[Goanet-News] Bookworm... can we do something?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Dear all: Bookworm [http://goabookworm.wordpress.com/] is a very innovative children's library, run in Santa Inez, Panjim, by Sujata and Elaine (and team). Of late, it has run into all kinds of problems, a decline in membership and difficulties in finding a proper premises where it can carry on its work unhindered Question: could we as a group (or some of us, as individuals) do anything to help the idea grow? We would not be doing a favour to Bookworm, but to society which needs such ventures so badly In addition, we would be doing something a great favour in terms of building the reading habit among the young. And that is what all writers want! Just a thought. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org
[Goanet-News] A little bit of Goa in Karachi (PakTeaHouse.net)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- A little bit of Goa in Karachi October 21st, 2011 | 12 Comments Pride of Goans. Pride of Karachi. A Vestige of Great Goan Legacy. Walking past Karachi Goan Association entrance is like entering a wormhole, jumping into a universe which is oblivious to cacophony of competing voices out on Saddar road. Goan Association Hall is a landmark which still plays an active role in Karachi's social scene. The entrance opposite Karachi Grammar School is a humble one and trees, as old as the Gymkhana, shadow the front facade, or is it the back. Never-mind both are equally impressive. In 1886, Goans started the Goan Portugese Association which was later renamed as Karachi Goan Association. The task of designing was entrusted to a relatively unknown architect known as 'Moses Somake'. The same man went on to make his mark on Karachi the way no one else did. The hall immediately became a center of social life of Goans in Karachi. It hosted all kind of events for the community. In the beginning it did not have a boundary wall and it graced the sorrounding area. At its peak it held ten days of celebrations where the top Goan bands performed. During World War II the KGA was turned into Senior Officers Club for US Army. On a regular day you will find few janitors moping the floor, which has characteristic prepartition tiles. The furniture too has been preserved well. The main hall does not have much of seating area but special arrangements are made for Tambola nights and other social events. There is a statue of Mr Cincinattus in the hall. He had been the President of the KGA for a decade and has a residential neighbourhood, Cincinattus Town, Now Garden, to his name. To the right a small part of the hall is used for hosting table tennis tournaments. there is a small library in the left section which also showcases trophies from different eras. To the left is the billiard room. The adjacent room is used for playing cards. Move out and take the staircase which leads to a big dance floor which has been used for a variety of purposes. The hall is used for holding Christmas, New year and Easter gatherings and has been rented members for ceremonies and commercial shooting. The congregation of the hall has dwindled over the years but it remains a social hub for the community. A seperate post is needed for what Goans have done for Karachi. The thriving community of 1850s has been migrating for pastures green abroad. There are only about 15,000 goans still living in Karachi. KGA celebrated 125 years of existence this year. Mr. Menin of Goans of Pakistan wondered how would it look like when they celebrate 150 years of its existence in 2036. The Karachi walla sincerely yearns for a better promise for KGA and Goans. They make a vital part of pluralistic Karachi social fabric. The enterprising community has contributed more than its share and we can't afford to lose them. A lot of Goans may have left but they have taken a small piece of Karachi with them. Brian Gonsalves, a Goan from Karachi who now lives on the Island of Margarita, Venezuela, wrote to Goans of Pakistan, My House in Venezuela is called 'Pakistan' – how is that for patriotism!! COMMENT: KGA still has more than 500 members plus their dependents. The only difference between the fate of KGA and other buildings is the sheer activism of the remaining Goan community. Please check http://www.goansofpakistan.org/ SEE PHOTOS AT http://pakteahouse.net/2011/10/21/contribution-for-pak-tea-by-karachi-wala/
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: They dared to challenge Goa's mining mafia (Ashwin Aghor, in Down To Earth)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- They dared to challenge Goa's mining mafia Ashwin Aghor Issue: Oct 28, 2011 The youth of Caurem, a tribal village, fight on despite threats PHOTO: Nilesh Gaonkar (his hand is in plaster) and his friends have formed a front to fight for the rights of the 2,000 residents of Caurem (Photos: Ashwin Aghor) While the authorities are busy calculating the losses caused by Goa's mining mafia to the state exchequer, little attention has been paid to the few people who dared to challenge the state's mining mafia. Residents of the tribal village Caurem, situated eight-odd kilometres from Quepem town, once had everything in abundance in the village. They rarely had to visit Quepem for any needs. But the situation has now changed since their paddy fields, coconut and jackfruit plantations are getting destroyed. The reason: heavy contamination of ground water due to five mines operating within a one km radius of the village. Five mines are operating within a one km radius of Caurem Chief Minister Digambar Kamat once visited Caurem to inspect the extent of damage due to mining After visiting the area, he assured that all the mines in the vicinity of the village would be closed immediately. But nothing concrete has happened The mines are operated by powerful politicians and businessmen of the state. The mines which are being operated in blatant violation of environmental and mining laws have destroyed groundwater aquifers in the village to the extent that all the perennial water streams have become dry. Assaulted with iron rod Disturbed by the extent of damage to environment and threat to their very livelihood, Nilesh Gaonkar, a 24-year-old youth from Caurem, decided to take on the might of powerful mining mafia. He is supported by Tuslidas Velip, Samir Gaonkar and several other friends. The youths in the village came together and formed the Caurem Adivasi Bachao Samiti (CABS) to save the livelihood of the 2,000-odd residents of the village. Recipient of news channel CNNIBN's bravery award this year, Nilesh Gaonkar holds a diploma in mechanical engineering. He works for a private company in Verna Industrial Estate, 10 km away near Panjim. He was brutally assaulted by two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths in mind-May this year and threatened with dire consequences if he did not give up his fight against illegal mining. PHOTO: Dumpers lined up near the mine operated by Sheikh Mukhtar I was on my way to work when a person assaulted me with iron rod from behind. The first blow was on shoulder and before I could react, came the second blow on my left hand. After hitting me twice, the youths fled the scene, says Nilesh, who is now more determined to fight illegal mining. Though police detained two youths in connection with the assault, they were let off within a couple of days and the case remains unsolved till date. The police at Quepem declined to comment, saying the Centre is probing illegal mining in the area. The youths of Caurem village today want only one thing. Complete closure of all the mines operating in the vicinity and ecological restoration of the area. We do not want the ore at the cost of our lives. Mine operators are earning huge profits by destroying us and we are left to the mercy of God, says Tulsidas Velip. Mining has destroyed farming and blocked the water sources of the village, including a tributary of the Kushawati River that flows through the village. The road connecting Quepem and Caurem, which is less than 10 metres wide, has become death trap with round the clock movement of trucks carrying ores from mines to jetties and loading spots. The uncontrolled movement of overloaded ore trucks has made it difficult for children and senior citizens to use the road. Especially, the school going children, who find it difficult to reach their school right across the road, says Nilesh. Nilesh, Tulsidas and others mobilised the villagers and built a front against the mine operated by one Sheikh Mukhtar. After several representations to the mining ministry, state and central governments the villagers have only got assurances. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat once visited Caurem to inspect the extent of damage due to the mines. After visiting the area, he assured that all the mines in the vicinity of the village would be closed immediately. But nothing concrete has happened, Nilesh says. Tags: Web Specials, Caurem, Caurem
Re: [Goanet] NEWS FLASH: Petrol pumps go dry in Goa
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- There is plenty of diesel for mining trucks. I wonder why h... Is it official that Goans are suckers to be conned time and time again? Of course, many parts of Goa are being liberated from Goa to the benefit of non-Goans. I never thought I would live to see the day when Vasco was no longer a part of Goa. A drive through Vasco today, and there are no Goans to be seen. To a lesser extent parts of Panjim, Margao and Mapusa. --- On Sat, 10/29/11, Goanet News Service n...@goanet.org wrote: Traffic piles up in Goa as petrol pumps go dry. Again. No petrol in Panjim today. Complete chaos as tiny amounts of petrol are handed out at Goa's petrol pumps right now. Long queues snake around corners. Short tempers. One pump owner said that no petrol was coming in from Vasco (terminal), but was being trucked from outside Goa. Photo: http://bit.ly/GoaPetrolShortage-29Oct11 Source: @chryselled via Twitter
[Goanet] beware of super specialists in premier hospitals
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Cashing on the miseries of patients a number of postings appeared on Goanet, regarding the fleecing of patients I was rather skeptical at first, till patients pointedly drew my attention The greed of the specialists Doctors at premier Hosp[ital around Goa is too common to be dismissed lightly.. Is it that they are forced to pay for themselves and their services and also support the high maintenance costs of the establishments ? The medicines they prescribe are also very expensive, when the same compositions are very much available at much cheaper costs The rumour that medical companies sponsor lately foreign travells all found and that there is a percentage paid on recommended tests is not without foundations Many Govt doctors are attached to private hospitals The implicit trust in the medical fraternity and the so called specialists appears to be exploited and abused. It is much better to consult others, take a second opinion and only in extreme cases seek the help of the specialists with diagnoses at hand There is no doubt in spite of the trouble of distances the treatment outside the state is reliable and cost effective There is urgency created with life threatening reason, which have not been supported by outside the state consultations across the borders The supper specialists take less than 5 minutes and 2 minutes to dispose of the patients, the more the merrier What is the reasonable time that should be allotted to the patients minim,um 30 minutes? The patients history is not detailed, in the expensive filed charged ,there is absolute rush in not allowing the patient to expose his ailments, symptoms , no diagnoses and suggested treatment IN half an hour the specialists attends to 8/10 patients In Mumbai the specialists take a fixed number of patients at half an hour interval Here the consultations charges for 2 minutes range from Rs200 to Rs 400. They direct you to do a battery of expensive tests and only then they will give their findings and prescribe medicines. More