Re: [Goanet] Dom José Vieira Alvernaz
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Very good ! A.Mendes (goan in Spain) Roland Fracis wrote: John, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article on Dom Jose Alvernaz. Your recounting of details, your fluency of language and your use of words in their particular contexts, recalls the days when graduates of the Bombay University and other leading Indian Universities were facile both with the word and the pen, not only in their own particular disciplines which in your case was Engineering, but also with the wider body of human knowledge. That puts paid to the current argument that specialists in their field need not have command of the language in which they write as long as they are masters of the disciplines in which they have studied and practised. That is plain baloney. The education of yore was far more general and far more inspiring of further proficiency as compared to current training which rests mainly on the foundation and pillars of technical skills. The inspiration that education in that age brought about, resulted in an expansion of the mind rather than today's sole reliance on the mountain of available data that continuously bounds and gallops mostly on the strength and ingenuity of computer wizardry. While I detect a sort of awe and reverence in your writing of the life and times of Dom Jose Alvernaz, I myself do not hold such personalities in similar awe. They were created by a colonial system that embraced even religious life while deliberately ignoring the greatness of many Goan priests to whom their Portuguese counterparts may not have been able to hold a candle. But such was the result of those colonial times. All we can do is is attempt to correct it. But even those in present ecclesiastical power like Ivan Dias in the Vatican do nothing to glorify his heritage in the form of recognizing long unrecognized priests like Pe Jose Vaz and Pe Agnelo. There is a precedent for him. Our previous Polish Pope did not miss any occasion to raise almost unknown Polish clerical stars to the firmament of the worldwide Catholic Church. But that is typically Goan. Those of us who can speak Konkani feel inferior to converse in it on the side, in the company of say someone who is speaking Dutch or even Gujarati on the side. The foregoing is not meant to trivialize your article. I have the utmost respect for your writing and thought and make a wish that you write more on any other subject that inspires you. The water of writings such as yours are far more slaking of thirst than the usual soda pop one generally gets on Goanet. And I include myself in the soda pop category. With regards, Roland.
[Goanet] of pot shots ani pot holes
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Selma Carvalho wrote thus to Sunith: 1: like a true gentlemen, (Frederick Noronha) hasn't taken personal potshots at anyone on the forum 2: When you finally get off you pony and start wearing long-pants, we'll talk. Adult to adult. jc's comment: All I can say is Brilliant!! jc
[Goanet] 'I will always love you'.. Sunidhi chauhan goes Whitney Houston Live in Goa
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor 'I will Always love you'.. Sunidhi chauhan goes Whitney Houston Live in Goa http://konkan.tv/view/38826127f093500461d9 or http://youtube.com/watch?v=9hVbXQBw9is Sunidhi is one of the youngest bollywood Playback singers.. Ever heard her song 'CRAZY KIYA RE..? This song is availabe here too. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___ Inbox full of unwanted email? Get leading protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
Re: [Goanet] Frederick's photos
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know how it underlines Frederick's point. I think it underlines the opposite point - that of Basilio, Jose, Bosco, Cecil, Sunith, George and me - that proper acknowledgment does not preclude free sharing of creative content. That simple attribution can be completely dissociated from copyright and copyright law. How can you disassociate the two? Copyright law is based on proof of plagiarism. On a medical research level it is like ignoring the side effects of a miracle drug. [Side jab: Oh, I forgot, medical researchers conveniently forget to do this part of their homework, anyway :-] I am not defending plagiarism. Its perpetrators needs to be fittingly rebuked with punishment that fits the crime. However, I contend that plagiarism is not a chronic problem because it is easily moderated by peer review. For someone to succeed they have to make original contributions. Plagiarism can only take them that far before they crumble under their own weight (food they have eaten but not digested, so to speak). It's evil counterpart, copyright law, however, is sinister and could have long lasting effects because it has the backing of law enforcement. Moreover, as there is so much evidence, this law can so easily be abused by the rich and powerful to make them even more rich and more powerful. Lastly, and this is my most important point, I contend that plagiarism at an academic level has not stunted research and progress. It's perpetrators, not having made any original contribution, have at least not deterred others from doing so (unless they also try to illegitimately copyright the work, which then becomes exactly the problem of copyrighting). Copyright law, on the other hand, is exactly that -- a deterrent to progress. No, you cannot use my MP3 algorithm in your code base without first letting me have your firstborn offspring. The point here is not whether or not they have the right, as per the law, to the firstborn offspring. The point is that it stunts research and progress because it is a deterrent to young companies, without financial or legal muscle, to even try. Imagine a world in the stone ages where the first people who discovered the first few rudimentary useful properties of the wheel copyrighted the concept and everyone who used this concept in any subsequent development had to pay them a cut. Similarly, if TCP/IP, arguably today's networking wheel, was copyrighted you and I may not have been having this discussion via this medium. To summarize, you cannot talk about the problems of plagiarism without also talking about the problems of copyright law. I commend efforts to seek alternatives to copyrighting and make their usage more prevalent. Looks like there was a win-win between FN and Santosh with the photo CD. Here's to more of that. For those who wish to see the debate purely from the perspective of academic research, remember the words of the famous philosopher, Anonymous -- The difference between theory and practice, in practice, is greater than the difference between theory and practice, in theory. Keep in touch. Allwyn.
