Thank you Frederico. Very kind of you! On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 22:29, <[email protected]> wrote:
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Schedule for Monday 1st November 2021 (CCR TV) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:08:26 +0000 (UTC) > From: ELVIDIO MIRANDA <[email protected]> > To: Goanet <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] IS HERD IMMUNITY CURBING SPREAD OF COVID-19? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > IS HERD IMMUNITY CURBING?SPREAD OF COVID-19? > Elvidio Miranda > Vaccine manufacturers and scientists as well as researchers were of the > firm view earlier that herd immunity would lead to a quantum jump in > decreasing new infections and curbing fatalities due to Covid-19. However, > if going by the number of new cases and fatalities that are now occurring > in Russia and UK where vaccination has reached the level wherein herd > immunity should have automatically set in, it is evident that the theory of > heard immunity curbing spread of new cases and fatalities have actually not > completely materialized. Both Russia and UK have at least fully vaccinated > 70% of the population and thus what is being observed now is not in sync > with the theory of herd immunity which was predicted earlier. Take the case > of China. Out of the population of 1.4 billion, 2.2 billion doses of > vaccines have been administered, but still herd immunity has not set in > completely with though few cases, still the spread of virus has not stopped > completely. So what is the alternative remedy > to stop the spread of Covid-19? Learning from the occurrences in these > three countries, it would be advisable in India that as the festival season > is nearing, Covid-19 protocols and SOPs such as wearing masks, maintaining > social distancing, avoiding crowding and sanitizing hands, be still > followed strictly everywhere to prevent an upsurge in new infections and > fatalities. This would be the best way forward and in the interests of all > in India. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 16:05:27 +0530 > From: Joao Barros-Pereira <[email protected]> > To: goanet <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] He Came He Spoke He Conquered? > Message-ID: > < > cahg__j4zf-tjohkvoddp+okvcusvc4x4gzybj2+pvb-yvkg...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Mr Rahul Gandhi?s whirlwind tour has swept the Goan public off their feet. > > When I was a 9-year-old school boy Rahul?s grandmother Indira Gandhi > came to our school in Bangalore and gave a talk. She was young, > beautiful and spoke in a relaxed and refined way. And, she was also > eloquent. A class act, I thought at the time, and still do. > > Has Rahul taken after his grandmother. On his short trip in Goa he > spoke coherently and with perfect manners. He brought back memories > when Indians agreed to disagree politely. > > Nowadays, unfortunately, screaming is in fashion. He who can scream at > the height of his voice is the winner in an interaction or debate. I > was thrilled to witness something different and so were a lot of > people. > > He appeared relaxed in Goa as he is no stranger to Western culture and > ideas. Yet he is as Indian as any other in this country! > > His friendly ways and charm has warmed the hearts of a lot of people. > He is well educated and courteous and good looking, too. > > Will Rahul Gandhi get all the women votes? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:18:31 +1100 > From: Frankey Fernandes <[email protected]> > To: Goanet <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] Fwd: The Global Goan, November 2021 > Message-ID: > < > cacrsgbjvgcitecq9qjpnaawtr4qxme-zie_kl5zllfevyg9...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: The Global Goan <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021, 10:28 pm > Subject: The Global Goan, November 2021 > To: The Global Goan <[email protected]> > > > Our October issue of The Global Goan did very well, thanks to our voracious > readers who could not wait to click on the link and read the magazine. > Guess what? As of writing this message, we had 321,619 readers who enjoyed > the magazine in the last 30 days!!! > > > > My personal thanks go out to each of our fantastic authors who took pains > to work on their articles ? surely some must have burnt their midnight oil > too, to ensure that their work reached us on time for publication. My > thanks also go to each of those 321+K readers who clicked on the link and > not just read the magazine, but also shared the link over and over and over > again to all their contacts. > > > > And now, we have the pleasure of announcing the release of our November > 2021 issue of The Global Goan to you. Another bumper issue of almost a > hundred pages, again!! > > Enjoy the read, and do pass the link on to all your contacts, be they > friend or foe, family or not, Goan or whatever!!! Let us make it viral > once again. > > > > https://online.fliphtml5.com/kdhdu/hryc/ > > > > Thank you once again. > > Enjoy!! > > > > > > > > THE GLOBAL GOAN > > > > > > *Salus Correia* > > EDITOR > > > > > > *A smile is definitely better than a smirk?