[Goanet] What Time Is Party Time? (Busybee)

[Roland Francis]

I have to still work out what time to arrive at a party without embarrassing
the hostess or myself. For instance the other evening, Sangeeta Chopra the
well known fashion impresario invited me to a party at 8 pm.
 
Ms Meher Moos, who writes a society column and attends all sorts of parties,
told me: "You must go. All the Miss Indias and Miss Worlds, past and
present, will be at her party. You can also take your photographer along, so
that you can have your picture with them."
 
"Fine," I said. "What I would like to know is what time I should go?"
 
"If it is cocktails and dinner, then don't go before 9.30 pm,"  Ms Moos
said.
 
"Ninety minutes late!" I said. "You must b joking. All the Miss Worlds would
have come and gone by then."
However to double check, I talked to Ms Bacchi Karkaria, who is also very
familiar with party timings.
 
"If the invitation is for 8, you don't go before 10.30 pm. And eat something
and go. These are not Bawajis, they are Sindhis. They will give you potato
tikki and masala papad. "
 
"Ten-thirty would be too late" I said.
 
I thought another opinion would be in order. So I asked Ms Rashmi Uday
Singh, who is both a party-goer and a gourmet. "How can you go to these
parties! They just don't start. Listen my dear,  if you have to go, take a
nice long nap first. Get up around 11.30 pm and be there by mid-night."
 
"I know people come late for these parties, but nobody goes at midnight," I
said.
 
I rang up Ms Devika Bhojwani who not only attends these parties but also
hosts them. "Rashmi told you mid-night! What does Rashmi know about parties!
You don't go there before 1 am and at 1 am also you may be among the first
to arrive," Ms Bhojwani said.
 
I asked Ms Meenakshi Raja, who is very much into party etiquette. "Look
here," she said, "in Dhaka we used to have these diplomatic parties at
various people's houses, pot-luck sort of thing, and they never used to
start before 2 pm, and then go on."
 
"That's diplomats, this is just our little Sangeeta Chopra," I said. 
 
Cyrus Merchant said to me: "Why don't you ask Meher?"
 
"Who's Meher?" I said.
 
"Meher Jesia," Mr Merchant said, looking as if I had asked who is Mother
Teresa.
 
I rang up Ms Jesia. Her mother told me she was sleeping. She had just
returned home from a party which started at 4 am and finished the next
afternoon.
 
So I used my own judgement and arrived at the Chopra flat a little after 10
pm for the 8 pm invitation. Sangeeta's brother, with whom I am not
acquainted, opened the door, took one look at me and called inside the
house: "Mother, the ice-man has come."
 
Mrs Chopra answered from inside: "Why has he come so early? There's hours
and hours for the party to start, the ice will melt."
 

 
Roland Francis
416-453-3371 
 
 

Re: [Goanet] NoMoZo(Non Motorized Zone) at Aamchi Panaji

[Gabriel de Figueiredo]

I'd have welcomed a No Mozquito Zone anytime :-) . But why use a Marathi word? 
Why not Aamchi Ponje? 


>
> From: Tallulah D'Silva 
>To: Tallulah D'Silva  
>Sent: Friday, 4 May 2012 6:23 AM
>Subject: [Goanet] NoMoZo(Non Motorized Zone) at Aamchi Panaji
>  
>Dear Friends,
>
>Our Aamchi Panaji Team is in the process of finalizing plans for organising
>NoMoZo (Non Motorized Zone) in the heart of Panaji City.
>

[Goanet] Fr Rufus Pereira - may his soul rest in peace

[Leo D'Mello 1]

It was sad to hear the news of Fr Rufus's death.  He was a towering figure 
in preaching the sacred scripture and in healing and deliverance.  His 
simplicity and conviction made the Word of God that much more powerful.  We 
also remember the humourous moments he and Fr James used to share in their 
preachings.  I was blessed to have attended his retreat in 1977 which had a 
life-changing influence on me.


Over the years, when he came to Goa, he would ask for my accordian which he 
loved to play.


We will surely miss him alongwith so many others the world over whome he has 
touched with his preaching and gift of healing /delivarance.


May his soul rest in peace.

Leo D'Mello
Margao - Goa 

Re: [Goanet] HITLER's FREEDOM for INDIA

[Gabriel de Figueiredo]

Dear Jorge,
 
I am not even sure if you know what you are talking about. 
 
Re birth control & population control via artificial means, there is as very 
good reason why the Church is against it, just as in abortion and euthanisa. 
Please read more about it when you have the time. I have understood them after 
a very long time, and agree with them. Unfortunately the reasons are beyond the 
grasp of ordinary people, and the results of promiscuity are pretty much 
visible in today's world. 
 
Re Caritas, they do a sterling work world-wide, not only in India. In addition, 
other charities like St Vincent de Paul, Brotherhood of St Laurence, The 
Salvation Army and World Vision are all working towards a better world by 
helping the needy and providing shelter for the homeless regardless of creed or 
belief and without attempting to even ask reasons for their circumstances (the 
people they assist tend to open up themselves), Please join one of these 
associations or groups and see for yourself, rather than criticising. 
 
