[Goanet] Goa news for April 12, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Go Goa Gone will decode the world of zombies - The Express Tribune roduced by actor Saif Ali Khan, Go Goa Gone is about two friends, played by Kunal and Vir Das, who travel to Goa with another friend. Vir admitted that physically, it was a demanding project. This was not a studio film, no air conditioners and all ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGZzAeLHxzizw-5xHFIbW8e-ldsAwurl=http://tribune.com.pk/story/534197/go-goa-gone-will-decode-the-world-of-zombies/ *** Indian MP 'on hunger strike' if Playboy club a Goa - The Australian xtNibV_cqskPudtg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEZ0GRWveyGAPMr6WB9wG6aa6TR2gurl=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/indian-mp-on-hunger-strike-if-playboy-club-a-goa/story-fnay3ubk-1226618580285 *** Cash-strapped Goa brushing up its tourism act - Daily News Analysis ourism-announces-strict-measures-ensure-tourist-safetyGoa Tourism announces strict measures to ensure tourist safety http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEzubIhUKcMFT2zHtmWPwYNm87IuAurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/1821157/report-cash-strapped-goa-brushing-up-its-tourism-act *** BJP to replicate Goa model for Lok Sabha polls - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: The BJP will approach opinion makers from all religions and talk to them about the party, a strategy it adopted during Goa polls, for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, a senior party official said on Wednesday. The BJP workers will sit with ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE1etQ5NRSkYLRPS82026sVQmSQ_Aurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJP-to-replicate-Goa-model-for-Lok-Sabha-polls/articleshow/19474916.cms *** Goa strives to save tourism - Deutsche Welle whose name has been changed for this article - an IT professional from Sydney, has been periodically visiting the idyllic state of Goa along with her friends, drawn by the sunshine, the sea and the warmth the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHVBAx4FJU0uP4-BK0va-MCXGs8tgurl=http://www.dw.de/goa-strives-to-save-tourism/a-16738137 *** Pollution levels dipped since mining closure in Goa: Data - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Pollution levels in the iron ore belts of Goa dropped considerably after mining activity was banned in September last, bringing them within the permissible limits, according to the data placed before the Legislative Assembly. Citing the data ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNH-pmDnHCH_w1RJRh9Ust6o2jcUKAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Pollution-levels-dipped-since-mining-closure-in-Goa-Data/articleshow/19489581.cms *** Go Goa Gone makes Saif Ali Khan bite the bullet - Hindustan Times ndustan TimesTrouble refuses to die down for the makers of Go Goa Gone. After the Anti Tobacco Oganisation raised objection to the film's lead actor Saif Ali Khan smoking in the publicity poster, now Goan MLA Pramod Sawant is protesting against the film for ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEonEZhBRkrBpuagRIp79JPTcqgsgurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Go-Goa-Gone-makes-Saif-Ali-Khan-bite-the-bullet/Article1-1040406.aspx *** Hindu right wings oppose Playboy club in Goa - Times of India gGKMned=us http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEiUdySm044WUIMhb6KoDAt9m3gfAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Hindu-right-wings-oppose-Playboy-club-in-Goa/articleshow/19480278.cms *** Shahid's making new friends in Goa? - Times of India mes of IndiaShahid Kapoor, it seems, is living it up. The actor, who had taken off to Goa last week, was spotted at an upmarket restaurant in Vagator on Sunday evening, chatting up a pretty young girl. Our source tells us that they were talking as if meeting for ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEKBTmN6bho17rczZT0ogT_y_YTlQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Shahids-making-new-friends-in-Goa/articleshow/19494661.cms *** Abused kids contract HIV in Goa - Times of India etroviral therapy (ART) centre have drawn a blank as to the source of infection as none of ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGksFR6NogwyvbkynuXQZdnvHtq5Aurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Abused-kids-contract-HIV-in-Goa/articleshow/19502082.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] BBC E-mail: In pictures: Goa#039;s #039;nomads#039;
Tony Rodrigues saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** In pictures: Goa#039;s #039;nomads#039; ** A series of photographs by well-known fashion photographer Rohit Chawla of foreign travellers visiting the Indian beach town of Goa http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/world-asia-india-21710973 ** BBC Daily E-mail ** Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail http://www.bbc.co.uk/email ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails in the future or want to know more about the BBC's Email a Friend service, please read our frequently asked questions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4162471.stm
[Goanet] Denmark - Jobs protected.