* > > *keep smiling.* > > > > Save a tree. Save this message if it?s important, AVOID PRINTING. > > [This message is sent from a mobile device] > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:50:21 +0530 > From: "Pratapananda Naik, SJ" <[email protected]> > To: Goa Jesuit Provincial <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] The priest with green fingers > Message-ID: > <CAOdpnUL_mSE+a77wxjV= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > The following article of Mr. Frederick Noronha, Salig?o, Goa, was written > on 26 March 2007. > > THE PRIEST WITH GREEN FINGERS... PRESERVING GOA'S GENETIC WEALTH > > Frederick Noronha > Saligao > > You could call him the priest with green fingers. Jesuit priest Pratap Naik > has put together a collection of over 328 trees and plants, all in the yard > of a research institution studying the local Konknni language that he > heads. > > Naik (56) believes that the culture of a place is reflected "not only" in > its language, but also in its flora apart from its fauna, architecture, > food habits and dress. > > He wants to grow one of every fruit-bearing tree that grows in this former > Portuguese colony that happens to be, not coincidentally, rich in plant > diversity. This richness is thanks in significant part to plant exchanges > by the former rulers who centuries back controlled international seaways > and had an empire straddling the continents. > > Many months of hard work has seen Naik piece together a well-maintained and > neatly labelled botanical garden. You can read the local names in Konknni, > the botanical names, their English names. Elsewhere, he keeps a list of the > original native countries of these Goa-adopted plants. > > In one corner you can find the 'ainno madd' (the Fan Palm in English, or > 'Livistona rotundifolia' as it's known by its botanical name). It comes > from tropical America. > > There's the 'ambaddo', dismissively perhaps called the hog-plum (Spondias > pinnata) that traces its origins to India itself. The 'ambor' (mulberry, or > Morus alba) has Chinese origins. Kalljirem (black cumin, Nigella sativa) is > again of Indian origin. > > Kiraitem (canscora in English, or Canscora decussata) is from India, but > the 'zaifoll' (nutmeg, Mystica fragans) comes from the Moluccas, the > so-called Spice Islands of past centuries, in the Far East. Gazgo (the > 'fever nut' or Caesalpinia bonduc) is, again, of Indian origin. > > By now, Naik has already found the names of 325 species from among the 329 > he planted. "Some don't have names in Konknni (the local language)," says > he, obliviously because of their exotic origins. > > Naik cites the advice given by Alain Richert, a self-made French botanist, > who advised him to give names to plants, which don't have local ones. He > told me, 'Don't break your head over botanical terms. These keep on > changing. Your field is anyway not that.' I want to preserve the flora > existing in this complex, and keep a sample," says Naik. > > So giving names to plants is not too difficult for this linguist. It should > fit a couple of criteria. Firstly, the sound should be like that of a > Konknni word. Secondly, it should fit into the grammar pattern of the local > lingo, one of the smallest among India's list of officially recognized > 'national languages'. > > For instance, he points to a particular hibiscus, which rotates with the > movement of the sun. It also changes its colour from crystal white to dark > pink, at different times of the day. "We call it the 'girgitti dosonn' (or > unsteady dosonn, the latter being the local word for hibiscus)," he > explains. > > His collection doesn't include wild plants. But he bought and planted > "almost any Goan edible fruit". Most were purchased from Mapusa, a nearby > bazaar that has a colourful weekly market day each Friday. > > "One vendor, Manerkar, who lives very close to Bicholim, manages to bring > me plants from almost any part of Goa," says he. "It started off as a > hobby, but has now become a way of life," explains the priest. "When you > get up in the morning, the whole compound is filled with music (of birds > both reared > and wild ones attracted by the plants). It starts from 4 am onwards," says > he. > > This oasis of green, amidst a growing concrete jungle, is a refuge