I don't know about other countries, but Australia is already at the receiving 
end of countless "boat" people from afar as Afghanistan, who come to Australian 
shores without any papers or documents as to their identity. 

Gabriel.
 

>
> From: j.m. 
>To: goa...@goanet.org 
>Sent: Friday, 4 May 2012 8:17 PM
>Subject: [Goanet] HITLER's FREEDOM for INDIA
> 
The strongest opposition to birth control & population control in the world
>is from the Pope/Vatican as though planet earth has unlimited resources to
>satisfy the wants & needs of everyoneif Pope/Vatican love more human
>beings then they should be kind enough to allow 1 Lakh slum dwellers from
>Bombay to permanently settle wherever there are open spaces in Vatican
>city…….and also instruct the catholic missionaries caritas catholic relief
>services in India to utilize their foreign funds to hire passenger ships to
>transfer the 1 Lakh Slumdwellers from bombay to vatican city……..the
>Pope/Vatican should also be kind enough to persuade the governments of USA
>– UK – EUROPE – AUSTRALIA – NEWZEALAND to allow 500 million people from
>India to permanently settle in Western Countries without any passport visa
>travel documentsmajority of the white people in Europe have abandoned
>Catholicism due to which even on Sundays the churches in Europe are almost
>empty instead of bothering about religious conversion activities in Asia &
>Africa the Pope/Vatican should be more concerned with reviving Catholicism
>in their own backyard………but then the Pope/Vatican & the Roman catholic
>church/clergy after the Vatican II council of 1965 have choosen the path of
>secularism most of the catholic bishops cardinals priests in europe are
>more secular in their thoughts mind behaviour than the secular politicians
>in europe so how can the secular catholic church/clergy revive Catholicism
>in europe..prior to Vatican II council churches in Europe had 80 to 90%
>attendance.
>
>
> 

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (05May12)

[alexyz fernandes]

  ~   GOA Going   ~
~ CM Plan to Revert to 20 Yr Old Reg. Plan 2001: GBA ~

"We voted the BJP to take Goa Fast Forward..."

"But our IIT Graduate CMs backward in Time RP2001 wil Destroy Goa's 
Ecology..."



To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org 

[Goanet] Goa news for May 5, 2012

[Goanet News Service]

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** Can anyone make Goa's cabbies charge by meter? - Hindustan
Times
hurch-alleges-rigging-ahead-of-panchayat-polls/994106.html">Goa
Church alleges rigging ahead of panchayat polls
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE6GmN-SGGWB0Vg072-LREBti5RqQ&url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Goa/Can-anyone-make-Goa-s-cabbies-charge-by-meter/Article1-849983.aspx

*** Goa government will be transparent in allotting mining
lease: Chief Minister ... - Economic Times
oa-government-likely-to-accept-bogus-ticket-scam-probe-report">Goa
government likely to accept bogus ticket scam probe report
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrsgX489v-JcRFyUem0peIZVnjwA&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/goa-government-will-be-transparent-in-allotting-mining-lease-chief-minister-manohar-parrikar/articleshow/13000199.cms

*** Sesa Goa employees protest 24x7 mining operations - New York
Daily News
wned Sesa Goa Limited (SGL) took to the streets Friday
protesting the company's move to keep ore extraction operations
running 24 hours a day, on all days of the week.
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGIjevav4Xa-KRKj2roKQqFTwCLXw&url=http://india.nydailynews.com/article/aa6b873e29047a447c1cb5954ddce8d9/sesa-goa-employees-protest-24x7-mining-operations

*** Bharat Vir Wanchoo takes oath as Goa Governor - Zee News
e NewsPanaji: Former Special Protection Group (SPG) Chief Bharat
Vir Wanchoo on Friday took over as Governor of Goa replacing K
Sankaranarayanan, who held the additional charge along with
Maharashtra. Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Mohit
Shah ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWJvmbprVoSGjkG1um3bB4Pv4f-A&url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/bharat-vir-wanchoo-takes-oath-as-goa-governor_773270.html

*** Goa Church threatens boycott of village panchayat polls -
Newstrack India
rR3fQqw
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGbFdjOCSvqbvsQz6HRo7RbocgDuQ&url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/05/03/463--Goa-Church-threatens-boycott-of-village-panchayat-polls-.html

*** Goa gears up for 'raindrop' tourism - NDTV
TVPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGATwfAqrkm-tYuKs0dap9uhEuIEQ&url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/goa-gears-up-for-raindrop-tourism-205703

*** Goa cop booked for circulating obscene video - New York
Daily News
ear-old girl and circulating it on the internet, police said
Friday. A first information report (FIR) was filed against India
Reserve Battalion constable Abdul ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEGSLiyvcI6oKoL0CbQBfCxfP_u1A&url=http://india.nydailynews.com/business/cbeb590c0ff22cf226acbfc431131c49/goa-cop-booked-for-circulating-obscene-video

