Sunday, February 28, 2010
the Dinner
Tanquery ten gin martinis, Marseilles bouillabaisse, key lime sorbet between courses, ice cold 1987 Magnum Dom Perignon with the meal , Oysters Rockefellers,Blini with Bottarga di Muggine and Confit of Tomato, Riedel crystals,Arthur Wood Bone China Dinnerware ,gorham chantilly sterling silver flatware,Fergusons Irish linen Damask tablecloths and napkins,Scallops seared in foie gras drippings, vanilla infused French salts, and black pepper, on a bed of baby arugula... Topped with beluga caviar, cold Tokay-Pinot Gris wine, cheese platter with Swiss Emmental cheese, Applewood Smoked Ilchester Cheese, Savoy double brie cheese & Noord-Hollandse Gouda, eau-de-vie de pêche,fresh fruit platter, pears, apples, figs, papaya, carambola , grapes , strawberries and pomegranates , passion fruit ice cream , Jackson-Triggs Okanagan ice wine and Sachertorte, Linzertorte and Marmorgugelhupf desert cakes, Galler Chocolate Noir Extra Bitter 85% Cocoa & Hachez Cocoa d'Arriba , Debussy's Clair de Lune, Dvorak Cello Concerto,JC Bach Wind Symphonies and Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor , beeswax golden tapered candles, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHiMDB19Dyc, playing on the TV.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Weniger, aber besser
Dieter Rams’ ten principles to “good design”
Good design is innovative
Good design makes a product useful
Good design is aesthetic
Good design helps us to understand a product
Good design is unobtrusive
Good design is honest
Good design is long-lasting
Good design is consequent to the last detail
Good design is concerned with the environment
Good design is as little design as possible
http://www.yatzer.com/2042_less_and_more__the_design_ethos_of_dieter_rams
Good design is innovative
Good design makes a product useful
Good design is aesthetic
Good design helps us to understand a product
Good design is unobtrusive
Good design is honest
Good design is long-lasting
Good design is consequent to the last detail
Good design is concerned with the environment
Good design is as little design as possible
http://www.yatzer.com/2042_less_and_more__the_design_ethos_of_dieter_rams
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Προμηθεύς, "forethought" and the theft of fire, Ἐπιμηθεύς) "afterthought " and the "gift of a woman"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus
In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Προμηθεύς,)is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus ( afterthought) and Menoetius. He was a champion of human-kind known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with – or blamed for – playing a pivotal role in the early history of humankind.
They were the inseparable sons of Iapetus, who in other contexts was the father of Atlas. While Prometheus is characterized as ingenious and clever, Epimetheus is depicted as foolish.
Prometheus is a lowly challenger to Zeus' omniscience and omnipotence. In the trick at Mecone, a sacrificial meal marking the "settling of accounts" between mortals and immortals, Prometheus played a trick against Zeus. He placed two sacrificial offerings before the Olympian: a selection of beef hidden inside an ox's stomach (nourishment hidden inside a displeasing exterior), and the bull's bones wrapped completely in "glistening fat" (something inedible hidden inside a pleasing exterior). Zeus chose the latter, setting a precedent for future sacrifices; henceforth, humans would keep the meat for themselves and burn the bones wrapped in fat as an offering to the gods. This angered Zeus, who hid fire from humans in retribution.
Prometheus in turn stole fire in a giant fennel-stalk and gave it back to mankind. This further enraged Zeus, who sent Pandora, the first woman, to live with men. She was fashioned by Hephaestus out of clay and brought to life by the four winds, with all the goddesses of Olympus assembled to adorn her. "From her is the race of women and female kind," Hesiod writes; "of her is the deadly race and tribe of women who live amongst mortal men to their great trouble, no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth."
Prometheus, in eternal punishment, is chained to a rock in the Caucasus, where his liver is eaten out daily by an eagle only to be regenerated by night, which, by legend, is due to his immortality.Years later, the Greek hero Heracles (Hercules) would shoot the eagle and free Prometheus from his chains.
Not only does Zeus withhold fire from men, but "the means of life," as well. Had Prometheus not provoked Zeus' wrath , "you would easily do work enough in a day to supply you for a full year even without working; soon would you put away your rudder over the smoke, and the fields worked by ox and sturdy mule would run to waste."
After Prometheus' theft of fire, Zeus sent Pandora in retaliation. Despite Prometheus' warning, Epimetheus accepted this "gift" from the gods. Pandora carried a jar with her, from which were released "evils, harsh pain and troublesome diseases which give men death". Pandora shut the lid of the jar too late to contain all the evil plights that escaped, but hope remained in the jar.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Προμηθεύς,)is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus ( afterthought) and Menoetius. He was a champion of human-kind known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with – or blamed for – playing a pivotal role in the early history of humankind.
They were the inseparable sons of Iapetus, who in other contexts was the father of Atlas. While Prometheus is characterized as ingenious and clever, Epimetheus is depicted as foolish.
Prometheus is a lowly challenger to Zeus' omniscience and omnipotence. In the trick at Mecone, a sacrificial meal marking the "settling of accounts" between mortals and immortals, Prometheus played a trick against Zeus. He placed two sacrificial offerings before the Olympian: a selection of beef hidden inside an ox's stomach (nourishment hidden inside a displeasing exterior), and the bull's bones wrapped completely in "glistening fat" (something inedible hidden inside a pleasing exterior). Zeus chose the latter, setting a precedent for future sacrifices; henceforth, humans would keep the meat for themselves and burn the bones wrapped in fat as an offering to the gods. This angered Zeus, who hid fire from humans in retribution.
Prometheus in turn stole fire in a giant fennel-stalk and gave it back to mankind. This further enraged Zeus, who sent Pandora, the first woman, to live with men. She was fashioned by Hephaestus out of clay and brought to life by the four winds, with all the goddesses of Olympus assembled to adorn her. "From her is the race of women and female kind," Hesiod writes; "of her is the deadly race and tribe of women who live amongst mortal men to their great trouble, no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth."
Prometheus, in eternal punishment, is chained to a rock in the Caucasus, where his liver is eaten out daily by an eagle only to be regenerated by night, which, by legend, is due to his immortality.Years later, the Greek hero Heracles (Hercules) would shoot the eagle and free Prometheus from his chains.