[Goanet] Plagiarism and sharing of ideas
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Hi I am a little confused about the sharing of ideas thingamajig. Does it mean that Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the Google guys, should have freely distributed the PageRank Algorithm to whoever was interested at Stanford University in 1998? Should i encourage a budding musician to upload all his original music on youtube? Also, i am interested in the copyleft subject. I have read the Lawrence Liang's point of view on Goa-Reseach-Net. What are the business models for copylefted work? As far as plagiarism goes, the way that i see it, the issue is simple enough. Just elaborating a little with the help of a fictitious example, to make the debate a little hijack-proof. Suppose i write two essays on The advantages of the fore-finger over other fingers in the art of nose-picking. One is a humorous post, in which i explain the whole concept using hilarious ideas that originate in my head. I dont cite sources, since i have not copied stuff from anywhere. The other essay is a scientific explanation that explains the advantages using research papers and doctoral dissertations previously written on the subject. Since i am piggy-back riding on the essays and knowledge of others (which are not in the public domain), if i will be selling my essay to the Nose-Pickers International magazine which wants to buy the second essay and not the first original work, i need to cite my sources and acknowledge the piggies i am riding on and making some moolah. Think it is simple enough to be understood. Ethics and lots of commonsense. Cheers Jason
[Goanet] Past performances equal History
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Life is a parabola in which one sees raise then a Plato followed by stiff downfall. But most of us refuse to agree on this theory despite being proved applicable. This is truer with our politicians and our sporting starts! They strongly believe that they don't have retirement age - they are ever green heroes. But this is deceptively so! Have a look at Sachin Tendulkar, our politicians in Rane, Willy, Sardhin, Luizine, Zatye, etc. All these so called legendaries of past have started showing their ages and yet they want to survive on their past performances. No sir, you can't do this. You have to retire and make way for youngsters or second line to take the gearshift Or else history will replace all your achievements with all your recent failures. Dr. U. G. Barad Margao - Goa
[Goanet] The moral Zeitgeist of Goa
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor The ambulance siren was blaring across the crowded lanes and not one car of humanity moved to make way for the man or woman or child battling for their life. The man driving in the car had on his lap, a small child wedged between himself and the steering wheel. Under the bridge was a gang of children ranging from possibly two to ten. They were playing unsupervised as is the norm. It was a mock fight, perhaps an enactment of some scene the older children had seen in a Bollywood movie. This innocence, did not temper its viciousness. The younger children received repeated kicks and blows. As a mother my heart solidified into a thick clump of clay. What if a mother returned to find her own child lying dead? How many of these children would survive into adulthood? How many of them would survive the physical and emotional vengeance of their youth?. Perhaps in the larger scheme of things, these instances will seem trivial. Not important given the magnitude of more urgent matters, like poverty and corrupt governments. And yet, they are important. They are subtle indicators of how the moral Zeitgeist of Goa is formed. Of the values that are important to us, and values we will shape in generations to come. Richard Dawkins writes, in a society there exists a somewhat mysterious consensus, which changes over the decades, and for which it is not pretentious to use the German loan-word Zeitgeist.It spreads itself from mind to mind through conversations in bars and at dinner parties, through books and book reviews, through newspapers and broadcasting, and nowadays through the Internet. Is the moral Zeitgeist in Goa stunted? Is it to be defined purely in terms of the resources available to us? Is our lack of visionary leaders and role models gnawing away at our ability to move our morality forward? And indeed morality is precisely the word we should use. We don't live in a world where morality is defined purely by larger moral dilemmas like killing or adultery. Our morality also includes the mundane. It deals with day-to-day issues such as how we protect our children, of not driving while drunk, of not littering on beaches, or not killing near-extinct animals, of not stealing company time, of not asking for bribes. The moral Zeitgeist of Goa, we have move this looming spirit of the times into the 21st century through education and dialogue and vision. We have to become more conscious of how the world around us is changing, moving ahead and we have to fall in step with it, if we are not to be left behind. selma Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
[Goanet] Quo vadis, Panjim?
