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Kolade Johnson ASSOCIATION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS, AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY,P.M.B. 14, EKPOMA,EDO STATE, NIGERIA. ASSOCIATION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS It is no longer news that the most dreaded disease,HIV/AIDS,is thretening to wipe out the entire mankind.It all started during the first quarter of the 19TH century in the continents of America and Europe.From thence,it started spreading to spreading to other continents,Africa inclusive.Right from then,different people have been trying to come out with a cure,but to no avail.Do we fold our hands and watch this disease ravage mankind? However,developed countries because of their advanced technological advancement,have been able to curb the ravaging effect of this diseaseto some extent.But for the developing or under-developed continent of Africa,particularly Nigeria,the reverse is the case.The disease has continue to spread like wild bush fire.The government,is not doing much to save the situation. Statistics from the federal ministry of health shows that,about 15% of the country's population,contacts the disease annually,while about 105 of the population die annually including children and adult,due to the absence of proper health care as a result of the heightened poverty level in the country.This is why this organisation has taken it upon itself as a challenge to make sure that the anti retroviral drugs(ARV'S),is made available to the poor victims who have innocently contacted the disease. This milestone cannot be achieved without the support from charitable organisation/persons like you.This is why we are humbly asking you to please come to our aid.Nothing you donate towards this project is too small,anything you give will be acknowledge.Your donations could be in material things or otherwise. Thanks and God bless you as you donate towards this project. FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES CONTACT; KOLADE JOHNSON HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY. TEL.+234-805-583-9900. Ambrose Ali University exists, which is the only true thing in the above. But you knew that. Roger Biggs Mr Johnson, (or is it Dr or Prof) I too am a Concerned Citizen but I should like to make sure my donation is directed to the aid of the right kind of people. Can I therefore ask you what are the eligibility conditions for those applying to your organization for treatment funds? What checks do you make on them? Yours brother in philanthropy Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello, Thanks for the reply. First and foremost,i want to assure you that we are running a genuine organisation,to save our fellow men and women who are down-trodden,to let them know that there is still hope for them to live,even in the face of death. We process of applying to our organisation is simple,but it depends on the willingness of the patient.Any patient who have HIV,can just walk into our temporary office to lay his or her complains,and once this is done,you automatically becomes our patient.(whether in or out patient)We donot bill them for anything,because they are poor,and cannot afford the anti_retroviral drugs.This is why we have taken it upon ourselves to help these people,through help or assistance from good minded people like you.So i beg you once more to please help us realise our dreams. thank you.Waiting to hear from you. Roger Biggs That sounds excellent. Send me an email with a prospectus and I'll look through it. Can you give me your registered charity number so I can make sure you receive the tax contribution as well. Regards Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello Brother, Am still waiting to hear from you. Thank you. Roger Biggs You say you are waiting to hear from me so I presume you did not receive the email below. Contents of which are essentially send me your prospectus by email and give me your Registered charity number so I can ensure you receive the tax allowance as well. Kind regards Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson hello, Please,am still waiting to hear from you.We are genuine and we do genuine things,dont mind my country,it does not really matters where you come from,what matters is who you are. thank you. Roger Biggs Kolade, I don't understand, I didn't question anything to do with your country.Nor did I question whether you were genuine or not. Of course you are genuine. What are you talking about? Indeed, I am the one who is waiting. Waiting for your reply. I have a budget of $10,000 (US Dollars) for charitable donations and am very interested in giving it to your organisation. I need a prospectus to go over the detail of what your organisation does in order to present to the boardand a charity number so that you also get the tax. In this country charitable donations are exempt of tax, therefore I can claim tax back frommy Government to add on top of the $10,000. At a tax rate of 40% that would be an extra $4,000. Making your total $14,000. I should think this makes it in your interests to reply to my questions. Please stop fooling around and get back to me. I'm a busy man and don't have time to explain tax issues to an educated man. Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello, Am so sorry for the rather late reply,but the greatest thanks goes to you for always writing to remind us,i say a very big thank you.Attached herewith is our prospectus,but the only problem is the account number.We were with our bank manager yesterday,he told us that it is not possible to pay money from one country to another,because the type of account we operate will not permit that,because we operate a domicilliary account,which is limited within the country.So our suggestion now is that if you can use western union money transfer,to send your contribution or assistance to us?We will be very glad if you will. Thanks and God bless. Waiting to hear from you. [prospectus was no such thing, a 0 byte jpg] Roger Biggs Kolade We do not do business through a Western Union money transfer. That is for sending home $50 a month to a poor mother, not for international philanthropy. Come on man get a hold of yourself. In any case, I was not asking for your bank number. I was asking for your charity number. As a registered charity you receive a number which must be quoted to the tax authorities when making a claim back against tax. The prospectus file seems to have been corrupted. It did not open to anything. Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello, Thanks for the reply.That is the point i have been trying to let you know,that we are a poor organisation,we donot even have a registered charity number,that is to show you our extent of poverty.You also said western union is for sending money to old grandmas,but am not ashame to say that we are as poor as that literary grandma,if not poorer than. Please, i beg you in the name of the God to help us in your own capacity,just do whatever you know you can do for us,i know that God,in his infinite goodness will reward you bountifully,in a hundredthfold,thousandthfold. As for the prospectus,dont mind it,it all balls down to the fact that,we are a poor organisation,that is the more reason why we are seeking help from well-meaning people like you.Please,dont let us down. Waiting to hear from you. Thank you. Roger Biggs Kolade, I was very moved by your last email and went straight to the other Board members to discuss it. While I feel strongly that we should donate the money to you the Board was unable to come to a final decision on the matter. There are 6 Board members who feel that without registered charity status we cannot donate. They say that you could be anyone and that we may as well give the money to the first tramp we see in the street. I pointed out that you are the head of psychology at a respected University. This did not carry much weight as I could provide no evidence to back up the claim. One of the objectors did seem to be waivering slightly in her belief. I think if you were to contact her personally with any documents you have to back up your claim, (eg doctorate certificate or anything concretely connected to the charitable work you do) then she may become sympathetic and change her vote. Her name is Bethany Summers. Her private email address is [beth's email]please contact her. If we get her vote on side then we can ensure you get the money. Warmest Regards Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello, I thank you for your assistance so far,i pray that God will grant you your heart desires,amen.I have written to her,but i want you to still help me,in convincing her,because you are my mouthpiece for now. Thank you. Kolade Johnson Hello Bethany Summers, We are writing you in respect of, The association of concerned citizens,ambrose alli university,Ekpoma.I want you to know that without good people like you,we cannot make any headway.I beg you to please,put yourself in our position.Just render your help to us,and i assure you that God,in his infinite goodness,will reward you bountifully. Thank you. Bethany Summers Mr Johnson Thank you for writing to me personally. Dr Biggs has told us of your appeal and we have considered it. I don't know how much he has told you of our discussions but a few of us find this situation rather dubious. I am a reasonable person and am very sympathetic to the AIDS problem. However we need some evidence of your work. I'm sure you will understand that we cannot just hand out rather large sums of cash to anybody who knocks on our door. That just encourages dishonest people to try to pray on our generosity. We have to be seen to be thorough. Are there any documents you can email to us send us? Best Wishes Bethany Summers Bethany Summers Dr Biggs, I sent this email to your contact Professor Johnson yesterday. I have not had any reply as yet. After discussion with the other dissenters on the board, I have noted