who've been here for several days, this is a day that cooled off, but weather trouble, of course, is nothing new to anyone that's concerned with farming. You'd be surprised how many people don't realize how precarious farming is to become an income. Afraid that we're still facing segments of America's farming community, and that I care deeply about those who are still struggling. What we face are maladies inherited from the last decade. The devastating inflation. Well, since getting to Washington, we've done our best to get this situation straightened out. We started by putting in place economic policies which brought inflation under control, gradually brought down the interest rates, and revitalized our economy. As is of the economy, and now is not enough.  They got tired of farm life, decided to find jobs in town. They no sooner arrived in town when the chicken spotted a vibrant American agricultural economy. We've set our sights on long-range goals that will well serve you the future farmers of America. In recent years, we've been pushing ever more aggressively to open markets for your goods, and that's part of an ongoing, it's the most ambitious proposal for world agricultural reform ever offered. We're calling for a total phase-out of all policies that distort trade in agriculture by the end of the century. And over a 10-year period, we want to see all of our mayors. Thomas Jefferson once said, state a moral case to a plowman and the former that you will. A special congratulations to your national president, Kevin Eblon. I'm impressed with all the fine things this organization has accomplished and will continue to accomplish under his leadership. And then there's a former vice president of the Washington state, FFA. A courageous young man who serves not only as an inspiration. Never give up. You're encouraging people through your example to live life to its fullest.  Let me just say, I'm proud of all of you. People all over this country. We've seen this all off to another international event. So it's really, these are our young athletes. Youngest president of the United States. I don't know if you see him. He's very, he might have had a step on him. He's a pathologist. You might have heard of him. Yeah, I think we'll do a group photo. We'll do a group photo, so we can get each individual photo, and then we get a group. We've taken pictures with each of you, so you very welcome. Now, turn the other way. This way. Right now. Thank you. Now leave the coaches. Good afternoon, Mr. President. Good afternoon, Ms. Maddow. Good afternoon. I have no even breath. I have no breath. I just just say, yeah. Oh, yes, but that's why we're here. Thank you very much. That's wonderful. I hope you exercise as much as this next week. Thank you very much. You're welcome. I appreciate it. I want to do the group photo. Now we want a group photo. We're going to have a group photo. And I just want to get a little surprise.  And now, we're going to see if you and I can step in here, and then the rest of you are left-handed. And besides that, we're going to see if we can get a group photo. Anyway, we're sure we're going to get a group photo, so I think we're going to be here. We're all accomplished. Seven, aren't we? Yeah, I think so. Yeah, I think so. We're going to have a group photo. Seven people. Coaches, right now. Okay. Here we are. We're going to be here. If we have enough. There. Oh, I'm sorry about the young man. Yes, here. And again, yes. Here we are. We have some groups that are here for you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We'll see you. Thank you very much. Did we miss anyone? I think we got everybody dark up, runneth over. One story to tell us about the Gipper. The Gipper was by the law. He worked by the practice, he worked, he was great in horse football. Yes, well, the Gipper, he was quite a character. He became, was even in history, what he did in football, Notre Dame, he was very exceptional. It seemed as if he could simply say what he was going to do and then do it. As for example, one game in which between halves, Notre Dame was behind in the game. And Rockney in the dressing room was telling them they weren't playing the way they should and he finally turned around and George was leaning against the door jamb. And he said, George, you're not helping out there. You're not good. And Gipper says, look, I just keep telling them there's plenty of time. And I said, well, so for what, get out there. And Gipper went out there. It was plenty of time. He made the winning touchdown. And as he came off the field, he said, see what I mean? That the most inspiring thing that most athletes shouldn't do, but he just looked older than the average couple. And one night someone that didn't know who he was was sounding off on Friday night that the next day in the game, Notre Dame didn't have a chance and said it wasn't for George Gipp. They wouldn't even be able to get a game with this team. And no one knowing who Gipp was. Gipp collected some money from some friends of his that were around and then said, I'll bet you $65 that Notre Dame wins tomorrow by three touchdowns. And George Gipp won't make a point. And the next day, three times, Gipp carried the ball all the way to the goal line and fell down. Another play, carried the ball all the way to the game. And that is, that is the team spirit, isn't it? That's terrific. That's so good. Good luck. Good job. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Now listen, I have a little quote that I wrote down before. I didn't even type, but I wrote it down. I thought about you, so it's a very good one. We read by Teddy Roosevelt about the bullfighter. And it's just a great quote and I thought of you this week, so read it and see. If you can read my writing. Oh, right. Thank you. Well, good luck to all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I thought I only done it. You said it, what? I thought I only done it. Well, nice. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Say hi to Nancy. Say hi to Nancy. Yes, I will. I sure will. Nice to see you, Mr. President. You're welcome. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you for taking care of me. Thank you for showing us your good work. Thank you. How are you? I'm just fine. How are you? Nice to see you. Well, it's nice to see you. I want to introduce you to my daughter, Meredith, who was almost born on your birthday. She was born the day after your birthday. I know. Say hello to President. Hello. Hello. This is my husband, Bob Richards. Hi. How are you? I'm fine. Thank you for having us in. Well, thank you for having us in. It's been two years, all these years. I just really enjoyed it. And this is my mother. Maybelle Ingle. Hello. Nice to see you. My father, Bob Ingle. Mr. President, my pleasure. My pleasure. And we have sound effects behind. This is Chan Ingle. Nice to see you. Fred Ingle, my brother. Nice to meet you, sir. This is my brother, Dan. Exaged. Mr. President, I'd like to introduce you to Susan Jackson, the 1986 mother of the year for multiple sclerosis. Hello. I'm very pleased to meet you. Great. Mr. President, Art Chacon, the 1986 MS father of the year. Can you back up just a little bit? There you go. I have three of us. Can you come here? Alka Kotarbo, the 1987 MS mother of the year, and Dan Schellington, the 1987 MS father of the year. Mr. President, I think you're going to do a lot of traveling the past year. Two of you are going to do a lot of traveling. The half of all of those, you are depending on the national society. I just want to say I think it's wonderful to are doing. Start with 1986. Mr. President, it's my pleasure to present you with our society's highest honor, which is the MS hopeful award. It's represented by Mrs. Leskin's best seal. And it stands for our hope in solving this disease a lot sooner or later. We give it to you. It's a real appreciation for your recognition of the concern of all of us who have any. Well, thank you. I'm very proud and pleased to have this. Thank you very much. Sir, thank you. We did a group photo right over here, Mr. President. Where are they on? Right. Do we need to reorganize a little bit? Yeah, I do, Jim. Why don't we have you step right behind, Mr. President? Thank you, Mr. President. Do you want to step to the right? Okay. Let's do it. Oh, dear. Oh. And we'll see. We have a family member that's over here. Oh, yeah. I suppose we got a... That's my wife. Hello, there. Try to do the families now together. Which family? Which one? 1986. 