charges for merely reading reading the reports and further charges. There is a Manager at most of the Hospitals The registrations are done , when the doctor is conducting operation for next 2hours or so The patient are waiting without this information The appointments made earlier at fixed time are not communicated about the non availability of the said consultant After the rigours of 2/3 hrs operation the doctor is mentally fagged out , ill disposed to do justice to the waiting patients and naturally the hurry to dispose of 15/20 patients as quickly as possible before lunch break At the registration counter they inform you that there are no patients, but at the OPD there is a line of 10/15 patients There is plan to cash on the patients attending, so they may not lose them A patient was fitted with two stents, after angiography, angioplasty on the advise of serious consequences other wise The health of the patient deteriorated within months after shelling out 41/2 llakhs He referred to outside the stae facility, where in was diagnosed that a faulty valve was the root cause and the previous treatment was not advised before attending to the valve In yet another case the patient was charged for Rs400/ just for noting blood pressure, no word about the actual immediate ailment or any medicine prescribed in the interim It took just 2 minutes for the specialist and further directed for very expensive tests A second consultations with another Doctor revealed no alarm at all and the cardiogram was normal In a third case the patient was advised immediate surgery as the the problem was life threatening The patient got the second opinion outside state and for the last 4 years is leading healthy life without any operation whatsoever In yet another case the patient was asked to transplant a vein , promising all the process of medical claim .When the patient could not shoulder 60to 70,000, the doctor`s reaction and arrogance turned 180 degrees The case was treated at the Govt facility for spine problem and the Doctors are laughing at the the suggested procedure The patient is rlieved of all associated symptoms, without absolute no need of vein transplant A doctor took 2 minutes , after being late for one hour consultations time and with 20 patients waiting The new file was in virgin state with only the name of the patient, no diagnoses, no prescription and no time to peruse the previous reports or the visual data. any way the super specialist has no facility to view such records It
[Goanet] Song for the day.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Horst Fischer-IL SiLencio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfVIR89zV-A -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] A Tongue Cheek Short Story..... ME, My WIFE And FACEBOOK
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)® www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ www.goa-world.com http://www.goa-world.com/goa/credit%5Ccredit.htm Tumcam Maie-mogacho ieukar. Enjoy Life - This is not a rehearsal! Konkani uloi, boroi, vach ani samball - sodankal. Hich Goenchi osmitai ani amchem khalxelponn. Goenchi amchi Konkani bhas! Ekvottachem saddon Goenkaranchem. QUEM QUER ANDA E QUEM NAO QUER MANDA! Stay tuned to Gulf Goans e-Newsletter - everyday someone, somewhere learns a little. A Tongue Cheek Short Story. Since the beginning of time man has sought new ways of communicating with each other -- ranging from simple signs to drawings to sophisticated social networking websites. Among all such websites that people socialize, Facebook has the edge. There's no need to say more to know what we are talking about. Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has gone so far on its journey of revolution that in today’s virtual life it would be rare to find anyone who has not succumbed to its temptation. As it is user-friendly, it has a variety of applications. This new craze has become an addiction in the contemporary age, finding its way into the lives of old and young alike and making them obsessed with it. What about you? Read a tongue and cheek story inspired by an in-depth analysis and available facts about the present day disease. Click: http://gaspersworld.blogspot.com/ The First Online Konkani Music Station - Started on March 14, 2000 http://www.live365.com/stations/61664 Konkani Video on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/uly334 Upcoming events in Kuwait: November 18 - Mario Menezes Tiatr to be presented by Kuwait Goan Association. November 18 - CRYchess 2010 Tournament to be organized by FOCC at the IEAS, Salmiya. November 25 - Annual Inter School Choral Recitation Competition to be organized by DBPPA. LAST GASP: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
[Goanet] SON’VARACHIM SUNGTTAM: Kitlem Sot, Kitli Fott?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)® www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ www.goa-world.com http://www.goa-world.com/goa/credit%5Ccredit.htm Tumcam Maie-mogacho ieukar. Enjoy Life - This is not a rehearsal! Konkani uloi, boroi, vach ani samball - sodankal. Hich Goenchi osmitai ani amchem khalxelponn. Goenchi amchi Konkani bhas! Ekvottachem saddon Goenkaranchem. QUEM QUER ANDA E QUEM NAO QUER MANDA! Stay tuned to Gulf Goans e-Newsletter - everyday someone, somewhere learns a little. SON’VARACHIM SUNGTTAM:
[Goanet] Free Bank Deposit Rates: Average interest rate on savings accounts to increase by 50 to 100 bps
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- The cash long idling in your bank accounthttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com/search.cms?query=bank%20account is due to acquire more value, thanks to a Reserve Bank of India move earlier this week to free savings bank deposit rateshttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com/search.cms?query=savings%20bank%20deposit%20rates. Bankers say better returns are in the offing for depositors as competition will intensify. This path-breaking regulation will enhance and protect savingshttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com/search.cms?query=savings returns from the brunt of persistent inflation, says Rana Kapoor, MD CEO, Yes Bank. The RBI http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/search.cms?query=RBIhas said banks will have to offer a uniform interest rate on deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh. For higher deposits, banks are free to offer differential interest rates. Experts believe the average interest rate on savings accounts will increase by 50 to 100 basis points (100 bps equals 1 percentage point) from 4% over the medium term. About 20-25% of total bank deposits are parked in savings accounts. The Impact For starters, interest rates can swing both ways. But experts say rates are unlikely to fall much because savings deposits offer the cheapest source of funds for banks and they would not want to lose by lowering rates sharply. A possible upshot will be product innovations linked to savings accounts and increase in user charges. In countries such as Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and US, where interest rates have been freed, most savings bank accounts carry charges if the number of transactions exceeds a permissible level. Similarly, a number of banks in Hong Kong launched new products such as combined savings and checking accounts after savings deposit rates was freed in 2001. [image: /photo.cms?msid=10533386] The RBI thinks product innovations in India may spill over to operations such as branches, web-based channels and ATMs. Rates offered may differ based on the flexibility of operation of savings bank accounts and the degree of liquidity offered such as notice period for withdrawal, number of deposits and/or withdrawals allowed per month and percentage of amount that can be withdrawn in any given month, among others. Should you Switch Banks? YES Bankhttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com/yes-bank-ltd/stocks/companyid-16552.cms was the first to increase the interest rate offered on savings bank accounts by 2% to 6%. More will follow. But should you switch banks to take advantage of higher rates? You should not be keeping huge amount of cash in your bank account in the first place, says financial planner Lovaii Navlakhi. Most experts advise against switching banks unless you happen to keep a substantial amount lying idle in a savings account. If you still go ahead, check the fees. Most analysts believe that banks would offset higher costs by hiking fees for services. This can be in the form of higher lending rates for borrowers, transaction charges and increase in minimum balance requirement. The prudent way is to first gauge your usage pattern of banking services - do you frequently run out of cheque books or withdraw cash often. In that case, you need to also check what kind of charges banks levy for these services. The second key factor is convenience. Savings deposits tend to be sticky for most since we use it for loan repayment, utility-bill payments and even investments. If you have had a long relationship with your bank, changing the account can be cumbersome. There are also the benefits that come from the loyalty factor in the form of a free credit card or a faster loan sanction and one should not ignore this aspect when deciding whether to shift, says Navlakhi. The rates will now closely reflect the policy rates. This means like any other deposit rate, savings rate will also fluctuate and a bank offering a higher rate today may not be the one always offering the best rate. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/banking/finance/banking/free-bank-deposit-rates-average-interest-rate-on-savings-accounts-to-increase-by-50-to-100-bps/articleshow/10533370.cms -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] chinchinim village concerns
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- People of chinchinim are elated at the stoppage of 3 days gambling GODGODDO on Church feast, Many a villager have been completely ruined by gambling at the Casinos the examples are fewand isolated, but the trend is alarming Besides there more bars per square that promote alcoholism There are private card clubs operating with impunity and destroying family peace and prosperity The less said about availability of psychotic drugs is better Then there is betting on phones involving thousands and lakhs on every conceivable issue , be it games elections etc much away from India The youngsters with disposal income cannot resist the temptation and lure of get rich fast The family control is lax and social pressure is non existence The lotteries were the oldest in India a and still attract many There are more operators of Matka Bookies than shops doing business in the open and in defiance of law enforcing agencies, who simply turn a blind eye for huge considerations Panchayat could be the best local body to control such illegal activities , but they do not have the will to act Prostitution was once openly discovered in Chinchinim, but there are indications that it is not absent behind scenes. None wants to acknowledge its existence secretly The Panchayat body appears to abdicate its responsibility to extortionist from outside the village Registered Notices are sent to the residents on illegal constructions not even on behalf of the owners. The illegal Gaddas were notified to be demolished, but Panchayat indifference led to filing of law suit to enforce the existing order of the Collector External NGO is sending notices on sewerage release in the open a popular dance floor in Chinchinim is being harassed in spite of loosing the High court case The recent stand against Gogoddo by taking help of outsider has led to the unanimous and unceremonious ouster from Panchayat of the so called activist It is a serious matter of involving outside agents with selfish interests. Arbitrary, increased fees are collected from fish , vegetable and other vendors without authorisations of rules or evenPanchayat resolutions The newly constructed footpaths are illegaly occupied by vegetable vendors from Canacona and Panchayat collects