something of a divergence of our opinions. The other 5 appear to be blocking the donation less on grounds of evidence more, well I wouldn't like to make accusations especially as I am copying in your friend. I think you understand what I mean. I personally am appalled at their views considered reversing my vote to spite them. However that would not be professional. I will rise above that but will be happy to consider favourably any documentary evidence you can provide. Bethany Summers cc Kolade Johnson Kolade Johnson Hello, We saw your last reply,so we decided to send you our certificate of incorporation,i believe that's enough proof to show. Thanks for your assistance so far,i pray God rewards you abundantly,amen. We are waiting to hear from you. [attached was rather nice "certificate of incorporation" in the style of a twelve year old's school project with the lovely motto "spread the word, not the virus".] Kolade Johnson Hello Brothers and Sisters in christ, We thank you for your support and co-operation so far,we pray that God will reward you abundantly.we just want to let you know that we appreciate everything.Also,have you seen our certificate of incorporation?We are waiting to hear from you good people. Please i want you to please consider our plea.Thanks and God bless you all as you render your assistance to us.Amen. BYE FOR NOW. Roger Biggs Thanks Kolade, I'll be speaking to Bethany later. There is a board meeting scheduled in a couple of hours. I have not yet received the agenda, if the company's charitable donations are not up for discussion then I will bring it up under any other business. I feel sure that with Bethany on side we will win the vote! Kolade Johnson [Dear Roger] Thank you.I know that with you and Bethany on our side,we will be considered.Once again,God will reward you abundantly. Amen. Kolade, Roger Biggs [Dear Kolade] That was an interesting meeting. The board has made a decision on our charitable donations. We received an email late last night from a group who were raising money for an orphanage in Togo. The board was very touched by the suffering of the children as described in the email and described to award the money to them. If it's any consolation Bethany was a very vocal supporter of our cause. Though her colourful expression of her views of the relative merits of AIDS patients and dying babies were perhaps in a little poor taste. I am distraught, I worked so hard on lobbying for you and just when I was most hopeful this happens. I'm so very sorry Your good friend Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello [Roger], How do you reckon we will take this bad news,after all the plea,we still put our trust in you people.We beg you to help us. We are waiting to hear from you. THANK YOU. Kolade, Roger Biggs I feel terrible about this. Obviously it must be even more devastating for you. You are there and have to explain it to all the sufferers. Bethany has taken it especially badly. She is talking of quitting and coming out to Nigeria to work with you. I don't know what you said to her in your emails, but you clearly touched something deep within her. Her comments on Togolese orphans however does not hold with the same altruistic spirit. She has even suggested that the writers of the email may not be entirely legitimate. They did provide photographs of children so I don't think she can really complain. Do you have any ideas of how we may be able to change their minds? Is there anything more you can tell us? Are any of your lepers crippled? Still willing to help Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson hello Roger, please we beg you to help us. Roger Biggs But how? The money is to be officially awarded on Monday. Kolade, anything you can do or tell us that may strengthen your claim or weaken theirs I am desperate to hear and will present to the board immediately. Always yours Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello [Bethany], It was with heavy heart that we receive the news just now,after waiting for the outcome of the board meeting amidst tension,we prayed for the meeting to favour us,but alas,it went the other way.But one thing we have learnt is never to give up,we know that you can still help us,even if it's a nadir,a penny,we will very much appreciate it. We are looking forward to your positive reply. THANKS AND GOD BLESS. Bethany Summers Kolade, I can do better than that. I can come to help. Those Togolese little bastards have stolen your money but they won't steal me away from you. Who the hell wants to give money to kids without parents, what are they going to spend it on? Coca cola and Sony Playstation that's what. Are you married? Bethany Kolade Johnson Hello [Bethany], We really thank you people for your assurances so far,we appreciate.Please,how can you people help us,even if it's a nadir,or a dime,we would really appreciate it.I just want you to consider our situation,we really need your help,please. Yes am married.please,i need your reply now. THANK