goanet-digest Friday, May 24 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4014
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[Goanet] IT enhanced efficiency...for poll results -- DigITal Goa
[Goanet] news from the GSCP
Re: [Goanet] Observation ?
[Goanet] 25 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
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Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:37:47 +0530
From: "Niraj Naik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] IT enhanced efficiency...for poll results -- DigITal Goa
IT enhanced efficiency, reliability and speed of poll results
Digital Goa Team
PANAJI -- Gone are those days when one had to wait for days to get the
complete results of the elections, be it panchayat, state or parliament
elections.=20
Now, like every other field, IT has also transformed the way elections
are conducted in the largest democracy in the world. Thanks to the
compact size and better infrastructural facilities, usage of IT is most
effective in Goa.
IT application has not only reduced the manpower requirement drastically
but has increased the efficiency, speed and reliability of election
results.
IT is being used in number of ways in the election process. The Election
Commission of India, which is responsible for conducting the elections
for state assembly, sets up a network linking the ECI headquarters in
Delhi to every district head quarters going for polls. A central office
located in the State capital acts as an intermediately between New Delhi
and District Transmitting Centres (DTC).
All the district Transmitting Centres are equipped with computers,
telephone lines, Internet connections and fax machines for smooth and
faster data transfer. DTCs are manned by a statistical officer from the
Department of Planning and Statistics and a programmer/ software
engineer from National Information Centre.
A specially designed software package called =93Genesys=94 is used for
transferring the data from the DTCs to ECI in New Delhi.
The data is transferred in the form of FTP files using Genesys software
in three major stages =96 pre-counting data, counting data and post
counting data.
Three hotlines are operational through out the election process
connecting North Goa, South Goa and Central office in Panaji to the CEO
in Delhi. Each returning officer is also provided with fax machines and
STD lines.
The staff is specially trained to handle the job of data entry with
speed and precision. Electorate rolls are also updated simultaneously on
the computers.
However, the major factor which contributed to the declaration of early
results is the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs). As like last
assembly elections, the forthcoming assembly polls in Goa will be held
exclusively on EVMs. In all, 1441 EVMs will be used in the 1135 polling
stations in the state.
The failure rate of these EVMs is almost nil and it needs just four
steps to display the candidate wise and party wise results. The booth
wise results are then compiled by the computers to give the results of
each constituency. All this is done within a short time. Results are
then conveyed to the CEO and which in turn updates them on their website
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Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:41:05 +0530
From: Ashley Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] news from the GSCP
Hello all.
just an update on the status of the latest GSCP project. implementing ltsp
in schools.
after a successful run in the first stage of the project, we are now coming
to the end of the second phase of the same. the third phase, when schools
actually begin to use the equipment will start on June 3rd.
for this particular project, 21 schools were selected on basis of space,
necessity and support to be equipped and networked by the gscp. for the
past 2 months, toma nd i have been working to implement the same for the
said schools, however, we ran into a couple of problems here and there. the
one which got the most amount of laughs was S.F.Moira. toma nd i had gone
tot he school, dirty, tom with his bandana on his head and french bread, me
with my shirt all dirty and sweating. the teachers took one look at us and
gave us a very cold reception, not allowing us to touch the equipment or
work without permission. any attempt to explain why and what we were doing
was of no awail. when i finally called up the headmistress a month later,
she apologized to me saying that the teaches, had apparently though we were
high on drugs!!! what a comedown. we had a good laugh on that one,a nd i
ahve made a resolution to carry with me a set of new clothes for every
school. moidakars nah.....
however, some schools have been overly co-operative, St Barthalomeos chorao
for eg, they had everything made and keep ready for us to come and install
the computers, they ahd furniture and spend money to make the lab look
nice. and then along came a good Samaritan in the form of Alwyn Noronha
helping the school in planning and implementing computer studies,and even
donating 5 network cards from his own.
to give an appreciation, the schools which have really helped themselves
and are to be applauded are: St john of the cross sanquelim for their
effort and enthusiasm however, financial help is a problem here. maybe if
someone is from the village, he can help out like how alwyn helped out in
chorao.
vasant vidyalaya siolim had got all infrastructure and allup and in spite
of being really low on funds, made funds available for the same.
holy cross high school, siolim and bastora. both school nuns did an
admirable job in getting everything up and ruining. these are two schools,
which were really interested in teaching even the lower classes and had
dedicated teachers.
st claras assnora, had plenty to talk about. they were the first to get
everything ready, the first school to already inaugurate their computers,
and the most co-operative staff and teachers i have ever seen. this is one
school that is anyone is from that locality, you should consider supporting.
however we got a somewhat lukewarm respnce from a few schols as well. to
name a few, St. Anne's H.S., Tivim. st elizabeths pomburpa, S.F.X moira.