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor In the six or seven years that I have been acquainted with Panjim and its vicinity the main roads, after being surfaced, have been dug up for whatseems like every conceivable reason.[Self, 29/3] 1. On March 31, there was a front page report in HERALD titled Road digging: CCP-Govt at cross roads. It said that CCP had decided to refuse the govt's request for permission to dig Panjim roads for a broadband connectivity project. They unanimously took the stand that it could be looked into only after the monsoon, i.e. Sept. Meanwhile the last date for road digging was notified as April 25. The mayor added that restoration of roads would be completed by May 15. Some hopeful signs, on the surface of things. But, clearly the hurriedly resurfaced roads are unlikely to get through unscathed during the monsoon. And the whole digging business will start again pre-IFFI as envisaged by CCP and go on and on and on. 2. On April 1 there was a column titled God of mall things by Bevinda Collaco in HERALD. It was a sort of whistle blowing piece about the plan to convert the recently (circa 2004) and successfully restored Old GMC building in the INOX compound into a shopping mall. Apparently, the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) is not shifting into the building as originally envisaged. (May have thought discretion is the better part of valour after seeing the utter chaos over passes during IFFI, right?) Anyway, according to Bevinda, the 30 year lease given to the new occupants seems to allow wholesale remodelling of the building which is outwardly very beautiful at present and a worthy heritage site. She has also quoted a clause in the agreement which binds the government to secrecy about the goings on. She concludes by saying that the building is part of GOA's heritage, not just Panjim's, and hence its future should be in Goa's hands. Be that as it may, as a substantial traffic generating node, any mall will only add to the strains and stresses on Panjim's roads. Incidentally, the mall/multiplex combination seems to mirror to a significant extent the situation I saw in Bangalore at the Garuda Mall where there is an INOX (built at the same time as Panjim's INOX) on the top floor.
[Goanet] Learning to speak in Konkani
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Dears, There is good news for those who want to learn to SPEAK Konkani. there is a short summer course at COMMUNICARE, Porvorim, between 10.00 A.M. and 12.00 noon starting on Monday 02 April, 2007. This course is open to any adult living in and around Porvorim, Panaji, Mapusa, Saligao and it is ideal for mothers of children studying in primary school in Konkani. The course will be conducted by Ms. Prita Sardessai, an experienced Konkani teacher. For details contact Nalini Sousa Mobile 9822586058 or drop in at Communicare. This is the first course in Konkani at this centre for learning. If you would love to learn Konkani at some other time of the day, please call up and inform. Communicare is willing to consider your convenience. There is also a beginners course in Konkani beginning on 16 April at TSKK, off O Coqueiro, Porvorim. Knowledge of Devanagri script is essential for the TSKK course. Roman script version will be available later. Register your names by calling phone 2410637 during working hours [10 A.m. to 5 P.M.] Mog asundi. Miguel Mog asundi, MIGUEL BRAGANZA, Mhapsa Horticulturist/Editor/Columnist Botanical Society of Goa
[Goanet] MONDAY MUSE: TAKE OFF.
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor MONDAY MUSE (2 April '07) TAKE OFF. Jerry Pinto lives up to his name. Jerry means a spear warrior. somebody carrying a pointed weapon. In my friend's case, he has displayed very pointed persuasive skills. Like the time when a summer beach party got undone as unexpected rain send the guests scurrying for cover. Jerry grabbed the microphone and motivated the guests to come back to enjoy the rain party! A focussed sense of purpose has always been the hallmark of everything that Jerry does. Well after over six eventful years of a successful association with the Taj group in Aguada, Goa, Jerry has chosen to move on. Last Saturday, his proteges, Prasad Joshi and others organised a send-off party for him at (very interestingly) the helipad. literally wishing Jerry the best of take-offs in his career ahead. Colleagues, vendors, associates . everyone that Jerry's touch had transformed were there to wish him well. It was a touching moment for Jerry to see the immense goodwill that he had managed to acquire. Jerry deserves all the adulation he gets. It is not his gift of the gab or talent for creativity or managing skills that make him popular. It is his ability to help people connect to their potential that make Jerry much admired. A good manager is one who gets things done, but the best manager is one helps his team members develop newer facets that lie dormant in their personality. Jerry has made a habit of nurturing the attitude and aptitude of the people he works with. All this is easier said than done. In today's competitive world, we choose to focus on our own selves, rather than others. We are swayed by the logic that we could be creating our own competitors by helping develop others in our team. Hence we may be selective and restrictive in our aid and support to others in our team. And therefore, we will never surround ourselves with the adulation, admiration and sheer benevolence that Jerry was able to witness on that evening at the helipad. On life's helipad, the fuel of goodwill helps you soar higher. Help develop new dimensions in very person you encounter! Regards Pravin 2 April 2007, Goa. mobile: 9422640141
[Goanet] COURSE IN KONKANI AT ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE, MAPUSA
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor COURSE IN KONKANI AT ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE, MAPUSA The Department of Konkani of St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science and Commerce, will be conducting a five days course on Conversational Konkani from 16th April, 2007 to 20th April, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The said course is designed to inculcate conversational skills in Konkani language. Those interested, should contact the college office (phone No.2262356) and register names by paying registration fee of Rs.200/- latest by 12th April, 2007.