*** New Guv for developing Goa with green touch - Daily Pioneer
nducted Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo called for balanced
growth as he took oath on Friday. Wanchoo, who hails from the
1976 batch West Bengal cadre of Indian Police Service (IPS),
retired as the head of the elite Special Protection Group ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHaduTY_JhJoYu3wwzEn6ir8TU-eQ&url=http://dailypioneer.com/nation/62802-new-guv-for-developing-goa-with-green-touch.html

*** Fisheries managers move to reduce halibut bycatch levels -
Bristol Bay Times
istol Bay TimesIt has taken a quarter of a century, but fishery
managers are finally poised to take action to reduce the 5
million pounds of halibut taken as bycatch in Gulf of Alaska
(GOA) fisheries. Industry watchers are hoping that public
comments will sway them ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGLkzKr3UbH7tGIV_-4wdW2AMZmlw&url=http://thebristolbaytimes.com/article/1218fisheries_managers_move_to_reduce_halibut

*** Goa set to promote monsoon tourism - Hindu Business Line
eason tourist destination, the State Government is readying to
woo tourists to its waterfalls and lush forests in the monsoon
season. Usually, the sea is rough in the rainy season and
visitors are advised to stay away ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFGmGn2soHAMnXC3EAVXBt0VrjWpQ&url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article3379827.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home


Compiled by Goanet News Service
http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php

[Goanet] We worship the crucified Lord......

[Oscar Lobo]

Dear Fr. Ivo

I refer to the message 9 Goanet Digest, Vol 7, Issue 434 on the subject.

I am dismayed, baffled and confused as a layman.  Your views on the cross
are of negative nature and assisting people to sort of atheistic view.

What looked like a shameful death for Jesus was actually a glorious triumph
for God's plan; because it is through the cross that Jesus won victory over
enemy powers, including Satan, sin and death. Their claim on us has been
fully satisfied in the death of the innocent victim. They cannot demand any
more than what he has already paid. They have nothing further to threaten us
with.

"By his death," we are told, Jesus was able to "destroy him who holds the
power of death-that is, the devil" (Hebrews 2:14). "The reason the Son of
God appeared was to destroy the devil's work" (1 John 3:8). Victory was won
on the cross.

We are walking by faith, not by sight" -2 Corinthians 5:7

If one of your very young relatives had to die, would you not keep the
little booties and clothes he/she wore as a reminder for their parents?

Similarly the cross is a reminder of the cost the son of God paid to
liberate us from the original sin. 

On Good Friday we venerate the cross, are you suggesting that the church
should cease this century old practise.

You say Christians are not idolaters, what about the statues we have in the
churches i.e. mother of Christ and all saints that are kept on the pedestal
of the church?

I am confused that as a theologian you seem to give message contrary to our
believe. The cross is there to remind us of the price he paid.

You have lots of explanation to give when you come in the presence of St.
Peter at the pearly gates.

Oscar C. Lobo
Melbourne.


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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 19:40:38 +0530
From: "Ivo da C.Souza" 
To: 
Subject: [Goanet]  We worship the Crucified Lord
Message-ID: <018d01cd286d$5b9acb70$12d06250$@in>
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"If Christ was killed on the Cross, then it is not a thing to be
worshipped. Does anyone worship the gun with which Gandhi was shot?
Then why should Christians worship the Cross?"

**We worship the divine Person of Jesus, not the Cross. We venerate the
Cross, symbol of the epitome of love of God for humankind. Christians are
not idolaters. Miracles are not superstitions. Jesus of Nazareth performed
miracles. There are witnesses in the Gospels.
Fr.Ivo 

[Goanet] Shantaram Naik replaces Singhvi on Law Committee

[SHANTARAM NAIK]

Shantaram Naik replaces Singhvi on Law Committee

Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. has been appointed as Chairman of the Standing 
Committee of Parliament  on Personnel Public Grievances, Law and Justice by 
the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.


Appointment has been made by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Shri Hamid 
Ansari  through a notification issued today.


The post of Chairman  had fallen vacant on account of the resignation of 
Shri Abhishek Manu Singhvi, a few days back.


Mr Naik will be taking charge of office on Monday 6th May, 2012.

The Committee had recently submitted its report on  two important bills, 
namely, Lokpal  Bill and Whistle Blower Bill.


Presently a bill on the subject of Citizen Charter is under the 
consideration of the Committee. Issues related to women employees, their 
problems at the workplace, specially in reference to the guidelines framed 
by the Supreme Court in Vishakha Case, are also being studied by the 
Committee.


Institutions like CBI, Central Vigilance Commission, Election Commission and 
UPSC come under its jurisdiction.



ISSUED THROUH THE OFFICE OF
SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK

[Goanet] GBA opposes CM's proposal to bring old RP2001

[GBA office]

*  GOA BACHAO ABHIYAN*

*C/o 77, Defence Colony, Lane 4, Alto Porvorim, Bardez,  Goa- 403521*

*Phone:  *707083*, goabachaoabhi...@gmail.com*







GBA/2012/10
 03 May, 2012





*Press Release*



GBA strongly opposes the proposal of the government to bring back the 20+
year old RP 2001, a document known for its vagueness, ignorance of eco
sensitive zones and promoting a blanket high 80 FAR across rural Goa. This
move is suspect, given that a minority had asked for scrapping RP2021, and
especially when part de-notification to appease the affected is possible
within the TCP Act without causing trauma to all Goans.



