| Personal background |
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My name is Jean-Pierre Thomaides born 20 October 1947, originally from Alexandria Egypt and since 1969 living in Johannesburg South Africa. Completed College Saint Marc the CBC in Alexandria, studied at the HII of Matarieh outside Cairo, completed technical training at Sud Aviation assembly plant for the Caravelle aircraft in Toulouse France then emigrated to South Africa.
Attended the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and completed training at the Hartbeespoort Tracking Station outside Pretoria operated by the NITR of the CSIR on behalf of NASA in the USA.
joined ESKOM in 1980, was Project Engineer C&I in the Generation Engineering Dept for Lethabo Power Station Project Team at Head Office Megawatt Park. Managed the C&I clarification meetings in England, Germany and Sweden.
In 1988 joined ESKOM Transmission Engineering Dept as Security Project Engineer for the protection of Substations. Transferred Security System Technologies to the LHDA in Maseru Lesotho and BPC in Gaborone Botswana, advised the SBE in Swaziland and NAM Power in Namibia on Security System Technologies.
In 1992 joined ESKOM Corporate Security, as Project Engineer Manager to oversee with Technical Security Officers the Protection of ESKOM Power Stations and Substations nationwide.
In 2000, I was upgraded to Consultant Security Technology and advised/managed installation of security systems at different residences and provided EXCO and Board of Directors with TSCM.
Retired in 2012 and completed in 2013 two courses with ITTT for teaching English as a foreign/second language and teaching business English.
Retired senior member of the SAIEE, SAIMC, IMCSA. Completed several internal courses while employed at ESKOM.
My wife Aspasia (Sia) retired in 1999 due at the time to medical reasons, fortunately she was given a clean bill of health and together enjoying our retirement.
We both enjoy reading, watching movies on TV and although do not have a large circle of friends, try to keep in touch with family and friends worldwide.
Decided long ago, right or wrong, together with Sia not to have a child or two, but have brought up our domestic helper's daughter in our home, and after having completed matric with distinction, is at present in her second year studying towards a Bachelor degree in journalism and media studies at Rhodes University in Grahamstown.
I enjoy writing and at present trying to complete writing a book on quotes which God willing aim to complete by year end.
I also enjoyed photography and try to shoot with my Nikon Coolpix P90 camera when not busy reading,writing or playing with "Stripes" a ferrell female cat who sleeps in our garage, only visits when hungry, needs attention or wants to play.
I enjoy keeping in touch with a school friend in Canada through Email, facebook and shortly via Skype I hope. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I have always been fascinated by deep space, the stars, galaxies and planets. Perhaps, that is why I completed the training at the tracking station. Maybe by running SETI@home, it is in a way trying to achieve another milestone in decreasing the horizon of the unknown by going into the unknown.
I think that it is quite amazing to see how much was,is and will be done in the future to search for extraterrestrial intelligence,as I have always believed that we cannot be alone, the challenge though is "are we looking in the right place?"
I do have a few suggestions which I will let you know at a later stage. |
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