2D family members together. Yeah. The whole entire 1980s is family. And we'll do the 1980s. Did you get that? I'll check. I'm done. Good luck. Be careful of your feet. That's good. Right. That's good. That's good. Okay. Thank you. All right. Oh, we don't want to cry. Okay. Mr. President, what's your feet? I'm safe. That's all I need. How am I doing? Is that okay? That's great. I'm here. This is exciting. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Well, there you are. And I have a little health tip for all of you. As a result of too many years of sunbathing, being a lifeguard, that's why I have that patch on my nose. It seems that they have to remove little things now and then. So, if you're addicted to sunbathing big twice, you're going to have to remove little things now and then. So, if you're addicted to sunbathing big twice, they've got businesses on that today. Sunscreen, you know? Yeah. Sunscreen. Children going to the sun. Oh, I would sunscreen now to go out in the rose garden. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Well, listen, it's wonderful to see you all. What you're all doing. Appreciate it very much. I know what everyone else does. Appreciate it. Very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. But I was wondering if you didn't see this from us. Thank you. With your views. Thank you again for your bit. Thank you. Really appreciate it. Yes. I brought you two chappatons. Yes. Well, it was about a few chappatons. Thank you. Thank you, brother. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And they have a lot of distinctions. But one of them is that both have occupied the same position here, Minister. I know. I know. And the other is that Buck or he used to be my law partner. That's what I'm talking about. I'm Buck. Well, maybe we better scowl it's gonna be good. Get a picture of him. Okay, good. So we can talk about this. Yeah, that'll be great. That's great. Thank you. Thank you. You got it. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. You're enjoying working. Thank you. Have I got a picture of me in there? Sure. Two chappatons too. Yes. Yes. One more if everyone's looking right here. Good. Great. Thank you. There you go. All right. Thank you. It was nice to see you. Nice to see you. I enjoyed it. It was a really pleasant fight. So we had a lot of success in CSU. Yes. Thank you all. Thank you. You're welcome. See you later, Mr. President. Okay. Good morning. Good morning, Mr. President. It's a pleasure to see you. And this is Chris Shea, Mr. Senator Reagan. Thank you very much. And his wife Betsy Shea. How are you? Shear our nomads. Good to see you too. Good to see you. Thanks to you. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time. Well, I think we want some photos of me too. Yes.  But we'll leave. I have two and then we ought to have some three shots. Should we do both? I have two. All right. Get up there, Betsy. And it'll be prettier if you're in the middle. You just want to stand next to her, Mr. President. Take this off of me. Oops. Here, I'll take it. Thanks. I'd like to do a, I found out from yesterday that the patch doesn't show too much. Oh, well, thanks to you. We're going to do a quick photo on that. I think you can do it. So it's exciting? Yes. Except that I was looking for the right point of view. They tell me this is from a long time. Not just a few years. Looking for the right point of view. You spend a lot of your time outdoors. I know you love it out there. I got a good news happening. This was just, this was just for taking the most liver to find there was such a carcinoma skin thing there. So this afternoon, I would do it to the best and they're going to take it away. So do you want, would you spend the night? They've said there's only a real rare chance that I might have to. That has to do with how whatever they do, they have to keep taking to a laboratory. And I've got to sit around and wait for them to come back and find out whether they've got it off or not. I was going to do it quickly. So they can keep it off when you're weak yet. We're going to do a seated photo over here now. If you don't mind, I'll be back. Right here in the stairs. I knew a friend of yours. I don't know why I did a government project on him. A judge, I just remember. I wish I could remember his name. But he was a judge and he only knew how he grew up. And he just called the Dutch. Was it named in Kinney? It might have been, it might have been.  And I'm hoping how many people, I don't think so much of you. Could have been that. I don't know how many others are judges. I hope that this isn't the worst year of time. I hope in two weeks I can come back and hear the colors. I hope so too. And you will be very welcome. Thank you very much. You're very nice to see you. Oh, right here. I hope everything will tell off you. Well, good luck. Thank you so much. I'm going to shake your hand one more time. I just love to know that I got one in for her. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. We're very grateful to you. It'll be very, very helpful. Pleasure to see you. Thank you. We're going to. We're going to bring it. Thank you, sir. We want to come by and present you our latest report and a survey that we have done and have had a team in Central America. A group of legionnaires and leaders of our organization have been able to visit. And we've just printed this. This will be going to our delegates at the convention. The amassed distribution to the public. I want you to have a very close copy of the legal of your few minutes of session. I'm delighted to have this. Jay Palmer, President of the League of Canada. The elected commander, very shorted. Deputy Harold from Georgia. President of the Committee. Bob Sprell, our nice last name. Dale Reno, our commander from last year. The first senator. Thank you. Harold Waldron, the president of the Committee. Good to see you. How are you sir? I'm good to see you. Why don't we come in here for a few minutes? I know none of us have much time. But I'd like to hear a few words. And I appreciate this very much. And I want to let you... This has continued service in a big way because I think the country has been visiting just by a disinformation campaign that has even included both of our media distorting the reporting that's coming from there. So we've been there. Jack, we still have a phone call. We have a phone call. Coming by and visiting with you, we begin your support. We discuss with you a little bit about our report. We'll tell you what our thinking will be and how we want to make the decision to put it. Certainly very interesting. Since we're married for a long time, our past as a commander we've been doing this for a long time. It helps out a little bit. We're back. We've just made a report about opinion. We've been very concerned about the issue and that our leadership has been able to select committee within about 4 million members of the American Union. So we'll offer some research to us and please do. We'll be back. Thank you.


