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G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s MAY 15, 2005 DATELINE: GOA
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IN TODAY'S EZINE: Goa students win an Intel prize, while the state does well
in national sailing too. On the job front, there's a mix of scams and
genuine opportunities. Strange statistics from the AGCL. A tribute to Abbe
Faria, with yet another translation nearly two centuries later, of his work.
Finally, what's the meaning of 'Goa'?
YOUNG STUDENTS FROM GOA WIN US AWARD: Two students from Goa's
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyala, the Central government-funded model
schools for bright rural kids, won a prize at the Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair, at Houston, US. Suvrata
Desai and Mallika Dhillon Desai, both 16, won the prize for their
project 'traditional spices as bio-pesticides'. (PTI)
o Job frauds are preying on the people of Goa -- whether it is jobs
for nursing, openings in Cyprus or Venezuela or even the Ukraine,
offerings to employ women as maids and BPO (business process
out-sourcing) type jobs. (H)
o Murder cases on the rise in Margao. (NT)
THE GOA TOURISM Development Corporation seems to have lost
its way. It has been more involved in sponsoring celebrity
photographers, film stars, singers and wine festivals in
recent times, instead of spending its money developing
budget tourism, which is its real role. (Goa Messenger,
issue of May 1-15).
o Ful-na-Paklli, the 'creativity for a cause' group, has announced
rural events at Capao-Vanxim, near Divar today.
o St Inez Fete at Church Grounds, May 15 from 6 pm onwards. (NT)
o World Museum Day on May 18. (NT)
o Women entrepreneurs, seminar cum exhibition, Kala Academy May 16-17.
Organised by http://www.mennenfinance.com
o Different panels of the Bicholim Urban Co-op Bank are canvassing
for votes. There's big money in small cooperatives!
o Daffodil Immigration of London is inviting "highly skilled" people
to the UK to work, "under the new HSMP scheme". http://www.daffodilimmi.com
o Goa organised a pulse polio campaign on Sunday, May 15. (NT)
o Pre-monsoon work in Salcete village areas may commence during the
monsoons, thanks to the model code of conduct! (H)
Don Bosco Crafts Institute, Loutolim is offering courses for
students who opted out of formal schooling -- electrical,
woodworking, welding & metal fabrication, plumbing, tile laying and
auto-mechanic. Students placed on jobs after completion. Admission
open year-round. Courses also open to girls -- short term
in Computer Office Assistant and Home Nursing. Training and
equipment also given in Bee Keeping and Honey Production.
Outside jobs also undertaken -- metal fabrication, carpentry,
electrical and plumbing, executed with precision and quality.
Contact Don Bosco Crafts Institute, Loutolim Ph 2858218 or
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a Salesian
-run institution.
Sea Scan Maritime at St Inez launches its Saloon Catering
Course from June 1. Phone 242 3409/10
QUOTE: "It was by chance (that I came to know the work of the
Goan writer Adeodato Barreto.) I found this very odd. I'd
heard of the relationship between Goa and Portugal, but
I never knew about Indo-Portuguese literature, and so it
seemed interesting. I started reading the text and I noticed
the use of strange vocabulary, such as 'bule-bule' and
'mogarim', the mixture of Konkani and Portuguese. It caught
my attention, particularly the mixture of Catholic and Hindu
elements, written in Portuguese... I was able to study the
literature since the arrival of the Portuguese in Goa to the
1960s. It was then that I discovered what a peculiar form of
literature had developed in Goa. -- Brazilian scholar
Everton Vasconcelos Machado, who was recently in Goa. (H)
"The other day, I received an email from a gentleman from
Panjim who wrote 'On May 3, World Press Day, I read an
article in The Times of India, where (actress) Mallika
Sherawat claims that she has more balls then men.' Of course
he had to add, 'the press in Goa lacks it'." -- Robin Abreu,
Editor, in the Herald.
25 eco-conscious people, some certified divers, observed Dive To Earth Day,
April 22, by sailing out to Sao Jorge Island, which is popular among
tourists, and spending the day cleaning the beach and water around the
island. The team, under the Barracuda Diving India, then returned to Panjim
with about 30 bags full of polystyrene, glass, aluminium foil, rubber,
plastic etc and safely disposed off the waste after sorting and separating
it into different bags, catalogued before disposal. Sao Jorge Island is an
abandoned Navy outpost, which also has a lighthouse, according to Venkatesh
Charloo of Barracuda. (Goa Messenger)
World of politics
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o Nirmala Sawant, the former Goa Congress president who was sidelined
in the Cumbharjua constituency (to make way for ex-BJP party-hopper
Pandurang Madkaikar) filed her nomination papers for the June 2
bye-elections. These elections are crucial for Goa, as they will fill
five vacant seats, and probably decide which party, or coalition,
will rule Goa next.
o BJP alleges poll code violations by Congress nominees. Ex-CM
Manohar Parrikar told chief electoral officer Rajiv Yaduvanshi that
candidates in Taleigao, Cumbharjua and Margao constituencies were
making blatant and unlimited use of money and muscle power. (NT)
[The irony may be lost here, but all three were key players in
Parrikar's own BJP government not long ago.]