fees from them These and many problems are confronting the otherwise peaceful Chinchinim village and every one must show concern for the village affairs in the way they can 1 8 Nelson LopesFind FriendsHome Nelson Lopes FAVORITES Welcome News Feed Messages Events 2 Find Friends GROUPS Chinchinim-one of the best villages in goa!! 20+ Goa Speaks Create Group... APPS 1 Get Revealed 1 App Requests MORE Notifications Chinchinim-one of the best villages in goa!! Open Group 373 Members18 Photos3 Docs See All Members (373) Chinchinim is a beautiful Village situated on the banks of the River Sal in the Salcete district of Goa, India. It is known to be the biggest rural village of Goa having a predominant Catholic population. It is bordered by the villages of Assolna and Cuncolim to its south and Navelim to its north. One can see a lot of Goan mansions here and also a number of small cottages that have typical features of a Goan village life. See All People You May Know Suzana Cardoso 1 mutual friend Add Friend See All Sponsored A-U-T-O-S Search 1,000s of cars on Marketplace! Mother Of Evil (Interactive Movie) Free film on YouTube. Watch trailer now! Like · 1,258 people like this. Help me study more I wish to become somebody in my life. You can help me achieve my dream by sponsoring my education now. Sponsor me now Write PostAdd Photo / VideoAsk Question People of chinchinim are elated at the stoppage of 3 days gambling GODGODDO on Church feast, Many a villager have been completely ruined by gambling at the Casinos the examples are fewand isolated, but the trend is alarming Besides there more bars per square that promote alcoholism There are private card clubs operating with impunity and destroying family peace and prosperity The less said about availability of psychotic drugs is better Then there is betting on phones involving thousands and lakhs on every conceivable issue , be it games elections etc much away from India The youngsters with disposal income cannot resist the temptation and lure of get rich fast The family control is lax and social pressure is non existence The lotteries were the oldest in India a and still attract many There are more operators of Matka Bookies than shops doing business in the open and in defiance of law
Re: [Goanet] The difference between Medical Certificate Medical reports.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão wrote: COMMENT: In a democratic setup, The government is of the people and by the people. So the government reflects the majority of their likes who have elected them. And as you see in Goa, a majority are not even SSC, leave aside some of them having forged which standard they dropped out from school. Most Goanetters are retired intellectuals and journalists and have attended conferences wherein they have cited authorities in support of their statements or submissions. And here we have Santosh citing State Government Form in reference and support of his submission and beliefs. Goanetters can now belive that a government composed of illiterates and SSC qualified can be cited as authority in medical official procedures, because Santosh says so. And as Santosh has always tried to correct wrong perceptions of the public on Goanet. I have not moved the goalpost, it is kept where it is easier for you. The goal post has now moved to retired intellectuals and journalists who were conference attendees, and SSC qualified and illiterate government servants in Goa. But to continue to provide additional evidence in favor of my statement that there are many other formats for medical certificates required by authorities for various purposes all over the world, here is a Medical Certificate form issued by the United States Army and Air force to be signed by a physician for the purpose of granting life insurance policies to active duty or retired personnel and their families: http://www.aafmaa.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=tU-QpD22a6E%3Dtabid=82mid=523 Please note the following question in the form to be answered by the physician: QUOTE Was there any nicotine use (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff, chewing tobacco, nicotine gum or other nicotine delivery system) in the last 12 months? o Yes o No UNQUOTE U.S. Army and Air Force officers are required to have a bachelor's degree at a minimum. The physicians are required to have a medical degree and at least 3 years of medical residency training in a hospital. So neither the officers nor the physicians are illiterate or merely SSC qualified. Cheers, Santosh
[Goanet] Bookworm... can we do something?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Dear all: Bookworm [http://goabookworm.wordpress.com/] is a very innovative children's library, run in Santa Inez, Panjim, by Sujata and Elaine (and team). Of late, it has run into all kinds of problems, a decline in membership and difficulties in finding a proper premises where it can carry on its work unhindered Question: could we as a group (or some of us, as individuals) do anything to help the idea grow? We would not be doing a favour to Bookworm, but to society which needs such ventures so badly In addition, we would be doing something a great favour in terms of building the reading habit among the young. And that is what all writers want! Just a thought. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org
Re: [Goanet] Did Bob Marley know Konkani?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- On 30 October 2011 09:26, radharao gracias graciasradha...@gmail.com wrote: *i heard the song and one can clearly discern the words tujea bapaichem kestanv in the last verse of the song after the words *I'm on the rock, Amazing, Radha. I too heard (or imagined) the Konkani words you say are there. At 1:41 to 1:43 of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tESLeLhYg0M Except that it sounds more like: Tuje bapaichem castao (with a tilde). Questions (as JC would put it): (1) Do you think this is the Jamaican varient of Xashti Konkani? (2) Do you think some Bardezkar rendered it wrongly for good ol Bob? (3) Some (cryto Goan) lyricist put it in, knowing well it would pass uncontested. Incidently good ol Shouted Marley was a great icon of ours in younger days. The first music legend from the Third World. But I think that to translate his name into Konkani is too much of a conspiracy theory, considering that that would have to be worked out with his Scottish dad, and his Wailers' colleagues beforehand. Africa Unite! FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India
[Goanet] Kedna Utt'ttole gai ami? Saby Dias reminds us
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Kedna Utt'ttole gai ami? Saby Dias reminds us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpfrQd1qxgE joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Revolution in parks and squares
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- REVOLUTION IN SQUARES AROUND THE WORLD Goa had its own story At Lohia Maidan Margao and at azad Maidan Panjim , if they can be called squares It is here the public call was given for regional plan and MOI , Konkani language ,among many others The symbolic protests are a signs of times of people`s power on social and political issues not related to freedom The Anna fast in Delhi is another landmark of public square and park movement against corruption that received world coverage Jantar Mantar and Ramlila grounds are the famous hunting grounds for public protests IN MUMBAI Shivaji park is the focus of all popular uprising and clarion calls for people dissensions against unpopular regimes. The Tiananmen square in China which led to massacre of young protesters for democracy and was brutally repressed with state power and force much to the discomfiture of world opinion.The protest in Egypt, Cairoat Tahrir led to the downfall of Hosni Mubarakh and ushered in new hope of freedom from the oppressive regime The protests at wall street for economic advantage, a has spread throughout the Democratic Nations of the world in an unprecedented peaceful manner Gaddafi the last dictator has been deposed of after street protests and battles More street portests are taking shape in Syria ,Turkey and other Arab and African Countries It is interesting that the battle grounds of to day are the streets and public squares and parks Democratic and political freedom are conceptualized on the streets , which so far served the purpose of transport These spots seem to have acquired new purpose for actions demands and spontaneous uprising. The politicians in India may bring out a new legislation reserving parks and squares for purpose other than protests and uprising Nelson lopes chincinimac
[Goanet] RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARDS
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation is funded by the ROCKFELLER BROTHERS FUND (RBF) whose byline reads PHILANTROPY FOR AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD. The Mission statement of the RBF reads advances social change that contributes to a more just,sustainable and peaceful world. RBF runs a PROJECT ON MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY ,INC.,(POMED) which has admitted funding the LEADING VOICES of the ARAB SPRING which has caused violent change of Governments in the Middle East. The Ramon Magsasay Award Foundation was formed to honour the memory of Ramon Fidel Magsaysay by the Rockfeller Brothers Fund with the concurrence of Phillipines. Phillipines is a country very closely allied to the United States of America and permits on its soil the erection,operation,and regular uninterrupted sustenance of United States Military Bases. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation restricts itself strategically to Asia instead of spreading itself and its resources thin all over the world. Asia is also home to China and India , two of the world's most populous countries. In the economic context ,these two countries are fast growing world economies as also strategic markets for the growth of American business The version of the LOKPAL BILL supported by Shri Hazare, Shri Arvind Kejriwal,Smt. Kiran Bedi, Adv. Prasant Bhushan seeks to compose a LOKPAL comprising of Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners, Nobel Prize Winners of Indian origin( not neccessary to hold Indian Citizenship), retired Supreme Court Judges, and other Eminent people ( How eminenceis to be measured is not prescribed) which would provide oversight over the Prime Minister,conduct of Members of Parliament ,both inside and outside Parliament, serving Judges of the High Courts, serving Judges of the Supreme Court, serving Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of India and all Government servants. The LOKPAL is to be armed with an independent , entirely seperate machinery with powers to investigate,charge, arrest and try cases of corruption in India. No provision is made for oversight over the LOKPAL. Members of the LOKPAL are not required to be elected by the citizens of India. It may be noted that the LEADING VOICES in India of the LOKPAL BILL as proposed by the Team of Shri Hazare are Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi , who are themselves RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD WINNERS. Colloquial American writing and wisdom holds that THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A FREE LUNCH in USA. Current events in contemporary affairs of the world like in Afghanistan, Pakistan,Iraq,Tunisia, Egypt,Libya,Syria, the battles of Al -Shadab organisation involving bombing of its own citizenry( one group of citizens against other groups of citizens) are pointers to the applicability of the American wisdom that holds THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A FREE LUNCH. IS THERE A FREE LUNCH IN THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD? IS SHRI HAZARE A FRONTRUNNER TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD IN 2012? LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. MAY HER CITIZENS REMAIN EVER VIGILANT. IS NOT ETERNAL VIGILANCE THE PRICE OF FREEDOM? Regards, Gerald Fernandes.