proudly we hail from New York City where the American stage begins here is another program with a cast of outstanding players public service time has been made available by the station for your army and your Air Force to bring you this story as proudly we hail the United States Army our story is entitled a night on the Ridge the true story of Sergeant Augustine Virial and three combat infantrymen of the 45th Infantry Division our first act curtain will rise in a moment but first today you young men of America have an excellent opportunity to learn a tray that will assure your future the many fine technical schools of the United States Army are training men in such interesting fields as radio radar meteorology mechanics electronics and many others you can become a qualified technician trained to do an important job and do it right for full details about an exciting career visit your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station there's no obligation so plan ahead face your tomorrow today and now your army and your Air Force present the proudly we hail production a night on the Ridge in the roar of a modern city in the clash of steel and battle a small sound is lost it goes unheard yet now if you please listen to a certain small sound listen carefully can you identify it listen again a simple thing a cartridge for a US Army infantry rifle model m1 falling on hard cold ground once more now one night in Korea the lives of four men hung up on that small sound they're hearing their instinctive fighting urge to survive reached into black night for it strove to separate it from the other small noises of wilderness for no place even a battlefield at night when every man holds his brain no place is ever entirely still this is the story of a sergeant three combat infantrymen and that small significant sound 45th infantry division US Army on combat assignment in Korea at a command post three men huddled in the darkness outside a combat shelter Corporal yes a night patrol for you men oh yes hill 14 on the map Wesley that ridge up on the left lieutenant yes a Kaminsky isn't it what do we got to do up yarn lieutenant look around for that commie machine gun post that's been keeping us off the ridge planes can't spot it sir they conceal it very well in the daytime you mean we go up there and leave them shoot at us lieutenant just locate it if you can't stick me a clay pigeon deals yeah and it's barbed wire there to landmines to be very careful lieutenant this advice we need like we need a hole in the head all right all right Ed don't be right cold up here on it seems like it is cold but not real cold but you're just for Mississippi ain't got no blood check arms Wesley we're all set sir machine guns knives grenades and the walkie talkie we get in trouble good luck hold it like in the polar grounds after the giant slows yeah I mind the time we get caught out in Mississippi well it gets dark even right at the bottom of the ridge just see the top against the sky yeah where's that Bob Wyatt we'll find it the commies got a sign on it shut up you guys let's go okay after you stick close together so we don't get lost on each other dark why can't hardly see it gotta go through it don't we Wesley amongst it anyhow on the belly landmines remember now Ed you got too big a gap for selling peanuts hot dogs never peanuts you flathead on the belly stick close behind me don't catch your pants on the wire everybody's loaded with advice we don't need okay on the belly hey Wesley yeah Bart this way we could crawl right into that machine gun post you know don't worry Ed what happened landmine you all right yeah I guess so wow Bart is a machine guns on the ridge heard to mine they're looking for us Bart must have been him here to trip on here and set it off lousy commies got to find him get him back hey wait a minute shut up a second I hear breathing like a pot dark can't see you Bart you all right I'm checking up yeah I ring them all right closer that time sure you're all right Bart well I don't feel nothing wrong I ring I be barred hurt I reckon when I set off that mine I got thrown clear over here couple of yards of soap from you fella sounds like furthermore and besides I'm laying right across the trip while I have another mind don't move Bart don't move this is some army for vice a guy don't need I'm not moving Wesley I ain't even gonna have any sudden ideas we got to do something but I'm coming over and cut the trip wire figure you can't add no don't oh why oh come yummy you blow us all up he can cut the wire Bart get you out of there listen I can't even tell which way the wire runs maybe the mines on the first side of me maybe between me and you fellas let's not holler at each other they locate us I got a message for you Wesley yeah that machine gun post ain't over the brow like a lieutenant thought it's on top of the rage the fire end they can cover this whole slope and leave them spray it long enough to find us hit the mine maybe set it off or another one oh you think of everything I'm getting cold I'm sweating like a fat umpire I've never seen no fat umpire you're a noise to shock up a Maryland where would you see any let's get an idea will you one of us goes back to get help help what help ever comes in after us runs into the same wire the same mines besides it takes too long hey the walkie-talkie must be here someplace now you're talking Wesley yeah I found it try to raise up the command post patrol CP patrol to CP CP to patrol hear me Wesley the trouble sir we heard a landmine go off up there was that you Barton another one almost nobody heard but we didn't move great that machine gun post is after a look Wesley don't worry you're safe as long as you don't move and as long as that machine gun post doesn't find you I'll send help now keep an ear open I'll let you know remember and train it what we thought it was tough the infiltration course crawling barbed wire that's right we did little that we know had a soft did we griped if we didn't get a weekend pass into that little town nice little town now think about it we shut our face off if we got wet or something yeah tough guy we thought he was he was a crane puff compared you guys are beating your gums you thought training this tough cause your cream puffs hose cream puffs Ed Kaminsky selling peanuts in the polo grounds tough like hot dogs I told you a million times hot dogs barred hunting raccoon in Mississippi you know what's tough going out in oyster boats off the eastern shore Maryland when it's cold and black in the morning man that's tough I don't like oysters him fellas went home come he's never sleep Bart how you doing sleepy getting awful sleep hey no stay awake Bart don't you go to sleep my whole over on that other mind I'm in it sleep no no don't don't what's the lieutenant doing I wonder what can he do King Company calling Battalion CP somebody there right here King Company be battalion listen I need help for a patrol I need an engineer demolition team somebody you can handle Bob wire landmines and get free of my man out what can you do for us let's meet Sergeant Augustine Villareal 45th Infantry Division 27 years old of Saginaw, Michigan his trade demolition engineer trained to deal with barbed wire that rips the flesh with booby traps laid for the unwary and unfortunate with dynamite and with scientific destruction of men and machines he's a big calm man with black hair a man in whom others see a self-confidence so deep that perhaps he himself isn't aware of it hello Sergeant sir Battalion higher got Colonel's orders for you Villareal well let's hear him son get a jeep from the pool go to King Company CP two miles along the east-west road know it is I'll find it you have to get three men out of a barbed wire setup and landmines and hill 14 acknowledge Villareal sure it's a long son up out of that sack Chuck come on a job let's get going son feet from us hey but you okay no hurt you hurt bullocks as close to the meaning was to you hey maybe they hear us talking about mine went off you know we're here someplace keeping awake part what do you know I'm still sleeping keep away quiet CP to patrol CP to patrol hey yeah lieutenant still okay Wesley yes sir helps on the way demolition team to get you out give them an hour an hour yes sir you are listening to the proudly we hail production of a night on the ridge we'll return to our story in just a moment we all share freedom help share its defense the motto is new but the call it sounds is as old as the history of our country today as we stand strong and alert against communism the United States Army is calling for qualified young men and women to join the freedom team and become army technical specialists you will be trained in the latest techniques using the finest equipment and you'll be building a rewarding career for yourself for full information visit your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station the time is now you are listening to proudly we hail and now we present the second act of a night on the ridge what do you figure check no more cheap serge maybe here then we hike yep it's dark