This unilateral decision snubs the hard fought demands of the people such
as protection of eco-sensitive zones, and lower FAR especially in VP2
areas which
go a long way to halting mega projects in villages.



GBA states that the government had promised to consult the stake holders
but instead has gone ahead taking decisions clearly promoting confusion,
the benefits easily being taken advantage of by the builders lobby.



The case in point is the construction on the salt pans, an eco sensitive
zone in Goa Velha, by Palacio de Goa. Google images of 2009, 2010, 2011
gives a time line of how constructions have come over eco sensitive zones
under RP2001 while RP2021 was being deliberately delayed in finalization by
the previous govt.



The same ploy is being used by the present government, for parties to
construct under provisions of the old plan.



There are 18 tourism related projects which have given their Expression of
Interest (EOI) to the government and was discussed at the high powered
committee chaired by the last CM with the present CM also being a member of
the committee. These projects by virtue of sheer scale are seeking to be
brought in under the Amendment 16A to the TCP Act, which allows easy access
and bypassing of people for the PPP model. Some of these companies include
Riveira Constructions, Salgaoncar House, Goa Agri group and Manvins Group.



 The “High Powered Committee” on Tourism Infrastructure under PPP met for
the second time on 11.11.11. Most people in Goa do not even know such a HPC
existed and whether it will now continue with a new CM and new Leader of
the Opposition in it.



Many of these projects blatantly disregard eco-sensitive zones and were
sought to be brought in outside the RP process. Will they now be included
in the new RP2021 as part of the process?



GBA demands that the government work on the new plan first, get it approved
by the Gram Sabhas and then denotify RP2021 to replace it with the new plan.



If serious about protection of eco zones of this fragile state, the
government should immediately treat all areas marked as ‘Natural Cover’ yet
given ‘Orchard’ status in RP2021, as ‘Forest’ and Eco 1 status, prohibiting
opportunistic development in those areas.



In the interim period the government must put on hold all the multi
dwelling projects

and controversial conversions, insertions and allow processing of single
dwelling units.



Most importantly, as a measure of transparency, the government should spell
out the process and Guidelines for corrections in completion of the plan.



In not doing so, GBA fails to see how this government will keep its promise
of corruption free governance, using confusion and unclear guidelines in
development as a tool the same way the earlier government did.









Sabina Martins Reboni Saha



Convenor  Secretary





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Re: [Goanet] Who said: "a second airport at Mopa will open in 2014 ..."

[Gabriel de Figueiredo]

That will finally be the end of Goa as we knew it. More influx of non-Goans to 
service these "facilities" ...


>
> From: Eddie Fernandes 
>To: goa...@goanet.org 
>Sent: Friday, 4 May 2012 8:40 PM
>Subject: [Goanet] Who said: "a second airport at Mopa will open in 2014 ..."
>  
>"Talks are currently under way with Oberoi Group, Shangri-La Group, Hilton
>Group and Dusit International Group to develop deluxe luxury resorts", says
>Desai. "Plans are also on the horizon for an 18-hole championship golf
>course, heli-tourism, theme parks, oceanariums, marinas and convention
>centres." ...
>
>

Re: [Goanet] 'Social Activism' and 'Code of Ethics'

[J. Colaco < jc>]

Further to my previous response to this from Santoshbab: I think Jose
might have failed to consider the possibility that social activists
are not bound by any code of ethics.and My response,

I was asked by two Goanetters ...WHY   I chose NOT to comment on any
"CODE of ethics"for social activists.

COMMENT:

Perhaps, my previous response was not 'complete'. So here go a few
lines in addendum

a: Codes of Conduct are normally devised by professional bodies, in
major part, to protect the reputation of their respective professions.

b: Significant and/or repeated violation of the 'Code' by a registered
member of a professional body could lead to disciplinary actions by
the profession's Governing Council. (please see two examples of
"Codes" infra)

c: I am not yet aware that Social Activists have a professional body
of which they are regulated members. But, I am willing to be
corrected.

d: I really do not believe that Social Activism is a profession. To
me, those who 'practice' their Social Activism in cyberspace, are just
loose cannons venting frustrations more regularly than the average
"Joe" .

e: This is NOT to say that they serve no purpose, for they often do.

jc

1: http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/register_code_of_conduct.asp

2: http://www.sra.org.uk/rules/

[Goanet] What Is Divergent Thinking?