Not only does Zeus withhold fire from men, but "the means of life," as well. Had Prometheus not provoked Zeus' wrath , "you would easily do work enough in a day to supply you for a full year even without working; soon would you put away your rudder over the smoke, and the fields worked by ox and sturdy mule would run to waste."
After Prometheus' theft of fire, Zeus sent Pandora in retaliation. Despite Prometheus' warning, Epimetheus accepted this "gift" from the gods. Pandora carried a jar with her, from which were released "evils, harsh pain and troublesome diseases which give men death". Pandora shut the lid of the jar too late to contain all the evil plights that escaped, but hope remained in the jar.
MYOB : you can find diamonds
ACRES OF DIAMONDS http://www.nightingale.com/AE_Article~i~156~article~ACRESOFDIAMONDS.aspx
The story — a true one — is told of an African farmer who heard tales about other farmers who had made millions by discovering diamond mines. These tales so excited the farmer that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and go prospecting for diamonds himself. He sold the farm and spent the rest of his life wandering the African continent searching unsuccessfully for the gleaming gems that brought such high prices on the markets of the world. Finally, worn out and in a fit of despondency, he threw himself into a river and drowned.
Meanwhile, the man who had bought his farm happened to be crossing the small stream on the property one day, when suddenly there was a bright flash of blue and red light from the stream bottom. He bent down and picked up a stone. It was a good-sized stone, and admiring it, he brought it home and put it on his fireplace mantel as an interesting curiosity.
Several weeks later a visitor picked up the stone, looked closely at it, hefted it in his hand, and nearly fainted. He asked the farmer if he knew what he'd found. When the farmer said, no, that he thought it was a piece of crystal, the visitor told him he had found one of the largest diamonds ever discovered. The farmer had trouble believing that. He told the man that his creek was full of such stones, not all as large as the one on the mantel, but sprinkled generously throughout the creek bottom.
The farm the first farmer had sold, so that he might find a diamond mine, turned out to be one of the most productive diamond mines on the entire African continent.The first farmer had owned, free and clear ... acres of diamonds. But he had sold them for practically nothing, in order to look for them elsewhere. The moral is clear: If the first farmer had only taken the time to study and prepare himself to learn what diamonds looked like in their rough state, and to thoroughly explore the property he had before looking elsewhere, all of his wildest dreams would have come true.
The thing about this story that has so profoundly affected millions of people is the idea that each of us is, at this very moment, standing in the middle of our own acres of diamonds. If we had only had the wisdom and patience to intelligently and effectively explore the work in which we're now engaged, to explore ourselves, we would most likely find the riches we seek, whether they be financial or intangible or both.
Before you go running off to what you think are greener pastures, make sure that your own is not just as green or perhaps even greener. It has been said that if the other guy's pasture appears to be greener than ours, it's quite possible that it's getting better care. Besides, while you're looking at other pastures, other people are looking at yours.
A man I knew in Arizona began with a small gas station. One day, while one of his young attendants filled a man's gas tank, he watched the customer while he stood about waiting for the job to be finished. It dawned upon him that the man had money in his pockets and there were things he needed or wanted that he would pay for if they were conveniently displayed where he could see them.
So he began adding things. Fishing tackle, then fishing licenses, hunting and camping equipment, rifles, shot guns, ammunition, hunting licenses. He found an excellent line of aluminum fishing boats and trailers. He began buying up the contiguous property around him. Then he added an auto parts department. He always sold cold soft drinks and candy, but now he added an excellent line of chocolates in a refrigerated case. Before long, he sold more chocolates than anyone else in the state. He carried thousands of things his customers could buy while waiting for their cars to be serviced.
All the products he sold also guaranteed that most of the gas customers in town would come to his station. He sold more gas. He began cashing checks on Friday, and his sales grew. It all started with a man with a human brain watching a customer standing around with money in his pockets and nothing to spend it on. Others would have lived and died with the small service station, and they do. My friend saw the diamonds.
Many service station operators, upon seeing a wealthy customer drive in, might say to themselves, I ought to be in his business. Not so. There's just as much opportunity in one business as another, if we'll only stop playing copycat and begin to think creatively, in new directions. It's there, believe me. And it's your job to find it.
Take the time to stand off and look at your work as a stranger might and ask, Why does he do it that way? Has he noticed how what he's doing might be capitalized upon or multiplied? If you're happy with things as they are, then by all means, keep them that way. But there's great fun in finding diamonds hiding in ourselves and in our work. We never get bored or blasé or find ourselves in a rut. A rut, remember, is really nothing more than a grave with the ends kicked out. Some of the most interesting businesses in the world grew out of what was originally a very small idea in a very small area. If something is needed in one town, then the chances are it's also needed in all towns and cities all over the country.
You might also ask yourself, How good am I at what I'm presently doing? Do you know all there is to know about your work? Would you call yourself a first-class professional at your work? How would your work stand up against the work of others in your line?
The first thing we need to do to become a "diamond miner" is to break away from the crowd and quit assuming that because people in the millions are living that way, it must be the best way. It is not the best way. It's the average way. The people going the best way are way out in front. They're so far ahead of the crowd you can't even see their dust anymore. These are the people who live and work on the leading edge, the cutting edge, and they mark the way for all the rest.
It takes imagination, curious imagination, to know that diamonds don't look like cut and polished gemstones in their rough state, nor does a pile of iron ore look like stainless steel. To prospect your own acres of diamonds, develop a faculty we might call "intelligent objectivity." The faculty to stand off and look at your work as a person from Mars might look at it. Within the framework of what industry or profession does your job fall? Isn't it time for a refreshing change of some kind? How can the customer be given more value? Each morning ask yourself, How can I increase my service today? There are rare and very marketable diamonds lurking all around me. Have I been looking for them? Have I examined every facet of my work and of the industry or profession in which it has its life?
There are better ways to do what you are presently doing. What are they? How will your work be performed 20 years from now? Everything in the world is in a state of evolution and improvement. How could you do today what would eventually be done anyway?
Sure there's risk involved; there's no growth of any kind without risk. We start running risks when we get out of bed in the morning. Risks are good for us. They bring out the best that's in us. They brighten the eye and get the mind cooking. They quicken the step and put a new shining look on our days. Human beings should never be settled. It's okay for chickens and cows and cats, but it's wrong for human beings. People start to die when they become settled. We need to keep things stirred up.