our lady of grace bicholim etc.. these schools in my opinion need to be
educated in computer usefulness and about the project in general.
till date, i haven't visited any of the south goa schools, though tom will
be doing so next week. i wil be leaving for a much needed break to mumbai,
lonavela etc. on 28th till 2nd. i will be back on 3rd in time fo the third
and final phase of the project.
wish us luck :-)
and remember, with U we can spell success. a helping hand will go a long
way. if people can only rally around and help support and encourage the
school, like Saligao for example, it can go a long way towards helping the
community.
more updates to be posted later with corrections etc..
regards
Ashley
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Ashley Delaney (Man is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished)
Res: Abreovaddo, Saligao, Bardez Goa. India. 403511
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Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 01:20:12 +0000
From: "Tim de Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Observation ?
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All cards change so no matter you pick it will not be there.
Tim de Mello
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>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Goanet] Observation ?
>Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 17:24:26 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
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Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 11:02:18 +0530
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 25 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
25 May 2002
SENSITIVE MATERIAL: The Chief Electoral Office has directed the police to
confiscate all material either on film or in the form of literature which
may cause communal tension in the State during elections. (GT)
BAN ON SCREENING OF FILM ON GUJARAT CARNAGE: The office of the Chief
Electoral Officer has imposed a ban on the screening of the film on Gujarat
carnage entitled "Hey Ram" in Goa, in view of the elections and has
instructed the DIG of Police to attach the cassettes if they are surfaced
anywhere in the State. (H)
ESCAPE FROM SADA: Three personsPallani Swami, Arjun Dhakane and Kanakraj
Nagappa--who ere convicted for serious offences and under-going
imprisonment in the sub-jail at Sada, Vasco, escaped in the early hours of
May 25. The trio escaped through a hole they made to the wall of the
bathroom. (NT)
COALITION GOVERNMENTS, JUMBO CABINETS INEVITABLE: Coalition governments and
jumbo-sized cabinets may be hard realities of the near future, according to
opinion expressed by leaders of three major parties in Goa, at the "Goa
Elections 2002" function organised by the Goa Union of Journalists at Hotel
Nova Goa yesterday, at which Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, NCP state
president Dr Wilfred de Souza and Goa Pradesh Congress Committee acting
president Shantaram Naik voiced their views on various issues. (GT)
BUYAO PROMISES: Solving the vexed issue of Sonsodo garbage, recognition for
the artists and self-employment are the highlights of the manifesto
declared by an independent candidate from Fatorda, Mr Ulhas Buyao. (NT)
COALITION GOVERNMENT: Senior leader of the BJP and former chief minister of
UP, Rajnath Singh, did not rule out the possibility of the party forming an
alliance with others if need be, in order to form the next government. He
was addressing a press conference in Panjim yesterday. (GT)
CASSETTES, CDS SEIZED: Margao police yesterday raided a shop in the Gandhi
Market and seized duplicate Hindi film and blue film cassettes and CDs
together worth over Rs.1.5 lakh. Police have arrested Joseph Rodrigues and
an offence has been registered against him. (NT)
UPDATE OF GSCP PROJECT: After a successful run in the first stage of the
project, we are now coming to the end of the second phase of the same. The
third phase, when schools actually begin to use the equipment will start on
June 3 for this particular project. 21 schools were selected on basis of
space, necessity and support to be equipped and networked by the Goa
Sudharop Computers for School project. For the past 2 months, Tom and I
have been working to implement the same for the said schools. (Ashley
Delaney [EMAIL PROTECTED])
CAUSE OF POWER PROBLEMS: The electricity supply in the Western Grid
collapsed on May 23, due to technical problems, as a result the power
supply to Goa from the Maharashtra State Electricity Board grid failed. (NT)
BRAHMANAND SWAMI NO MORE: The Temporal Head of Padmanabha Sampradaya, His
Holiness Brahmanand Swami of Haturli Muth, took Mahanirvana on Friday
morning at Tapobhomi, Cundaim. The mortal remains of the Swamiji have been
kept for public veneration at the Samadhi Mandir. (GT)
MEET YOUR ALDONA CANDIDATE: All the candidates standing from the Aldona
Constituency namely from the BJP, Congress, MGP, NCP and Su-Raj party have
been invited for a meeting at Azad Bhavan, Alto Betim on 25 May from 5 PM
to 6.30 PM., and requested to ensure they come in time since this is
intended to be a short controlled session, where each candidate tells the
citizen why they should vote for him, about the party manifesto, and then
will follow a question and answer session. PCAF, a non-governmental,
apolitical registered body working for the welfare of citizens in Porvorim,
has organised the meet.