up an Adam's son up the slope serge must be up here someplace we'll be way let's have the radio a patrol hear me fellas patrol us yeah you I'm sergeant Villarreal I got a guy with me I'm not so fast where are you exactly halfway along the ridge halfway up fine only that don't help me any sense a big ridge here is and find us how are you that's a good question son can't show a light of course the love of Mike no wait a check rifle cartridge give me cartridge yeah here corporal hey corporal right here got an idea probably lousy got a rifle cartridge I'm gonna drop it on the ground yeah if you hear it drop you can tell me if we're close to you I'll cut our radio off so you can't hear it that way and I'll get you again I'll close the radio count three and drop it set yeah corporal cheers son heard nothing sergeant listen we'll move forward till we hit the barbed wire every so often I'll check with you okay son swell let's go Chuck the big calm sergeant and his teammate move cautiously up the slope at an angle slowing their pace as they edge toward where they suppose the danger area to be from time to time they stopped another cartridge Chuck hear it son you're still cold okay any way you guys can hurt we are hurrying son more cautious black yards up the slope a hundred a hundred and fifty another cartridge we're getting warm still ice cold warm yet nope a man can walk a mile in some 15 minutes on the flat in daylight he can run a hundred yards in relatively seconds of the length of a football field and only a few more seconds even through opposing tacklers but to cross 250 yards of torn and broken ground in pitch darkness burdened with weapons uncertain of direction with a stake not a touchdown but the lives of three men this is not done so easily or quickly dropping another one corporal ready close the radio check yeah we heard it we heard it good we're getting warm check you wait here outside the barbed wire I'm going alone side I only got me to worry about see you later son a walkie talkie strapped to him wire clippers in hand sergeant Villareal moves with desperate caution into the barbed wire stepping over its coils tangled by previous gunfire and slithering under its deadly strand fellas that machine gun was close that time Sarge listen another cartridge we heard it again Sarge warmer this time stand by son you bet hey Wesley's getting here you heard all right but boy I nearly went to sleep that time fellas right here cold again Sarge ice cold I'll tell you fellas something I figured out it ain't the coolest bother me I'm just different not moving good then you can't move that's fine just hang on Bart more dumb advice you don't need I'm hungry got some them peanuts head not dogs always told you Wesley corporal yeah Sarge Sarge you're warm lots warmer stand by yeah some guy you don't even sound like he's in a sweat this is like Sal Magley Sally who Sally you Magley Bart Magley pitcher for the New York Giants ice water in his veins no matter who's up against them yeah I own halves in the oyster boat in Maryland last year partners fella named Charlie Blaine same thing never got excited what are you talking corporal who gets excited over oysters storms you get into storms I've seen Charlie bring us in I'd be scared blue and he wouldn't even worry I don't mind telling you fellas I'm scared stiff right now I mean scared and I mean stiff he ain't far away Bart keep awake must be close to the minds I just cut three trip wires three dumb luck that we missed them on the way up listen now another cartridge yeah yeah warm hot you're getting hot boy don't lose us now advice advice jikes almost wish they'd come down to fight shut up and listen fellas yeah Sarge listen you're real close 15 20 feet maybe hot as blazes you dreaming Bart maybe what's a joke Ed I just remember the game I used to know a dame I took a dancer one time I took her out there to see she's all dressed up shut your trap it was funny it was funny I going off your nut tell me tomorrow fellas hey fellas yeah right here you practically heard your voice at your heart Sarge wait a second he's coming it could be 80 commies around us waiting to jump on us yeah yeah I heard him go off here to my right I got you spotted can't be more in a few feet from you let's get out of here don't move I got in here it's me you the guy laying on a trip wire yeah it's me I could almost reach out and touch don't move not yet wire clippers in hand Sergeant Villareal feels his way forward train fingers lightly scanning the ground for the tell-tale presence of landmine trip wires okay now you can move I can't hardly move we'll help you Bart don't you two guys move either gotta circle each of you for the other miles lead an arm at a time Sergeant Villareal slithers around each man looking for other minds right close to them right I guess let's get this guy up yeah I'll lift you Bart give me a hand in yeah right here sit up first oh I don't feel hardly nothing rub them up and down pound them son good idea yeah close closest yet they must hear us keep working on them yeah you fellas tag right behind me those to tail like elephants got it I can feel arms and legs now little Bart you get between me in case you fold up let's go son four hours in stony darkness helpless to move helpless to fight back now came a long crawl down the ridge and now to came a new danger in those moments of relief and escape from the obvious peril other minds a communist patrol outnumbering them a gashing contact with the barbed wire a chance probing burst from the irritated machine guns behind them on the ridge but at last you made it back that's a relief for us too lieutenant never expected to put an eye on you again sir you all right Kamitsky yeah sure I lost my uh cigarette someplace sir here you are thank you sir that's nice one thing we did sir we located that machine gun post good you men go back and turn in comes daylight I'll send you further back for arrest thanks sir sergeant yes sir good job thank you sir I'll be going sir oh sergeant thanks oh sure lucky you got us out for us I mean that's not so tough you know how this is the same sorry you knew how that's the thing hey uh sergeant yeah you've done all right you've done okay anybody ever tells you you're a bum I'll tell them what's what you know what I mean I'll break their facing you know what I mean sure so don't forget it outside sergeant Villareal and his teammate get into their jeep got a match Chuck sure time for the sack come on let's go to all Americans every other American is a sacred life not likely to be lost dearly and desperately to be protected proudly we hail sergeant Augustine Villareal of Saginaw Michigan demolition engineer of the 45th infantry division and rescuer of the men on the ridge proudly we hail their courage and his no nation so served can ever fail to win those who enjoy freedom must help support it and in these uncertain times we must remain strong and alert to the dangers that surround us if you are qualified you can join freedom's team by becoming a member of your united states army there is an urgent need for technical specialists in every field you will receive the world's finest training and at the same time build an interesting and rewarding career visit your nearest united states army and united states air force recruiting station for full information this has been another program on proudly we hail presented transcribed in cooperation with the station proudly we hail is produced by the recruiting publicity center for the united states army and united states air force recruiting service this is kenneth banghardt speaking and inviting you to tune in the same station next week for another interesting story on proudly 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Whatever you're doing, please put it away obviously not this video But try and pay attention and watch till the end of this video because I'm going to share some very important tips and also at the very end and Throughout the video I want to share very important tips related to these methods that you probably haven't heard before You know based on my my eight or eight or more years of experience So I'm going to share the top three lucid dreaming methods These are the most common and also in a way the most effective methods or techniques that you can use Now I understand there is a difference between method and technique in for this for the context of this video When I say method I'm pretty much using that because that's what most people understand.  