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[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] G o a n e t - N e w s B y t e s APRIL 17, 2005 DATELINE: GOA ... . ... .... .. ... .... .||. Founded in 1994 || || .| '|. '' .|| || || .|...|| || by Herman |'' || || .|' || || || || || Carneiro '||||. '|..|' '|..'|' .||. ||. '|...' '|.' http://www.goanet.org .|....' To unsubscribe from this list, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you find this ezine useful, please recommend it to your friends and others from Goa. To sign-up http://newsfromgoa.swiki.net [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] IN TODAY'S EZINE: Links from the Net to Ivan Cardina Dias, one of the Cardinals who decides on the next Pope. Regular features, news updates and a lot more. SPECIAL LINKS * FOCUS ON IVAN CARDINAL DIAS, one of the three Indians voting for the next Pope. The Cardinal was born in Bandra, but traces his roots to Velsao, Goa: o Our cardinal in the Vatican http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=68253 o Hoping and praying for a Pope from Bandra http://www.mid-day.com/metro/bandra/2005/april/107064.htm o A brown Pope? The long odds on Bombay's Cardinal Dias http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001290.html o Possible Pope successors: Cardinal Ivan Dias http://catholicism.about.com/od/2005maybepopesuccessors/ p/cardivandias05.htm [LONG URL/PLS LINK] o Links on Google.com (over 7800) http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=%22cardinal+ivan+dias%22&meta= o Variety of experience gives cardinal from India high profile http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/ JohnPaulII/transition/CardinalsDias.asp OR http://cnsonivandias.notlong.com o Wikipedia on Ivan Cardinal Dias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Cardinal_Dias o Vasco police charge Ryan Fernandes and four others with the murder of Vasco-based doctor Shrikant Verenkar (55). Fernandes was Verenkar's son-in-law. (H) o Goa government was told by the local high court bench to ensure that hardened criminals are kept separate from under-trials. (H) o Goa's Common Entrance Test 2005, a new exam for entry into professional colleges, is causing tension among students, write Nerita Baptista. (H) o Nationalist Congress Party alleges that "BJP moles" are working within government departments to paint President's Rule in poor light.(GT/W) o Photo in the Weekender/GT, reproduced from the Sunaparant, shows shows a city bus conductor rubbing hands with a constable, who the paper says was openly indulging in palm-greasing. Gomantak Times/Weekender criticises NGOs in Goa for not being active enough, and faults many by pointing to untackled issues. This comes not long after the earlier BJP government and its ideological allies went on the rampage against NGOs, for quite another set of reasons -- almost diametrically opposite. Gomantak Times editor Sujay Gupta paints a bleak picture of tourism in the North Goa belt, and its ugly side, in an essay titled 'If you've lost your soul in North Goa, recover it in the south'. QUOTE: Read Fernandes. He has lessons to give even on how to be a foreign Goan, a good Portuguese Goan or a plain domestic Goan. And Goans come in many forms. -- MV Kamath, reviewing journalist Valentino Fernandes' book 'How To Be An Instant Goan' Diamond, 155 pp, Rs 150. QUOTE: Konkani tiatr has survived against all odds and flourished. -- Annie Quadros, known as the pearl of Konkani tiatr, who worked for 25 years as an actress. QUOTE: Goa chief secretary Kiran Dhingra on the "socially relevant maladies of Goa": No social malady can be corrected within a short time-frame. They require clear vision, concerted effort and a sustained follow-through. * The underbelly of tourism. * The downside of industrial development * The flipside of traditional attitudes to woman * The breakdown of community systems of land management * Urbanisation at an unplanned and unstructured rate. -- In Groove, Tarun Bharat. UNUSUAL AD: Fresh water fish -- the water from Ralloi Tollem (Raitollem) Curtorim will be drained today 17/4/05 at 7.00 am and the sale of fish will be on first come first serve basis. Any person interested should contact on the spot to the concerned party incharge (sic). o Heritage day will be held on April 18 at the Augustunian Complex, at Old Goa. (H) o Five qualities which mark a leader in hospitality -- humility, good etiquette, impeccable service, providing excellent conveniences and creating lasting impressions. -- Capt C P Krishnan