a multitude of issues? And even if you could mention some of the issues that they could face? Sure. Just from maybe personal experience as well I can think about the Dutch only policies that students would sometimes notice on Facebook pages for example that deal with housing matters. Tilburg University discourages the Dutch only policy however there's little that we can do practically about it. And this is why you should take the matter of looking for housing seriously and you should start looking at it in time so that you don't face a major stress factor during summer months for example when it's already a bit too late to have a realistic expectation that you will easily find a room. But also from personal experience I've been living in the Netherlands for a couple of years now so again a former international student myself. What I would advise students is to not take the Dutch only rule too personally. Many Dutch students just prefer to live with people that speak their language in the same room. What would an international student have to do as soon as they're accepted into Tilburg University especially along the lines of looking for accommodation? I would start going to our web page and check our preferred suppliers list so take a look at the reserve accommodation options then keep an eye on the registration opening for those options so as I said it's around mid-May and this date is to be confirmed via email so the university will email those students. Then I would advise students to register on click phone cameras as soon as they are admitted and to also take a look at the options on the private market so Facebook pages also they can take a look at the agencies that we recommend. Our web page focused on accommodation is updated and designed to help students orient themselves within this entire process of looking for housing so they can start with our web page and a thorough research into the housing options that they have here. Okay, that's honestly a lot. So much, just so much. But with that in mind I've faced situations, myself and my sister we were looking for a place to stay and someone asked us to pay our deposit through something like TripAdvisor or then they would send us the key via mail we didn't do it, we didn't do it, we still have our money but what would you advise to certain people who look for their housing through agencies that they find online or Facebook and someone just saying I have a house, come live here if you pay me that kind of thing. I'm glad you followed your instinct there because it was the right call indeed. Sadly there are people who take advantage of students looking for housing, especially international students since they start this process where they are not in the Netherlands and if I were to offer some tips maybe I can go along the idea of always checking whether that address actually exists in Tilburg never transfer money to a landlord that claims that they are abroad and you just wire transfer him or his deposit and then you get the keys after via mail so this is indeed a sign that is likely a scam generally if something sounds too good to be true then it probably is so in that regard if you do a research take some time a day and look at how much an unfurnished room would cost versus how much a furnished room would cost so just go out there on the private market and use those online tools those social media pages to make an idea for yourself about the cost that you can expect and I would say that that would already be a good start especially when it comes to the private market and if you need a second opinion or if you feel that something is not right then you can contact us at Student Housing at Tilburg University that EDU and our colleagues there can help you, they can take a look at your contract for example to see whether there is anything fishy about it there would definitely be a lot of things fishy about paying through TripAdvisor a deposit you're a law student of course you didn't fall into that trap either that or it's just delayed reaction with that in mind there are a lot of contracts that people have to sign when they're getting into finding a house or finally actually selling down when looking at the advertisements online there's a lot of terminology that's mentioned could you help shed some light on some of it speak Dutch obviously would you mind helping with that of course I abuse Google Translate when I moved to the Netherlands as well totally all so you can expect that speaking Dutch is not going to be the most familiar sound that you hear and of course there are some legal terms that might seem unfamiliar for example Kamer actually means room and you're going to find this word in different platforms conversations in different terms in the contract on the web page so Kamer is a room then maybe what's good to know is there are different parts and different let's say items that you have to pay for so you have the basic rent which is quite common so this is the cost of your accommodation but without anything else and this will not be the final amount that you pay at the end of the month there are always extra costs for example extra costs for electricity for water for extra costs for internet and so on so this is the monthly cost of your utilities and you always have to pay electricity and water so you can also find them under the terms of GWL and GWE there's also this that's not sure if it's really Dutch but this is the service cost concept which means that sometimes the landlord will charge a monthly fee to maintain common areas for building that you're living in such as cleaning the hallways cleaning the stairways or if you live in a taller building paying people to clean the windows that would be ideal right? I think it mostly happens in taller buildings I live in a somewhat tall building so every now and then there's some guy who's right outside cleaning the window and your service cost does not include it? I have no idea I need to check my contract now so these would be the main terms that you can expect so you're not going to be alone in this entire process you can reach out to university maybe you read a contract and something sings off to you or you really don't understand it even after you've translated it so if you have questions during this process you can send your contract for instance to the Hoort team Tilburg which is a legal assistance team for the students in the city of Tilburg so they can help you to check the legality of the contract so there are ways to reach out for help there are ways to reach out for information you just have to be proactive about it and I can add a short note here that especially Dutch research universities