MAY QUEEN IN KUWAIT: Canril Doreen Mendoza, 17 years, beat 42 other
contestants to win the prestigious May Queen Ball 2002 which was organised
by the Goan Welfare Society, Kuwait. The first runner-up was Nisha
Braganza, followed by Shirley Marshall in the third place. (GT)
CHILDREN'S CAMP AT BIG FOOT: The 8th annual "Big Foot Children's Art Camp"
at Ancestral Goa, Loutulim, concluded recently wherein 45 children
participated. The campers were provided accommodation at Ancestral House
"Casa Araujo Alvares", a 250-year-oldmansion. In keeping with the theme of
being and living with nature, children were treated to traditional food and
advised on the negative aspects of packed and fast foods. (GT)
SAD DEMISE OF HUGO: Hugo Souza of Raia, Goa, passed away in a mission
hospital in Himachal Pradesh. He probably died of cancer. A rank holder
from Xavier's Bombay, he passed his LLB with a gold medal. He decided to
come to Goa to contribute to free Goa and edited the first Konkani daily in
free Goa. His logic, commitment, integrity and reputation, at whatever he
did, was unsurpassable. This man could have been anything and anyone but he
decided to be with his own people and spent a major time of his life
dealing with kids to help them grow up. His belief in India and its
potential was tremendous. Adept at a number of things, Hugo basically
called himself a theoretician. Right from reading puzzle books of Martin
Gardener, to discussing world politics, astronomy, law, history,
philosophy, sociology, science�you name it, this guy had very few peers
worldwide. (Picked up from a posting by Samir Kelekar [EMAIL PROTECTED])
FREE MAGNETO THERAPY CAMP: A free magneto therapy camp, organised by the
Arpora-Nagoa village panchayat in co-ordination with Sparsh Magnetic Health
Centre, Nagpur, is underway at Arpora village panchayat hall and will
conclude on June 18. (NT)
BOOK ON FLORAL IDEAS: "Step-By-Step" Floral Ideas, a book published by
Jacinta Pinto is a simplified guide to create flowers using simple waste
items such as fruit peels, calyxes, coir, seeds, etc. (GT)
PARRIKAR'S DOUBLESPEAK: "If Parrikar is exhorting the people to support BJP
on the basis of its good governance during its 17-month tenure, should some
credit not go to the said defectors with whom he has co-habited and shared
the spoils of power during that period?" (Pramila Naik, Margao, in Letters
to the Editor-GT)
E-CAMPAIGNING: "Political parties, who use their clout to gain e-mail
addresses from ISPs, should be banned from contesting elections. Sending
emails to unknown people is total violation of privacy." (LMD, Cyber-Voices-NT)
"COMBAT LAW" RELEASED: A human rights magazine "Combat Law", edited jointly
by Colin Gonsalves and Mihir Desai, was released by wellknown architect
Dean D'Cruz at the Friday Balcao of the Goa DESC in Mapusa, after an
interesting and well-attended presentation, in the fortnightly series,
conducted by him yesterday evening.
"Gonsalves and Desai work for the India Centre for Human Rights, an
organisation which helps people where legal needs are concerned. The main
intention of the magazine is to make people aware of the situation which
exists in the country right now, from the human rights point of view,"
according to Adv Ratna Prabhu of the Goa unit of the India Centre for Human
Rights. Topics covered in the inaugural issue are: Genocide in Gujarat,
Anthrax and TRIPS, Convergence Bill, Rape Law Gender Neutrality,
Displacement of Adivasis, State Repression, etc. (GoaNOW)
S P O R T S
FOOTBALL: Maina Sports Club scored a hard fought 2-1 victory over St Rock
Youth, Majorda, to emerge champions in the All Goa Shiroda Inter Village
soccer tournament at Shiroda. Goa Velha played methodical football to stun
Sangolda Lightning 3-1 via the tie-breaker to move into the semi-finals of
the Xth Nerul village Panchayat cup. Young Strikers, Benaulim, defeated
Raia Sporting by a solitary goal to move into the quarter-finals of Fr
Robert Vaz Memorial inter-village soccer tournament, at Rosary Grounds,
Navelim. (H)
D E A T H S
129 May: Margao-Dovondem: KEVIN RODRIGUES, son of Balduino/Arminda,
brother of Peal/Shashi.
24 May: Guirim: CLEMENTINA ARAUJO, relict of Manuel, mother of
Zeferine/Milagres and Joseph/Christaline.
20 May: Bandra: AIRES DE SA, husband of Gloria, father of Basilio and
Agostinho.
24 May: Chinchinim: JOSE MILAGRES CARDOZ, husband of Maria Magdalena,
brother of Fr Tody (Redemptorist), father of Custodio/Prudence,
Angelo/Lourdes, Eugenio/Cecilia, Xaverine/Edwine, Ignatius/Vandana.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 29.4 deg C (84.9 deg F) at 7.30 am at Assagao
Max temp: 33.5 deg C; Humidity: 66 per cent. (Panjim yesterday)
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times
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