Back in 1931, Lloyd C. Douglas, the world-famous novelist who wrote The Robe, Magnificent Obsession, and other bestselling books, wrote a magazine article titled "Escape." In that article Douglas asked, "Who of us has not at some time toyed briefly with the temptation to run away? If all the people who have given that idea the temporary hospitality of their imagination were to have acted upon it, few would be living at their present addresses. And of the small minority who did carry the impulse into effect, it's doubtful if many ever disengaged themselves as completely as they had hoped from the problems that hurled them forth. More often than otherwise, it may be surmised, they packed up their troubles in their old kit bags and took them along."
The point of the article was simply, don't try to run away from your troubles. Overcome them. Prevail right where you are. What we're really after is not escape from our complexities and frustrations, but a triumph over them. And one of the best ways to accomplish that is to get on course and stay there. Restate and reaffirm your goal, the thing you want most to do, the place in life you want most to reach. See it clearly in your mind's eye just as you can envision the airport in Los Angeles when you board your plane in New York. Like a great ship in a storm, just keep your heading and your engines running. The storm will pass, although sometimes it seems that it never will. One bright morning you'll find yourself passing the harbor light. Then you can give a big sigh of relief and rest a while, and almost before you know it, you'll find your eyes turning seaward again. You'll think of a new harbor you'd like to visit, a new voyage upon which to embark. And once again, you'll set out.
That's just the way this funny-looking, two-legged, curious, imaginative, tinkering, fiddling dreamer called a human being operates. He escapes from problems not by running away from them, but by overcoming them. And no sooner does he overcome one set of problems, but he starts looking around for new and more difficult pickles to get into and out of.
If you feel like running away from it all once in a while, you're perfectly normal. If you stay and get rid of your problems by working your way through them, you're a success. Start taking an hour a day with a legal pad and dissect your work. Take it apart and look at its constituent parts. There's opportunity there. That's your acre of diamonds.
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DIAMOND MINING
To prospect your own acres of diamonds and unearth the opportunities that exist in your life right now, regularly challenge yourself with some key questions:
1.How good am I at what I'm presently doing?
2.Can I call myself a first-class professional at my work?
3.How would my work stand up against the work of others in my field?
4.Do I know all I can about my industry or profession?
5.How can the customer be given a better break?
6.How can I increase my service?
7.There are rare and very marketable diamonds lurking all around me. Have I been looking for them? Have I examined every facet of my work and of the industry or profession in which it has its life?
8.There are better ways to do what I'm presently doing. What are they?
9.How will my work be performed 20 years from now?
10.Everything in the world is in a state of evolution and improvement. How can I do now what will eventually be done anyway?
The story — a true one — is told of an African farmer who heard tales about other farmers who had made millions by discovering diamond mines. These tales so excited the farmer that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and go prospecting for diamonds himself. He sold the farm and spent the rest of his life wandering the African continent searching unsuccessfully for the gleaming gems that brought such high prices on the markets of the world. Finally, worn out and in a fit of despondency, he threw himself into a river and drowned.
Meanwhile, the man who had bought his farm happened to be crossing the small stream on the property one day, when suddenly there was a bright flash of blue and red light from the stream bottom. He bent down and picked up a stone. It was a good-sized stone, and admiring it, he brought it home and put it on his fireplace mantel as an interesting curiosity.
Several weeks later a visitor picked up the stone, looked closely at it, hefted it in his hand, and nearly fainted. He asked the farmer if he knew what he'd found. When the farmer said, no, that he thought it was a piece of crystal, the visitor told him he had found one of the largest diamonds ever discovered. The farmer had trouble believing that. He told the man that his creek was full of such stones, not all as large as the one on the mantel, but sprinkled generously throughout the creek bottom.
The farm the first farmer had sold, so that he might find a diamond mine, turned out to be one of the most productive diamond mines on the entire African continent.The first farmer had owned, free and clear ... acres of diamonds. But he had sold them for practically nothing, in order to look for them elsewhere. The moral is clear: If the first farmer had only taken the time to study and prepare himself to learn what diamonds looked like in their rough state, and to thoroughly explore the property he had before looking elsewhere, all of his wildest dreams would have come true.
The thing about this story that has so profoundly affected millions of people is the idea that each of us is, at this very moment, standing in the middle of our own acres of diamonds. If we had only had the wisdom and patience to intelligently and effectively explore the work in which we're now engaged, to explore ourselves, we would most likely find the riches we seek, whether they be financial or intangible or both.
Before you go running off to what you think are greener pastures, make sure that your own is not just as green or perhaps even greener. It has been said that if the other guy's pasture appears to be greener than ours, it's quite possible that it's getting better care. Besides, while you're looking at other pastures, other people are looking at yours.
A man I knew in Arizona began with a small gas station. One day, while one of his young attendants filled a man's gas tank, he watched the customer while he stood about waiting for the job to be finished. It dawned upon him that the man had money in his pockets and there were things he needed or wanted that he would pay for if they were conveniently displayed where he could see them.
So he began adding things. Fishing tackle, then fishing licenses, hunting and camping equipment, rifles, shot guns, ammunition, hunting licenses. He found an excellent line of aluminum fishing boats and trailers. He began buying up the contiguous property around him. Then he added an auto parts department. He always sold cold soft drinks and candy, but now he added an excellent line of chocolates in a refrigerated case. Before long, he sold more chocolates than anyone else in the state. He carried thousands of things his customers could buy while waiting for their cars to be serviced.
All the products he sold also guaranteed that most of the gas customers in town would come to his station. He sold more gas. He began cashing checks on Friday, and his sales grew. It all started with a man with a human brain watching a customer standing around with money in his pockets and nothing to spend it on. Others would have lived and died with the small service station, and they do. My friend saw the diamonds.
Many service station operators, upon seeing a wealthy customer drive in, might say to themselves, I ought to be in his business. Not so. There's just as much opportunity in one business as another, if we'll only stop playing copycat and begin to think creatively, in new directions. It's there, believe me. And it's your job to find it.