[Con Menezes]

Are Goanet readers 'divergent thinkers'???
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-divergent-thinking.htm

[Goanet] Dabolim may go like bangalore city airport

[SOTER]

This is big money and no political party would lose the opportunity of making a 
quick buck. The noises in opposition are only about one beggar envying the 
other who is in government. Thats all. All promises of continuing with Dabolim 
as a civilian airport means nothing. The same assuarances were given when the 
green field international airport at Bangalore was being constructed. But what 
happened just before the new airport was inaugurated?
http://www.livemint.com/2008/07/22233505/AAI-team-wants-Bangalore8217.html

Re: [Goanet] Why I Gave Up On 'Social Activism'

[J. Colaco < jc>]

 Santosh Helekar wrote:I think Jose might have failed to consider the
possibility that social activists are not bound by any code of ethics.
They are certainly not accountable to anybody. Even politicians have
to run for elections every few years.


RESPONSE: Jose commented ONLY on what 'ethical PRACTICE for social
activists' was or might be.  The standard, I submit yet again, is
similar to that expected of any ethical person in civil society i.e.
to be fair and reasonable (not unlike the man on the proverbial
Clapham omnibus).

Santoshbab is right. I chose NOT to comment on any "CODE of ethics"
for social activists.

It is definitely true that the 'social activists' do not have to
submit to the electorate. Hence, they could choose to do as they
please.

Some 'unfair and unreasonable'  loose cannons even choose to continue
to be Brilliant and Arrogant in the same breath.

Could these type of activists actually be 'unethical & antisocial
activists' i.e. anarchists or "hacktivists"?

I believe so!

jc


- Original Message -
From: 

1: Soter wrote: (There) are social activists who continue to keep away
from professional or corporate activism and observe to ethical
practise.

2: Santosh wrote: What is the ethical practice for social activists?
Is there any kind of code of ethics for them?

3: U. G. Barad wrote: I was to ask almost the same question(s) which
Dr. Santosh Helekar asked. Anyway, I hope Soter will respond to Dr.
Santosh's questions.

4: Soter responded: Are you a social activist? Why should I waste even
 one second of my time on enlightening cowards who operate in cyber
space?

jc's COMMENT:

 It is an "Eat my Cake and Have It at the same time' scenario.

Soter first posts his comment in cyberspace and then refuses "to waste
time in cyberspace". That is simultaneously Brilliant and Arrogant.

Perhaps, in contrast, I would submit that Being Ethical would include
being Reasonable and Fair in our dealings. Activist, Hacktivist or
Not

[Goanet] Who said: "a second airport at Mopa will open in 2014 ..."

[Eddie Fernandes]

The Reincarnation of Goa

4 May 2012: South China Morning Post - Magazine (Hong Kong). Pages 10 - 11.
Excerpts:

Goa has gained a certain notoriety for its sun-and-sand hedonism. Now its
nightlife has become as much of a drawcard as its beaches.  With elements of
Macau, Bali and Ibiza, Goa is thriving, and Nikhil Desai, the newly
appointed managing director of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation,
believes it has the goods to make it stand out from those other tourist
havens...

"Talks are currently under way with Oberoi Group, Shangri-La Group, Hilton
Group and Dusit International Group to develop deluxe luxury resorts", says
Desai. "Plans are also on the horizon for an 18-hole championship golf
course, heli-tourism, theme parks, oceanariums, marinas and convention
centres." ...

Desai likens Goa to Macau.  "Macau, with its Portuguese roots, has seen a
huge surge in tourism over the past several years, and that's what we are
aiming for as well," he says.

Desai says a second airport at Mopa, in north Goa, will open in 2014 to
cater for the expected influx of tourists... 

IT'S A SHORE THING.  
Hotels: Grand Hyatt Goa, Radisson Blu,  Alila Diwa.
Restaurants:  Souza Lobo, Ritz Classic .
Visit: Panjim walking tour, Old Goa,  Acron Arcade,  Craft Complex,
Saturday Night Bazaar,  Tito's,  Club Cubana, Silent parties,   Casino
Royale Goa .  

Full text, 1428 words + photos at
http://goanvoiceuk.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/life-style-04-may-2012-pages-10-
11/ 

Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes. 

[Goanet] Navy-free Dabolim can meet all needs: Alina Saldanha

[Gabe Menezes]

PANAJI: Reiterating that her late husband
Matanhy
"always
fought for the retention ofDabolim
airport for
civilian use", Alina
Saldanha in
a press note has stated that if the Navy was asked to vacate the airport
and this is achieved "Dabolim will be able to cater to all the aviation
needs  of Goa".

Alina recently joined the BJP which has declared that it will go ahead with
the international airport at Mopa.

"From the beginning, well before the idea of Mopa airport was conceived,
Matanhy is on record demanding that Dabolim airport be restored to 100%
civilian use as it was during Goa's pre-Liberation period. This objective
would be fulfilled if the Navy was asked to vacate the airport," states
Alina.

She stresses that the need of the hour is for all Goans to unite and fight
for Matanhy's primary cause... by getting the Navy to shift to the Sea Bird
naval base at Karwar.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Navy-free-Dabolim-can-meet-all-needs-Alina-Saldanha/articleshow/12989137.cms


QUESTION: Is this a volte-face?