YOU. [Kolade] Roger Biggs Kolade, Good news! All may not yet be lost! The Treasurer was talking to the bank about making the Western Union money transfer to the orphanage and the banker, Mr Mainwaring I think, started to get all puffed up and told him not to do it. Turns out Beth may have been right. Mr Mainwaring said that this orphanage was probably a con. It seems that these are quite common these days especially in places like Togo. These con artists send out phony emails pretending to need help and ask for money to be sent to them, always through Western Union, apparently that's one of the ways to spot them. The board is going to reconsider their decision and Mr Pike, who brought the orphanage email to the attention of the board may be disciplined for it. He is a stupid boy. It seems we may be able to get them to send the money to you after all. I hope you are as happy as I am Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello [Roger], We thank you so very much for your concern so far, God will reward you all abundantly. We thought it wise to send some photos of our members, i believe it might go a long way to helping us. We pray so. Hoping to hear from you. [enclosed were some photographs of pitiful victims] Kolade Johnson Hello, Have you seen the photographs we sent to you? We are waiting to hear from you. THANKS. Kolade Johnson Hello, We are still waiting to hear from you. Is there any development so far? THANKS. Kolade Johnson Hello, We are still waiting to hear from you. Hope there is no problem? Roger Biggs Kolade, I can't write much. Mr Mainwaring at the bank has pointed out similarities in the letter from the orphanage and your emails. He says you are a fraud. I know this is not true so I asked him to contact Ambrose Alli University to confirm with them that you are indeed the head of psychology. He is going to call them today. In the meantime Bethany and I have been told to have no further communication with you until we hear back from Mr Mainwaring. I am braking thsi command by simply writing to you now, but I thought you deserved to know what is happening and that it will all be sorted out soon. I did see the photos they were very harrowing. It must be said though that dying AIDS victims are very photogenic. Warmest regards Roger Biggs Roger Biggs Kolade, I don't understand. Mr Mainwaring says that he called the University but that they denied that you worked there. They knew of your name as other people had called asking about you in relation to this charity. They said the charity did not exist. What is going on? I'm in trouble now at the company, as is Bethany. We believed in you, don't let us down. Mr Mainwaring cannot be right. I saw the certificate and the photographs of the dying victims. I told Mainwaring no-one would be sick enough to make use of the horrific AIDS epidemic to scam money from generous people. That is essentially what he is accusing you of. He says you have so little compassion for AIDS victims you are mocking them by trying to raise money for yourself. Exploiting the most pitiful and destitute people in the world for personal gain. I know you, I know you wouldn't do that. No-one would. There is no-one in this world with such a contempt for human life, surely. I know you can explain this. Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello, We thank you all the same for your support.One thing that keeps baffling us is this,how else do they want us to show that we are genuine,anyway,i know we are genuine.just take us for our word,thats all we can say for now. bye Roger Biggs Kolade, They don't believe us. That bloody Mainwaring has pulled the wool over their eyes. I don't know what he thinks he's doing. He's convinced them to make the donation to Oxfam instead. Bloody Oxfam! What they want with money I don't know. Why give it to one of the big charities when the little people like you are the ones actually trying to make a difference? I've been relieved of Boardroom duties, as has Bethany. I am to undergo a disciplinary hearing. Mainwaring has convinced the board that I am "in on it" with you. He says "no-one would be stupid enough to fall for such an obvious con" hence I must be planning to share the money with you. They just don't get that we are trying to help the less fortunate of the world. My wife will probably leave me if I lose my job but I must stand up for what is right. If I am going to stick with your case (and definitely lose my job) I really have to know for sure (I hate myself for even asking this): Is your charity 100% genuine? Yours, Roger Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello, We thank you for all you have done for us, we appreciate.We just want to reteirate it that we are genuine,we do genuine business.Please,fight for our course,i know you will not lose your job. Thank you.say us well to Bethany. Ray Biggs Dr Johnson I hope you don't mind me contacting you. My name is Dr Raymond Biggs, I believe you know my brother Roger. I am a specialist in the field