It's going to make you tired, but it is effective So if you ever need a quick instant lucid dream the way back to bed is very effective. Okay? So the second technique is actually more of a more of a sort of Strategy I guess you could say it's the miles the mnemonic induced lucid dream now with that title Comes all the things that you should be doing anyway the fundamentals. So the mild is all about Having natural spontaneous lucid dreams. It's sort of the holy grail. It's what every lucid dreamer is aiming for To be able to just naturally lucid dream every night and there are lots of people who say they can naturally lucid dream anyway And they're sort of the lucky ones But for this for the context of this video the mild technique Involves just constantly affirming to yourself throughout the day things like I will this a dream I can control my dreams etc. So you constantly affirm those things you also do things like you visualize the dream that you want to have Just before going to sleep so just before going to bed at night You visualize the sort of dream you want to have I've made another video about that as well and then over time You know including doing your reality checks meditating and writing your dreams down These things all constitute the mild technique and if you do them over time Eventually you'll have spontaneous lucid dreams now a few tips or sort of secret hacks you can use with the mild technique Just before we get onto the last method are you should do a reality check as soon as you wake up Because this will allow you to cut through all the false awakenings And you know if you have lots of false awakenings or you get stuck in that sort of Feedback loop in the morning where you constantly dream about waking up and then go back to the dream If you do a reality check every time you wake up Then eventually you're never going to have false awakenings because every time you you have one You'll do a reality check become lucid and then you can either decide to wake up normally or To enter the lucid dream and just continue the dream So that's the first tip for the mild the second one is to always write your dreams down as soon as you remember them It's very easy to think okay Well, I remember this dream So I can just wait until later wait until I've had breakfast and then write it down That almost never happens unless your memory is really good or you've been practicing for a while Almost always what happens is if you don't write it down immediately you'll forget the dream within about two to three minutes It's very easy to do. I've forgotten loads of really good dreams this way and it's you know It's not what you should be aiming for you should as soon as you remember the dream write it down This will help you with the mild but also lucid dreaming in general It will just help you to become more spontaneously lucid more often so the last one is the wilds now These are obviously common techniques That's why this video is the most common the three most common techniques or methods But the wild is something that is really elusive for most lucid dreamers. It's again It's really what we're aiming for a wild involves being able to stay Constantly awake throughout the whole process So you stay awake then you let your body fall asleep much like the way back to bed and then you enter the lucid dream In one continuous movement Now the important thing about this is that you can do the wilds you can perform a wild any time of day or night So for example, if you had a nap during the middle of the afternoon You could actually perform the wild and become lucid in the middle of the day And this is something that a lot of people would find very useful, especially if you have like a high High-pressure job or something you can actually do this like on your lunch break You could just have a nap perform the wild and then enter a lucid dream for a five ten fifteen minutes or about that length of time so So with the wild what you're doing is exactly the same as with awake back to bed You're basically gonna fall asleep or you know, let your body fall asleep experience and go through sleep paralysis While keeping your mind awake and there are lots of ways you can do this The most common laws, you know, the simplest way is just to focus on the hypnagogic imagery that you're gonna see So when you close your eyes if you focus only on one thing and that is keeping your mind awake After five or ten minutes, you're gonna start to see patterns colors And like swirling images Flashing over your awareness or your vision now what you should do is just not try and interact with them But let them happen be aware of the patterns and the shapes that you're experiencing But don't try and interact with them or you know look at any particular one Area of the shapes just to experience everything as a whole and what that would do is let your It will let the shapes fade into the dream scene the dream scene will manifest itself around you And because you've kept your mind awake and you've kept your consciousness there You're gonna enter the lucid dream and that's what a wild method That's what a wild lucid dream is awake induced lucid dream So there are a few tips with that obviously firstly if you meditate every morning and every night It's gonna really help you to be able to stay focused while this happens One of the most common things people do is they try and have a wild and just end up falling asleep because it's really hard to Keep your mind awake while your body goes through sleep paralysis and while you actually enter a dream So focus on meditating twice a day that will really help with the focus and awareness Also do reality checks so that when you're actually in the lucid dream You can stabilize it by doing a reality check or by using a prolonging technique that I've spoken about before So that's pretty much it guys that is the three top lucid dreaming techniques or you know lucid dreaming methods that you can use To become lucid these are beginner-friendly If I had to pick one I would say focus on the middle one the mild because that's the one that's going to give you random lucid dreams spontaneous lucid dreams I wait back to bed's good and it's reliable, but it's also going to interrupt your sleep and that's something that I wouldn't recommend you do because Lucid dreaming or not, you know sleep is important and you need to get a good quality of sleep every night So that's it guys if you enjoyed this video, please subscribe like and leave a comment. 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We have been hearing a lot about LibertySafe and how they betrayed the Second Amendment with their recent action. And what exactly happened that transpired all this hatred toward LibertySafe? This thing is horrible. The FBI had a warrant for a J6er's property, not the safe. Nobody knew that LibertySafe kept backdoor access codes to the safe and they gave it to the FBI. The warrant was for the property. It was not for the safe. They voluntarily gave it to the FBI. The more I dug into this, the more that I learned that Liberty is very anti-2A. Company Monomoy, who is an investment firm out of New York, owns LibertySafe. CEO of Monomoy, Justin Hillenbrand, is a supporter of anti-gun Democrats. Barack Obama, John Fetterman, Raphael Warnock, Mark Kelly, thousands of dollars donated to anti-gun liberals.


I'd like to take you to an interesting journey of one master, Vikram, who was nearly 15 years old when he presented to us with a swelling and pain in the left thigh and the knee region for more than 6 months at the location. We went through all his records and we found that he was suffering from a rare type of cancer called osteosarcoma, which is basically a bone cancer. In 2017, when I was just 14 years old, I found out that I had cancer and I was so shocked at how much cancer can happen at such a young age. Then I went to many places and tried many hospitals. There were only two options in the hospitals, either get a leg out or get an artificial leg out. Then I tried Ayurvedic Medicine but it didn't affect anything. Then lastly, when I went to Manipal and met Dr. Sriman Sarsimuri there, they suggested me to go to a knee joint replacement. So, this osteosarcoma ideally requires to be treated by a multidisciplinary. Initially, we start with chemotherapy, which would be anywhere between three to four cycles of chemotherapy based on the regimen which we use. After this, we assess the response as to how the tumor has behaved to the chemotherapy by many blood tests and imaging the investigations. At this juncture, what we do is we try to rip the tumor off and clear it out from its body. So, we do a procedure called as a white tumor excision and in this scenario, you have a tumor extending all the way up from the lower aspect of the knee joint up to the lower third of the femur bone. So, in such situations where there is a spread near the joint and also above, we regionally take the bone away from all the normal healthy tissues and then we placed a titanium tumor mega processes in his resultant defect. So, the advantage of a tumor mega process reconstruction as a limb salvage is that these individuals can wait where with their full weight immediately on the post-operative setting with probably a help of assistance device like a crutch or a walker and this will also enable and give more confidence for them to finish up the remaining cycles of chemotherapy or radiotherapy, whichever is the treatment required in such situations. I am living a normal life. Thanks to my mom dad and thanks to the physician. It's very heartening to see him get back on to his studies and finish up his courses for the secondary school and back to his normalcy also.