in the Netherlands look for independently minded students so you will be offered help but you need to reach out for it and this is the profile that universities expect so it's not only related to the academic life but it's also related to practicalities such as looking for housing or finding an internship and so on it's always so helpful to hear these because some internationals really don't know anyone and they just start off from nowhere so Uncle would you have any sum up takeaways that you'd like to share with the viewers? absolutely I will start with the piece of advice that I generally give to international students prospective international students that I talk to not only those who want to live in Tilburg but those who are interested in studying in the Netherlands generally you have to start looking for accommodation as soon as you decided to study in the Netherlands and the moment that you get accepted into a university if you get accepted into Tilburg University then that should become your priority next to your final exams of course so this is essential to find the room not only because you need a roof above your head but also because if you move to the Netherlands then you need an address to register at the Hemante to get your BSN you need to apply for subsidies for example to open a Dutch bank account which might be very useful especially if you don't have a SEPA bank account to buy a phone subscription and so on and so forth so it's very important it's not only about having a roof above your head although that's surely the most important that would be a good plus there indeed another point to sum this up Tilburg is not the only option actually so in case you are accepted a bit later on in the summer maybe you submit your application later and the reserve accommodation options are run out and maybe there is any room that you find in Tilburg there are surrounding cities that you could live and this is something that both some international students do and the Dutch public transportation is quite good so you can travel easily either by bike there are bike lanes everywhere even if you live further away from the university you can take the train Tilburg University has a train station next to the university there are buses available so it's not the end of the world if in the beginning you find a room or an apartment or just an accommodation option that's not necessarily in Tilburg so don't get limited by the idea of living in Tilburg also be aware of scams as I mentioned be careful with paying your deposit be careful with the agreement make sure that you understand it and otherwise reach out for help our website is a very good source of information when it comes to orienting students into this process of looking for a house so I would warmly recommend students to go through our web page and see what their options are and you also might be looking for a housing subsidy so if you're interested in that you can find more information on our website there are of course certain conditions that you need to meet and I will wrap it up with maybe a piece of information that's not that easy to hear as a prospective international student and it's also not that easy for me to say it as a university representative but if you haven't found accommodation one month before the start of your studies so before you actually arrive in the Netherlands then we recommend you to reconsider your decision and the enroll for the program sadly we cannot guarantee that once you arrive in the Netherlands there will be maybe an emergency accommodation spot for you or a short stay accommodation spot for you short term in which case again if you haven't found housing we don't recommend you to take the risk and come to the Netherlands unprepared and this is why it's that important to start housing in time and make it a priority for you this is no light subject to play around with thank you so much Anka honestly it has been amazing having you here I hope we can have you again with me as a host thank you so much to the viewers who tuned in and I hope this has been such an eye-opening experience for those of you coming to Tilburg or coming to the Netherlands looking for housing until next time this has been Anka in Cinenia thanks for watching


Closing words of Dr. Faustus. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Graham Redman in the churchyard of St. Nicholas in Depford on Sunday the 18th of May 2008. Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. The closing words. Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight. And Burned is Apollo's laurel bow that sometime grew within this learned man. Faustus is gone. Regard his hellish fall, whose fiendful fortune doth exhort the wise only to wonder at unlawful things. Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits to practice more than heavenly power permits. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Death Be Not Proud by John Dunne. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Graham Redman in the Greenwich Tunnel on Sunday the 18th of May 2008. Death Be Not Proud. Though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For those whom thou thinkst, thou dost overthrow, thou art not poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep which but by pictures be much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow, and soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones and soul's delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, and dust with poisons, war, and sickness dwell. And poppy or chance can make us sleep as well and better than thy stroke. Why swellst thou then? One short sleep past we wake eternally, and death shall be no more.  An Epitaph on MH. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Philippa Jevons in the Greenwich Tunnel on May 2008. An Epitaph on MH by Charles Cotton. In this cold monument lies one that I know who has lain upon the happier heath, her sight would charm and touch have kept King David warm. Lovely as is the dawning east was this marble's frozen guest. As soft and snowy as that down adorned the blowballs, frizzled crown. As straight and slender as the crest or antlet of the one beamed beast. Pleasant as the odorous months of May, as glorious and as light as day, whom I admired as soon as knew, and now her memory pursue with such a superstitious lust that I could fumble with her dust. She all perfections had and more, tempting as if designed a whore for so she was, and since there are such I could wish them all as fair. Pretty she was, and young and wise, and in her calling so precise that industry had made her prove the sucking school mistress of love. And death's ambitious to become her pupil left his ghastly home and seeing how we used her here, the raw-boned rascal ravished her, who pretty soul resigned her breath to seek new letchery in death. End of recording. I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless, that only men incredulous of despair, half-tort and anguish through the midnight air beat upward to God's throne in loud access of shrieking and reproach. Full desertness, in souls as countries, lyeth silent bear under the blanching vertical eyeglair of the absolute heavens. Deep-hearted man, express grief for thy dead, in silence, like to death, most like a monumental statue set in everlasting watch and moveless woe, till itself crumble to the dust beneath. Touch it, the marble eyelids are not wet. If it could weep, it would arise and go. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Last night we had a thunderstorm in style, Robert Louis Stevenson, read for LibriVox.org by Humaguire in the Greenwich Tunnel, May 18, 2008. Last night we had a thunderstorm in style, the wild lightning streaked the airs as though my God fell down a pair of stairs. The thunder boomed and bounded all the while, all cried and sat by waterside in style. To mop our brow had been our chief of cares, I lay in bed with Voltarian's smile, the terror of good, simple, guilty pairs, and made this rondo in ironic style. Last night we had a thunderstorm in style. Our God the Father fell down stairs, the stark blue lightning went in flight the while, the very rain you might have heard a mile, the strenuous, faithful buckled to their prayers. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Futility by Wilfred Owen, read for LibriVox.org by Karl Manchester in the Greenwich Tunnel, 2008. Futility. Move him into the sun, gently its touch awoke him once, at home whispering a field's half-zone, always it woke him, even in France, until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now, the kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds, woke once the clays of a cold star, a limb so dear achieved our sides, full nerve still warm, too hard to stir. Was it for this the clay grew tall, owe what made fatuous some bean's toil to break earth's sleep at all? The end, this poem is in the public domain. In a London drawing room by George Elliott, read for LibriVox.org by David Barnes in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, Sunday, May 18, 2008. The sky is cloudy, yellow by the smoke, for view there are the houses opposite, cutting the sky with one long line of wall like solid fog, far as the eye can stretch, monotony of surface and of form, without a break to hang a guess upon. No bird can make a shadow as it flies for all his shadow, as in ways or hung by thickest canvas, where the golden rays are clothed in hemp. No figure lingering pauses to feed the hunger of the eye, or rest a little on the lap of life, all hurry on the ground, or glance on marking at the passers-by. The wheels are hurrying too, cabs, carriages all closed, in multiplied identity. The world seems one huge prison house and court, where men are punished at the slightest cost, with lowest rate of colour, warmth and joy. End of poem, this recording is in the public domain. Sweet Suffolk Owl, read for LibriVox.org by Philippa Jeffens in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, May 2008. Sweet Suffolk Owl, so trimly diet, with feathers like a lady bright, thou sings'd alone, sitting by night. To wit, to woo, to wit, to woo, by note that forth so freely rolls with shrill command the mouse controls and sings a dirge for dying souls. To wit, to woo, to wit, to woo. End of poem, this recording is in the public domain. Excerpt from Ulysses. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Graham Redman on Sunday the 18th of May 2008 in the Greenwich Tunnel. The closing lines of Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennis. Death closes all. But something ere the end. Some work of noble note may yet be done, not unbecoming men that strove with gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks. The long day wanes. The slow moon climbs. The deep moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, it is not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order, smite the sounding furrows. For my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset and the baths of all the western stars until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down. It may be we shall touch the happy aisles and see the great Achilles whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides. And though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are. One equal temper of heroic hearts made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. End of recording. The same, yet different. Different, yet the same. Seen by me now in my declining years as in my early childhood, youth and manhood, and by my parents, and by the parents of my parents' parents, and by their parents counted back forever. Seen all their lives long, even as now by me, and by my children, and by my children's children, and by the children of my children's children, and by their children counted on forever, still to be seen as even now seen by me. Clear and bright sometimes, sometimes dark and clouded, but still the same sun setting and sunrise, the same forever to the never-ending line of observers, to the same observer all the changes of his life the same, sun setting and sun rising and sun setting, and then again, sun rising and sun setting, sun rising and sun setting ever more. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. From A Fish Answers by Lee Hunt. This reading for LibriVox.org by Karl Manchester in the Greenwich Tunnel 2008. Man's life is warm, glad, sad, twist loves and graves, boundless in hope, honoured with pangs of steer, heaven gazing, and his angel wings he craves. The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, a cold sweet silver life, wrapped in round waves, quickened with touches of transporting fear, the end. This recording is in the public domain. Lines written on a window at the Lee's Oaks at a time of very deep snow by William Shenstone, read for LibriVox.org by David Barnes in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel on Sunday, the 18th of May, 2008. In this small fort besieged with snow, when every studious pulse beats low, what does my wish require? Some sprightly girls beneath my roof, some friends sincere and winter-proof, a bottle and a fire. Prolong, O snow, prolong thy siege, with these thou wilt but more oblige, and bless me with thy stay. Extend, extend thy frigid rain, my few sincere friends detain, and keep false friends away.