of sexually transmitted diseases and am putting together a conference on the terrible effects of AIDS in Africa and what can be done to halt the spread. I was discussing this with my brother and he mentioned that he had a friend in Nigeria that worked in that very field. He gave me your email address and said you were a fine man who would be amenable to my little request. Roger is a very good judge of people. I trust he judged you correctly. My request is a simple one. I would like for you to come over here to discuss your experiences of treating AIDS victims to mixed audience of politicians, doctors and the general public. I do hope you can make it. It is a highly prestigious event and will be held at the Royal College of Physicians. I'm sure we could all learn a lot from a man of your experience on the front line. Then we can put this horrible disease behind us once and for all. Yours Dr Raymond Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello, We really appreciate your concern towards our organisation,and we pray that you people will be rewarded abundantly. We would have been very much ready to attend that workshop,since you are personally inviting us,but the problem is finance,because right now we are facing a great financial constraint.We dont know for sure how possible it will be for us to attend or even send a delegate. Anyway,we are waiting to hear from you. Warmest regards kolade johnson Ray Biggs Kolade Have no fear on the finance front. We would be willing to reimburse your traveling costs after the event. The final amount of our sponsorship is contingent on the number of delegates So we wont receive payment until after the event. However we would definitely be able to cover your costs. If there is any problem with working to that then I would be grateful if you could write a small paper, say 10 to 15 pages, that I could present on your behalf. I would be sure to prominently feature your logo in order to try to drum up a few more donors for your cause and we may even be able to arrange a payment from the sponsors, though again after the conference. Yours Dr Raymond Biggs Kolade Johnson Hello, [Roger, Bethany] We are still waiting to hear from you people,pls.dont just forsake us like that. Thank you. Bethany Summers Kolade, You have made me look like a fool. I was willing to give up everything for you. I was willing to come over and be with you. I have learned that your charity does not exist and you are just trying to scam money out of us. Poor Roger has lost his job over this. He defended you to the last. I hope you are happy. I'm just glad we didn't give you any money. You make me sick. Bethany Summers Kolade Johnson Hello [Ray], We thank you once again for your kind gesture.We really appreciate.We are ready to come to the conference with five of our members,but as i told you before,financial constraints,but that notwithstanding,we are still going to make it by his grace.But dont be furious wuth us,we just want to ask if you can assist us with just $250 in order to make up the travelling money,as we have secured the necessary things,all we need now is just about that sum to finalise everything,we would be very glad if you could help us with that. Thanks and God bless you all.Amen. Ray Biggs I'm sorry, as I said we don't get any of the sponsorship money until after the event. The sponsors are paying directly for the venue hire and such. Happily we are able to reimburse all reasonable travel expenses after the conference. I wish I could help you myself but that would be against the code of ethics of our commission. It could be seen as bribery which would be disastrous if it were uncovered by the newspapers. As you are short just 250 could I suggest you reduce the number of delegates. I was only expecting you to come on your own. With only 2 or 3 in your group I'm sure you could make enough savings to enable your current funds to stretch. Yours sincerely Ray Biggs P.S. Have you heard anything of my brother? I heard he lost his job but the circumstances seemed hazy. He seems to have just disappeared. Do you know anything? Kolade Johnson Hello, We are begging you to help us,we promise it will be confidential.I have not heard from your brother since,hope there is no problem? Thank you. Ray Biggs Kolade, I'm not sure what help you expect from me. I told you in my previous email that we could reimburse your travel expenses. How are arrangements going? If you are having difficulty we can still go the route of my presenting the paper, though it would be good to have you here yourself. How is work on your speech going? Can I have a sneak preview? Actually this is more than a little natural curiosity, I have to pass all speeches before the eyes of our sponsors for defamatory content. It seems that free speech is dead unless you have the money, eh? They are relatively harmless though. They don't want to curb intelligent discussion, merely reign in on libelous name-calling. I managed to get them to pass a speech calling a