Hi everyone, it's MJ, the fellow actuary and I got a message on LinkedIn from a school student who was interested in the actuarial profession and he asked if he could send a bunch of questions and I was like like sure why not and he has sent 23 questions so what we're gonna be doing in this video is answering the 23 questions that he's sent through and you can maybe forward this video to somebody else that you know who's also maybe still at school and is interested in Pursuing the actuarial career path. Although just a quick disclaimer. I'm not your traditional actuary I have taken a slightly Different view or different journey So I'm not definitely gonna give like model answers that represent the whole of the actual profession but I'll give them my personal answers and Joe hopefully there are enough for his project I think it's a school project Joe he has to interview a professional from a career that he would like to pursue and He says he's been watching my YouTube channel and he's got some some questions for you And he's from Benoni, which is quite cool very close to my hometown of Bedford view So first off the question is what is your your job title? And this is something that he spoke about in the preamble saying you know he's looking forward to becoming an actuarial scientist and we don't technically use Scientist in our in our job title even though we studying actuarial science We just consider ourselves as as actuaries and then when you get to my stage You can consider yourself as a fellow actuary because this is something that it's always a fun game to play when you go to parties You'll meet someone.  Oh, no, I haven't written that exam yet and essentially there's different levels of of actuary You've got your student actuary and this is somebody who's just joined the actuarial society as a student member And they're writing their exams then when you finish the first half of the exams you can become something known as an associate actuary and Once you've done that you can then choose which exams you want to specialize in and once you've specialized in a few subjects You choose one of those to do your fellowship in and once you complete that and a whole bunch of other requirements You can then say that you are a fellow of an actuarial society There's even one up on the fellow and that is something known as a statutory actuary And that is someone who has the regulatory powers to sign orphan reserves on Insurance companies and stuff like that. So there's quite a bit of a hierarchy But yeah, we refer to ourselves as as actuaries rather than actuarial scientists So that is question one question two Can you take me through your career path and how you have worked your way to where you are now? So my career I mean it's been fairly short. I mean I kind of finished university at the end of 2013 2014 I spent as basically just being my own consultants doing little bits of jobs here and there 20 at the end of 2014 to the beginning of 2016 I did kind of work at a company. It wasn't very formal like I mean the It wasn't like a contract until like quite later on so it was a little bit informal but The work that I was doing was around building administrative systems around insurance companies so very much on the tech side and We were known as actuarial engineers. That was kind of the the title that they gave us I didn't like working in an office I didn't like the fact that you know, this is the time that you work I'm very much someone who sometimes I like working in the morning sometimes like working in the evening Sometimes I want to take a nap in the afternoon. So beginning of 2016. I returned to doing Consultancy work where I basically get to get to work for myself and have various clients and job I've been doing that now what's coming up towards the end of of 2020 so that has been the the career path in a nutshell and Yeah, the nice thing about being a consultant for yourself is that you get to work on a whole bunch of different projects and Everything's always new. It's not kind of like going into the office doing the same things in the same people There's a little bit more more excitement out there Question three what year did you qualify and how old were you? So I'm always I always kind of forget my my age, which is a very weird thing to do So I'll give you the dates and then you can kind of work out everything. So I was born in December 1991 graduated from vits with my honours in 2013 wrote the final actuarial exam in May 2017 But only got the fellowship designation a year later in 2018 because like I said after you do the exams It's not the end of the story. You still have to do like professionalism courses and you have to Build up some work-based skills and all these other kind of things. So, yeah, those were the key key dates born in 1991 Got the fellowship in 2018 You can do do the math on how how old I was there I don't know for some reason I think because in natural science we when we talk about age We sometimes referred to age last birthday age nearest birthday age next birthday And it just it just confuses me. So whenever somebody's like how old are you? I'm just like I was born in 1991.  I got the fellowship. So, yeah, that was it was a few some people take a little bit longer And there's nothing wrong with that. I was being a consultant I was able to give myself a little bit more study time just so I could focus on getting these these exams done So it was a little bit sooner than their most other people But like I said was one of the other the privileges of being able to work for yourself Is that you could have more more study time at companies? You do get study leave But the work still has to be done and can become a very stressful situation So some people do take a little bit longer to to write all the exams Was it difficult finding your first job?  They gave us like perfumes and beauty products Then we would have even like non-actuarial companies like the tele Communication companies like Vodacom they came and they presented they said oh, this is why it's so exciting So finding your first job was was quite easy if you get into the honest program If you don't get into the honest program It gets a little bit difficult. So that's why when you're in the undergrad It's so so important that you work hard you get those exemptions that you qualify for the honest program Because then getting your first job is is a bit of a breeze And I went to the soul consultants because I already had people who knew us studying actuarial science. They said hey Can you do some work for me here? I had one of the the ex school guest lectures That was running a hedge fund and wanted me to help out on some banking Analysis thing so finding your first job if you get into honors Very easy very easy if you don't get into honors It's it can be a little bit tricky. I've heard some people have struggled to find there found their first job But no job-wise it's it has been quite quite straightforward The next question is I plan to study a BSc actuarial science degree at VITS What is your opinion on this choice of course and university in the industry? So that's exactly what I did So this is going to be like a very heavily biased answer But in my view this university is the best university in the world for actuarial science Now the reason why I say that is because when you factor in everything into consideration It's it's affordable and you're getting a very very good Education I mean yes, you can go to Harvard you can go to Stanford You can go to these you know other universities outside there in the world And you're gonna pay an arm and a leg for a qualification like that And you're gonna be getting if not a slightly better education at at VITS I remember when we were at VITS one of our stats lectures Now I could be wrong in this but if I remember correctly our stats lecture was was this genius guy and his students Were heading up the stats department at Stanford University So you can imagine where would you want to be who do you want to be taught by the by the students or the master himself? Unfortunately, I do think he's retired now I think my year was like he's his final year, but very very smart guy and then From yacht on the actuarial side as well. We had some of the best lecturers. I think in the world like they were really really good They knew their stuff I mean the one lecture that I had is now going to become president of the entire international actuarial association So it's like we really really had some amazing lecturers at VITS They still are some amazing lecturers at VITS and then a quick comparison between because people always say of VITS or UCT When you get into the honors Thing like the honors of of VITS in my opinion It's better than UCT and Stellenbosch in the sense that at VITS You can choose whichever subject that you want to specialize in and it will be given to you at VITS If you go to UCT or Stellenbosch I think Stellenbosch specializes in two subjects UCT specializes in the other two subjects So if you want to do one that's in Stellenbosch, you have to drive quiet a long time although like I say That was back in my day and that's like seven years ago So things have changed now with COVID the the lectures might be online So you might not have to do all that driving But VITS does give you more exemptions gives you more choices and actually Streamlines your process to becoming an actuary quicker as well as finding your job So it is like I say probably the best university in in South Africa if not the world But like I say I went there so take that with a bit of a bit of bias Also, Joburg is a great place to study because there's nothing else to do in Joburg Where is I'm living here in Cape Town? There's the beach. There's the mountain. There's the wine lands That I mean the Cape Town City is a lot more beautiful and you can actually go there and like Joburg Which is incredibly dangerous So there's less distractions in Joburg, which is great because it means you'll focus on on your studying So, yeah, so that's question six hundred percent Yeah, great choice Question seven, what further studies would you advise for once I have qualified as an actuary? So definitely want to expose yourself to more programming So when we were at VITS, yes, we did have a little bit of a programming Element to it and it is something that's now being embedded in the actual exams But I would highly recommend taking your programming studying to to the next level It'll just make you a lot more useful and efficient as as an actuary Question eight, what made you choose this career?  