Re: [Goanet] Frederick's photos/my two cents on the plagiarism debate
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Allwyn writes: Lastly, and this is my most important point, I contend that plagiarism at an academic level has not stunted research and progress. It's perpetrators, not having made any original contribution, have at least not deterred others from doing so (unless they also try to illegitimately copyright the work, which then becomes exactly the problem of copyrighting). Aristo's $0.01: What if plagiarism is not seriously dealt with? Then, academicians will not be motivated to produce original research; ergo, plagiarism DOES stunt research and progress. Allwyn writes: Copyright law, on the other hand, is exactly that -- a deterrent to progress. No, you cannot use my MP3 algorithm in your code base without first letting me have your firstborn offspring. The point here is not whether or not they have the right, as per the law, to the firstborn offspring. The point is that it stunts research and progress because it is a deterrent to young companies, without financial or legal muscle, to even try. Aristo's $0.02: Copyright's, patents, IP, and all that jazz bring in the moolah to Companies that invest in RD, who in fact deserve rewards as incentive for that investment, over a LIMITED period of time; ergo, Copyright law motivates companies to invest in research. Do I smell a marxist here? --- All threads on Plagiarism, playgerism, copyright, copyleft, cryptomnesia, Gilbertomnesia, Gilbert are now CLOSED! (Ah, I wish!) Cheers, Aristo. In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. - Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut/Yogi Berra.
Re: [Goanet] Church under Archaeological Survey of India dadagiri.
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor UCAN: Archaeology work threatens church monuments, Catholic officials say 3/26/2007 - (UCANews (www.ucanews. com) OLD GOA, India (UCAN) - Church officials in Goa say the federal archaeological department is threatening church monuments in the western Indian state by working haphazardly and secretively. === REPLY TO ABOVE=== CROSS+ROADS Inglez sozmota, torui pun Amchi Mai-Bhass KONKANI hem boroup korunk vapurchi oxem mhojea monan ailam, kiteak jem kitem ami amche bhaxen uloitao tem amcheach faideachem, oxem tuka disonam? Makai toxench dista kiteak heo sogleo varea-veleo khobro, ubon vochon amchea tintear passun virus kosso ximpdonk vell naka, hea voilea vixai-a vhoir zaiteo khobro vachunk hea disanim meutat, khorem mhutlear heo khobro nhuim, pun amkam goemkar-ank zagrutai, nidechea bhorman bhorlele dole ugdunk kiteak amchea rostear kante assat te amkam toponam zaunk. Don diss adim Bab JoeGoaUK hanem porian heach vixai-a vhoir boroilam, tacheo voileo don volli vachun hanv zagoulom, anik urleleank zagounk fudem sorlam, Bab Joe tuka Dev borem korum, FAD (Federal Archeological Dept.) Delhi than Goem ailea amchea Igorz-antleo bigodleleo murtheo (damaged statues) sarkeo korunk, hanthun gomta Delhi bosleat tankam Goem-cho khub usko assa mhunon, tanchea sangata amchea Goem-chea serkar-akui uskean nidh podonam, pun amche Cristao montri bab kopp marun susth nidleat, tanam aplea dhorma-chem kainch podonk-nam, tankam fokot podlam aplea korma-chem, zori tor tankam irlo usko aslo zalear te kitem tori vinchar kortele asle, zaum eta tankam hachi kainch khobor nam, kiteak te vote vinkto ghevunk gorjevont-ank sodtat. Mhojea ixtta tuka koxem dista? Maka? Maka oxem dista, hie FAD-ache kamdar je Old Goa igorjen kam kortat te zaun assat fator fodpi, anik tankam Delhi serkaran dadleat amcheo itlea vorsamcheo imaji padd ghalunk. Hem soglem zanam zaun passun amcho Goem-cho serkar voghi bosla. Goem-chea serkaran ASI-anchem kam supervise korunk amcho Goem-kar dovrunk zai aslo, pun toxem korunk-nam. Zaum eta amcho Parrekar anik Rano tanchea sangata melon assat, nam tor tie voghi kiteak? Dall miem kuch kala hai. Amche Bab Parrekar anik Rano hankam Vhodlea Goem hevunk koslem tori nibb (excuse) zai aslem, tea passot tanim Basilica of Bom Jesus hachea patlean ek Mondir ubem kelam apleo dhormik ghorzo pureo korunk tenvuim kaidea add (illegal), anik kaim vorsam-nim Mumbai tan Shiv Sena-chem loskor Goem etelem Basilica modunk zoxem tanim Babri Masjid modlam. Amcho Goem-cho serkar hache vhoir kiteak action ghenam, anik Panjim Municipal Counsil kitem korta? Concerning illegal Construction, is it Demolish-able according to the housing rule? Teach vangda ASI-hanim Our Lady of Rosary Igorjek tenkon 2 maliam-chem building bandunk porvangi dhilea, hie ASI konn? Igorjechea zababdar mhuneareank vinchari-nastanam aponn svotha nirnoi ghevunk, maka dista vho ASI zaun assa RSS hea pongdacho fantto, igroz mathe-chea mhuniari anik karbaream