Take the time to stand off and look at your work as a stranger might and ask, Why does he do it that way? Has he noticed how what he's doing might be capitalized upon or multiplied? If you're happy with things as they are, then by all means, keep them that way. But there's great fun in finding diamonds hiding in ourselves and in our work. We never get bored or blasé or find ourselves in a rut. A rut, remember, is really nothing more than a grave with the ends kicked out. Some of the most interesting businesses in the world grew out of what was originally a very small idea in a very small area. If something is needed in one town, then the chances are it's also needed in all towns and cities all over the country.
You might also ask yourself, How good am I at what I'm presently doing? Do you know all there is to know about your work? Would you call yourself a first-class professional at your work? How would your work stand up against the work of others in your line?
The first thing we need to do to become a "diamond miner" is to break away from the crowd and quit assuming that because people in the millions are living that way, it must be the best way. It is not the best way. It's the average way. The people going the best way are way out in front. They're so far ahead of the crowd you can't even see their dust anymore. These are the people who live and work on the leading edge, the cutting edge, and they mark the way for all the rest.
It takes imagination, curious imagination, to know that diamonds don't look like cut and polished gemstones in their rough state, nor does a pile of iron ore look like stainless steel. To prospect your own acres of diamonds, develop a faculty we might call "intelligent objectivity." The faculty to stand off and look at your work as a person from Mars might look at it. Within the framework of what industry or profession does your job fall? Isn't it time for a refreshing change of some kind? How can the customer be given more value? Each morning ask yourself, How can I increase my service today? There are rare and very marketable diamonds lurking all around me. Have I been looking for them? Have I examined every facet of my work and of the industry or profession in which it has its life?
There are better ways to do what you are presently doing. What are they? How will your work be performed 20 years from now? Everything in the world is in a state of evolution and improvement. How could you do today what would eventually be done anyway?
Sure there's risk involved; there's no growth of any kind without risk. We start running risks when we get out of bed in the morning. Risks are good for us. They bring out the best that's in us. They brighten the eye and get the mind cooking. They quicken the step and put a new shining look on our days. Human beings should never be settled. It's okay for chickens and cows and cats, but it's wrong for human beings. People start to die when they become settled. We need to keep things stirred up.
Back in 1931, Lloyd C. Douglas, the world-famous novelist who wrote The Robe, Magnificent Obsession, and other bestselling books, wrote a magazine article titled "Escape." In that article Douglas asked, "Who of us has not at some time toyed briefly with the temptation to run away? If all the people who have given that idea the temporary hospitality of their imagination were to have acted upon it, few would be living at their present addresses. And of the small minority who did carry the impulse into effect, it's doubtful if many ever disengaged themselves as completely as they had hoped from the problems that hurled them forth. More often than otherwise, it may be surmised, they packed up their troubles in their old kit bags and took them along."
The point of the article was simply, don't try to run away from your troubles. Overcome them. Prevail right where you are. What we're really after is not escape from our complexities and frustrations, but a triumph over them. And one of the best ways to accomplish that is to get on course and stay there. Restate and reaffirm your goal, the thing you want most to do, the place in life you want most to reach. See it clearly in your mind's eye just as you can envision the airport in Los Angeles when you board your plane in New York. Like a great ship in a storm, just keep your heading and your engines running. The storm will pass, although sometimes it seems that it never will. One bright morning you'll find yourself passing the harbor light. Then you can give a big sigh of relief and rest a while, and almost before you know it, you'll find your eyes turning seaward again. You'll think of a new harbor you'd like to visit, a new voyage upon which to embark. And once again, you'll set out.
That's just the way this funny-looking, two-legged, curious, imaginative, tinkering, fiddling dreamer called a human being operates. He escapes from problems not by running away from them, but by overcoming them. And no sooner does he overcome one set of problems, but he starts looking around for new and more difficult pickles to get into and out of.
If you feel like running away from it all once in a while, you're perfectly normal. If you stay and get rid of your problems by working your way through them, you're a success. Start taking an hour a day with a legal pad and dissect your work. Take it apart and look at its constituent parts. There's opportunity there. That's your acre of diamonds.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DIAMOND MINING
To prospect your own acres of diamonds and unearth the opportunities that exist in your life right now, regularly challenge yourself with some key questions:
1.How good am I at what I'm presently doing?
2.Can I call myself a first-class professional at my work?
3.How would my work stand up against the work of others in my field?
4.Do I know all I can about my industry or profession?
5.How can the customer be given a better break?
6.How can I increase my service?
7.There are rare and very marketable diamonds lurking all around me. Have I been looking for them? Have I examined every facet of my work and of the industry or profession in which it has its life?
8.There are better ways to do what I'm presently doing. What are they?
9.How will my work be performed 20 years from now?
10.Everything in the world is in a state of evolution and improvement. How can I do now what will eventually be done anyway?
To stay or to return , that is the question
Human Resources at TELUS
toADRIAN MATADEEN
dateMon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:20 PM
subjectJob Posting Notification - ROL00642-10
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toADRIAN MATADEEN
dateTue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:52 PM
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We thank you for your interest in TELUS.
A job opening matching your profile for a Director Client Relationship Management - TELUS International (US or Canada) - ROL00641-10 has just been posted in our Career Section.
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Manager of Business Analysis and Testing - Rate : $ 85000Friday, January 8, 2010 3:41 PMFrom: "GMurphy@sisystems.com"Add sender to ContactsTo: adrian.matadeen@yahoo.com
Hi Adrian,
We have an opportunity that may be of interest to you. If you are interested and qualified for this opportunity, please apply online (link below). This submits your application for priority consideration on this opportunity. If this position is not a fit or if you are not currently available, perhaps you can refer a friend who could be a fit (link below).
Opportunity ID : 27021
Apply Online : http://www.sisystems.com/index.cfm?mg=cpo.details&uv=%25%260W%5E3%2C0%20%0A
Sourcing Office : Vancouver
Title : Manager of Business Analysis and Testing
Project Description : Our client located in Lower Mainland is looking for a senior manager of business analysis and testing to join their team on a permanent basis.
The successful candidate will have at least 5 years of experience managing BA and QA teams in large complex environments, solid experience as a business process analyst, and deep knowledge of business and testing analysis best practices.
Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
Managing the day to day operations, infrastructure, and budget.
Working with business and testing analysts to develop and maintain a learning environment and philosophy.
Managing department staff, including hiring, resource assignment, coaching, performance planning and the associated
budget.
Mentoring staff in the application of industry and departmental best practices and guidelines.
Reviewing deliverables to ensure methodologies and standards are being met.
Working with clients and partners to identify the need for modifications to services or for new services required to meet
business objectives and project delivery.
Specialization and Skills :
- Business Analysis
- Business Analyst (8 - 10 years)
Additional Requirements :
- Business analysis and QA best practices experience (5 - 7 years)
- BA and QA team management experience (Mandatory)
- Management experience in large complex environments (Mandatory)
Start Date : Feb 15, 2010
Rate : $ 85000
Work Environment : On-site, full-time, regular working hours. One of the best in the industry benefit package, generous vacation time.
Thank you for your time and consideration Adrian!
Best Regards,
Grace Murphy,
S.i. Systems Ltd - Vancouver
Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure Migration - Rate : Hourly $ 94Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:24 PMFrom: "aaron.brown@sisystems.com"Add sender to ContactsTo: adrian.matadeen@yahoo.com
Hi Adrian,
We have an opportunity that may be of interest to you. If you are interested and qualified for this opportunity, please apply online (link below). This submits your application for priority consideration on this opportunity.
Opportunity ID : 26940
Apply Online : http://www.sisystems.com/index.cfm?mg=cpo.details&uv=%25%260SV3%2C0%20%0A
Sourcing Office : Vancouver
Title : Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure Migration
Project Description : Our client is in need of a Senior Project Manager for a 7 month contract with the opportunity to extend an additional 3 months. This role will prepare for and implement a range of infrastructure enhancements to several complex environments including a production environment and consisting of Oracle and multiple legacy systems in preparation for the go-live of a Finance initiative.
This assignment consists of coordinating several activities including:
• ensuring the project has the non-production and production environments it requires on a timely basis
• coordinating activities with the Integrated Test Lab to ensure quality delivery of changes
• coordinating with various business departments to schedule implementations to production and related testing activities
• coordinating all technical resource activities and business resource activities for preparation and implementation
The Project Manager will be expected to lead and manage all aspects of the on time, on budget, to scope delivery of quality project deliverables to the level of detail required for the size and complexity of the project (s):
• Work with the Sponsor, Program Manager, and other team members to understand and document the requirements, the goals and objectives, and manage expectations, report status, and escalate issues.
• Develop strategy and produces project management plans (scope, risk, quality, cost, change management, communications, procurement, work breakdown structure, and schedule) to deliver against it.
• Execute project in accordance with Project Management Office guidelines.
• Produce project deliverables; in some instances through directing Team Leads.
• Identify project risks and determines appropriate mitigation steps.
• Ensure projects meet goals and expectations of Sponsor and stakeholders.
• Identify project roadblocks and escalates responsibly.
• Work proactively with Program Manager, Sponsor, and team leads.
• Provide guidance and mentoring of team members.
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer for sustainment.
• Report to the Program Manager and Sponsor on project status, presentation of issues, risks, scope changes, and budget changes.
• Understand goals and objectives of internal and/or external project stakeholders, manage expectations and communicate effectively to address needs.
• Ensure business process changes are implemented and obtain buy-in/support from project team members and future users.
• Develop strategy to ensure the organization can gain the benefits of the project as outlined in the project charter and business case.
Specialization and Skills :
- Project Management
- Project Manager (5 - 7 years)
Additional Requirements :
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing business and IT projects of increasing complexity and size; with ability to successfully drive completion of business and technology deliverables to scope, schedule, budget and quality (5 - 7 years)
- Technical experience in a broad spectrum of complex infrastructure and telecommunications solutions (5 - 7 years)
- Management and leadership experience with key infrastructure technologies including:
• Operating systems (LINUX, WINDOWS)
• Storage Area Networks ad storage virtualization
• Oracle (databases, Oracle Critical Patch Updates (CPU), Oracle RAC), and VMWare (Mandatory)
- Demonstrated ability to work at all levels including the senior executive / management level (Mandatory)
- Experience working within complex organizations both in the private and public sector (Mandatory)
- Effective at managing conflicting viewpoints and demonstrated ability to build consensus (Mandatory)
Start Date : Feb 08, 2010
End Date : Aug 31, 2010
Rate : Hourly $ 94
Work Environment : Other Key Success Factors in this environment include PMP knowledge/designation, the ability to work in a diverse work environment, and demonstrated experience in projects that have a significant cultural change component.
Thank you for your time and consideration Adrian!
Best Regards,
Aaron Brown,
S.i. Systems Ltd - Vancouver
toADRIAN MATADEEN
dateMon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:20 PM
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We thank you for your interest in TELUS.
A job opening matching your profile for a Director Client Relationship Management - TELUS International (US or Canada) - ROL00641-10 has just been posted in our Career Section.
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Manager of Business Analysis and Testing - Rate : $ 85000Friday, January 8, 2010 3:41 PMFrom: "GMurphy@sisystems.com"
Hi Adrian,
We have an opportunity that may be of interest to you. If you are interested and qualified for this opportunity, please apply online (link below). This submits your application for priority consideration on this opportunity. If this position is not a fit or if you are not currently available, perhaps you can refer a friend who could be a fit (link below).
Opportunity ID : 27021
Apply Online : http://www.sisystems.com/index.cfm?mg=cpo.details&uv=%25%260W%5E3%2C0%20%0A
Sourcing Office : Vancouver
Title : Manager of Business Analysis and Testing
Project Description : Our client located in Lower Mainland is looking for a senior manager of business analysis and testing to join their team on a permanent basis.
The successful candidate will have at least 5 years of experience managing BA and QA teams in large complex environments, solid experience as a business process analyst, and deep knowledge of business and testing analysis best practices.
Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
Managing the day to day operations, infrastructure, and budget.
Working with business and testing analysts to develop and maintain a learning environment and philosophy.
Managing department staff, including hiring, resource assignment, coaching, performance planning and the associated
budget.
Mentoring staff in the application of industry and departmental best practices and guidelines.
Reviewing deliverables to ensure methodologies and standards are being met.