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Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Voices on Goanet @ Facebook: Angela Ferrao, Christine Russon, illustrations, Teotonio R de Souza, Vallabh Desai, Paganini Fernandes....

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Angela Ferrao I'm kind of put off by the amount of complaints
'tourists' have about the way Goan cabbies overcharge them. I advise a
bit of homework. Remember the cabbie doesn't always get a fare back to
a centre point from some of the remote places.
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Christine Russon I agree with Angela. In major cities throughout
India, tourists should absolutely demand to pay by the meter, but in a
state like Goa, I don't expect the same, as I understand that there is
almost a 100% chance the driver will not get another passenger where I
ask to be taken. And as far as the airport is concerned, there are
pre-paid cabs, so if someone wants to compare fares, that is his/her
choice.

Walking on Baga beach by: Ferraodesigns

Teotonio R. de Souza: Goa Inquisition - Distortions by a Hindu
fundamentalist website denounced
http://apostarnahistoria.blogspot.pt/

Vallabh Desai It may be coincidence; while all the post election
writers in the popular daily Herald appreciated the change of power in
Goa with especial praises to Mr. Manohar Parrikar, Dotour Teotino R.
de Souza did not expressely appreciate Mr. Manohar Parrikar's feat,
which was expected of a scholar. Like wise the famous Dotour Colaco of
Margao seemed to be nostalgic of the change.

Colin D'Cruz: Celebrity show host Raymond Alburquerque has an
important message going out from Goa to the rest of the world at the
end of this videoclip..

Rene Barreto GOAN CULINARY CLUB  http://globalgoanculinaryclub.blogspot.co.uk/

Paganini Fernandes You've sounded like Shakespeare, Xanno Moidecar...
Xanno Moidecar I don't know whethef I like that amigo. Are you saying
I sound like a man dead for centuries?
Just kidding...Take care...

Prosecution filed against Sesa Goa for violation of Cos Act
zeenews.india.com
The government Thursday informed Parliament that it has initiated
prosecution proceedings against Vedanta Resources-owned Sesa Goa for
violation of certain provisions of the Companies Act.
http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/companies/prosecution-filed-against-sesa-goa-for-violation-of-cos-act_46989.html

Tallulah Dsilva
Join the Aamchi Panaji initiative to make our city better!
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Anjali Mohan Rao
Goan names: Bendro(parasite), Poko(empty), Bodvo(angel),
Kochro(trash), Bokdo(goat), Kolo(fox), kan katro(cut ear)- Media
Laundry- @Dhobitaloa
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An exotic cocktail | Deccan Chronicle
www.deccanchronicle.com
Belinda Fernandes on how she overcame stage fright and pursued her passion.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/kochi/exotic-cocktail-965

Charles Correa, country's's top architect warns of urban breakdown
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/charles-correa-countryss-top-architect-warns-of-urban-breakdown/articleshow/12960775.cms

Yeh Special Protection kya hai bhai? QUOTE: Governor Designate Mr
Bharat Vir Wanchoo alongwith his wife Mrs Nalini Wanchoo is seen with
Chief Minister Mr Manohar Parrikar, Speaker Mr Rajendra Arlekar and
Leader of the Opposition Mr Pratapsing Raned on his arrival at the Goa
Airport, Dabolim on May 3, 2012 UNQUOTE And on a more serious note,
why do we have all these former military men, security guys, spooks
and what not playing roles as constitutional and other heads in
supposedly democratic societies? What should be the place for the Yuri
Andropovs and the George Bushes?

Edward Verdes
Tiatrs in Goa Today
2nd May 330pm Pai T Hall Margao - Roseferns ' Rag Veta Dag Vochonam'
2nd May 7pm Cuncolim - Prince Jacobs 'Dusmanak Pasun Nirminaka'
2nd May 730pm KA Panjim - Anil Olgas ' Uzvadd Naslolo Dis'
2nd May 8pm Calangute - PeterRoshans - Hi Chavi Sandlelea Mogachi'
Its Today (May 2)  - Bhurgeancho Tiatr (Childrens Tiatr)- 'Maim Maka
Ghora Vhor' by Tomazinho Cardoz at 3pm DMK Auditorium Kala Academy
Panjim...do not miss this childrens show...

The Goa State Election Commission (SEC), overseeing the May 16
state-wide panchayat polls has just played lifesaver to lakhs of Goans
and tourists who love a late nightcap.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Goa/Goa-modifies-poll-code-to-allow-booze-food-till-late-night/Article1-849001.aspx
Goa modifies poll code to allow booze, food till late night - Hindustan Times

Give farmers the highest market value for land acquired, rules SC
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Land-acquisition-SC-rules-for-highest-prevailing-market-rate/SP-Article1-847762.aspx
and
http://www.indianrealestateforum.com/noida/t-supreme-court-%91govt-must-pay-top-market-value-land-acquisition%92-30947.html
and
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3361702.ece
But perhaps for the relevant details, the link below is best:
http://indiankanoon.org/doc/163743355/

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political party or politician will be charged at our usual advertising
rates. Please desist!
Edwin Sequeira what if someone is (mis)usi

[Goanet] Fwd: Hygiene drive leads to health miracle

[Gabe Menezes]

Hygiene drive leads to health miracle

Hospital hand-washing campaign saves 10,000 lives

Jeremy Laurance
Friday, 4 May 2012

The life saving benefits of soap were first recognised by Ignaz Semmelweis,
a Hungarian physician, who discovered in 1847 that hand-washing by
obstetricians and midwives could prevent puerperal fever, an infection
following childbirth that killed up to a third of women in European
hospitals in the mid-19th century.

