Hat designer<\/strong><\/p>\n Deep down, we all seek to add a bit of glamour\u00a0and some added appeal to our look. Keeping updated and in vogue is a necessary, but enjoyable evil, and, very often, all of this can be done with a bit of a tweak here and an accessory there. But, says bespoke hat designer Pam Goldberg, quoting Vogue Magazine, \u201cNothing in nature or art is so magically transforming as a hat.\u201d Donning an exclusive couture hat can take your look to another level, and with bespoke millinery paying homage to a bygone era when hats were the ultimate symbol of power, prestige, and respect, it is still possible to do this. These milliners are artists, interpreting fashion trends and translating them into elaborate headgear suitable for any\u00a0occasion, outfit, or mood.<\/p>\n Pam\u2019s brand of design is about flawless attention to detail using a range of diverse fabrics, accessories, and trims, all of which, says Pam,\u00a0\u201crepresent the epitome of millinery and the ultimate show of individuality\u201d.\u00a0After being told she would be hired as a teacher only in extreme desperation, Pam took her cue from Oprah Winfrey and went on to organise women\u2019s talks. Pam\u2019s first speaker was\u00a0a flamboyant stalwart on woman\u2019s issues. Pam had bought six hats from a hat factory\u00a0especially for the talk, and after the talk she took orders and sold them \u201cseventeen times over\u201d. Now, 20 years down the line, Pam works together with clients and their needs, using her expert eye to factor in their tastes and their requirements, which she finds \u201cboth a challenge and an inspiration\u201d.<\/p>\n Pam starts by looking at a garment and colour scheme, and, thereafter, the perfect colour is selected for the hat shape and style the client chooses, fabrics are chosen (sinomaye, felt, hessian, satinette, straw, etc.),\u00a0and a choice of trimming from the finest selection such as\u00a0 feathers, flowers, or something quite avante garde is discussed. Each hat is\u00a0individually measured to suit the customer\u2019s head size, ensuring ultimate comfort. \u201cCreating a look for an individual\u2019s taste by working together and finally receiving what she requested is an exhilarating achievement and gives us both a sense of a happy accomplishment – there is no end to what can be achieved in creating a dream statement headpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n Inspired by the Royal Family, who dictate the hat fashion, Pam strives to stay ahead of the trends, delivering on time, and marketing herself in new ways, so that satisfied customers will wear her hats with pride and turn heads when they pass.<\/em><\/p>\n Find Pam at www.customisedhats.co.za<\/a> or customisedhats@telkomsa.net<\/p>\n Film and TV Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n As an Executive Producer and founder of The Star Film Company, who specialise in high-end production of television and cinema commercials, Adam Thal found the perfect expression for his passion for telling stories and making movies: in film production. This was a love he had harboured since he dabbled in his youth for the King David School Production Team, Glance; an experience which \u201csealed the deal\u201d for him and took him on what would become the journey of a lifetime, often around the world shooting in locations such as Cairo, London, Moscow, Accra, Nairobi, Hollywood, and lots more. \u201cThe best part of my job is where each production takes me and what we learn from each project and seeing each project come to life on television. The premier of every commercial we make is always special, knowing that we created audio\/visual magic from a script on a piece of paper.\u201d<\/p>\n And, when his kids shout, \u201cDad, your ad is on TV!\u201d Adam finds the ultimate fulfilment, knowing their support (along with his wife\u2019s) after \u201ccrazy hours\u201d (up to 20-hour days when shooting) and far off locations is what makes him tick. \u201cThey know that running a business in general is extremely stressful, but running a business full of creatives is a handful, and sometimes like being a father to a whole other family.\u201d Adam, in his own right and as founder of The Star Film Company, is already a big player in the South African industry and is now looking at ways \u201cto take our brand global and establish ties with international production companies to become an international player\u201d. \u201cWe are in the process of prepping for our first full-length feature film. My business partner, Tristan Holmes, wrote the script and we plan to start shooting later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, Adam finds \u201cmore and more young Jewish kids joining me in the production world\u201d, making his vocation a little bit less unusual than it was when he sat behind the scenes at King David editing Glance. But, he says, this goes to show that the business side of film-making is becoming \u201cmore attractive\u201d to fellow dreamers, who, like Adam, aspire to follow in the footsteps of Adam\u2019s \u201cbiggest icon in the industry\u201d, Gary Barber, Johannesburg born-and-bred, ex-King Davidian, and now CEO of MGM Studios in Hollywood. \u201cWhen I was in high school, I said I wanted to be a successful film-maker and I feel I\u2019ve hit that goal. Twenty years from now, I would love to have a little gold man named Oscar under my belt for one of my films and have The Star Film Company on the global production stage.\u201d \u00a0No, he says, it\u2019s not the \u201cregular CA or Law route that most people go down\u201d, but, \u201cI believe that if you have a passion for something and are dedicated to making your dreams come true, then anything is achievable. Nothing is more rewarding than turning your passion into a business\u201d.<\/p>\n FIFA Tournament Medical Officer: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n When you were sitting glued to the telly watching the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 games in all their glory, it\u2019s not likely that you took your eyes off Ronaldo or Messi to consider what it took to get everything to run smoothly at the stadium. Or, that this job falls precisely in the more-than capable hands of our very own Professor Efraim Kramer, Tournament Medical Officer for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, a job that is at the same time every man\u2019s dream and every mother-in-law\u2019s greatest achievement.