[Goanet] If necessary Jet Airline needs to be banned for Dabolim sector.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Marcus, Hope you are aware of my BLOG: i.e. Goa365.blogspot.com I think we have made enough noise. Jet has shaken up. WE will try to track if any such incident takes place at Dabolim . We shall blow it up. Sausages is our main food of Goans. Stephen Dias D.Paula. Fwd: FW: [GLOBAL GOAN WOMEN] JET AIRWAYS BANS MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS IN... -- Forwarded message -- From: stephen dias steve.dia...@gmail.com Date: 21 October 2011 12:52 Subject: Fwd: FW: [GLOBAL GOAN WOMEN] JET AIRWAYS BANS MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS IN... To: Dr. Antonio Mascarenhas mascaren...@nio.org, xavier.almeida xavier.alme...@tajhotels.com, airesrodrig...@yahoo.com, alcin...@bsnl.in, atanasio.monserr...@nic.in, Fonseca Christopher Fonseca aituc...@gmail.com, Andrew TOI andrewpereir...@gmail.com, brian gonsalves brian...@yahoo.com, blasco bla...@nio.org, justin botelho justin_bote...@rediffmail.com, Venita Coelho venitacoe...@gmail.com, Lamberto Cardozo tomazi...@rediffmail.com, salvin dias salvind...@yahoo.com, olavo dias olavojpd...@gmail.com, derekalmeida derekalme...@gmail.com, docoscar67 docosca...@rediffmail.com, Dr.Nandkumar Kamat nandka...@gmail.com, Soter D'souza soterso...@gmail.com, Michael Dsilva michaeld...@rediffmail.com, DrFlora Miranda drfloramira...@rediffmail.com, Rui de Gama trusta...@yahoo.co.in, jesus M Enterprises jesus.mascarn...@gmail.com, herald letters to the editor edi...@herald-goa.com, Fernandes, Elton efernan...@mcdermott.com, Guiomar guio...@dodo.com.au, goanobserver goanobser...@hotmail.com, sujay su...@herald-goa.com, gteditor gtedi...@gmail.com, navhind navh...@navhindtimes.com, lisette_54 lisette...@yahoo.com, mail m...@herald-goa.com Dear friends/ Editors I confirm that this incident has taken place in Dabolim airport on Jet Airways during the checks at their counter . They have objected about these meat products , including sausages not to carry to Mumbai on domestic routes. The person who has travel is Marcus Moraes and his wife , they are my relatives/cousins and I assure that this has taken place in Dabolim Goa. This airline Jet Airways should be banned in Goa and no Goan should fly in this Airlines please. Can the Govt. of Goa take this matter with the Airlines and ask for explanation, under what rules this product is banned. I take this opportunity to request the local newspapers to publish this incident taken place and I am ready for any consequences if they deny that incident. Stephen Dias D.Paula -- Forwarded message -- From: marcus moraes marc_mor...@hotmail.com Date: 21 October 2011 09:27 Subject: FW: [GLOBAL GOAN WOMEN] JET AIRWAYS BANS MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS IN... To: stephen dias steve.dia...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:03:53 +0400 Subject: Re: FW: [GLOBAL GOAN WOMEN] JET AIRWAYS BANS MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS IN... From: cynthia.fernan...@gmail.com To: au...@hotmail.com; marc_mor...@hotmail.com we should bann this airline . take other airlines.. On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Auta Fernandes au...@hotmail.com wrote: From: marc_mor...@hotmail.com Dear Goan , I too was a victim at Dabolim airport. Jet Air you Suck. I lost Costas sausages which are vaccum packed and Tuna fish tins. From: au...@hotmail.com Subject: FW: [GLOBAL GOAN WOMEN] JET AIRWAYS BANS MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS IN... Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:47:41 + Subject: [GLOBAL GOAN WOMEN] JET AIRWAYS BANS MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS IN... Cynthia Fernandes posted in GLOBAL GOAN WOMEN. Cynthia Fernandes 5:07pm Oct 19 JET AIRWAYS BANS MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS IN CHECK-IN LUGGAGE INCLUDING GOAN SAUSAGES. Sunday - Oct 16, 2011 PANJIM: In a recent development that is brought to the notice of Niz Goenkar, Jet Airways has banned carrying of all meat and fish products in its check-in or hand carry luggage. One of the Goan passenger who travelled by Jet Airways recently was denied carrying of Goan sausages in his check-in luggage at the baggage screening point. On enquiring, he was told about the policy of the airline which is also provided in writing by the Guest Relations Executive Tania Ferreira from the Corporate Office in Bombay. The statement reads thus It is with regret we note your unpleasant experience at Goa airport. Please allow me to mention here that
Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Bookworm... can we do something?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Do tell me what Bookworm would like done? Would like to help out as both Sujata and Elaine are orgainzed, dedicated and creative people who have much to offer the young and especially to inculcate the lost habit of reading in children- their venture has been very motivating a first of its kind when it began and I for one would want it to flourish as its so central to child participation and rights. Children need to have a relevant and colourful information source and Bookworm most certainly provided that space.Thanks. Anita Mathew (Consultant women and child rights, Goa, India) 2011/10/30 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoro...@gmail.com: --- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Dear all: Bookworm [http://goabookworm.wordpress.com/] is a very innovative children's library, run in Santa Inez, Panjim, by Sujata and Elaine (and team). Of late, it has run into all kinds of problems, a decline in membership and difficulties in finding a proper premises where it can carry on its work unhindered Question: could we as a group (or some of us, as individuals) do anything to help the idea grow? We would not be doing a favour to Bookworm, but to society which needs such ventures so badly In addition, we would be doing something a great favour in terms of building the reading habit among the young. And that is what all writers want! Just a thought. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org
[Goanet] the story of petrol
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- I was waiting in a queue to fill my tank. the line was snaking from maruti temple at 3pm. hardly any vehicle was moving. Just as we reached the curve there was thunder and heavy rain. Many people jumped the Q just as we reached nbsp;thenbsp;bend every thingnbsp;came to a stand still and we could hear some argueing the people filling their bottles threatened the pump owner and he just shut the pump and went of.nbsp; After waiting for 20 minutes I phoned the police. Very cooperative voice was heard. She said the police were already sent. But what arrived at the pump was a traffic van to clear up the congestion. Phoned again she said now what is the problem. I said the pump had closed because of the people threatening the man to fill petrol in the vehiclesnbsp;. After another ten minutes another Jeep arrived and the cop tried to investigate the problem. He ordered the pump man to fill the bottles and kept two constables to mind the Q. He sat in his jeep and went off. Is it legal to fill petrol in bottles and gallons I just wondered what law and order is this?