Click here to see the 'Soap star in numbers'
graphic

Semmelweis became known as the "saviour of women", but more than a century
and a half later, surveys showed one in four doctors and nurses in Britain
still did not wash their hands consistently between patients. That abysmal
record has been dramatically improved by the CleanYourHands campaign,
launched in England and Wales in 2004. It has instilled into medical staff,
patients and visitors the importance of washing hands to prevent the spread
of superbugs including MRSA and Clostridium difficile.

It was the first such campaign in the world to be rolled out nationally,
and the results from the first study of its effects are published online in
the British Medical Journal today. They show that over the four year period
to mid-2008, orders for soap and alcohol hand rub almost tripled, while
infections with MRSA and C. difficile almost halved.

There were 1,000 deaths from MRSA and 4,000 deaths from C. difficile
annually in the mid-2000s. A halving of the infection rate implies a saving
of 2,500 lives a year. Researchers from University College London Medical
School and the Health Protection Agency say the "strong and independent
associations" between the rise in soap orders and the fall in infection
rates "remained after taking account of all other interventions".

Sheldon Paul Stone, senior lecturer at UCL Medical School, who led the
study, said: "Without a doubt, lives were saved by the campaign. I would
say 10,000 lives over the four year period of the study was a reasonable
estimate."

"If hand hygiene were a new drug, pharmaceutical companies would be out
selling it for all they were worth."

But Dr Stone warned the gains could be lost after the CleanYourHands
campaign ended in 2010.

"It is obvious the campaign should be continued. Independent groups have
suggested it should. It needs a new focus on staff who use gloves. They
deal with the most infectious patients but they are much less likely to use
soap."

Asked why it had taken more than 150 years to get the message through to
doctors and nurses, who already had the professional knowledge about the
risks of hand contamination and transmission of bacteria, he said: "As
Fawlty Towers once said, it's stating the bleeding obvious. But sometimes
the obvious needs stating. The problem is it doesn't sound very sexy
compared with hi- tech medical innovations."

Louise Teare, consultant microbiologist and chair of the Independent
Alliance of Patients and Healthcare Workers for Hand Hygiene, said: "The
CleanYourHands campaign was unbelievably successful. It is extraordinary
that it has taken 150 years to get the message across. But throughout
history that is, sadly, what happens. Our challenge now is how to make it
sustainable." The campaign was accompanied by posters and regular audits,
and was backed by the Health Act 2006 which imposed a legal duty on NHS
trusts to provide "hand-washing facilities and hand rubs". It was
reinforced by visits by Department of Health inspectors.

Key to its success was the high profile political drive to cut infection
rates. In the mid-2000s, the Blair government recognised that something had
to be done about soaring hospital infection rates which had become a
touchstone for the failings of the NHS. Scandals at Stoke Mandeville
hospital and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, where hundreds of
patients died, fuelled public alarm. Patients understood that medical
treatment carried a risk but were not prepared to accept that hospitals
themselves could pose an even bigger one, by spreading infections.

Doctors had regarded their main task as treating patients, and had seen
hospital infections as an unfortunate but inevitable complication of
medical care.

That resulted in a fatalistic attitude to the occurrence of infections and
an over-reliance on antibiotics to deal with them. Cases of MRSA grew from
less than 100 a year in the early 1990s to 6,378 cases in 2006-07 when the
infection was linked with more than 1,000 deaths. The number of MRSA
infections has since fallen to 1,114 in 2011-12.

C. difficile cases grew from a few hundred in the early 1990s to 55,681 in
2006-07 and caused about 4,000 deaths. They have fallen to 18,005 cases in
2011-12.

The National Audit Office estimated in 2007 that hospital infections cost
the NHS over £1bn a year to treat. The CleanYourHands campaign cost
£500,000 over four years and, by halving the infection rate, may have saved
£500m.