certain leader a "monkey-semen guzzling syphilitic neanderthal". But you know what it's like when us STD boys get together. I also haven't heard from Roger in a while. Not since he lost his job anyway. I hope he is alright. I'll try to get in touch now. Yours Dr Raymond Biggs Ray Biggs Kolade, I have some very grave news. My brother, your friend, Roger committed suicide 4 days ago. His wife was away visiting Georgios, her Greek friend, at the time so the body lay undiscovered till she got back this morning. I am utterly distraught. You will understand if I cannot write much. It seems he may have left a note but I don't know what it contains yet. I'll get back to you with more news as I get it. I want you to know how highly he regarded you and your work and was happy to be doing something productive with his time over the recent weeks. Raymond Kolade Johnson Hello Ray, We were saddened as we received the sad news.Is it really true that rogers did that?But he should not have done that,cos it's not the end of the world.We are really feeling bad here,infact its difficult to believe.Please,you have to keep us updated. Thank you. Ray Biggs Kolade, I'm sorry to have taken so long to get back to you. The family have been very upset ass you will understand. Roger has no history of depression so as you say it is difficult to believe he came to this. In your professional opinion as a psychologist what is your opinion of his state of mind given the evidence of his emails? He seemed to be happy to me to finally have something to believe in. He mentions in his note a "sense of betrayal". Do you know what that could refer to? Hoping you can help us in our grief. Ray Kolade Johnson Hello ray, That is simply delusion.Can you tell me more about what and what he did,so that i can figure out something from it,using my professional experience as a trained psychologist? Ray Biggs We still don't know very much about what lead up to the suicide, that is what I was hoping you could help us with. You are the person he was in most closest contact with. he was quite a loner, his marriage was falling apart and he had no real friends. We were hoping his emails to you would have left some clues as to what he was thinking about at the time he decided to end it all. I'm surprised you said that the sense of betrayal part was delusion. I thought that was referring to the board members refusing to give the money to your charity. I thought you may have joined with him in that feeling of hurt. The Coroner, Dr B F Skinner and his deputy John B Watson are very concerned by his behaviour prior to his death. When I told them the man he was in closest contact with was a psychologist they were thrilled at the lucky break. I really hope you can help them. Ray [Note B F Skinner and John B Watson were pioneers in the field of Behaviourism as any head of a Psychology Department would recognise] Ray Biggs Kolade, Just wondered if everything is alright at your end. We had the funeral yesterday. Father Jack Hackett took the service. He has a lovely way with words and gave us all great comfort. I wish you could have joined us. As it was, it was a very small congregation, but as I said Roger was a very private man, something of a loner so he did not have many friends. In my speech I called for a prayer for your AIDS victims, the strangest thing happened, one of Roger's ex work colleagues started shouting something, we had to have her escorted out. The rest of us continued with the prayer. Some of Roger's few friends came up to me afterwards asking if there was a collection being made, perhaps for your charity. I told them there was nothing official but it may be a nice gesture that Roger would approve of. I didn't have the details on hand so I am now asking you on their behalf. Have you made arrangements for travelling to the conference, it is fast approaching now? Ray Kolade Johnson Hello, We greatly sympathise with you,tell his wife that life must continue after roger's death.tell her toput all those aside.. Regarding the contribution to our charity,you stillhave to help us out,most especially with the proposed conference.i would be much willing to be there,you just have to help us out,with anything,sothat we can be able to be represented.$200 is not too small,infact its a huge sum,if you can help us out with it,we will be very grateful. Thanks and God bless Ray Biggs Kolade, The Sponsors have finally come through with some money so I shall be ale to send you $200 in advance indeed we may be able to send you your entire expenses. We have made a special case of this as your presence is so important to getting a true feel for what life is really like in the thick of it, as it were. You will recall what I told you of the need to avoid accusations of bribery. Therefore to prove the seriousness of bringing you over and making this special dispensaition, the sponsors have only agreed on the basis of seeing the paper you are planning to present. Kolade I am very happy about this, just send over