from a > whole lot of local and migratory birds. "I don't allow anyone to touch > their nests, kill a single bird, or reptile. Everyone is welcome to look > and observe them, but not to disturb them." > > There are still a few trees that he's looking out for with local names > like 'xiranttam' and 'bhuim chamfo'. > > Then there's the 'adao', a tasty fruit that you got easily in the 'sixties > and 'seventies but now sees to have all but disappeared. > > "People don't want such big trees to plant. They don't have the space to do > it. Our traditional land (which was customary around local homes once) has > vanished. Our whole culture has turned upside down," laments Naik. > > Naik feels that over the years, Goans have shifted from living in > picturesque bungalows to flats, meaning that "our mind has become flat". > There simply is no space to grow, even if one wishes for it. But Naik is > not alone. In South Goa, another Jesuit priest, Savio Rodrigues, has put > together a wide range of plants himself at the Aruppe Institute located in > the village of Raia just outside Margao, the South Goa headquarters town. > > "Goa could be such a beautiful place. It could be a model," says he, and > calls his own green patch a "kind of shock absorber" in a centre of > urbanization. > > "Many people come in just to admire (the plants). It becomes a showpiece. I > don't want that to happen. On the contrary, it should become a part of our > culture. You too should do something at your own home," says the priest. > > Naik has purchased plants costing as little as five rupees. Costly species > go up to Rs 700-1000 a piece. "Palms are very expensive," says he. > > As we walked along his green campus, he points to a Pathan's Oak -- a > hardwood plant that perhaps unlike it's name doesn't grow too tall. It has > a leafy circular spread. In his view, the currently widely grown and > colourful 'gulmohar' is a fairly "useless" plant. But he grows as many as > 13 varieties of 'champak' -- the plant locally called the 'chamfo'. > > There are no roses. "It's useless in this soil," says he, perched atop the > locality of Alto Porvorim. As the 'alto' prefix suggests, it's the hilltop > of a former village, which has barren soil. > > Naik now has more than 15 varieties of mango, the king of fruits that is > popular in this part of India too, and where grafting techniques has > created scores of varieties believed to have been brought in by missionary > priests centuries ago. > > To make the place colourful, he has brought in some birds -- guinea fowls, > local fowls, local and Manila ducks, geese, the 'gilli raja' and even a > fighter cock. He has a dozen or so of tortoise. > > "My desire is to build a snake park, but for that I was told that > permission from the authorities would be required. Outside our compound (in > a suburb of state-capital Panaji, undergoing a real estate boom) people > keep killing snakes. I go out and bring them in," says he. > > Naik himself learnt how to catch snakes "out of necessity". He says workers > were afraid to work in their compound. And Goa anyway has a strong > mythology about how "dangerous" snakes can be. > > How did he get started? Ironically Naik himself "hated botany as a student, > and took mathematics instead". > > But, he adds, that Jesuits themselves have had a "great tradition in > botany". He cites the example of Jesuit Pallithanam, a South Indian priest > long based in Goa, who taught a generation of students the subjects at the > North > Goa-based St Xavier's College. Some of his work has been preserved and > published by the Madurai Jesuits. > > "From the beginning, Jesuits have been specialists. In almost all subjects, > except medicine," says Naik, not without a tinge of pride about the > religious order he's part of. He points to their work in astronomy > including in the Vatican observatory, and in physics. > > "Botany has been a tradition, specially in areas like Madurai's Sacred > Heart College, outside Dindigul. For instance, the late Fr Louis Anglade, a > French Jesuit who worked in Tamil Nadu, was a known environmentalist in > times > when even the term was not fashionable. There's a museum named after him at > the Sacred Heart College," says he. > > Fr K M Mathew was capable of identifying almost any fern in South India. > Late Santapau, a Spaniard Jesuit who worked in Mumbai (or Bombay as it was > then known), collected over hundred thousand specimens and was an > internationally > recognized authority on plant-taxonomy > > "Late Cecil Saldanha, from the Karnataka Province, was a Jesuit botanist > connected with the Western Ghats -- as the hilly tract across coastal > western India is known -- while Fr Leo D'Souza of St Aloysius College in > Mangalore