[Goanet] Respect is Essence of all Education: Viegas
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Angle Higher Secondary School NSS Special Camp – 2011-2012 *Respect is Essence of all Education: Viegas * *Astitva,* the NSS (National Service Scheme) unit of Shri Nirakar Education Society’s S S Angle Higher Secondary School concluded its seven day special camp at Government High School, Sadolxem, Canacona on Monday. The theme of the camp was ‘Live Safe, Live Long’ Addressing the NSS volunteers, the Chief Guest at the valedictory function Valerian Viegas popularly known as ‘Anna’ observed that respect is the essence of all education and the strong foundation for a healthy civil society. “Respect for the self, respect for others, respect for the environment, respect for money and respect for everything is a must for a good life and meaningful education only then we will realize that every job is special and carries a dignity to it.” Noted musicologist Gregory D’Sa, who designed custom-made musical instruments for erstwhile Bollywood directors, was the guest of honour. Principal of S S Angle Higher Secondary School Mr. Jairam K. Gaonkar, Manager Mr. Chetan Acharya, Headmaster of Government High School, Sadolxem, Mr Sudesh Naik, former headmaster Mr Ulhas Pai Bhatikar and PTA President Mr Theu Velip, Arjun Gaonkar were present on the occasion along with over 50 local people. Earlier the camp was inaugurated on October 18, 2011 by Mr Satyendra Bale in the presence of Deputy Sarpanch and local panch Mr Bipin Prabhudesai and Lions Club of Canacona President Anant G. Sawant. The campers cleaned the school campus, Mohini Devi Temple premises, and Rosary Church premises and filled the potholes on the approach roads on either side of the narrow bailey bridge at Sadolxem. A door-to-door Aadhaar card awareness campaign covering 76 houses; a mountain trail to Gogel; designing posters on safety were also a part of the camp schedule. The campers also prepared about 30 posters with educational quotes and the same were displayed in the school building. Various personality development sessions were conducted for the campers. Head of the Department of English at Shree Mallikarjun College Mr. Vivid Pawaskar conducted a workshop on teamwork; Rehanna Fondekar conducted a workshop on craft skills on the theme best out of waste; Biology teacher of Shree Nirakar High School, Chandralekha Mestri conducted a seminar on Addictions in adolescence. National Awardee Mr. Chandrakant Pai Kir also enlightened the campers on the issues of senior citizens. Aditi Prabhu Gaonkar and Mahavir Singh Rathod were adjudged as the best female and male campers respectively. Ankita Pagi was given a special award for her impressive dance performance by local investment consultant Lawrence Barreto. Sheikh Hamza of Government High School was felicitated on the occasion for his selfless services to the campers. The campers carried out all the seven day programmes independently with a sense of social responsibility under the guidance of the camp director Anthony M Barreto aka Tony Martin and teachers. They shared their learning experiences at the end of every day. The camp ended with a cultural programme followed by dinner and camp fire. -- Tony Martin Teacher Grade I Freelance writer Compere Author Copy/Content Writing http://www.facebook.com/tonymartingoaGalgibaga, Canacona
Re: [Goanet] Dr Bernard Nathanson
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- In his allegedly final post on this topic, Marshall Mendonza wrote: in case the mother's life was in danger, in such a situation, abortion is justified. COMMENT: Hello?!! So . WHO decides WHICH life (that of the mother or that of the fetus) is more important? And is this a back-door justificaton for the performance of late i.e. partial-birth abortions? (esp as the vast majority of maternal risks present late in the pregnancy). Would that not be the 'not-so-silent' scream? Now, I understand why MM might have considered ducking from discussing her patron doctor convert - any further. Ah St. Vincent's! jc
Re: [Goanet] India F1: a chance on the big stage
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Formula 1 in India: exciting Start and Future! I have been able to watch the F1 Indian Grand Prix LIVE on TV CH TEN here in Australia. just concluded at around 1630 IST. 5.1 KMs track and allied facilities built in Budd, 15 kms outside Delhi. The place is very impressive indeed; the drivers say they like the surface of the track too. The grand stand and the pitts lanes are good and well planned, too. I saw the lively crowd made up of the Rich and Famous; from India at the Venue. Sachin T was given the honour of waving the Checkered Flag for the Start. The view all around was good too, and it was a 'sight to behold' in India. However soon after the race started, the flaws come to light! All the 'dust' on the tarmac and around was whipped up into the air, lap after lap, of screeching rubber! After 25 laps (of 60 in all), the visibility was much down and there were a few race related incidents; and then only 19 of the 24 cars finished the Race. Could not see the opening and closing ceremonies, though I caught glimpses of beautiful Indian women in the Cheer crowd. Something should be done to combat the DUST problem in future. This sort of problem has not been seen in Singapore, Malaysia, Bahrain, and other countries, with even lesser resources, than India. Finally why the bloody hell ? everything has to be in and around Delhi??. Is India only as big as Delhi. What about Kolkotta, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Ahmedabad etc? Is it time to move the Capital of India from Delhi to Nagpur that is in the centre of India, so to say. Or else have Delhi only as the Political Govt.Capital, not the sporting capital too. Down with North Indian Hegemony!! Nascy Caldeira From: Con Menezes cmene...@tpg.com.au To: Goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011 11:04 AM Subject: [Goanet] India F1: a chance on the big stage | beyondbrics | --- http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/10/18/india-f1-a-chance-on-the-big-stage/?ftcamp=traffic/email/content/booster//memmkt#axzz1br7tsfaZ
[Goanet] Did Bob Marley know Konkani?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Did Bob Marley know Konkani? Tujea bapichem kestaum in “Iron Lion Zion” Yes, I too heard this song and I know for sure Bob Marley knew Konkani and was in Goa, and I was not surprised. Listen to this ! How Bob Marley’s another hit song came to be known as “No Woman, No Cry” and it all started in Anjuna, Goa, India. This was the time when young Bob Marley visited Anjuna, Goa in the seventies. All Anjunites came to see this black legend in large numbers. It seems Idalina, a young deaf-mute girl from Anjuna who regularly supplied tea and local snacks to hippies on Friday’s Anjuna Flea Market asked an educated Anjunkarn Matilda, who this attractive young man was, in sign language. Matilda did not know how to explain the name “Bob Marley” to Idalina. So she opened her mouth wide and made a face like she was creaming her lungs out to express “Bob Marley” in Konkani deaf-mute language. Since that day as soon as she saw Bob Marley, Idalina started to scream loudly. Bob Marley couldn’t take it no more. He took out his pen and started writing the song titled. “No Woman, No Cry!” Yes, Bob Marley did know Konkani and “Tujea Bapaichem kestaum” was inserted in his English lyrics when Idalina’s Pai, Bostulo saw both Bob and Idalina entwined in each other’s arms on a Full Moon Friday Night’s Party at Anjuna Flea Market! And a week later while relaxing and smoking on the beach, when a local Reddo came lunging at him at full speed for no apparent reason ,Buffalo Soldier soon followed. And the rest is history!
[Goanet] Sacred Heart High Shool Souvenir Appeal
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Sacred Heart High School Serving Society Since 1912 Verla-Parra, Bardez, Goa Pin – 403510 APPEAL 100 GLORIOUS YEARS – We at Sacred Heart High School, Parra are overwhelmed with a sense of joy and pride that our school has withstood the text of time. Sacred Heart High School, situated in a serene, rustic ambience is one of the pioneering English Medium Secondary Schools established in 1912. It is in fact the *2nd oldest recognized English medium schools* in Goa, imparting sound intellectual and human formation through a value based system of Education, with the Blessings of the Sacred Heart. The sincere dedicated efforts of the staff and the students alike and the cooperation of parents and well-wishers have helped us to have achieved a pass percentage of 93.6% at the SSC examination of April 2011 besides excelling in sports and co-curricular activities. We now enter our Centenary with a vision for the future to scale newer heights. It is our fervent desire to create an atmosphere and provide better facilities for imparting education in consonance with the needs of modern times. Our buildings have braved nature’s onslaught and are in need of urgent repairs right from the roof to windows and window frames. Extension of the hall, additional furniture, an AV room with an LCD projector, improvement of our Library and such other infrastructural development are some of our needs. The task is daunting and our resources are simply not enough to meet the renovation costs and hosting of various activities to commemorate this momentous occasion. We therefore appeal to your esteemed generosity to support our needs by placing an advertisement or giving us your message in our souvenir, or by sponsoring an event or by making a donation. Besides your advertisement, our souvenir will carry articles from ex-students, ex-staff, students, teachers’; photographs and memorabilia. So do share memories of your school life with us. Advertising in our souvenir will give wide publicity to your organization/ product. All donations, payments may be made by cash/ crossed cheque/ DD to the Centenary Celebration Account of Sacred Heart High School, Parra to *Account No. 09420014094* with the *Saraswat Cooperative Bank Ltd, Mapusa.* IFSC Code : SRC B 094 Swift Code : Advertisement Rates: Back Cover Page: Rs. 10, 000 Inside cover Page: Rs. 7, 500 Multi colour Page Rs. 6, 000 Black Print on coloured page (Full) Rs. 3, 000 Black Print on coloured page (half) Rs. 1, 500 Black Print on white paper (Full) Rs. 1, 200 Half Page: Rs. 800 Quarter Page: Rs. 500 Release Order No: From Date: To, The Treasurer, SHHS Centenary Celebrations Committee Sir, Kindly release an advertisement in your Souvenir Commemorating the Centenary of Sacred Heart High School, Parra as per the particulars below: An amount of Rs.___ by Cash/ Crossed Cheque/ DD bearing no. dated __ is attached herewith. Particulars : Size: Matter: (Kindly attach the matter/ CD overleaf/ Separately.) Sincerely, Signature Booked by: -- * **Tony de Sa * * tonydesa at gmail dot com*
Re: [Goanet] Did Bob Marley know Konkani?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:06:09 -0700, Frederick Noronha wrote : ….Incidently good ol Shouted Marley was a great icon of ours in younger days. The first music legend from the Third World. But I think that to translate his name into Konkani is too much of a conspiracy theory, considering that that would have to be worked out with his Scottish dad, and his Wailers' colleagues beforehand. Africa Unite! FN COMMENT : Hmmm!! This may be an error in perception. I remember the good the good old days in the 70s when we had the most sought after music band; the “Johnson his jolly boys”. And at that time the song “Guantanamera” was a hit. And Johnson’s version of it sounded like “gone through the mirror!” Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
[Goanet] Fwd: Charity begins at Home