Nair, chairman of the Leela Palaces and Resorts, as told to Ethel Da Costa, Groove (Tarun Bharat) o Rahul Alvares profiles 'Doctor' Joe, who worked in a garage and repaired British bikes (Nortons, Triumphs and BSAs), and has built his own garage at Porbavaddo in Calangute. He's considered "the most famous Bullet mechanic in Goa". (Groove, Tarun Bharat) --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATHS & OBITUARIES --------------------------------------------------------------------- CABO DE RAMA: Reis Magno Epifanio Pereira of Nuem, b 1945. Husband of Esperansa, father of Milroy and Convilda. Funeral Apr 17 to OL of Piety Chapel. CALANGUTE: Agnelo Joao D'Souza of Umtavaddo. B 1923. Father/in-law of Albertina/John Lobo, Josephine/Anthony Correia. Funeral April 17 at 5 pm MAJORDA: Jose Antonio Dias of Pacheco Vaddo. Husband of Elsa, father of Melvin, Conrad and late Edvin. Funeral April 17 at 4 pm for Majorda Church. ORLIM: Funeral of Minguel Rosario Pimenta, ex-P&O of Sambatty was held on April 17 at 4 pm to St Michael's Church Orlim. VELIM: Santana Antonio Ligorio Colaco, of Colaco Vaddo. Also at Vasco, Mumbai and Aquem Alto earlier. Ex-Superintendent of Customs, Mumbai and Goa. b 1926. --------------------------------------------------------------------- GOA SPORTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- o Air India to sponsor Goa Football Association's youth programmes. It will offer backing to GFA's under-14, under-16 and under-18 football championships, Air India manager for the Goa region Mario Saldanha announced here. (H) o All India under-15 cricket to start in Goa at Margao from April 17, in three different venues. (H) o Motorsports set for return in Candolim. Early in February, the Goa Motor Sports Association says it received the 'biggest shock' when policemen stopped the races on "flimsy grounds". (H) o Cuncolim Union entered the quarters of the seamen's soccer by defeating PY Nuvem 2-0 at St Rock's Ground in Majorda. (H) o Saligao Sporting managed to edge past Bossmen Cruz SC of Nagoa, Verna by a 2-1 margin to enter the semis of the Aldona Panchayat cup. --------------------------------------------------------------------- GOA, IN CYBERSPACE --------------------------------------------------------------------- SCIG, A USENET NEWSGROUP: Wanted volunteers to post news items directly related to Goa to the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.indian.goa Send all your posts to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To see the newsgroup, please visit http://groups-beta.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian.goa GOA RESEARCH NET is discussing the debate over 'myths about Konkani', earlier reproduced on Goanet. For more details visit the site below http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1503/research.html 'New' material on the site includes a link to 'Goan MPs in the Portuguese Parliament 1822-1892'. There's also Olympio D'Mello's thesis report, another link to Goa's prehistoric past, and one more for Marathi's records for Goa's history. Details are limited online, but useful links! GOA HERITAGE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goaheritage/ saw a recent post asking about the history of the churches of Carmona, Cavelossim and Varca. Check out these two new modest web pages http://bsg-goa.swiki.net Botanical Society of Goa, a network for all who love plants http://konkanfruit.swiki.net Details about Goa's 2005 fruit festival, involving organisations and individuals from three states that straddle the Konkan region (Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka). BUILDING AN ARCHIVE OF SHARABLE IMAGES RELATED TO GOA: Would there be an interest in building up a public archive of old Goan photographs? Pictures tell a story well, and we need to collate and put out in cyberspace photographs that tell the story of Goa. If this suggestion makes sense to you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] We could work out ways to build an archive, which then becomes a community asset, and is available to anyone who'd like to access, republish or otherwise share it. Mumbai-firm with a Goa link: Lawrence & Mayo opticians http://www.lawrenceandmayo.co.in --------------------------------------------------------------------- WEATHER, ETC IN GOA --------------------------------------------------------------------- Maximum 35.3 deg C, minimum 25.6. Humidity 75% by day. It was a hot Sunday, and at 3.20 am Monday the thunder can be heard. 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