your paper and let us know your total expenses then I'll get the sponsor to write the cheque. Kind Regards Ray Biggs p.s. Do you have any view yet about Roger? Skinner is boxing himself in trying to come up with something. [Skinner's Box was the root of some ugly and untrue rumours about Skinner experimenting on controlled environment by keeping his own daughter in a box which was actually an ingenious cot. Again something any psychologist would instantly recognise] Kolade Johnson Hello, Thank you so far for our cause.I am presently putting the paper together now,it a long papwe am going to present and i assure you that,it will be great. In case you want to send the money,you can use western union with this name; KOLADE JOHNSON AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY EKPOMA. Waiting to hear from you. Regards. Ray Biggs Thank you Kolade, I think it would be easier make use of the Inter-University Money Transfer arrangements. I'm a visiting professor at St Barts Hospital College of Medicine so can make use of the facility. I was glad to see Ambrose Alli was signed up to the service. I shall send it over when I have shown your paper to the sponsor's I'm glad you say "it will be great". I look forward to reading it. By the way I was right, we can release you the full expenses, please let me know how much it comes to. Regards Ray [Obviously this Inter-University Money Transfer doesn't exist, but Kolade doesn't know that.] Kolade Johnson Hello, The university transfer you are talking about does not operate well in our school, so i would prefer you send the money through western union money transfer, to avoid anything happening to the money. I await your reply. Regards. Ray Biggs Kolade, That is very distressing, I'll write to the IUMT International Coordinator to let him know of the difficulties at your University. What is the specific problem? Does the money just go missing? Probably some fraud somewhere long the line. The coordinator is an old friend of mine we were at Oxford together. I'll get him to launch an enquiry. He's very good, he'll get it up and running properly again in no time. In the mean-time what is the total figure for the expenses. Regards Ray Ray Biggs Kolade I understand you are probably very busy at the moment, it is thesis season after all but have you finished the paper yet? How much money do you require for your expenses? The sponsor want a figure so the can budget for it. Ted Crilly,my friend in IUMThas told me that he had heard of some problems with the Ambrose Alli IUMT arrangements, (unofficially they are on the verge of being dropped from the program). He is looking into sorting it out but doesn't anticipate it being ready for some time. Maybe it is more sensible to go with Western Union as you suggested. Yours Ray Kolade Johnson Hello, We thank you so far for your concern.We are still putting the paper together,you know we told you that its going to be a very interesting paper,and its also lenghthy.We will let you have just the main points,because we would like to keep you on suspence,before the bomb shell will explode,we assure you,that you will appreciate every bit of the paper. We will very much appreciate it,if you let us know when exactly you will send us the $200,so we could really arrange our itinery. v Fondest Regards. Kolade Johnson Ray Biggs Kolade, Thank you, everything is in place for sending the money over. Are you sure you just require $200 at the moment? As I said the sponsors are willing to give you full travel expenses up front. As soon as they receive the full paper they will be able to release the funds, so the timing is essentially all down to you. Thank you for your offer of a brief summary of the main points in advance of sending the main paper. That would be much appreciated and would give me some sense of how to structure the convention and other speakers around your paper. On a personal note I have been feeling very depressed since the death of Roger, I'm sure you understand. Can you recommend any books for helping me deal with the loss (of course other than the Bible)? I'm thinking of something that explores the sense of loss felt by bereaved family. Thank you again Ray Kolade Johnson Hello, I would advise you to just register with a psychotherapist,i think he will be in a better position to counsel you on this. I thank you for your efforts so far.i will give you the preambles soon. Regards Ray Biggs Thank you Kolade, You are of course right, the personal care of a professional is probably better. Though I am surprised you suggest a psychotherapist instead of a psychologist, I was aware of many serious professional contentions between the two groups and thought you would side more with the psychologists. Ray Kolade Johnson Hello Ray, A psychotherapist is in a better position to treat cases like that and not a psychologist,though they are related in a way. We have decided to let you have a hint of whatour presentation will look like. This is the summary of our