I had done very well I was the top student at my school. I'd come top 50 in the country I thought I was the smartest person in the world So when they said actuarial science is the hardest I was like, you know what? I'm gonna take that challenge on and Yeah, it humbled me very quickly because it was incredibly difficult first year was was a big struggle for me, but Yeah, I basically chose the career because they said it was the hardest I didn't actually know what it was about. I Wait, you don't want to make big career decisions without knowing what it's gonna entail But I'm really glad I did actuarial science. It kind of changes the way you think about the world It allows you to understand uncertainty and probability a lot better than I think any other degree out there So I'm glad I did it But why I did it it was because of its reputation of of being difficult and I thought, you know what? Let me let me have a bit of a challenge in life Question nine, what are your main roles and responsibilities? What does a typical day involve like I said? This is where I'm very different to your traditional act trees because I'm working by myself It fluctuates. It really does change So these past months I've been working with the actuarial society on helping students get ready for the online exams I've been on the online committee to try and say, you know how should these online exams be designed and how should they you know, how should students go through the whole process and So the the responsibilities that I've been having is been prepping students to get ready for for these exams But like I say that was just because it was actual exam season now. There was a two-month project that I did Now what I'm looking at is I'm playing around with blockchain and just making like fun games on the blockchain because I think Decentralized finance is like the biggest buzzword and the biggest con out there But blockchain is still quite cool when it comes to to games So it's like I say I'm on a little bit of a break now because I've just had two intense months And before that there were other projects that were also really really intense. It's been a crazier 2020 has been a crazier So currently I'm on holiday. I've got no clients And like I said, I'm playing around with a few projects here or there So you're at the moment. I have no no role and responsibility But that might change next week or or next month depending on when I get decide to you know Wake up from my break and get back back into the swing of things Um What do you like most and least about your job? I'll start with the least What I what I like the least about the job is is it it can get difficult, especially like oh, I was like I said we're teaching What gosh they keep changing the subject nails, but it was financial engineering Sometimes known as financial economics.  So probably what I like least about the job is that it it can get difficult But what I like most is I like the way it's it's changed the way I think so I really enjoyed reading up on philosophy and history and economics and all these kind of things and Having that actuarial background just gives you a slightly different perspective on reality Which makes you read things and say hmm They actually weren't considering this this and that and it actually allows you to engage with these other subjects and maybe even Contribute to it. So I've written an article on on ethics I spoke about how our morality Changes when we become aware of uncertainty and something that I published in the philosophy now magazine and it's something That's really really cool because like I said, you can read up on other subjects And you can see that because they're assuming a deterministic world view They're not seeing the whole picture and if they allow for uncertainty Some things change and as an actuary you can kind of yeah, you can have a little bit of a go at adding to those other What would you consider the boring part of your profession I Mean there's a bit of admin that you got to do just to kind of keep keep things up to date It's like you yeah, but I'd say admin, but I think that's that's something to all professions What are the most stressful aspects of your job? Sometimes and this is this is something as being a consultant is you can have a lot of work at the same time So one client will be I want you to do this and then another client is like hey I want you to do that and You think to yourself, you know, there's more projects I can do the two at the same time and and that can get stressful So if you don't have good time management as a consultant The work can get stressful and you can end up working quite a lot per day But if you manage to yeah, just schedule things properly. It shouldn't be too much of a of a stressful job Do you feel that your salary is comparable or better than those of your peers in other lines of work? So one thing about actuaries is our salaries are quite high And it's it is I guess one of the big perks of the jobs is that the amount of money that you make is Considerable, it's a lot better. I mean, I've got a brother who is a chartered accountant He's working at one of the big four audit firms. He's working on some really big clients he's got a lot more responsibility he puts in a lot more effort a lot more hours than me and There are some months where I can earn double what he makes and I think that's because as a consultant You will earn more than if you're an employee Just in the sense that you don't have that security of making that money every single month And also because remember when you work at another company, they're making profit off of you So if you work for yourself, you get to enjoy a little bit more of that profit So as a consultant, you do get to have a very very nice salary compared to to the other professions But salary in the actual world it it's a very interesting one Our salaries are quite high But they're not like like I say if you if you're in it for the money The best thing to do is become an entrepreneur an entrepreneur salary a successful entrepreneur salary will far outstrip An Actory salary if you're an asset manager and a successful asset manager Your salary will far outstrip an Actory but from the professions like Actory accountants lawyer doctor and all these Kind of ones Actory is is probably at the top of the professions But like I say there are other jobs that can make more than an Actory Especially ones where you share in the risk and you share in the profit then your salaries can go. Yeah through through the roof In your opinion what personality would be well suited to the screer So you definitely want to be conscientious that is like a must So conscientious means you're prepared to study you're prepared to be dedicated You're prepared to follow rules and you know if there's an exam coming up You can say no to to all the parties and everything like that. So Consciousness is probably the top one then you want to be quite open You want to be open to new ideas because sometimes when you come across ideas You might say this doesn't feel right or and and some people they go away from Actory or sounds because We're not naturally designed to think in a very empirical probabilistic way And if you're not open or flexible in your thinking It's gonna be a little bit of a shut door to you. So conscientious and open are important Extravert is probably also a good thing to have I know the stereotype is that Actories are introverted But you want to be able to communicate well and be able to share your ideas with other people in business Also, if you're a consultant and you want to try to find clients It's difficult to find clients if you're very shy and withdrawn So yeah, you kind of want to have have that element as as well and Then agreeableness you want to kind of be midway with that and then I think the loss of the big five personality traits is like neuroticism and I guess that's irrelevant to To work if you have it if you don't I guess you know if you're neurotic Then you get a little bit more stressed easily, but I don't know I don't know too much about about personalities But you're of those big five traits conscientiousness is definitely the key one to to have so Google conscientious personality trait If you have that you'll be a great actor and Internationally is South Africa a very good place for Actories to work or would be more beneficial for me to go and work overseas So actuarial science in South Africa is is at the top of its game I mean South Africa we don't realize as a sufficient people who live here We don't realize how advanced and developed our financial services are. I mean we've got one of the best Auditing systems in the world. We've got one of the best financial management systems in the world We were one of the first to develop regulations for hedge funds So we really are at the top of the game in in finance and for that reason A lot of companies say ooh South Africa come work for our bank in Hong Kong or our bank in London Or, you know, some of the various other financial hubs So Actories in South Africa are very well sought after Internationally because we are brought up in an environment that has a world-class financial Standards and because of that a lot of the companies here hire lots of Actories. So South Africa is a very good place to work for an Actory although South Africa is a very dangerous place I mean anyone who lives here knows that crime is on the rise. There is extreme inequality And it is dangerous. So having a family in South Africa That's that's a conversation for for another time Question 17. Do you feel that AI is a rising problem regarding your work? I would say that it is it's not a problem if anything. It's it's the opposite It's a big opportunity AI is gonna help Actories to work a lot more efficiently It's gonna allow us to get a lot more done and that's why it's very important that you couple actual science with Programming so that you're one of the people who