Working with clients and partners to identify the need for modifications to services or for new services required to meet
business objectives and project delivery.
Specialization and Skills :
- Business Analysis
- Business Analyst (8 - 10 years)
Additional Requirements :
- Business analysis and QA best practices experience (5 - 7 years)
- BA and QA team management experience (Mandatory)
- Management experience in large complex environments (Mandatory)
Start Date : Feb 15, 2010
Rate : $ 85000
Work Environment : On-site, full-time, regular working hours. One of the best in the industry benefit package, generous vacation time.
Thank you for your time and consideration Adrian!
Best Regards,
Grace Murphy,
S.i. Systems Ltd - Vancouver
Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure Migration - Rate : Hourly $ 94Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:24 PMFrom: "aaron.brown@sisystems.com"
Hi Adrian,
We have an opportunity that may be of interest to you. If you are interested and qualified for this opportunity, please apply online (link below). This submits your application for priority consideration on this opportunity.
Opportunity ID : 26940
Apply Online : http://www.sisystems.com/index.cfm?mg=cpo.details&uv=%25%260SV3%2C0%20%0A
Sourcing Office : Vancouver
Title : Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure Migration
Project Description : Our client is in need of a Senior Project Manager for a 7 month contract with the opportunity to extend an additional 3 months. This role will prepare for and implement a range of infrastructure enhancements to several complex environments including a production environment and consisting of Oracle and multiple legacy systems in preparation for the go-live of a Finance initiative.
This assignment consists of coordinating several activities including:
• ensuring the project has the non-production and production environments it requires on a timely basis
• coordinating activities with the Integrated Test Lab to ensure quality delivery of changes
• coordinating with various business departments to schedule implementations to production and related testing activities
• coordinating all technical resource activities and business resource activities for preparation and implementation
The Project Manager will be expected to lead and manage all aspects of the on time, on budget, to scope delivery of quality project deliverables to the level of detail required for the size and complexity of the project (s):
• Work with the Sponsor, Program Manager, and other team members to understand and document the requirements, the goals and objectives, and manage expectations, report status, and escalate issues.
• Develop strategy and produces project management plans (scope, risk, quality, cost, change management, communications, procurement, work breakdown structure, and schedule) to deliver against it.
• Execute project in accordance with Project Management Office guidelines.
• Produce project deliverables; in some instances through directing Team Leads.
• Identify project risks and determines appropriate mitigation steps.
• Ensure projects meet goals and expectations of Sponsor and stakeholders.
• Identify project roadblocks and escalates responsibly.
• Work proactively with Program Manager, Sponsor, and team leads.
• Provide guidance and mentoring of team members.
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer for sustainment.
• Report to the Program Manager and Sponsor on project status, presentation of issues, risks, scope changes, and budget changes.
• Understand goals and objectives of internal and/or external project stakeholders, manage expectations and communicate effectively to address needs.
• Ensure business process changes are implemented and obtain buy-in/support from project team members and future users.
• Develop strategy to ensure the organization can gain the benefits of the project as outlined in the project charter and business case.
Specialization and Skills :
- Project Management
- Project Manager (5 - 7 years)
Additional Requirements :
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing business and IT projects of increasing complexity and size; with ability to successfully drive completion of business and technology deliverables to scope, schedule, budget and quality (5 - 7 years)
- Technical experience in a broad spectrum of complex infrastructure and telecommunications solutions (5 - 7 years)
- Management and leadership experience with key infrastructure technologies including:
• Operating systems (LINUX, WINDOWS)
• Storage Area Networks ad storage virtualization
• Oracle (databases, Oracle Critical Patch Updates (CPU), Oracle RAC), and VMWare (Mandatory)
- Demonstrated ability to work at all levels including the senior executive / management level (Mandatory)
- Experience working within complex organizations both in the private and public sector (Mandatory)
- Effective at managing conflicting viewpoints and demonstrated ability to build consensus (Mandatory)
Start Date : Feb 08, 2010
End Date : Aug 31, 2010
Rate : Hourly $ 94
Work Environment : Other Key Success Factors in this environment include PMP knowledge/designation, the ability to work in a diverse work environment, and demonstrated experience in projects that have a significant cultural change component.
Thank you for your time and consideration Adrian!
Best Regards,
Aaron Brown,
S.i. Systems Ltd - Vancouver
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Interview with Dad on Masculinity and the role it plays in Family
Today is February 20, 2010 and I am interviewing my father in Trinidad .
Q. What is your full name?
A. Victor Matadeen
Q. What is your relationship to the interviewer Adrian Matadeen?
A. I am his father.
Q. When you say father what do you mean?
A. I am his biological father by registered marriage to my wife Bernice Matadeen nee Roopchand.
Q. How old are you?
A. 22nd March 2010 I will be 68 years
Q. How many children do you have?
A. Four Children
Q.Are you the father of all four children?
A. Exactly yes!
Q.Who is your role model of a man?
A. In what context?
Q. As a masculine figure in your life
A. hmm, no one specifically stands out
Q.When did you first realize you are a male ?
A. At the age of 3 years old.
Q. Who first told you that you were a male ?
A. My mother, Sylvia.
Q.have you ever had thoughts of being other than a male?
A. No
Q. Never?
A. Never !
Q.Was there ever persons in your life who were of male gender but not male personality?
A.I do not understand.
Q. Homosexual people?
A. No
Q. What do you understand a homosexual to be ?
A. A male person with feminine tendencies.
Q.Your father did you grow up with him?
A.Partial ?
Q.Tell me what does partially mean ?
A.From 14 years old upwards I lived with my grandmother on my maternal side in San Juan and Reverend Kitney, a Canadian missionary family lodged at the Curepe Presbyterian Church , from the age of 18 years to 22 years in Curepe with them. At the age of 22 years I returned to my father's house in Pasea Tunapuna, and lived there for one year until I got married at the age of 23 years.
Q.What is your father's name?
A.Andrew Ramon Matadeen, he was born in Venezuela.
Q.Was your father Andrew a masculine man?
A.Yes!!
Q.What do you mean by masculine man in your description of your father Andrew?
A.(tone very angry and shouting) MY FATHER WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE , VERY DOMINATING AND VERY VIOLENT IN HIS BEHAVIOUR TO HIS FAMILY. MY FATHER WAS A WOMANIZER!!!!