is considered an expert in biotechnology," says Naik. > > Is there anything more Naik himself would like to do? Of course, plans are > plenty, but resources are often limited. "We recently acquired 24 volumes > of the Flora of India," says he, talking of plans of doing more. > > One of his dreams is to come out with a book, showing all the local plants > in their flowering state. > > Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr is a Jesuit-run centre for the Konknni > language, one of India's smallest 'national' languages spoken by an > estimated 2-5 million speakers, mainly along the west coast of the country. > This academy works on research in the Konknni language, literature and > culture. It > teaches the language in the ROMAN, Devanagari and Kannada scripts. > > It was set up on land donated by Jesuit priest Claude Saldanha, and partly > purchased. The project cost Rs 12.5 million (Rs 1.25 crore), including its > landscape cost. > > Both the TSKK, and its neighbouring Xavier Centre for Historical Research, > another Jesuit-run institution, have a joint campus of about 33,000 square > metres. This gives ample space for building up a cool environment for > spreading knowledge and learning. TSKK garden is one of the study centres > for botany students and plant lovers. In Goa in the name of development > everybody is busy with constructing more buildings and reducing the space > for greenery and vegetation. In this scenario nature lovers are optimistic > that Jesuits would maintain TSKKs lovely mini botanical garden without > adding new cement structures in the campus. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 21:48:08 +0530 > From: Sonia Gomes <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] A young lady Chriscenia Dias based in London shares > her life through her Vlog! > Message-ID: > <CAG_LhYOd5YZ927k_d6w5XicqgVJ+fd-3uAo4ShCixL71w= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > My post on my Blog, talks about the immigrants from my village of Verna to > London > @ https://zorotmorotgoesmyvillage.blogspot.com/.../to... > < > https://zorotmorotgoesmyvillage.blogspot.com/2018/12/to-londonto-london.html?fbclid=IwAR3ZXWxW7otal50ad8LAFPGTw82Fue1o428Y9qQkwbJHYVUfTNdlNNkvRso > >, > > My interview with Frederico Noronha talks a bit more about life in London > @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djj2KJtziic&t=1152s > < > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djj2KJtziic&t=1152s&fbclid=IwAR1uyBoSiLJQuTeUFnzbDEEVqt7-P3xIn9D2pisycR9lLqjO9SGrdkwcRlc > > > All that of course is hearsay, but here we have a young lady Chriscenia > Dias who has a fantastic Vlog that talks about her adventures in London. I > was particularly taken up by a post, ?The Package from Home? > You will notice the sadness of missing your parents and the delight at > receiving all those things which make your life in Goa and which we here in > Goa take for granted. > Chriscenia Dias gives dance lessons too and has her hands full. But she and > her friend Elton work very hard and enjoy life in this amazing city. Please > subscribe to her Vlog, it?s a tough life out there and we need to support > our young people. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6p0sB2HBIw > < > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6p0sB2HBIw&fbclid=IwAR3wYKt4orqQTfj43rhT5bymSjyG76W1KUXZQnPGsSWLvUn8YXXp5QWJb3k > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdr2aqxIa5Q > < > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdr2aqxIa5Q&fbclid=IwAR3xZ3weE9V7aDYfrqvDx_etfUpTQik9LVVln-r-xnXPFT3D3u8upFqv0Dk > > > Thank you! Much appreciated! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:30:00 +0530 > From: CCR TV <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Schedule for Monday 1st November 2021 > Message-ID: > <CA+1QXA7= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > CCR TV GOA > Channel of God's love? > > You can also watch CCR TV live on your smartphone via the CCR TV App > Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform. > Click the link below. > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4 > Email ID: [email protected] > > Schedule for Monday 1st November 2021 > > 12:00 AM > Rosary - Joyful Mysteries > > 12:23 AM > Senior Shepherds - Fr A.P. Vas sfx interviewed by Colin Pereira > > 12:50 AM > Season of Creation - Session 2 > > 1:00 AM > Mass in Konkani for Sunday > > 2:10 AM > Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister > > 2:36 AM > Devachem Utor - Utpoti - Avesvor 12 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza > > 2:43 AM > Music - Spiritual Music 3 followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem > > 3:14 AM > Prayer for India 5 > > 3:17 AM > The Law and You - Right to