thaim mhoji vinonthi CHOTUR RAVAT. Hallim amchea Goem kitleoch Igorzo anik lhan lhan Kopelam chorlim, zaum eta ASI hea pongdache mhunis mellon heo choreo kortat, kiteak ASI hankam puri mahiti assa khuim-che igorjen vho kopelan kitem assa poi tem. Pulis khateak mhozo sadho vinchar, Tumi Igorzo vho Kopel-achea choriam babtim choukoxi kortanam, kednam tori tumi ASI-chea mhunxeank prosnn / vinchar kela, maka dissonam tumi tankam kitench vincharlam mhunon, pun chori zalea tea ganvan konn soro pivon lokot ghara veta taka dhorla anik polis chouker vhoron guneao nastanam taka marla, tossoch ganvan konn narll chorun khata taka dhourun marla, pun aiz passun igorzo anik kopelam chorpi xatti fulloun bounta, tumkam vincharlear tumcho ekuch zabab AMCHI CHOUKOXI AZUN CHALLU ASSA, Amchea Goem Devlam-nim kiteak choreo zaina? Barik poilear thuim chod bangar, pintol anik duddu (Gold, Copper Currency) asat. Tor SAKARAM tuka dissonam ASI-ancho hea chori-anim hath assa mhunon Tumchi choukoxi challu-ch assumm dhi, tanim tujem ghor chori passun. Tor Goemkar-a utt, tum azun niden bormetai, bhair pole surea mathear pavlo, torui tuje dole ugdonam, Dissa uzvadim tujem ghor chorlem pun tukach khobor-nam. Mog anik ekvott assum-dhi achea Goemkar-am sovem. Tumcho khalto, Sanny De Quepem. Kuwait. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet] Colonialism and bigory?
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor I wonder if the writer of this paper is referring to the current situation ie after 1961? BC Frederick Noronha in his paper ' Colonialism and bigotry: Liberation and History.. Combating myths in the struggle for secularism in contemporary Goa' ___ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk
Tiatr Review: �40 DIS 40 RATIi� by William Fernandes
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Fasting And Repentance For Lenten Season Lent is the season of penance, sacrifice and fasting for 40 days and 40 nights. The Lenten season starts form Ash Wednesday and ends on the auspicious day of Easter Sunday- This festival is celebrated in great pomp and festivity all over the world by the Catholics. During Lenten season, devoted Catholics refrain from smoking, drinking, consuming meat products, etc, and instead do penance for their wrong doings and ask for forgiveness from the Almighty. Konkani dramas or Tiatrs were never held during Lenten season in Kuwait, but this year Simon Gonsalves-the talented script writer-director and singer from Panchwadi-Goa had a brilliant idea to entertain the Goans with a message for lent. His drama Challis Dis ani Challis Rati was showcased at the Hawally A/C Auditoruim on 23rd March with a galaxy of stars and tiatrits from Kuwait and Goa. Willy Silveira the upcoming sensation on Konkani stage along with the veteran Jessie Dias (known as Mother of Konkani stage) and popular Comedian Agostinho Temudo, were flown in from Goa for this wonderful themed drama, Simon Gonsalves well known in the Tiatirst circle as an excellent director and talented artiste par excellence for his scenes and sceneries. His Konkani movie Chovis Voram was an instant hit, so also his two dramas held in Kuwait. The Lenten family drama was very touching and hard hitting, but tuned the right chords as some elements of the society refusal to accept facts and turn towards salvation and repentance. This type of entertainment is rare specially when it has a message for the masses. The special effects and stage setting was beyond doubt praiseworthy and nothing could falter when Santana Piedade Afonso (SPA) is involved-to put in the words of Simon Gonsalves. Musical score was provided by Shahu Almeida His Musicians and the event was organized by the United Club of Utorda. Overall Simon Gonsalves along with selected artistes presented the drama in a professional manner. The message of give and take, darkness and light, faith and doubt, action and apathy was indeed well conceive. Appropriate comedy by Philip Pereira, Agostinho, Querobina Carvalho and Salu Faleiro, well meaning and songs on love, faith and sacrifices were rendered by Marcus Vaz, Sanny de Quepem, Jessie Dias, Anthony Carr, Willy Silveira, Ignatius de Xelvon, Laurente Pereira, the enchanting Ronny-Jasmine DCunha, among others with Riana Azavedo, Sandra Fernandes, Jessie Dias Simon Gonsalves, Cajetan de Sanvordem, Joseph Rodrigues, Manu DSouza, enacting the major roles in the drama to perfection. Janet Franco e Fernandes was the chief guest for the drama. The scenes of Ash Wednesday and the Last Supper were astonishingly well performed and depicted. Above article appeared in THE TIMES, Kuwaits Premier Weekly Newspaper, dated March 30 April 05, 2007 TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Are you a Gouveia?