GOA'S POLITICIANS have achieved the dubious distinction of
being the first to exploit every known loophole in the
Constitution. (Sigmund de Souza, in Goa Messenger)
o BJP has also alleged that Salcete joint mamlatdar Agnel Fernandes
was "caught red-handed" by their workers, while including names
of several "bogus voters" without proper scrutiny. (NT)
o BJP state chief Rajendra Arlekar blames South Goa MP Churchill
Alemao and Mormugao MLA Karl Vaz for instability in the Mormugao
municipality. (NT)
o Janata Party fails to rope in rebel Congress(wo)men. After failing
with Nirmala Sawant, Somnath Zuwarkar and Sanjay Bandekar, the party
headed by Kingfisher beer baron Vijay Mallya managed to file just
one candidate -- Nilkanth Bhomkar, the sarpanch of Old Goa. (H)
o Flamboyance amiss as Mickky files nomination. (H)
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DEATHS & OBITUARIES
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A 16-year-old girl working as a maid-servant committed
suicide and her body was traced in the Kurpe river.
Nutan Gaunker was working at Curchorem, and took the
drastic step after a heated argument with her mum. (NT)
BENAULIM: Precilla Soccorina Goes of Mazilvaddo, b 1986. FYBA student of
Rosary College Navelim and student of the Nursing School, Verna. Daughter of
Francis Xavier Goes (A/C taxi driver) and Celina. Sister of Valencio Savio
and Joyfon Gregorio Goes. Deeply mourned by all her relatives.
PANJIM-ALTINHO: Indira 'Minakshi' Keni, b 1941. Wife of Pundalik 'Bhai'
Keni, mother of Shruti (Chandarani) Rohan Hede, sister of Mrs Shakuntala
Divakar Lolyekar and Datta Damodar Naik. Expired on May 14 after brief
illness.
QUEPEM: Srinivas Malbu Gauns Dessai, range forest officer of Soil
Conservation, Ponda Division. Expired on Saturday at Camasai, Xeldem.
ST INEZ: Pravina Rajesh Doshi, 54, wife of Rajesh Jayantilal Doshi,
mother/in-law of Hemang, Hema and Karan. Vishal Building, near Military
Hospital.
TODAY MARKED THE first death anniversary of Konkani
writer Felicio CArdoso and Fr Freddy J Da Costa, the
editor of Gulab, who died in a Karnataka road accident, 2004.
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GOA SPORTS
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TRISHA, SHELDON MAKE IT A CLEAN SWEEP FOR GOA: In the national sailing
championships at Dona Paula's Hawaii Beach, Goa's Sheldon D'Mello won both
races to emerge as overall winner in the regatta fleet. Goa's Trisha Sabir
won both races to become the first girl to emerge as overall sub-junior
national sailing champion. (H)
Indian hockey ace Dhanraj Pillay asked the "invisible" Goa Hockey
Association to keep egos aside and work to putting the game back on the
track in the state. "So many hockey Olympians have come down to Goa and
there is no GHA official to have a word with. It simply amazes me," Pillay
told reporters. (H)
Don Bosco Oratory Fatorda walked away with an impressive 4-0 win over Parish
Youth Nuvem in the Calangute Panchayat Cup, at the new Poriat Grounds.(H)
Goa United Sports Academy scored a thumping 8-0 win over Quitula Sports Club
in the Air India GFA Under 16 football tournament at Duler Grounds. Dempo
drew with Vasco 1-1.
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GOANET POLL
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Last week's, Goanet.org's Poll question was "How often do you visit Goa?"
Of the 186 responses here is the breakdown:
6% - Visit? I live in Goa
35% - Once a year
43% - Once every two years
12% - Once every five years
2% - Once every ten years
2% - I don't intend to visit Goa
This week's Goanet Poll question: What is the most serious environmental
issue Goa is currently facing? To vote, click here:
http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Polls&file=index&pollID=8
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WORLD OF BUSINESS
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AUTOMOBILE CORPORATION OF GOA LTD IN THE NEWS: ukkaram Bhagat is
bullish on Auto Corporation of Goa ... Excerpts from CNBC-TV18's
exclusive interview with Mukkaram Bhagat of Ask Raymond James and
Shankar Sharma of First Global:
On Buying interests: Bhagat: I like Auto Corporation of Goa a lot.
It is a Telco associate company which builds bus bodies. It is going
at very low valuations below 10 times on a one year forward basis.