Importers of cheaper products that displace local jobs pay into a fund that pays one the original Danish wage, indefinitely. One can sign up to be retrained in a new field at state expense. eric. From: Jim Fernandes Marlon, As implied by your response, obviously you are too short sighted to understand the negative effects of globalization. When you come back with your next response, please bring some meat with your arguments - don't just dismiss my post with a one liner (or two) :) . The suggestion that globalization is always beneficial to its participants at all levels - is not true. However, globalization is great, when competition between participants is executed on level playing field. For example, when one nation (Nation A) produces goods and then exports it to another nation (Nation B), it benefits both participants in this trade, provided at least three things happen: 1. Nation A produces its goods at Market Prices without government intervention to subsidize its production 2. There is no currency manipulation between the participants 2. Trade barriers are removed between the participants. This type of trade is beneficial to both participants because it brings efficiency into the system, thereby benefiting the consumer. I am absolutely OK with this. Examples of situations where globalization is bad - is in situations, where we have an employer in Nation A, that bulk replaces a portion of its workforce by employing cheap labor from Nation B. I would describe this type of activity as nothing short of being termed as legalized human trafficking. What these so called Indian software companies (or human traffickers) do, is to merely provide cheap bodies to their Western clients. For this reason, these companies are sometimes referred to as body shops. Most of the techies the Indian companies send to the West, are 20-something trained software professionals, who are often single and un-attached and who are then paid below market prices in their destination countries. This is nothing but a glorified exploitation of humans - a situation where the foreign employee is willing to work for low wages in the West, because of even lower wages in their respective home countries. The reason many young Indian professionals are able to survive on lower wages in the West is because, they live in cheap cramped quarters as room-mates - often 4 to 8 persons living in a one bedroom apartment. In order to cut cost even further, they often share everything from a car to utilities to groceries and essentially give up on every sense of privacy. Had the US government not tied these guys as slaves to their India based employers, by way of hooking up their employment status in the US to their work visas, they would have readily jumped to another employer for a few Yankee bucks more! For all its weakness, this type of controlled globalization of labor, may be considered as beneficial, if there is a real job opening (that does not replace a local), mainly because it supports local economies. In this situation, the host country gets to collect taxes on salaries paid to the foreign worker and it is expected that the worker, spends at least a small portion of his/her earnings in the local economy. In the RBC article I included in my post, some of the foreign workers are expected to replace the locals in Canada - not because the local employees are duds, but because the local workers cannot compete with the foreign workers on lower wages. The reason? One cannot live like Ghattis in the West - specially, if you have a spouse to support and kids to send to school. That brings me to the meat of the RBC article: In the article, it is argued that a few dozen RBC jobs in Canada would be off-shored to India. If the employment was terminated for cause, nobody would have issues with it. But this is Bulk Replacement. What exactly is its benefit to Canada or to the communities RBC serves in Canada, where the bank supposedly makes it money? Please don't come back with a pathetic argument and state that RBC has no social / shareholder responsibility in this matter. So please read on For starters, the Canadian government collect no taxes on jobs that go overseas. Secondly, the ghost employees are based in a foreign country - they are not in Canada to spend their earnings, where the money would have circulated to support its economy. Thirdly, the employees who are displaced in Canada may have to foreclose on their mortgages if they cannot find employment that pays comparable salary to support their mortgages. This in turn, would hurt a local Canadian bank or worse, possibly hurt RBC itself - if their own balance sheet is hurt - this would be considered irresponsible act towards their shareholders. Finally, imagine what would happen if every employer in Canada (or the US for argument's sake) did the same and replaced a
[Goanet] Parivartan semen or seamen?
Seamen threaten to abandon Cong, vote for BJP April 11, 2013 http://www.heraldgoa.in/News/Local%20News/Seamen-threaten-to-abandon-Cong-vote-for-BJP/73083.html
[Goanet] World Champion Anand Visits Goa
Respected sir, Kindly publish following news item in your esteemed publication and oblige. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, (BHAKTI) *Viswanathan Anand in Goa* When World Champion Grand Master Viswanathan Anand decided to relax with his family ,Goa was the natural destination for him. Soon the 43 year old World Champion will be busy for the preparations of the World Championship match with World No.1 Magnus Carlsen. Since it was his private visit with an intention to relax with his family, Anand had not let anybody know of his plans. However he met Goa's best known International sportsperson -Woman Grand Master Bhakti Kulkarni. Bhakti was elated to meet the World Champion. I wished him success for his forthcoming match with Carlsen,said the Goan star. I told Anand that his advice helped me a lot last year when I was going though lean patch. Anand inquired about Bhakti's future tournaments and wished her luck.I was surprised that the World Champion knew about forthcoming Asian Continental Championships in Philippines, Bhakti remarked. Anand will take on World's highest rated player GM Magnus Carlsen at Chennai for Rs.15 Crore Prize money in November,2013. Bhakti feels that Anand is a cult figure for chess players and meeting him at the begining of chess season has revitalised her. Message over...BHAKTI -- *Commonwealth Junior Girls Chess Champion,* *International Woman Grand Master,* *Goa,India.*