<\/p>\n But, ensuring the highest standard of medical services, including first aid and emergency support to participating teams, the FIFA delegation, guests, and spectators during the competitions is no small task. It includes looking after 11 cities, 12 stadiums, 64 matches and 2,7 million people, including the world\u2019s best and highest paid soccer players who are icons in the world today. It includes overseeing the airports and hotels in the stadium vicinity, the base camp for the athletes, the hospitals in and around the city, and ensuring they are equipped to international standards, and making sure that each venue is prepared and well-trained to handle an emergency of any kind \u2013 be it an injured player, a medical emergency involving the spectators, or coping with a mass emergency situation. Prof. Kramer is also in charge of doping control for the players. \u201cIt is a fantastic privilege to be able to do this job, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I truly love doing \u2013 it must be the best job in the world. But it is an incredible responsibility to bear, looking after millions of people.\u201d<\/p>\n It needs someone who will be able to think on his feet, make quick decisions, stay calm, and be able to stand his ground even if he is being jostled by famous and powerful people. \u201cA patient is a patient, and you can\u2019t worry about titles or social status when you are in charge of the well-being of so many people.\u201d It is a job that Prof. Kramer has spent much of his life preparing for, as Head of the Emergency Department at the Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital, ex-Head of the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, Extraordinary Professor at Section Sports Medicine, University of Pretoria, ex-Medical Director of Rescue South Africa, Disaster Response Team, and part of the FIFA medical emergency services in the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010, and Brazil 2014. He has profound experience in emergency medicine and has been part of medical teams sent as disaster relief to tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes, as well as facilitating the emergency medicine procedures at many mass gatherings like the Comrades Marathon, the 94.7 Cycle Challenge, and more. Mass gatherings are generally home to a larger number of incidents than average, and if effective procedures are in place the impact can be lessened. \u201cAnd while I\u2019m doing all this, I\u2019m also having the time of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Flying Emergency Care Practitioner<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s 06h30 and a truck has rolled on the N3 highway, the driver is entrapped, and the Paramedics on scene need backup. A baby in a rural area is born with a breathing problem and needs transport to a neonatal ICU in Gauteng. A builder has been struck by lightning and needs urgent stabilisation and care. These are a few recent flights I\u2019ve been on.\u201d Matt O\u2019Reilly\u2019s job as an Emergency Care Practitioner takes him the length and breadth of the country to treat critically ill and injured patients, both on-scene and in the back of a helicopter en-route to hospital.\u00a0The helicopter and crew function as a flying ICU, able to rapidly respond to and quickly transport critically ill patients. Matt responds to situations ranging from neonates, trauma, drowning, medical emergencies, and inter-hospital transfers, to flying to see patients from rural areas where there is limited or no access to advanced medical care.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are often called by paramedics on an emergency scene when both rapid transport and increased expertise are needed in order to ensure the best outcome for the patient.\u201d It is a job with long hours and incredible pressure that takes a strong constitution, dedication, commitment, and a love of all things extreme, with the adrenaline rushing through you as you fly cross-country saving lives. \u201cI have always had a passion for emergency medicine and aviation. There is nothing more exhilarating than getting into a helicopter, surrounded by life-saving equipment, knowing that you are en-route to a situation in which you have limited information and that you are the final port of call for help. This, combined with being in a helicopter, flying at 240kms per hour over beautiful scenery, provides an unreal mix of adrenalin and beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n And you only get eight minutes in which to do it, explains Matt. Operating costs and the dangers associated with keeping the blades turning while in an uncontrolled area gives Matt eight minutes to assess whether they need to do a \u2018hot load\u2019 of a patient; to fully assess the patient and do any rapid interventions that are needed before they are once again airborne. \u201cThis creates an environment of extreme efficiency, but also incredible pressure.\u201d It is this \u201cadrenaline rush\u201d of flying and working under extreme pressure with a team of experienced practitioners and pilots \u201cwho all function seamlessly to ensure the best outcome for the patient\u201d that keeps Matt on his toes, and the fact that as a religious Jew, he can still be true to himself at the same time. \u201cMy tefillin aren\u2019t kept in a velvet box, they are stored in a waterproof, bomb proof, crush proof case so that they can come with me into any environment.\u201d As father to a two-year-old son who thinks \u201cthat his dad has the coolest job in the world\u201d, something with which I\u2019m sure both two-year-olds and most adults will agree, the only \u201ccooler\u201d job Matt can conceive is being able to do it as a fully qualified doctor. A dream that he hopes will come true when he graduates next year from Wits Medical School, an expertise which he will use to grow the field of emergency medicine \u201cand hopefully still get the same kick out of flying that I do now\u201d.