Q.By entire family who are you referring to with you in this family ?
A. The entire family is made up of my mother Sylvia, three brothers and three sisters.
Q. What is your birth order in this family?
A. I am the first born.
Q.Was your grandfather on either side masculine as you described your father Andrew Ramon?
A.Both of my grandfathers were deceased when I was born, both of my grandmothers were alive.
Q.So your father Andrew Ramon was a masculine man because he was aggressive , dominating , violent in his behavior to his entire family and a womanizer, correct?
A.Yeah!
Q. Are you a masculine man?
A. Yes, I am a masculine man, but not a macho man!
Q.So you are a masculine man but not a macho man?
A.Yes
Q.What do you understand the difference between masculine and macho to be?
A.A macho man is physically fit to do things, a homosapiens male , he does and likes physical chores , able to work and bring in an income and he is committed and responsible as family man.
Q.You said you are a masculine man but not a macho man?
A. Yeah
Q.Who in your life was macho?
A. My father was a macho man.
Q.But you said he was a masculine man, was your father both a masculine man and a macho man?
A. (terse angry voice) Yes he was both macho and masculine!
Q. Why are you saying you are masculine but not macho?
A. Because I never led an adulterous life but I lived a faithful and committed life to my family.
Q. Which family are you talking about?
A.To my relatives, siblings, my immediate children and wife.
Q. What is the composition of your immediate family?
A. My wife Bernice and my four children.
Q. You said you are not macho but masculine yet you describe yourself as macho but not masculine?
A. ( Shouts angrily) I AM MASCULINE BUT NOT MACHO!!!
Q.A macho man is a negative in your mind?
A.No, but I can procreate !
Q. A masculine man is a negative in your mind?
A. No.
Q.A man who cannot procreate is he masculine , macho , not , or both?
A. (loud) NO, A MAN MUST HAVE CHILDREN!!!!
Q.What was your masculine experience from the age of understanding , which you said was 3 years old to 14 years old living at your birth home in Pasea Tunapuna?
A. (sad broken voice) very hurtful
Q. Explain please?
A. (sad broken voice) bitter and disorienting
Q.In what way?
A.(angry loud strident tone) MY FATHER'S ATTITUDE WAS NOT CONDUCIVE AS A FIGUREHEAD AND BREADWINNER IN THE FAMILY LIFE! There was always conflict in the home by his male chauvinism!
Q.What do you mean by male chauvinism?
A. A playboy, living an adulterous life!
Q.Your immediate family in Pasea Tunapuna as a young boy becoming an adolescent man at the age of 14 years, what happened that you had to leave your birth home to go and live with your maternal grandmother in San Juan?
A. (sad broken voice) The constant nagging and advantage towards me by my father and the violence in the home , cause me to seek an alternative place of abode to finish my schooling.
Q.So you left your birth home voluntarily at the age of 14 years?
A. Yes
Q.Your education is?
A. I started school , Tunapuna Government Primary School, at the age of 5 years and finished at the age of 12 years. From 12 years to 17 years I attended Hillview College , graduating with one Senior Cambridge Subject B grade , Religious Knowledge and failing five others.
Q.What was your career path?
A. At the age of 17 years I began working as a courier with New India Insurance Company in Port of Spain, for 3 years. I left New India Insurance and started to work with Western General Insurance Company as a salesman for 1 year, during which time I wrote the postal services exam, and at the age of 23 years left Western General and went to work in the postal services where I remained for 36 years retiring at the rank of Inspector of Postal Services.
Q.What male friends did you have growing up?
A.Counterparts from College and school, I was not allowed to have friends at my father's house.
Q.What do you think about your father's effect on your life today looking back in the context as a male role model?
A. (Shouting angrily) HE WAS AN ANTI-MODEL, HE WAS NO MODEL AT ALL, NONE WHATSOEVER!!!!
Q.There is nothing you see good about your father?
A.NO!!!!, NOTHING !!!!!!
Q. Absolutely nothing?
A.(shouting loudly) NO!!!, NOTHING AT ALL!!!!, IF HE IS IN HEAVEN I WANT TO BE IN HELL, IF HE IS IN HELL I WANT TO BE IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Q.Who took the role of fathering you?
A. My mother Sylvia, the Presbyterian Church Reverend Kitney and my maternal Grandmother.
Q.So your de facto father were 2 women and a clergy?
A. Yes
Q.Was Reverend Kitney a masculine and macho man to you?
A. Reverend Kitney was masculine but not macho, (sad broken voice ) he was more a father to me than my biological father.
Q.But you only lived with Reverend Kitney from the age of 14 years to 17 years , 3 years only, how did Reverend Kitney influence your decisions and your life?
A.Reverend Kitney adopted me as his son and showed me how to behave and he loved me. He groomed my life.
Q.Do you have more positive feelings for Reverend Kitney than your father Andrew Ramon?
A. Yes.
Q.Why is this?
A.I was never accepted by my father, he was eccentric, he had an ego and was very domineering.
Q. How do you describe yourself as a male person?
A.I am masculine , I do not have traits of a dominating personality as my father Andrew, I try to live a subtle life.
Q. What do you mean by subtle life?
A. I am very contented and more disciplined in my everyday life to my family and neighborhood where I live.
End of Interview.
Q. What is your full name?
A. Victor Matadeen
Q. What is your relationship to the interviewer Adrian Matadeen?
A. I am his father.
Q. When you say father what do you mean?
A. I am his biological father by registered marriage to my wife Bernice Matadeen nee Roopchand.
Q. How old are you?
A. 22nd March 2010 I will be 68 years
Q. How many children do you have?
A. Four Children
Q.Are you the father of all four children?
A. Exactly yes!
Q.Who is your role model of a man?
A. In what context?
Q. As a masculine figure in your life
A. hmm, no one specifically stands out
Q.When did you first realize you are a male ?
A. At the age of 3 years old.
Q. Who first told you that you were a male ?
A. My mother, Sylvia.
Q.have you ever had thoughts of being other than a male?
A. No
Q. Never?
A. Never !
Q.Was there ever persons in your life who were of male gender but not male personality?
A.I do not understand.