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Are you a Gouveia? http://albert.gouveia.com/index-0.html -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Konkani Wikipedia (under incubation) needs your help! http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kok -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20070402/2db43a96/attachment.htm
[Goanet] Is over-participation in Democracy proving to be a handicap in Goa ?
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Father of Konkani films 'Amchem Noxib', 'Nirmonn' Frank Fernand is no more
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor FATHER OF KONKANI FILMS 'AMCHEM NOXIB', 'NIRMONN' FRANK FERNAND NO MORE By Isidore Dantas isidordantas at yahoo.co.in Frank Fernand, the producer and music director of epoch making Konkani films Amchem Noxib and Nirmonn, breathed his last at the age of 87 in Mumbai on April 1, 2007 and was buried the next day at a quiet funeral at Dadar. He is survived by his wife Maggie, daughters Elfin, Doris, Larissa and son Max. Many Goan musicians have made it big in Hindi films, of whom Frank Fernand is one. Frank Fernandes, popularly known as Frank Fernand, was born on May 3, 1919 and hails from Curchorem, a small and dusty mining town and railway station now in the district of South Goa. He was baptized by the saintly priest Fr. Agnelo de Souza. Fernand received his initial training in music at the hands of the local maestro Diogo Rodrigues, where he could master violin and trumpet. In 1936, Frank migrated to Mumbai to join Don Bosco's for studies. His first assignment in music was to play at Green's Hotel and Taj Mahal Hotel under the leadership of George Theodore, an East Indian, as the community of Christians from the region of Bombay (Mumbai) is known. In 1942, he left Mumbai for Mussorie to play at Savoy Hotel under the Rudy Cotton band. It is here that he got a good opportunity to be a Jazz musician in his band. The same year he had a brief stint in New Delhi. Fernand is indebted to our statesman and India's first Prime Minister the late Jawaharlal Nehru for his Biography and Discovery of India, which completely changed his outlook. He considers Nehru to be the great Son of India and is grateful to him for the orchestration of the National Anthem Jana Gana Mana. A true patriot, Frank commemorated August 15 as the biggest event every year. In 1946, he set for Mumbai to participate in Mickey Correia's band. The year 1948 saw him joining the film industry as a musician to the popular music duo, Shankar-Jaikishan. He proudly recalled his association with the success of R.K.Films' Raj Kapoor's super hit 'Barsat'. He has had the privilege to work under the music directors of repute. These include Kishore Kumar. C.R.Ramchandra, Roshan, and Anil Biswas. His last assignment with Kalyanji-Anandji as his first assistant is fondly remembered by the Hindi Film music community. He has excelled in musical arrangement for these film music directors. In the footsteps of the end of colonial Portuguese rule in Goa, in keeping with the immense love he had for Konkani and with the vast knowledge of film craft in his possession, he launched his first Konkani film 'Amchem Noxib' under the banner of Frank Films (Goa). It starred C. Alvares and Anthony Mendes in the main roles. Apart from being its producer, the film had melodious music composed by him. This film has cast a magic spell on the spectators and its immense popularity has brought him adulation and draws large crowds even today whenever and wherever it is released. Some time back, he expressed his gratitude for the patronage received for this first film, which boosted his enthusiasm. However, he regretted that Portuguese- and English-speaking Goans did not appreciate the film and called it cheap. To counteract this criticism, he produced his second film, 'Nirmonn' based on Lord Tennyson's character Enoch Arden, for which he set music in his own style. This film had a powerful story and bagged the Certificate of Merit for regional films, the first of its kind for Konkani, at the hands of the then Prime Minister, the late Indira Gandhi. This film had memorable performance by C. Alvares, Shalini, Anthony D'Sa and Jacinto Vaz. The lyrics and scenes have been beautifully captured on mementoes of the films. 'Nirmonn' was remade into Hindi and was entitled 'Taqdeer' and was directed by A. Salam with Shalini in the lead role. Besides these two films, Frank has also provide the musical score to the Konkani film 'Mhoji Ghorkarn' directed by A. Salam with Shalini, C.Alvares and Jacinto Vaz in the main leads. With the success of the two Konkani films, Frank ventured to produce a Hindi film in 1965 entitled 'Priya', starring Sanjeev Kumar and Tanuja with music by Kalyanji-Anandji. This film flopped because it was considered an art film by the audience and not a commercial one. Not loosing heart, Frank again attempted to produce another Hindi film 'Ahat' starring Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Jaya Bahaduri, Vinod Mehra. 'Ahat' inspired by the popular English film 'Wait Until Dark' was made under the banner of Vishal Gomantak Films with screenplay by G.D.Madgulkar, Kishore Rege as director and music by himself. The film was over-budgeted and could