Information > > 3:43 AM > Hymns - Santa Cruz H.S. Santa Cruz > > 3:46 AM > Youthopia - Chadel Nash Fernandes - Footballer interviewed by Sammy Coelho > > 4:04 AM > Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth - Vocation Promotion > > 4:09 AM > Bhajan - Svargim Devapanim Astam - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx > > 4:21 AM > Differ to be Different - Talk by Sr Saral > > 4:34 AM > 53rd Mando Festival - Goychim Lharam, Carmona - Original > > 4:47 AM > Tell me a Story - Episode 8 - Noah's Ark and the storm > > 4:56 AM > Wisdom Reflections -8 - Rachol Professors > > 5:19 AM > Our Father - Santhali > > 5:23 AM > I am the Way, the Truth and the Life - Talk by Maria Ana Da Costa > > 5:47 AM > Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 101 Kavlle - Fr Pratap Naik sj > > 5:53 AM > Talk on Envy - Dr Silvia Noronha > > 6:11 AM > Poem - Love of Christ by Sandhya Fernandes > > 6:14 AM > Obedience, Submission and Accountability - Talk by Savio Mascarenhas > > 6:50 AM > Song - Nhespak Man - Josephine Dias > > 6:57 AM > Sokalchem Magnnem - Bhagevont > > 7:00 AM > Praise and Worship - Blazel Pinto > > 7:29 AM > Morning Prayer - Men and Women Saints > > 7:32 AM > Music - Abide in Me followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem > > 8:04 AM > Love, Marriage, Sex - Talk by Colin Calmiano > > 9:09 AM > Prayer - Alone with none but Thee, my God > > 9:11 AM > Inner Freedom - Talk by Sr Shilpa > > 9:28 AM > Xapai - Xamaichem Magnnem > > 9:30 AM > Jesus, Mary and Inner Healing - Fr Fernando da Costa > > 10:17 AM > Prayer while travelling - St Joseph Vaz > > 10:19 AM > LSS - Spiritual Growth - Savio Mascarenhas > > 11:01 AM > Seby Wings -Gazzlo > > 11:04 AM > Prayer to St Joseph By Pope Francis (Konkani) > > 11:06 AM > Assumption of Mary into Glory - Fr Nigel Alphonso sj > > 11:26 AM > Prayer for the Synod 2023 > > 11:28 AM > Angelus - English > > 11:30 AM > Mass in English from Panjim Church by Daily Flash > > 12:17 PM > Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Pilar - Vocation Promotion > > 12:27 PM > Abundant Life - Peer Pressure - Prof Nicholas D'Souza > > 1:18 PM > Hymn - Amcheo Tin Avoio - Song by Usgaon Youth > > 1:24 PM > Beatitudes 7 and 8 - Sheela Alvares > > 2:04 PM > Bhajan - Teena Zanachea Ekach Tatva - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx > > 2:07 PM > A time to listen to the Voiceless - Sr Flavia Gomes > > 2:43 PM > Prayer for India 4 > > 2:46 PM > Internet Addiction - Talk by Sr Joeyanna D'Souza fsp > > 3:15 PM > Devachem Utor - Utpoti - Avesvor 13 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza > > 3:21 PM > Poem - Love of Christ by Sandhya Fernandes > > 3:24 PM > Hymns - St Mary's High School, Varca > > 3:30 PM > Deivik Kaklutichi Magnneam > > 3:47 PM > Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 101 Kavlle - Fr Pratap Naik sj > > 3:53 PM > Hymns - St Mary's High School, Varca > > 4:00 PM > Rosary - Joyful Mysteries > > 4:23 PM > Devachem Utor - Utpoti - Avesvor 13 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza > > 4:30 PM > Senior Citizens Exercises - 16 > > 4:56 PM > Gaddie-Vahonan Vechea Vellar Bhagevont Zuze Vazache Mozotin Magnnem > > 5:00 PM > Praise and Worship - Youth United for Christ (YU4C) > > 5:28 PM > Pekovnni - Talk by Orlando D'Souza > > 5:55 PM > Prayer for the Synod 2023 - Konkani > > 5:57 PM > Aimorechen Magnnem > > 6:00 PM > Live Mass from Panjim > > 7:00 PM > Our Father - in Punjabi > > 7:03 PM > Bhajans 3 > > 7:30 PM > Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister > > 7:56 PM > Magnificat (Konkani) > > 8:00 PM > Holiness in the Pauline Family - Canon Francesco Chiesa > > 8:19 PM > The Church - The Body of Christ - Dr Sarita Nazareth > > 8:49 PM > Devachem Utor - Utpoti - Avesvor 14 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza > > 9:00 PM > Adoration - DCLA 2 > > 9:30 PM > Ratchem Magnem > > 9:47 PM > Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi - Alfonso Bond Braganza interviewed by Daniel F. > de Souza > > 10:18 PM > Psalm 51 - Read by Alfwold Silveira > > 10:23 PM > Alcoholic Anonymous - What Causes Alcoholism? - Fr Clifford Castelino > > 10:42 PM > Our Song of Hope > > 10:47 PM > Health Matters -Plastic Surgery - Dr Yuri Dias Amborcar > > 11:15 PM > Hymns - St Mary's High School, Varca > > 11:20 PM > Am I a Generous Giver? - Talk by Severina Fernandes > > 11:47 PM > 53rd Mando Festival - Goychim Lharam, Carmona - Original > > Donations may be made to: > Beneficiary name : CCR GOA MEDIA. > Name of Bank : ICICI Bank > Branch Name: Panaji Branch > RTGS/NEFT Code : ICIC0000015 > Savings Bank Account No : 262401000183 > > > End of Goanet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 582 > *************************************** >