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- For attention of those on this forum who find it difficult to accept that forced conversions are taking place in India Anil Desai http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8856050/The-Indian-preacher-and-the-fake-orphan-scandal.html The Indian preacher and the fake orphan scandal An Indian missionary charity falsely portrayed young Buddhist girls from Nepal as orphans of murdered Christians in a global fund-raising operation involving British and American churches. Dr PP Job, a well-known evangelist, admitted that many of the girls were not orphans By Dean Nelson, New Delhi4:23PM BST 28 Oct 2011 4 Comments Parents paid a child-trafficker more than £100 to take their daughters to good schools in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, but instead they were taken more than 1,200 miles to Tamil Nadu, southern India. At the Michael Job Centre, a Christian orphanage and school in Coimbatore, they were converted to Christianity, given western names and told that its charismatic founder, Dr PP Job, was now their father. On websites, the children were given serial numbers and profiles. The charity claimed they had been either abandoned by their parents who did not want the financial burden of raising girls, or orphaned after their Christian parents were murdered by Nepal's Maoist insurgents. The profiles were used to attract financial sponsors from around the world. Many of the donors were in the United States, Holland and Britain, where Dr Jobs's sister organisation, Love in Action, is run from St Mary's C of E Church in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset. RELATED ARTICLES Jolie 'wants to adopt Indian orphan' 31 Mar 2009 Orphanage attack 'sin against God' 26 Aug 2008 An anti-trafficking charity run by Lt Col Philip Holmes, a retired British Army officer, assisted Indian officials in a raid on the Coimbatore centre last month, when 23 children were rescued. His group, the Esther Benjamins Trust, discovered that none of the children were from Christian families, very few were, in fact, orphans and some of the girls had been kept apart from their families for up to 10 years. Among those rescued were six girls from one extended Buddhist family in Humla district in northern Nepal who were all renamed on their first day at the Michael Job Centre. One 17 year-old, Daniele, whose real name is Tara, told The Daily Telegraph yesterday she was seven when she was taken from her village with her five-year-old sister, Anna Bella, whose real name is Upaal. On the charity's website, Daniele is presented as an orphan girl from the area bordering India and Nepal, while her sister is described as an orphan whose parents were killed by Maoists. There was nobody to take care of her. Our Nepal missionary brought her to the Michael Job Centre, her profile reads. Anna Bella is listed as child number 146, and Daniele 148, part of a batch of six girls including their four cousins who were renamed Tryphosa (143), Tryphena (150), Jael, and Persis (144). Daniele said: My mother and father couldn't afford our education and food. There was no threat from the Maoists. We are all Buddhists but now we have two religions. Our parents thought girl children should get married, and that if we got an education we would get money. They thought we were going to Kathmandu. They did not know it was a Christian school. Dr Job, the orphanage founder, has left India for the United States, where he did not respond to enquiries. But in a letter to the Indian child welfare authority in Coimbatore last month, he admitted many of the Nepalese children were not orphans and blamed Dal Bahadur Phadera, the alleged trafficker who brought the girls to India, for misleading him. Most of the children mentioned were brought by Himalayan Orphanage Development Centre, Humla, run by Mr Dal Bahadur Phadera ... atthe time of admission it was brought to attention that the children are uncared [for] and that they are living within India. The children were neglected by the society and [were] in [the] orphanage. Till today we are taking care of children properly, he wrote. The charity Love in Action raised around £18,000 for the Michael Job Centre between 2007 and 2010, but Tom Reeves, churchwarden at St Mary's, declined to comment on whether he and his colleagues had been duped. Mr Phadera was unavailable for comment. A 2006 Unicef report said his organisation was acting in direct violation of the international convention of children's rights. In an interview with Avenues TV, a Nepalese channel, he denounced Lt Col Holmes's
[Goanet] Goa news for October 31, 2011
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa Police step up security ahead of Advani's yatra - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGpKTgK-IWpxRDUhtK4nhe0hfg8iAurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/goa-police-step-up-security-ahead-of-advanis-yatra/879615.html *** Sesa Goa - India Infoline.com nded Sep 2011, Sesa Goa reported consolidated net profit of Rs 1.28 crore as against Rs 384.94 crore in the corresponding previous quarter. The results were far below the market expectation and had deteriorated primarily on account of ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHQrEin7us_oErK5ViYaoS3xHg42Qurl=http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Sesa-Goa/3990697557 *** Senior Congressman joins BJP in Goa - IBNLive.com NLive.comPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGP6UO32_PE6WlG2vsKzP69eg1cswurl=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/senior-congressman-joins-bjp-in-goa/880417.html *** Goa plans to revive 60 mines in sanctuary - Zee News ed Goa government has given a controversial lease of life to more than 60 non-operational mines in the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary, leaving environmentalists angry. The Regional Plan 2021, a futuristic land use document prepared ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNF0BSMSEOpS1sMt35fqztn7nF3gMAurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-plans-to-revive-60-mines-in-sanctuary_738812.html *** Russian rape: Goa Police in quandary over death of accused - Times of India mes of IndiaPTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGA4scKfqbyAaz_IkYyH6vY-piFzAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Russian-rape-Goa-Police-in-quandary-over-death-of-accused/articleshow/10540105.cms *** Bhakti Kulkarni defeats Bharathi, joins the leaders - The Hindu ated woman Grand Masters ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHB5JQ643eQlt_I5ScSrSTjymOMwgurl=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article2582681.ece *** Bird-hit on landing delays AI flight - Times of India -kjA http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGmuRAu6QdoPar9xalijTAj9lJPZAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Bird-hit-on-landing-delays-AI-flight/articleshow/10537539.cms *** Sporting Goa and Shilling Lajong set to lock horns - Indian Sports news eague/Sporting-eye-first-win-in-3rd-round-of-I-league/articleshow/10543045.cmsSporting eye first win in 3rd round of I-league http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFoGZpd_TmsEieVydUFR4kYKWI4kAurl=http://www.indiansportsnews.com/component/content/article/1-latest/7189-sporting-goa-and-shilling-lajong-set-to-lock-horns.html *** Environmental groups oppose Tomatina festival in Goa - Daily News Analysis DLSnQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEyJXBBInkyL1n0Rr5Kl_eJ4L68gwurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_environmental-groups-oppose-tomatina-festival-in-goa_1604634 *** Over 8500 students to benefit from no-fail policy - Times of India ail policy up to class VIII, brought into force in Goa from the current academic year, will benefit over 8500 students in the state. In the year 2009-10, 8525 students repeated the class they were studying in. Repetition due to failure ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE64VfoYedWsRYerwJ-DXfgy4ZdOAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Over-8500-students-to-benefit-from-no-fail-policy/articleshow/10537626.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] 31st October to 5th November is Vigilance Awareness Week
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- **-**-** -- 31st October to 5th November is Vigilance Awareness Week 2011 Theme:- Participative Vigilance http://www.goavigilance.nic.in http://cvc.nic.in/ http://cbi.nic.in/ --**-**-**--- Source: GOA DESC Social Issues Calendar 2011 **-**-**-**** GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Email: goad...@gmail.com** **=**==**
[Goanet] IS CHIEF MINISTER DIGAMBAR KAMAT LOOSING HIS MARBLES?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Mr. Chief Minister, your wife Asha has stood by you as a rock. But in the current scenario Truth and Sincerity may be your only Asha (hope). Why are you pretending not to see something that even the blind can see and feel all around? The devastation and degradation of once our beautiful Goa. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat who is otherwise known for his cool and tranquil composure seems to have of late started losing his cool. Is it the disintegration of the cool cucumber, now falling apart? Ironically it comes with the winter round the corner and the summer a long way off. So one wonders whether it is the mountain of illegal mining that is taking the toll or whether it is the Regional Plan 2021 that is just putting him out of gear. His two recent statements are symptomatic of a very rattled and defensive Chief Minister. Something we have not seen in Digambar Kamat for years as the Power Minister and over the last four and a half years as Chief Minister. His statement that he has been able to give Goa stable and good governance is far from true. What he has only achieved is to keep his chair secure at all costs. But in that process Goa and Goans have been paying a catastrophic price. The damage he has done to Goa is irreparable and irreversible. His cabinet has been incohesive to say the least with every Minister a law to himself and with his own personal agenda. He has not been able to lead and command respect while his ministers and MLA’s have been kicking him all around to have their way. Mr. Chief Minister even a peon at the Secretariat will vouch that there is a total collapse in the administration. Decisions taken are stayed or reversed within minutes due to vested political compulsions. The State Exchequer is on the brink if not already in a state of bankruptcy. There have been agitations and public outcry on a day to day basis. Almost every issue remains unresolved if not shelved. By now the Chief Minister himself must have lost track of the number of committees he has appointed to study even trivial issues that have arisen and he has been unable to resolve. Unable to handle any issue he has always looked to the High Command in Delhi for succor. In his tenure he has spent more time in Delhi then being here on ground attending and resolving issues. His other statement now that he is only unanswerable to the people of Margao is ridiculous and in poor taste. As Chief Minister of the State he is answerable to all. Margao may be his constituency which by all means he needs to nurse but he leads the State and that he could not have lost sight of. While clinging to his chair the Chief Minister has failed to take tough decisions to protect Goa’s interests and on this I would dare the Chief Minister to an open debate in any forum. He now needs to take overall responsibility for all the mess that he has left this state in. After being Minister for Mines for over a decade his claim that there has been no illegal mining only goes to prove the insincerity and deceptiveness of the person holding the reins of the State. While Goa is being ravaged by illegal mining on one hand and also by unsustainable and unplanned development without enhancing the basic infrastructure, the Chief Minister has conveniently chosen to look the other way. But Mr. Chief Minister, much as you would like us to be, Goans are not donkeys. Goa is in a very precarious State and needs to be now de-wormed. The coming Assembly elections may be the last opportunity to administer that strong bitter dose to save Goa from slipping into a Coma. A point of no return. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Nageshi
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Nageshi' In Hindu tradition, Nagesh is a manifestation of Lord Shiva, and one of the 12 jyotirlingas. The ancient shrine of Lord Nagesh in the village of Bandivade (also known as Bandode) in Goa dates as far back as perhaps the 5th C. Its interior location meant it remained outside the circumference of the [...] You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/10/30/nageshi/ Best regards, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet] What have I done to you?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Joe, I urge you to keep going despite the odds. Regards, Xavier From: JoeGoaUk What have I done to you? Yes, what have I done to you to deserve this..? OK, what do Photojournalists JoeGoaUk have in common?