Re: [Goanet] Past performances equal History
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Life is a parabola in which one sees raise then a Plato followed by stiff downfall. But most of us refuse to agree on this theory despite being proved applicable. This is truer with our politicians and our sporting starts! They strongly believe that they don't have retirement age - they are ever green heroes. But this is deceptively so! Have a look at Sachin Tendulkar, our politicians in Rane, Willy, Sardhin, Luizine, Zatye, etc. All these so called legendaries of past have started showing their ages and yet they want to survive on their past performances. No sir, you can't do this. You have to retire and make way for youngsters or second line to take the gearshift Or else history will replace all your achievements with all your recent failures. Dr. U. G. Barad Most African nations now have laws that allow the President to serve only two terms. You can get rid of the politicians and clean up politics in Goa too if similar laws (for the CM) were in place. Mervyn3.0 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet] Plagiarism
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Lastly, and this is my most important point, I contend that plagiarism at an academic level has not stunted research and progress. True, but only because it has not been allowed to do so. It is equallly important to maintain these standards of peer review and publication in countries such as India where research is still in its nascent stages. Copyright law, on the other hand, is exactly that -- a deterrent to progress. The point is that it stunts research and progress because it is a deterrent to young companies, without financial or legal muscle, to even try. Try what? I think the technology sector which you are focussing on has more start ups than any other sector today. The progress in this sector has also out paced most other sectors. Similarly, if TCP/IP, arguably today's networking wheel, was copyrighted you and I may not have been having this discussion via this medium. Why wouldn't we be? The computer you use has hundreds of patents on its components. Similarly the software you use is probably protected by copyright(mine is). Yet we are still having this discussion. TCP/IP is a protocol or standard, its very purpose was to get every network to use the same procedure to communicate. It made no sense for the US DoD to patent or copyright it at the time. It would be like trying to increase viewership of a TV programme by making it pay-per-view. One thing is certain, if not for the pioneering work in Stanford and UCL and all the academic research that has followed since, the Internet would be a far cry from what it is today. Sunith -- Sunith D Velho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet] References
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor My last post on this thread, stated that it would be the last post on the thread. Yet posts following it have raised some interesting perspectives. And I have a few questions that I would like to be enlightened on. As References and Copyright-Plagiarism are two separate issues, I have the placed these in two separate posts. Please excuse my two posts. My self-plagiarized thoughts again. A reference does NOT permit one to plagiarize or to violate copyright laws. There is NO CONNECTION between a reference or a web link and the permission to use another person's copyrighted material. The role of the reference is to connect to a support / provide a basis for one's NEW conclusions or CONTROVERSIAL statements. The purpose of writing is to ADVANCE the dialogue / body of knowledge. To do so, one has to not merely repeat, but build on what is widely known out there. IMO the references are to support the advancing body of knowledge and not to support what is widely known. Lay person's (BASIC KNOWLEDGE) publications and web blogs DO NOT / SHOULD NOT HAVE REFERENCES. Because nothing controversial in a scientific / historical etc. perspective should be placed on that forum. To place references in such presentations / publications (with nothing new or controversial) is to elevate the publication to a level that it does not deserve. These are just my views. Kind Regards, GL
[Goanet] TIC: Plato's Parabolic Perplexity
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Dr. U. G. Barad ushakal at sancharnet.in Life is a parabola in which one sees raise then a Plato followed by stiff downfall. But most of us refuse to agree on this theory despite being proved applicable. This is truer with our politicians and our sporting starts! = Dear Me, This thingie is tougher than I thought. I would willingly agree to this (or any other theory) whether applicable or not, but for my questions. My questions: 1. Who got a raise? 2. What has Plato got to do with this parabola? 3. Who are our sporting starts? Me puzzled! jc TIC - tongue in cheek a la Alfred Chacha
[Goanet] Brainstorming needed