<\/p>\n Professional Boxing trainer<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing gets the adrenaline going quite like being in the corner of a boxing ring while the best in the world box it out for the championship. Or the \u201cknot in your stomach\u201d you get in the dressing room before being called for the ring walk before the fight. \u201cIt\u2019s an unbelievable feeling,\u201d says Colin Nathan, Professional Boxing Trainer and owner of Hot Box Gym. Colin got his first pair of boxing gloves when he was just three years old. He remembers nagging his late father, Stan, who was a cut-man, to take him to the boxing gym and he finally relented when Colin was seven. \u201cThat was 33 years ago. And I haven’t looked back.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, arguably the country\u2019s top trainer, Colin can say honestly that the only way he got to where he is was by \u201ckeeping my head down and going all out\u201d. By hard work and determination, as well as being lucky to get a few breaks along the way, he absorbed the knowledge and inspiration from mentors as he went along, which helped paved the way for his success. Colin loves the technicalities of the job as much as the glory that a win gives. \u201cI love preparing technically and tactically for the fights \u2013 watching and reviewing our opponent\u2019s fights, finding out his habits stylistically and working on strategy around that, and working the mitts with my fighters around the punches or combinations that I feel will be effective around our strategy going into the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n But, above all, Colin\u2019s driving force is success, and the will to make it happen while remaining true to himself. \u201cSuccess isn’t always measured in monetary terms. When I started out, all I chased was my fighters\u2019 wins. And to this day, I work to win, and to get the best out of my fighters.\u201d But, now, experience and achievement of this success has caused him to be humbled by the sport. Being able to do what he loves is a privilege, and Colin\u2019s biggest inspiration comes from \u201cthe human spirit and life\u201d, and to leaving a legacy for his three kids that they can be proud of. Until then, Colin still feels like he has much to offer the sport; \u201cProducing more world champions and giving young fighters the opportunity to reach and achieve their goals, and making history (recently, for the first time in 68 years that South Africa has produced a Linear World Champion, Colin\u2019s fighter Hekkie Budler won the undisputed Junior Flyweight Championship of the World in Tokyo, Japan in one of the biggest upsets in South African Boxing history.)\u201d Because no matter how far he has come, Colin still feels that he is \u201cnot off the starting blocks\u201d, and has so much more to learn and experience in boxing. But, he knows he is in it for the long haul \u2013 even if it means brokering deals and managing fighters when he can no longer handle the beatings, he knows that boxing and winning is his life\u2019s work, his \u201cultimate high\u201d.<\/p>\n Doula<\/strong><\/p>\n When Rachael Glass tells people that she is a doula, they say \u2018Oh, a jeweller!\u2019 Then she explains that doula is Greek and means \u201cto serve\u201d, a woman supporting another woman who is in labour. They have often not heard of one, but wistfully mention they wish that they had had one when they were giving birth. A doula is a professionally-trained woman who prepares, empowers, and supports her client and partner, physically, practically, and emotionally through pregnancy, labour, birth, feeding, and beyond. Her nurturing ensures that a pregnant woman come through the other side of a truly awesome and life-changing event feeling positive, well-supported, in-control, and emotionally strong<\/p>\n As a\u00a0birth and postnatal doula, antenatal educator, and fertility coach, Rachael\u2019s passion for supporting women and couples on their parenthood journeys shows. Blessed as a mother of seven, including twins, Rachael knows from her personal journey how the experience \u201cimpacts on a new mum as a woman\u201d, and that a woman will always remember \u201cthe way she was made to feel and the way she was spoken to\u201d when having her baby. \u201cUnfortunately, nowadays, birth is surrounded by so much fear and negativity and people tell me so often that they lack positivity, confidence, and excitement, and are filled with terrifying dread. This is what I want to change.\u201d<\/p>\n Trained\u00a0to support at every type of birth, including c-sections, Rachael believes it\u2019s paramount to support each woman\u2019s personal decisions and choices, and her solid UK qualifications and experience, mentoring, and Doula UK recognition ensures \u201cthat I am always on the right path as a non-judgmental and growth-oriented doula\u201d. A doula is \u201cnot the usual 9 to 5 job\u201d, being on call 24 hours a day, and thanks to a \u201csupportive husband and family\u201d, Rachael doesn\u2019t give 100% to her moms, \u201cbut more like 200%\u201d. \u201cThis is a calling; during Shabbat lunch, or the middle of the night when everyone is asleep, a quick coffee and off I go, doula bag and birthing ball ready. I am inspired by the strength inherent in women, by the way their bodies conceive, carry, birth, and continue to nourish their babies. My plan is to be able to continue doing what I am doing , empowering and instilling confidence in women and couples, and preparing emotionally strong parents who, in turn, go on to nurture empowered children.\u201d<\/p>\n Find Rachael at www.birthblossoms.co.za<\/a> or rachaelaglass@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unusual and inspiring things people do to earn a living By Chandrea Serebro Hat designer Deep down, we all seek to add a bit of glamour\u00a0and some added appeal to our look. Keeping updated and in vogue is a necessary, but enjoyable evil, and, very often, all of this can be done with a bit of a tweak here and an accessory there. 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