[Goanet] 1 Day MDP on 'Achieving Excellence from Within'- Capability Enhancement and Growth through Personal Effectiveness in Goa
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings! Excelling at your work, calls for the ability to meet many different needs simultaneously. You need to be able to work effectively with different kinds of people and in several types of situations. At times, you may even need to derive results from people you don’t manage. As you move up in your career and take up roles with larger responsibilities, you would find that your skills-set and technical know-how alone isn’t enough for excellence achievement. To truly excel in your role, you need to create a favorable impression on others and win their trust as well as inspire them. That can only happen with mastering your communication skills, team-skills, influencing skills and excellent image management/ personal grooming. Vital Spark is pleased to announce a 1 day highly interactive personal development workshop on‘Achieving Excellence from Within’- Capability Enhancement and Growth through Personal Effectiveness. This program is for anyone and everyone interested in enhancing the productivity of self in their personal and professional lives. The interaction will enable the participants to aim for excellence and thus bring out their best in everything they do. The workshop is scheduled on Friday, 18th November, 2011 at “Nalanda Hall”, 5th Floor, EDC House, Dr. A. Borkar Road, Panaji – Goa. The faculty for the program will be Ms. Ruchi Mahalingam, a seasoned HR trainer from Mumbai. To know more about the program, key take aways, program methodology, faculty profile, etc. please refer to the workshop brochure in the attachments. As seats are limited, we request you to kindly hurry up with your nomination/s for the program. -- Best regards, Maria Pereira. Director Vital Spark ‘HR Outsourcing Simplified’ Mob: 0119820 Email: vitalspark...@gmail.com Recruitment: vitalsparkj...@gmail.com Web: www.vitalsparkgoa.blogspot.com
[Goanet] Giving Constitutional status to Lokpal and Lokayuktas is the best solution
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Giving Constitutional status to Lokpal and Lokayuktas is the best solution Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. and a member of Standing Committee of Parliament on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice said that giving constitutional status to Lokpal and Lokayuktas would be the best way of creating these institutions. Mr Naik said he was of the strong view that concept put forth by Congress General Secretary Shri Rahul Gandhi, during his speech in the Lok Sabha, in the last monsoon session, would be the ideal solution and, those who wish that these institutions should be strong, effective and independent, have to welcome Mr Rahul Gandhi’s idea as, it gives more than what they are asking for. Under this concept, basic law will be laid down in the Constitution, and, the Parliament and State Legislatures, will thereafter, pass appropriate legislations. Mr Naik said Lokpal and Lokayuktas enacted in this manner will place these institutions on high pedestal, which should be welcomed by all those who, genuinely, want these institutions to be free from any influence, whatsoever. Mr Naik said as to what type of bill , the Legislative Assembly of Goa should take for consideration, is left to the wisdom of the members of the assembly but, it is strange that when Shri Anna Hazare is strongly opposed to the State Assemblies enacting Lokayukta bills, his supporters in Goa, insist on Goa Assembly enacting such a bill. Mr Naik further said that when a Central legislation is taking shape and since the concerned Standing Committee of Parliament is discussing all the drafts, suggestions, points of view of various NGOs, eminent social workers and legal luminaries, it would have been prudent if Goa Government too, had waited for the outcome of the exercise carried on by Parliament of India, rather than falling pray to some sections of the people in the State, who have already ditched Anna Hazare by demanding enactment of Lokayukta bill by Goa Assembly. SHANTARAM NAIK
Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Charity begins at Home
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- HEY RAM.!!! Lino --- For attention of those on this forum who find it difficult to accept that forced conversions are taking place in India Anil Desai http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8856050/The-Indian-preacher-and-the-fake-orphan-scandal.html
[Goanet] Quebec Goan Association to celebrate St. Francis Xavier Feast
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Quebec Goan Association - Montreal St. Francis Xavier Feast Celebration The QGA would like to announce that preparations are well underway for the Saint Francis Xavier's Feast and we look forward to having you, your family and friends join us in celebrating this very special and auspicious Feast of our homeland. We wish to remind you that this year Mass will be held in the Hall at exactly 6:00pm. Please make sure to purchase your tickets between the 15th of October and 20th of November and no later as they will not be sold at the door. http://quebec-goan-association.blogspot.com/2011/10/st-francis-xavier-feast-quebec-goan.html Source: Mary Silveira, President - QGA Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
Re: [Goanet] Bookworm... can we do something?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Idea: start an online library. Home delivery within 24hrs and pick up in the next 24hrs. The website should have all the books one can choose from. You can also start annual unlimited membership where people can rent out any no of books sitting at home. Off course the ticket value will go up as logistics will have to be added to the cost. Think about it. Might be a good idea. Rgds, Joel Joel de Souza, Rubiq Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Patto Plaza, Panjim, Goa - 403001 Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ -Original Message- From: Frederick FN Noronha Dear all: Bookworm [http://goabookworm.wordpress.com/] is a very innovative children's library, run in Santa Inez, Panjim, by Sujata and Elaine (and team). Of late, it has run into all kinds of problems, a decline in membership and difficulties in finding a proper premises where it can carry on its work unhindered Question: could we as a group (or some of us, as individuals) do anything to help the idea grow? We would not be doing a favour to Bookworm, but to society which needs such ventures so badly In addition, we would be doing something a great favour in terms of building the reading habit among the young. And that is what all writers want! Just a thought. FN FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Goans Threaten Jet Airways Boycott (Naresh Fernandes in NYT Blog)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- I commented on the subject Coz after writing 3 emails to JetAirlines They have failed to answer Different staff have different answers. Until Jet Airlines come with an Honest and clear Answer My Friends and Myself will do our best to Boycott. They wrote to me ''fresh or frozen meat, fish, crab, seafood, butter.'' Then why do they destroy Tin Stuff and Vacume Packed Masala and Pickle On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Antonio De Souza wrote: ''A spokeswoman, who didn't want to be identified by name, said that the policy was enacted after some travelers complained that their baggage had been soiled by seepage from adjoining suitcases containing meat products. It's based on customer feedback, she said.'' This is a stupid answer... Whatever is taken are factory packed and no chance of lick... Well who will suffer??? The Airline... Where as other Airlines are open to it. Read all Goanet messages at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (30Oct11)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- My son's got a Promotion...Bought me a car...So I don't travel in our Sardine-Packed Fare-Hiking Buses...'since Liberation' To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] Analysis of Iron Lion Zion
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Using a cleaned up digitized version of the original track, I tried toanalyze that line in Bob Marley's Iron Lion Zion, which sounds likeTujea bapaichem kestao, acoustically, by identifying similar soundselsewhere in the track, and by asking two people who are not veryfamiliar with Konknni to identify the words, without giving them anyhints. What I found is the following. That line is Till I bypass and take a stop, which makes sense in thecontext. Two fragments of this line are sung elsewhere in the track.The first one at the beginning is Then I take a stop and the secondone is Till I bypass route. I provide some evidence in support of myanalysis in the zipped folder at the following link: http://www.tinyurl.com/IronLionZion1 Please download the zipped folder, and unzip it. Then open thepowerpoint file named IronLionZion. When you double click on the loudspeaker icon in the first slide you will hear the entire track incrisp and clear reasonably high quality stereo MP3 format. In thesecond slide you will see three clips, and their correspondingsonographic representations. When you double click on the Clip 1 loudspeaker you will hear Then I take a stop. Double clicking on Clip 2loud speaker will elicit Till I bypass and take a stop. This is theclip of interest. Finally, the Clip 3 loud speaker will yield Till Ibypass route. Cheers, Santosh
Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Charity begins at Home
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Since my turning into an adult, I have had a nagging feeling that there is something wrong with 'God' as projected. And as I am getting much much older, I believe that if at all a CURSE has decended on this beautiful EARTH, it is that GOD which has been associated with all these curseful so called ' RELIGIONS'. I wonder if it is possible for HISTORY to find out who it is that INVENTED this GOD OF DESTRUCTION, Cheers floriano - Original Message - From: lino dourado libado23...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 1:21 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Charity begins at Home HEY RAM.!!! Lino --- For attention of those on this forum who find it difficult to accept that forced conversions are taking place in India Anil Desai http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8856050/The-Indian-preacher-and-the-fake-orphan-scandal.html
[Goanet] Living bridges
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- While Goans are mining, building mega-projects for non-Goans in Goa, and generally destroying Goa at an accelerating rate, something amazing occurs on the other side of India. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apBO9pujP5E George