presentation; First and foremost,we will talk about how we can work in collaboration,to remove this dreaded disesase out of the face of the earth.We should not allow this disease to defeat us,we are humans and God has given us the wisdom and knowledge to overcome everything. The second point we will talk on is this.This is more of a psychological thing.We will lecture people on te dangers of treating people living wit HIV/AIDS as aliens.They sould be given ope and encouragement,that there is a better tomorrow.That social stigma usually attached to victims,is one thing that kills,even more than the disease itself.These must be fought squarely. The third point we will talk about is on prevention.People should learn how to cultivate preventive measures,by keeping away from things that can result to HIV/AIDS.Public lectures/seminars should constantly be held to educate people. The fourth point is that.As a psychologist,i will educateall present in the seminar,using psychological principles,that is,how bestyou can manage the disease psychologically,over a long time. I will also shed light on the importance of nutrition to HIV/AIDS patients.I will let them know that the food they take-in matters alot. These and many more,will be what you should look forward to in my presentation. Thank you, Kolade Johnson. Ray Biggs Kolade, I am impressed. I cannot wait for this presentation and your paper. I am especiallyintrigued by your theories on AIDS victims as aliens, this is certainly an area I had not considered before. Do you think the disease oiginated in another part of the Galaxy. I am aware that Dr H M Murdoch wrote a paper suggesting that it may have come to Earth on a meteorite but I have not read the paper fully. I presume you have? I don't want to put any undue pressure on you but have you considered any history of the care of AIDs victims. I know that luminaries in the field such as Boscoe Baracas and Templeton Peck do not get the recognition they deserve. I look forward to receiving your completed paper intenesly. Ray p.s. Thanks for clearing up the psychotherapist/psychologist query. Kolade Johnson Hello, So like when will we be expecting the money? Thanks for your commendation,that is just a tip of the iceberg. Thanks. Ray Biggs Kollade, I was discussing your proposed speech to my colleague Prof Basil Brush. He has recently been in Africa and was astonished at the content of your speech. He said it bore a remarkable similarity to a speech and paper presented by the renowned AIDS expert Dr J Hannibal Smith entitled "I Love it When a Plan Comes Together- Treating the victims of AIDS". Basil attended the presentation of this paper in Lagos but was able to speak to the estimable Dr Smith afterwards who mentioned how well it had gone in Nigeria. Basil is very concerned about the similarities. Do you have any comment on this? Have you ever seen Dr Smith's paper? Surely when a man such as Hannibal Smith visits your country there is a lot of coverage especially within the AIDS care community. Ray Kolade Johnson Hello, I have heard of Dr.smith,though i have not met him personally,i heard he is an orator,well versed in this matter.Would he be at the seminar? How soon are we getting the money,so that we can start preparations on time,you know the kind of protocols one has to beat in my country in trying to secure travelling documents.so, it will be better we start preparing on time. Let us know how soon we will get the money. Thanks and God bless. Kolade Johnson Hello Brother, I was hoping that by now i would have heard from you,based on what i told you earlier on,about the difficulty that is encountered in my country,in trying to secure travelling documents.Am begging you to please,be fast about everything,because i wont like it,if i miss out in that seminar. Hoping to hear from you. Regards. Kolade Johnson. Ray Biggs Kolade, I have had an email from Hannibal Smith, he has said he will be attending so perhaps you will have a chance to meet him after all! He is keen to meet you, though I'm sorry to say your fame had not reached him yet. Other good news is that Dr H M Murdoch will also be attending so you will have a chance to discuss your views parallel on the intergalactic nature of this terrible disease. Other Attendees include the legendary pioneers in palliative care for victims, Boscoe Baracas and Templeton Peck. They will be discussing their experiences in the field in the US and around the world. They are our major headlining speakers, our A-Team you could say. You are the linking structure between all of them however with your psychological insight onto care and prevention. I'm sure you agree it is a most exciting line up. As I said previously the payment can be made as soon as the sponsors receive a copy of the full paper. It may be easier and I think preferable to the sponsors if we purchase an electronic plane ticket on your behalf. The non-refundable nature of this would certainly calm the sponsors worries. See you soon Ray More to come? |