The r

[Goanet] Give farmers the highest market value for land acquired, rules SC

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

Give farmers the highest market value for land acquired, rules SC
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Land-acquisition-SC-rules-for-highest-prevailing-market-rate/SP-Article1-847762.aspx

and

http://www.indianrealestateforum.com/noida/t-supreme-court-%91govt-must-pay-top-market-value-land-acquisition%92-30947.html

and

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3361702.ece

But perhaps for the relevant details, the link below is best:

http://indiankanoon.org/doc/163743355/

FN

[Goanet] Cabbie charges by meter

[Ana Maria de souza-Goswami]

This is regarding cabbie charging exhorbitant rates for taxi fare. I beg to 
differ. I live in Betim on the river, very close to the ferry wharf. I don't 
possess a vehicle as I have never learnt to drive. I have an auto guy and a 
taxi guy on call who I have used for the last 11 years. My taxi guy is very 
honest. From the airport to my residence its rs. 600/-. From my res to 
anywhere in Dona Paula whether he waits for 1 hour or 4 hours he charges Rs. 
500/-From my res. to aldona and back also Rs. 500/-. and so on. To Calangute 
and back its Rs. 400/-. My auto guy also is very very honest.


Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami 

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the Day.

[Gabe Menezes]

Portuguese (Medley)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD0bHGqbZXs&feature=related

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Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Coconut Oil

[Santosh Helekar]

Roland,

As a rule of thumb, please don't rely on claims based on testimonials on the 
internet or the TV. There is no scientific evidence for the effectiveness of 
coconut oil in treatment of Alzheimer's Disease or HIV infection. Please look 
up reliable sources of information on the web. Here is one regarding 
Alzheimer's:

http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_alternative_treatments.asp#Concerns_about_alternative_therapies


Here is one about other claims:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/coconut-oil-and-health


Cheers,

Santosh


- Original Message -
> From: Roland Francis 
> To: "'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!'" 
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 12:05 PM
> Subject: [Goanet] Coconut Oil
> 
>T his 6 minute video snippet from CBN claims that non-hydrogenated coconut
> oil retards Alzheimer's an even the HIV virus.
> 
> The Christian Broadcasting Network is a Pat Robertson creation. Robertson is
> a well-known ex-Southern Baptist pastor and now Televangelist, Charismatic
> and influential member of the powerful Christian Right in the United States.
> I distrust that bloc of religionists, businessmen and politicians who have
> their own agenda in whatever they do.
> 
> 
> 
> However, since this has nothing to do with those subjects, I request
> Goanetters of medical background to please provide us, non medical readers,
> with their comments on the authenticity of this coconut oil healing.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnplayer.swf?aid=27477
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> Roland.
> 
> Toronto
> 

Re: [Goanet] Coconut Oil

[floriano]

Whow!

My longstanding pro-Virgin Coconut Oil has been vindicated.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj

- Original Message - 
From: "Roland Francis" 

To: "'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!'" 
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:35 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Coconut Oil



This 6 minute video snippet from CBN claims that non-hydrogenated coconut
oil retards Alzheimer's an even the HIV virus.



The Christian Broadcasting Network is a Pat Robertson creation. Robertson 
is

a well-known ex-Southern Baptist pastor and now Televangelist, Charismatic
and influential member of the powerful Christian Right in the United 
States.

I distrust that bloc of religionists, businessmen and politicians who have
their own agenda in whatever they do.



However, since this has nothing to do with those subjects, I request
Goanetters of medical background to please provide us, non medical 
readers,

with their comments on the authenticity of this coconut oil healing.




http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnplayer.swf?aid=27477



Thanks.



Roland.

Toronto

[Goanet] We worship the Crucified Lord

[Ivo da C.Souza]

"If Christ was killed on the Cross, then it is not a thing to be
worshipped. Does anyone worship the gun with which Gandhi was shot?
Then why should Christians worship the Cross?"

**We worship the divine Person of Jesus, not the Cross. We venerate the
Cross, symbol of the epitome of love of God for humankind. Christians are
not idolaters. Miracles are not superstitions. Jesus of Nazareth performed
miracles. There are witnesses in the Gospels.
Fr.Ivo 

Re: [Goanet] Why I Gave Up On 'Social Activism'

[Santosh Helekar]

I think Jose might have failed to consider the possibility that social 
activists are not bound by any code of ethics. They are certainly not 
accountable to anybody. Even politicians have to run for elections every few 
years.

Cheers,

Santosh


- Original Message -
> From: "J. Colaco  < jc>" 
> To: SOTER ; goa...@goanet.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Why I Gave Up On 'Social Activism'
> 
> 1: Soter wrote: (There) are social activists who continue to keep away
> from professional or corporate activism and observe to ethical
> practise.
> 
> 2: Santosh wrote: What is the ethical practice for social activists?
> Is there any kind of code of ethics for them?
> 
> 3: U. G. Barad wrote: I was to ask almost the same question(s) which
> Dr. Santosh Helekar asked. Anyway, I hope Soter will respond to Dr.
> Santosh's questions.
> 
> 4: Soter responded: Are you a social activist? Why should I waste even
> one second of my time on enlightening cowards who operate in cyber
> space?
> 
> COMMENT:
> 
> It is an "Eat my Cake and Have It at the same time' scenario.
> 
> Soter first posts his comment in cyberspace and then refuses "to waste
> time in cyberspace". That is simultaneously Brilliant and Arrogant.
> 
> Perhaps, in contrast, I would submit that Being Ethical would include
> being Reasonable and Fair in our dealings. Activist, Hacktivist or
> Not.
> 
> jc
>