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Agitations constraint to public-private partnership model: Goa Chief Secretary ...environmental concerns and theaccompanying agitations are posing a major constraint ...over-participation in democracy was proving to bea handicapsecurity is the main constraint for GoaGoa has many positives on its side. It was financially sound,it has high social indicators ...tourism is driving Goa's economybut the cost of hotel rooms is prohibitively high as compared tosouth-eastern (sic)destination...ongoing fight between the tour operators and the taxi operatorswas also giving Goa a bad name in the tourism sector, ... don't know if it's worthwhile forpeople to farm in Goa...Tourism is an increasinglydominant facet of Goa's economy, but there is a lack of goodinfrastructure in Goa. What is the way forward in this dire situation? Btw, according to AAI stats there was a dip in foreign tourist arrivals at Dabolim in Dec 2006. Was it due to the Al Qaida scare? It may be easy to derail the foreign tourist boom.
[Goanet] Goa Bachhao Aandolen?
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Hello, How Goa Bachhao Aandolen and sgoing back from Development plan 2011 can iompact on real state prices development of GOA in line of other developed states? Though, laws of nature i.e. to live in natural way may prevail over law of society/country spritually and ultimatimetely, still, we prefered to live in society and following laws of the country. To live in natural way, we may have to reverse living in society. In a country with many states, individuality in common laws may be a otherwise thinking. Still some precautions can be kept to save any new land from harming health and our basic right to live but with a consideration of right to justice and equality. Just thoughts. Best
Re: [Goanet] Plagiarism and Copyright law violation
http://www.GOANET.org This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor My last post on this thread, stated that it would be the last post on the thread. Yet posts following it have raised some interesting perspectives. And I have a few questions that I would like to be enlightened on. As References and Copyright-Plagiarism are two separate issues, I have the placed these in two separate posts. Please excuse these two new posts. There were three issues which people on purpose or inadvertently confused - Plagiarism, Copyright, and References. I often wonder what drives this? Is it the failure to grasp the major or subtle differences? Is it the effort to put someone down, stand tall on somebody's shoulders, fail to appreciate a dialogue is not to keep harping on the obvious but to tease the nuances, failure to advance the dialogue, or muddy the waters? It was unfortunate that the dialogue was high-jacked, because there was still a lot to learn. My opinion, to which I tried to stick, is when and where authors should use references. This, as they tell their own story or present their perspectives; which at least in the author's mind has not widely known. To highlight the separate issues, I have posted the self-plagiarized thoughts on references in another post. I would like to be educated on issues which some of you know a lot more than me, given your professional training and expertise. To put it in context. Not long ago we acquired a 2 million dollar equipment that produces X-rays to treat cancer. To put together a presentation (slide and print) for the doctors and the patients, I wanted some information on the machine - both text and pictures. Specifically I was interested in the inside (cross-section) of the machine and the images (dose-profile) of the X-ray beam. I e-mailed the company. They suggested I go to their web site, download and use any material including photographs that were available from their web blog. Questions: Would doing so (on their advice) constitute plagiarism and violate copyright laws? Some say that the source of this information should be credited - No problem or problem (see below)? When does this presentation start becoming an advertisement for the company? How does one prevent the scientific presentation being perceived as a sales-pitch for the machine? Do the same issues apply to pharmaceutical companies, that would like physicians to reference THEIR drug? Will the audience / reader perceive the reference in the scientific presentation an endorsement of one medical product / device over another? Is it more likely the company-paid scientist / doctor will repeatedly provide credits? Please recollect the scandal when wall-street brokers were referencing a company's product without disclosing their financial interest. Other related issues, many web sites specifically advertise that their information (including pictures and drawings) are FREE or there is NO copyright on their material. Is this their way of saying this material can be downloaded by the readers and used without permission? Do these raise the same first-four questions as above? Are they doing this under the concept of information-sharing that is described? Are they doing this so that another source is doing their advertising? Or are they doing it as a public-service benefit to advance the knowledge-base? Thanks very much for your information. Kind Regards, GL