[Goanet] COLUMN: Is Team-Anna going the GBA way?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Is Team-Anna going the GBA way? By Nisser Dias nisserdias at gmail.com SMS to 9422437029 In the current week we are hearing on the television and reading on the newspapers that there has been a lot of mix-up and misunderstanding between the members of Team Anna. Two prominent personalities like noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal were assaulted. Another two members quit core committee of 22. Then there is confusion between Anna Hazare and Prashant Bushan over the latter’s comment on Kashmir. What Team Anna was for the entire country, Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) was for Goa. Sadly though as both the movements grew and received immense support from the citizens of the country and the state, believing that these groups would catapult us into a new era or rather a new India, where corruption at all levels would be curtailed and destruction of our hills and fields and shoreline and our countryside would be stopped. Instead cracks developed in the groups. Some personalities who came into limelight because of the movement, carved a lifesize image of themselves and became despotic. They started considering themselves bigger than the issue and the entire structure started crumbling and finally bit the dust. It happened to GBA and similar situation is unfolding in Team Anna. The reason being each core member wanted his will to be adopted, each core member wanted to be the spokesperson of the movement, each of them had their own opinions on the issue and instead of coming to a consensus within the core group, they publicly voiced their opinions even going to the extent of indulging in character assasination thereby creating a divide among themselves. Some members in the GBA became so addicted to being in the public eye that they did not want to resolve issues but wanted, ‘The mess to continue’. Team Anna is going through a similar crisis that GBA has already experienced. Can we forget that after the massive GBA rally at Azad Maidan in December 2006, some miscreants had vandalized Patricia Pinto’s house at Campal in a bid to dissuade her, many other members had received threatening calls to disassociate themselves from GBA, but the movement carried on for some time with vigour and enthusiasm because of collective decision making. However when the movement slowed down, some publicity hungry members felt like fish out of water due to lack of being seen on television or news dailies. Similar situation seems to have developed in the Anna Team with eminent lawyer being manhandled and a shoe being thrown at Kejriwal. Then Prashant Bhushan making a public statement on Kashmir and the media aligning the same as the stand adopted by Team Anna thereby creating differences between prominent members of Team Anna. Another parallel that can be drawn from Team Anna and GBA is that both the movement had managed to put the governments in power be it at the Union or state level in the dock and forcing them to retract from its stand and follow the dictum of the people of this country and state. Team Anna and GBA tasted success at every stage with great difficulty though. It is at a crucial stage like this that either members of the group or people at large start expecting more. They view activist as an aspirant to contest the election and being their voice in assembly or Parliament. But when the person who is seen as their choice outright rejects the proposal then the masses feel betrayed. And Dr.Oscar Rebello a victim of such a campaign. He led the GBA movement from the front. He was seen as a new avatar to replace our corrupt elected representatives but when he refused he was painted as a traitor. Similar situation is likely to arise in Team Anna, citizens of this country will expect Team Anna to form a party and contest elections and if that does not happen, Anna’s fight against corruption will be termed as a farce and maybe a show to collect money from people. Then just as GBA initiated a programme by organizing public meetings all over the state to educate voters on whom to vote, how to vote and why to vote, Team Anna also started such a programme but the difference was they visited places where by-polls were being held and urged voters not to cast their ballot in favour of the Congress party and it did have the required effect, Congress candidates in four different states were defeated. Nevertheless Team Anna also suffered a setback as two of its members Rajendra Singh and P V
Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Charity begins at Home
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Dear Anil, I agree that this incident seems to be a case of forced conversions and fraud perpetrated on little girls for whose parents sending them away from homes in Nepal seemed to be the best choice for their future. There are many Christian Evangelists in India, some genuine most others fake. The genuine ones mistakenly or not, take the Bible at its literal direction Go forth and spread the good news of the Gospel to every creature. The fake ones do it for the money. Getting money from Protestant Christians in the West is like taking candy from a small child. As long as they are told that X number of people have come to Christ in India, the taps will keep on gushing from their generosity. But seriously Anil, let's take a slightly deeper look at this issue. There is a lot of poverty in India and the girl-children are the first ones to suffer as a consequence. They are treated as a burden on their families as everyone knows. How many Hindu organizations are taking in such children and helping to bring them to decent adulthood? Has the Indian state succeeded where Hindu organizations have failed. No, again. If that were the case such Christian organizations would have no raison d'être. Missionaries, however misleading the word, take in these children, given them necessities of life, an education and let them go when they are ready to work and make a life for themselves. What do you see wrong in this? If they make them Christians in the bargain they could always leave their new-found faith if and whenever they wanted. If I were a child and abandoned, it would matter little if I was taken in and cared for and even converted to a Hindu or Muslim, Jain, Parsi Sikh or whatever. True, the most selfless way to do this would have been to take in these children for their own sake and not to convert them. But this cannot happen unless someone gives money which when from abroad, seems to come with a string attached. And Indians unfortunately don't cover this gap. Sorry Desai saheb, your Jan Sanghis, RSS, BJPs, Shiv Senas and whatever names you choose to call those fanatics and zealots, are greedy little parochial and selfish buggers who cannot see beyond their grubby little pork barrels and that, except for the Arya Samajites and the few genuine charitable Hindu individuals, has always been the case. They would rather put hundreds of thousands of crores of gold in some temple handis or build some earth-shattering Antillias as one of the Ambanis did, than give that equivalent to their poor, here and now. Not to talk of their entire wealth like Bill Gates has done to solve problems in some rich but destitute country eight thousand miles from his own shores. So before you venture to criticize the P P Jobs and their undeniably sordid ilk, look into your own Hindu souls to change the way you look at India's poor and helpless children. Charity, as you quite rightly said, does begin at home. Roland. Toronto. For attention of those on this forum who find it difficult to accept that forced conversions are taking place in India Anil Desai http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8856050/The-Indian-prea cher-and-the-fake-orphan-scandal.html The Indian preacher and the fake orphan scandal An Indian missionary charity falsely portrayed young Buddhist girls from Nepal as orphans of murdered Christians in a global fund-raising operation involving British and American churches.
[Goanet] Cancer talk: Dr. Gregory Burzynski and Azad Rastegar
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Dr. Gregory Burzynski and Azad Rastegar talk available for one week. http://www.renegadehealth.com/cancer/blog/ ++ vjp
Re: [Goanet] A n inquiry about the masala grinding stones in Goa.
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Could anybody inform me of the material that that the traditional grinding stones whether circular or flat that masala is ground on in Goa. Is it a form of granite or is a basalt rock or some other material ? Thank you !
[Goanet] The 17th Century Chapel of Our Lady of TODO O BEM, Verem, Goa
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- The 17th Century Chapel of Our Lady of TODO O BEM, Verem, Goa Believe me or not, every time I saw that sign board (on Betim-Verem Road), I said to myself ‘I must visit the Chapel soon’ but it took me about 5 years to actually visit the beautiful 17th Century Chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Todo-o-Ben (All that is Good). Although, it says built in late 1700s, it looks lot older than that as if built in1600s The chapel has characteristics like that of a Church. It has ‘Malloy’ (Choir upstairs) and sacristy too. Main altar is of fully carved wood ( reminds me of the chapel at Maquinez Palace) The chapel facade niche holds two large statues of saints on both sides –see pic The chapel is recently (1998) renovated/Restored with the help of the villagers and Fundação Oriente Currently it is maintained with whatever received in the donation Box provided for the purpose. Looks like it was once, located at the Mandovi river bank now there are houses/road infront. There is also a large abandoned Portuguese house nearby. or visit this blog http://joegoauk.blogspot.com/2011/10/17th-century-chapel-of-our-lady-of-todo.html The river view pics included in this 1.5 mins clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N6gVPcahto or http://youtu.be/7N6gVPcahto?hd=1 orwatch it big http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7N6gVPcahtovq=hd720 How to get here: After disembarking the Panjim-Betim Ferry, take road towards left to Verem/Candolim Just before Verem junction, you will see a sign board ‘XVII Century Chapel’ (see pic /Clip) take inside road as directed and the Chapel is about 150mtrs from here (Main road) The house in front (Gonsalves) holds the keys and he will show you around, make sure you put something in the donation box or else you will be reminded. Also, understand there is a monthly Mass service on every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6pm. The chapel worth visiting Some pics Chapel http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk44/6296883515/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk44/6297414664/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk44/6297416538/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Our Lady of All Good http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk44/6297418132/in/photostream/ Wood Carved Altar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk44/6296890229/in/photostream/ Sacristy http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk44/6296891623/in/photostream/ more inside pics, pl watch the clip The sign board http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk44/6296893175/in/photostream/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] 7 Billion Warning (And Educated/Literate Goans)
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- As the World's Population crosses 7 Billion, it is evident that our planet is finding it increasingly difficult to support our increasing population. But the point to be made here, is that the latter is mainly due to the exploitation of the world’s resources and destruction of its environment by the privileged few. Just take the case of Goa, where in addition to mining devastating the state, we have un-necessary mega housing and other destructive projects which are destroying our environment, reducing farmland, polluting land/water etc. But what is more unfortunate is that this is happening with in called EDUCATED/Literate Goa; Goans in general have given Goa away to the corrupt and uneducated set of Pathetic/Destructive MLA's. Education is supposed to take the society/area forward but in Goa, I think Goans have actually taken it backwards. If educated/literate people can let their community/land down, what hope do we have for the other regions on our planet where illiteracy is very high? Arwin Mesquita -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. Rape of Goa : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html 5. Goa's Identity Movement group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com//#/group.php?gid=193497031686 6. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/
Re: [Goanet] Ideas for Bookwrm
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- Hi I'd take the prior poster's idea of increasing distribution and visibility further. There's a very healthy segment of young readers amongst the tourist, itinerant and mid-term residents of the state, who live and collect in concentrated areas. They might not make the trip to Bookworm either because they don't travel to Panjim, or because they are unaware. There are simple ways to get to them. You could, for instance, set up a pop-up library at the weekly markets, or in a more sustained fashion at popular eateries. If you have access to it, I know there's a [govt funded?] traveling library bus somewhere in the state. Collecting adequate cash deposits for books would keep the system safe. Wider access would grow the remit of the library, through Second hand book collection drives, reading events, etc Best Amitabh -- Amitabh Nanda WhatToThink.org
[Goanet] Did Bob Marley know Konkani?
--- http://www.GOANET.org --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --- In response to: Message: 6 Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:32:19 -0400 From: Silviano Barbosa goa...@hotmail.com To: goanet goanet goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Did Bob Marley know Konkani? That was a good one Silviano, my day at the office started with a hearty laugh and all my colleagues were wondering what was wrong with me and it was certainly nice for a change. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