Q. Homosexual people?
A. No
Q. What do you understand a homosexual to be ?
A. A male person with feminine tendencies.
Q.Your father did you grow up with him?
A.Partial ?
Q.Tell me what does partially mean ?
A.From 14 years old upwards I lived with my grandmother on my maternal side in San Juan and Reverend Kitney, a Canadian missionary family lodged at the Curepe Presbyterian Church , from the age of 18 years to 22 years in Curepe with them. At the age of 22 years I returned to my father's house in Pasea Tunapuna, and lived there for one year until I got married at the age of 23 years.
Q.What is your father's name?
A.Andrew Ramon Matadeen, he was born in Venezuela.
Q.Was your father Andrew a masculine man?
A.Yes!!
Q.What do you mean by masculine man in your description of your father Andrew?
A.(tone very angry and shouting) MY FATHER WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE , VERY DOMINATING AND VERY VIOLENT IN HIS BEHAVIOUR TO HIS FAMILY. MY FATHER WAS A WOMANIZER!!!!
Q.By entire family who are you referring to with you in this family ?
A. The entire family is made up of my mother Sylvia, three brothers and three sisters.
Q. What is your birth order in this family?
A. I am the first born.
Q.Was your grandfather on either side masculine as you described your father Andrew Ramon?
A.Both of my grandfathers were deceased when I was born, both of my grandmothers were alive.
Q.So your father Andrew Ramon was a masculine man because he was aggressive , dominating , violent in his behavior to his entire family and a womanizer, correct?
A.Yeah!
Q. Are you a masculine man?
A. Yes, I am a masculine man, but not a macho man!
Q.So you are a masculine man but not a macho man?
A.Yes
Q.What do you understand the difference between masculine and macho to be?
A.A macho man is physically fit to do things, a homosapiens male , he does and likes physical chores , able to work and bring in an income and he is committed and responsible as family man.
Q.You said you are a masculine man but not a macho man?
A. Yeah
Q.Who in your life was macho?
A. My father was a macho man.
Q.But you said he was a masculine man, was your father both a masculine man and a macho man?
A. (terse angry voice) Yes he was both macho and masculine!
Q. Why are you saying you are masculine but not macho?
A. Because I never led an adulterous life but I lived a faithful and committed life to my family.
Q. Which family are you talking about?
A.To my relatives, siblings, my immediate children and wife.
Q. What is the composition of your immediate family?
A. My wife Bernice and my four children.
Q. You said you are not macho but masculine yet you describe yourself as macho but not masculine?
A. ( Shouts angrily) I AM MASCULINE BUT NOT MACHO!!!
Q.A macho man is a negative in your mind?
A.No, but I can procreate !
Q. A masculine man is a negative in your mind?
A. No.
Q.A man who cannot procreate is he masculine , macho , not , or both?
A. (loud) NO, A MAN MUST HAVE CHILDREN!!!!
Q.What was your masculine experience from the age of understanding , which you said was 3 years old to 14 years old living at your birth home in Pasea Tunapuna?
A. (sad broken voice) very hurtful
Q. Explain please?
A. (sad broken voice) bitter and disorienting
Q.In what way?
A.(angry loud strident tone) MY FATHER'S ATTITUDE WAS NOT CONDUCIVE AS A FIGUREHEAD AND BREADWINNER IN THE FAMILY LIFE! There was always conflict in the home by his male chauvinism!
Q.What do you mean by male chauvinism?
A. A playboy, living an adulterous life!
Q.Your immediate family in Pasea Tunapuna as a young boy becoming an adolescent man at the age of 14 years, what happened that you had to leave your birth home to go and live with your maternal grandmother in San Juan?
A. (sad broken voice) The constant nagging and advantage towards me by my father and the violence in the home , cause me to seek an alternative place of abode to finish my schooling.
Q.So you left your birth home voluntarily at the age of 14 years?
A. Yes
Q.Your education is?
A. I started school , Tunapuna Government Primary School, at the age of 5 years and finished at the age of 12 years. From 12 years to 17 years I attended Hillview College , graduating with one Senior Cambridge Subject B grade , Religious Knowledge and failing five others.
Q.What was your career path?
A. At the age of 17 years I began working as a courier with New India Insurance Company in Port of Spain, for 3 years. I left New India Insurance and started to work with Western General Insurance Company as a salesman for 1 year, during which time I wrote the postal services exam, and at the age of 23 years left Western General and went to work in the postal services where I remained for 36 years retiring at the rank of Inspector of Postal Services.
Q.What male friends did you have growing up?
A.Counterparts from College and school, I was not allowed to have friends at my father's house.
Q.What do you think about your father's effect on your life today looking back in the context as a male role model?
A. (Shouting angrily) HE WAS AN ANTI-MODEL, HE WAS NO MODEL AT ALL, NONE WHATSOEVER!!!!
Q.There is nothing you see good about your father?
A.NO!!!!, NOTHING !!!!!!
Q. Absolutely nothing?
A.(shouting loudly) NO!!!, NOTHING AT ALL!!!!, IF HE IS IN HEAVEN I WANT TO BE IN HELL, IF HE IS IN HELL I WANT TO BE IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Q.Who took the role of fathering you?
A. My mother Sylvia, the Presbyterian Church Reverend Kitney and my maternal Grandmother.
Q.So your de facto father were 2 women and a clergy?
A. Yes
Q.Was Reverend Kitney a masculine and macho man to you?
A. Reverend Kitney was masculine but not macho, (sad broken voice ) he was more a father to me than my biological father.
Q.But you only lived with Reverend Kitney from the age of 14 years to 17 years , 3 years only, how did Reverend Kitney influence your decisions and your life?
A.Reverend Kitney adopted me as his son and showed me how to behave and he loved me. He groomed my life.
Q.Do you have more positive feelings for Reverend Kitney than your father Andrew Ramon?
A. Yes.
Q.Why is this?
A.I was never accepted by my father, he was eccentric, he had an ego and was very domineering.
Q. How do you describe yourself as a male person?
A.I am masculine , I do not have traits of a dominating personality as my father Andrew, I try to live a subtle life.
Q. What do you mean by subtle life?
A. I am very contented and more disciplined in my everyday life to my family and neighborhood where I live.
End of Interview.
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