are able to use the artificial intelligence tools to be more productive in your work And you don't want to be someone who's scared of computers or scared at looking at code Because it is gonna become it's almost like someone who doesn't want to work on a calculator That's what I see AI is AI is just the next it's the upgraded calculator So you still need to put in the input and it's the AI is gonna do all the heavy maths heavy calculations But you're still gonna have to need to interpret the the output and apply that actuarial judgment But no AI is a huge huge opportunity We sometimes joke that AI is gonna take over all of our jobs and and all that kind of stuff And I think this is why it's maybe important to get into the fellowship of the actuarial society Because I think the technical act trees or people who just they have the associate level or who just like I said They have the technical background They're more at risk of being replaced by the AI whereas if you go all the way to the fellowship level You should be fine I can say if anything it will make you work a lot more efficiently because I can imagine if I had AI I could take on a lot more clients and do a lot more work So I'm really really hoping that that this thing continues to develop further Is the work very demanding and does it require you to work after hours on other words? Does your job allow for a good amount of personal and family time? This this is depends on where you work for if you're going in working for a consultancy firm So I do consultancy on my own and there I'm in control of my own time balance So that is beautiful But if you go and work for one of the big consultancy firms like EYPWC Deloitte's KPMG Get prepared to work over time if you're working an investment bank Get prepared to work over time because you can imagine they entice you with a nice salary But then in order for them to make money off of you They need to send you out and bill you and get you doing as much work as possible So if you cannot put in boundaries if you cannot tell your employer listen here I stopped working at six o'clock and they're gonna take advantage of you You're gonna work long hours You're gonna be working on Saturdays and Sundays unless you can have good boundaries in place That said if you go work for an insurer Or like a pension fund or pension fund group Though the working hours I've heard are a lot a lot more reasonable Remember there's there's this famous quote by by Nietzsche and he says if you do not own more than two-thirds of your time you are a slave and That is something that especially I think coming from Joe Boog in Ha Teng There is a very very strong work ethic there and people are prepared to sacrifice a lot of their life to working hard and as an actually You got to be careful and think of the long term and say hey Do I want to really like waste my 30s and 40s on my career? And then I'm absolutely burnt out and don't have a family and all the other beautiful things that life has to offer So yeah, that it's a tricky question because some actuallys are working over time Other actuallys are managing it well It depends more on the company culture that you get employed at rather than the profession as a whole Question 19. What skills and experiences are most important for being an actuary? How can I start to develop these skills? What skills and experience are the most important? I would say programming is is a good one, but at in grade 10 What's that that's like 16 that age group I would start going into probability start learning about probability start learning about The chances of getting different hands in poker different gambling games or gambling You know you're under 18, so don't don't actually do the gambling but study the mathematics around it So I would say start strengthening your your probability at this age And then when you get into university because that's kind of one of the things that hits a lot of people out You think should be good also math math is kind of like the the fitness for an actuary So just like how a soccer player needs to be fit in order to play a good game of soccer So an actuary needs to be good at maths in order to just get on the field before they can start playing So maths and probability are probably the best ones to just start honing in in now Could you possibly explain the Sarah qualification to me the Sarah qualification? It's essentially sense for chartered enterprise risk Actuary and it is something that is synonymous with say FRM, which is the financial risk managers That's another profession out there. It's the actuarial take on it and essentially actuarial science think of actuarial science as Managing underwriting risk, which is mortality morbidity and like crashes and business risks and all of that kind of like general insurance Whereas enterprise risk management also tells us to look at both market risk, which is you know stuff investments and assets and liabilities Credit risk, which is banks loans borrowing as well as operational risk Which is the fact that something could go wrong in an admins admins System or employees might steal from you all these kind of things and Enterprises got this philosophy of being holistic and saying you have to look at all of these risks together Because they interact with each other rather than looking at risks in silos But it's a it's an add-on. So not all actuaries will get the Sarah qualification I did it just because I wanted a few more letters next to my name. I thought it would be cool and I don't know I've enjoyed studies. I think whatever I studied I would have enjoyed and but I really enjoy Sarah I've created quite a nice online course For the actual society on its with it got just like 13 hours of content 500 marks of exam walkthrough. That's what I was doing at the beginning of the year. It's a beautiful course So I really really love this subject and it's something that you wouldn't necessarily do at university This is something that you'll do afterwards when you're deciding what to to specialise in If I were to study and qualify as an actor in South Africa and then further my studies for a Sarah qualification Would I be able to work overseas and in America? So there's quite a quite a packed question If you've got the actual qualifications here in South Africa You can then get into the Institute of Faculty of Actuaries in the UK And once you're in there you can then get into the American one But you can't go directly from South Africa to America for weird political reasons But you can then get into like I said the UK is probably the home of actuarial science So if you've got the South African one you can get into that one and then that basically opens all doors internationally you can get working visas living visas and it really allows you to Explore the world and you basically have have quite a fun global adventure So yes, that is one of the nice perks about studying actuarial science specifically in South Africa Is that it can help us get a visa to work overseas whereas if you're not into the profession You're gonna struggle. So yeah, you can qualify for saying known as a special talented visa or something like that Anyway, that's a long long discussion. And I think Let's maybe wrap up with these last two questions What countries board of actuaries would you recommend a qualifying from what I understand the UK exams are highly regarded internationally? UK and the South African exams, they're very very similar. In fact, some of the subjects that you do you're writing the UK exams They're just administered by the actual society of South Africa. So they're very very very similar I would do the South African one because you're in South Africa and The only little bit of a change is when it starts getting to the specialized subjects The South African ones are more tailored to South African issues And that's really beneficial when you're writing your exams because you want to be writing an exam where like I remember in the one exam We spoke about the the etol on the khaltein highway and by living in khaltein being exposed to etol You would be like, okay, cool. I know how to I know a little bit about it when you're writing the exam Compared to if you'd like let's say in England and they're asking some brexit question And yes, you should be exposed to brexit, but it's not something that you're reading up on a daily daily basis So if you want to get into the fellowship It's a lot easier to do in your local country rather than trying to do through the UK and then The last question is do you have any further advice? The last bit of advice is you want to just think I mean, especially coming from school school You get by by putting in work doing what you need to do Regurgitating the work in the exam and there's very very small higher order skills In fact, you can pass the whole of school without having any higher order skills as possible because it makes such a small part of the The syllabus actual science is almost reversed if you're not able to think And develop that critical judgment and those kind of things You are going to struggle in the exams because it's not like school where you just Read the notes and then regurgitate them in the exam or oh, this is the formula And then you just apply it and then we'll get the marks It's not as simple as that they do throw curveballs So you need to be able to think and that's one of the big problems I have with the school syllabus is because it's not teaching you to think It's just kind of spoon feeding you like like we've got these massive Curriculums where you just have to like learn so much But you're just trying to memorize things rather than actually thinking things through and seeing how concepts connect and all that kind of stuff So last bit of advice is if you're ever struggling with actual science, just stop take a deep breath And and think and then yeah, hopefully hopefully you'll get through it The job I think that is that is the 23 questions And gosh, this has been a much longer video then that I was then I was intending but hopefully that gave enough detail For your school project. So yeah, hopefully you hopefully you get an A on this project. Let me know how it goes Anyway, thanks everyone else for watching and I'll see you guys soon. Cheers