Return on capital is currently 45% plus and I think the bus segment
is going to be a huge play going forward like you saw the car
product emerging in the last 6-7 years with the high race coming in
place. Next years onwards, the bus segment is really going to boom
and this is the only listed play you have in terms of a bus body
building company which has very low capital and high ROI.
http://www.acglgoa.com Honda Sattari, GOA 403 530 INDIA +91 832
2370223-26/2370257 Automobile Corporation of Goa Limited. The Company's
principal activities are to manufacture, assemble and press all types of
sheet metal components including ferrous and non-ferrous metals. The Company
also manufactures bus bodies and component parts. The manufacturing plants
are located in Goa. Pressed Parts, Components and Assemblies accounted for
78% of fiscal 2001 gross revenues and Bus Bodies and Components, 22%.
* Chairman - S. V. Salgaoncar Managing Director - N. R. Menon
ICON Press Release: AGCL financial benchmarks available. SAN DIEGO, Calif.
- ICON Group International Ltd., today released a study global on labor
productivity and financial benchmarks for Automobile Corporation of GOA Ltd.
(BOM: ACGO).
The methodologist for this unique study is Philip Parker, Eli Lilly Chair
Professor of Innovation, Business and Society at INSTEAD (Fontainebleau,
France and Singapore). Professor Parker states, "We are intrigued by the
wide variations in basic financial and productivity measures between
Automobile Corporation of GOA Ltd. and other Motor Vehicles and Passenger
Car Bodies Manufacturing companies. The Earnings Before Interest And Taxes
(EBIT), for example, varied from -3.39 to 28.36. We see this type of
variation in the hundreds of ratios that we estimate."
GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED has invited bids for the sale of its property
at Chicolna, in South Goa. Quote: "A newly developed housing complex
of plot area 91,675 sq metres with a Phase I built-up area of 9651
sq metres in the form of 171 flats (1BHK and 2BHK) is available for
sale on 'as is where is' basis. The plot with a view overlooking the
sea is situated at Chicolna village at South Goa and is situated at
4 kms from the Goa airport and 3 kms from the Bogmalo beach".
Details at http://www.goashipyard.com " Times of India, Times
Property, May 14, 2005. (Just a thought, what went wrong? And was
the land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, which offers the
owners a pittance as compensation?)
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FROM HERE AND THERE
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What does 'Goa' mean? Speciality Definition: Goa
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/Go/Goa.html
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
* Goa is a state of south-western India; see Goa (state)
* The city of Goa, former capital of Portuguese India is now called Old
Goa
* The current capital of Goa state, formerly "New Goa", is now Panaji
* Goa is a genre of music; see Goa trance music
* A Goa is a type of antelope; see Goa (antelope)
SAD REALITY ABOUT HOSPITALS IN INDIA: Hospitals in India, including Goa --
competitive but inaccessible: Even as many Indian hospitals invite a foreign
clientele to world-class treatment facilities, the poor have to contend with
a different and unregulated private sector, says Abhijit Das. India is
emerging as a favoured destination for a new kind of tourism -- medical
tourism. While states like Goa and Kerala are trying to woo the foreign
tourist with their natural splendours, many Indian hospitals are trying to
invite a foreign clientele with five star hospitality and world-class
treatment facilities. The slow trickle of foreign patients' promises to turn
into a flood; this industry is reported to be growing at 15% annually.
http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/mar/hlt-status04.htm
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A TRIBUTE TO ABBE FARIA
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BOOK ON ABBE FARIA: Veteran translator and practising hypnotherapist
Laurent Carrer, PhD, has translated Abbe Faria's French 1819 book
'On the Cause of Luicid Sleep' in an English-language work titled
'Jose Custodio De Faria: Hypnotist, Priest and Revolutionary'.
Carrer, Ph.D. is a French native who has lived in the U.S. since
1978. He is certified by the American Translators Association and
has begun translating important works of the French pioneers of
hypnosis, making them pertinent to our times by providing relevant
commentary and biographical background. He lives in Encinitas,
California with his wife Rebecca and cat Rimsky.
Abbe Faria is Goan, and a fascinating figure in world history.
His nineteenth century book was republished at the start of the
20th century, and, now, almost a century later, comes out again!
Excerpt:
Faria's contributions to the field of hypnosis:
* Experimented with hypnosis, a state he called "lucid sleep," on
more than five thousand individuals.
* Questioned Mesmer's theory of magnetic fluid and believed that
"magnetic fits" were not only unnecessary to healing, but
potentially harmful. His own approach was to keep his subjects in
a state of calm, and he believed the magnetic fit to be "a state
contrary to the normal development of nature."
* Held the original view, though uncomfortably caught between
Mesmerists, skeptics and religious opponents, that hypnotic
phenomena were not due to magnetism, trickery or the Devil but to
the expectancy and cooperation of the patient.
* Discovered the suggestive method of inducing and interrupting
trance verbally.
* Observed and described numerous hypnotic phenomena, now well
known, and gave them psychological explanations.
* Postulated that ordinary sleep and the hypnotic state are of
similar nature (a theory that was later adopted by the School of
Nancy, but has now been proven wrong).
Full details at:
http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/robots/04-2296.html
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