Re: [Goanet] Matanhy opposed Mopa airport: Alina
- Original Message - From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:53 AM Subject: [Goanet] Matanhy opposed Mopa airport: Alina Matanhy opposed Mopa airport: Alina PANAJI: Forest minister AlinaSaldanhafinally broke her silence over the Mopaairport issue, stating that her husband late MatanhySaldanhahad publicly expressed his opposition to it, as Goa could not sustain two international airports. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar had recently said that Matanhy was in favour of Mopa airport. Even if the two (Matanhy and Parrikar) did speak about the Mopa issue, she was not aware of what transpired during the conversation, she said in a statement. Further, she said that Parrikar had clearly stated on the floor of the house that he had not stated that Matanhy supported Mopa. Matanhy was totally focused on the Dabolim airport issue, which he firmly believed was a civilian airport and the Navy was in illegal possession of the same. Matanhy had repeatedly said that he had ample documentary evidence to prove that Dabolim airport is a civilian airport, Saldanha said. She explained that the evidence comprised gazette notifications right from the time of acquisition of land for the construction of the airport in Dabolim during the pre-liberation colonial rule to the evidence that the Indian defence authorities themselves considered the Dabolim airport to be a civilian airport. This is in a copy of the minutes of the meeting of board of officers, held on 19/02/1962, at Panjim, under Lt Col Arjinder Singh, Commanding Officer of 17 Para AD RGTT, duly approved by the then military governor of Goa, Major General K P Kandeth, which clearly stated that the airport at Dabolim was a civil government property, she pointed out. This is a post liberation document whose authenticity cannot be challenged, she asserted. Saldanha said that the naval authorities should take cognizance of these facts and vacate Dabolim airport which they illegally occupied. In view of the above, the question of late Matanhy having supported Mopa does not arise. She urged the people to vigorously pursue the demand to revert Dabolim airport to the civilian authorities. tnn http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Matanhy-opposed-Mopa-airport-Alina/articleshow/19485801.cms joego...@yahoo.co.uk COMMENTS: I LOVE MY GOA NO TO MOPA YES TO DR. JACK DE SEQUEIRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DABOLIM GOA. N A V Y G E T O U T [AND TAKE MANOHAR PARRIKAR WITH YOU TO NAGPUR] floriano goasuraj 9890470896 floriano.l...@gmail.com PS1: To the following from Alina: Further, she said that Parrikar had clearly stated on the floor of the house that he had not stated that Matanhy supported Mopa., I say it is alright if Alina wants to shelter her BOSS. BUT this is a goddammed another of MP's U-Turn in the same manner that he had called his BOSS ... L K Advani a 'STALE PICKLE' and then blamed it on the press for mis-quoting him when he got the flak of his carrier. PS2: Manohar Parrikar is a 'SPOILT BRAT'. He wants to have his way, no matter what! But with asli die-hard GOANS, he will not succeed. He CLEARLY is a 'JUDAS' OF A GOAN and shud be hanged as such. CLEARLY 'NO' THIRD TERM'. End of the STORY.
[Goanet] The Logic Behind Statin Drugs is Flawed - Video - iHealthTube.com
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[Goanet] White Rice Linked to Diabetes Risk
http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20120315/white-rice-linked-to-diabetes-risk
[Goanet] Indian engineers invent 'anti-rape' underwear which gives attackers electric shocks and automatically texts police for help | Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303287/Indian-engineers-invent-anti-rape-underwear-gives-attackers-electric-shocks-automatically-texts-police-help.html#ixzz2PQK1XFpS
[Goanet] Picnics draw ire at Sal
-- Samir Umarye *BICHOLIM:* Picnickers to Sal-Bicholim may have to find another destination as the village panchayat is likely to restrict their entry near the small bandhara on the Chapora River. It may be recalled that a place in Sal had become a popular bathing area and several locals used to enjoy their weekend. People not only from North Goa but also from South Goa visited the place with their families. “The place has become very popular since the last two years and on Sundays there is lot of rush near the small bandhara. Most of the families come in the morning and spend their entire day,” a local told Herald. Recently, the place became popular after inauguration of the light motor vehicle bridge over the bandhara that connects Sal to Ibrampur-Pernem. But with the popularity what followed was something which the villagers did not find safe for their small village. “People come here and dirty the area, dump waste including food, empty bottles,” said Deelip Desai. “Not just this but the real problem arises when one group starts commenting on girls from the other group and it leads to a fight,” he added. In view of this, villagers have decided that the best way to avoid all these problems is to restrict their entry to the spot. “The panchayat has already received a letter from the owner of the place that people dirty the area and he wants action,” Sal Sarpanch Ghanasham Raut told Herald. “He has also submitted a letter to Bicholim Police and other government departments to look into the matter and take necessary action,” added Raut. “The issue will come up in the Gram Sabha on Sunday and we will decide the future course of action. If the owner and villagers have any objection, then we will have to take action and may have to restrict the area for picnickers,” added Raut.
Re: [Goanet] Is your job safe?
So to summarize, if globalization effects someone else, it is good, but if it affects you, your career or your industry, it is bad! Marlon ps. if someone from India or planet Krypton can do my job for half or even quarter the price that I am being paid, I guess it would be time to look for a new career or move back to India. From: Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Is your job safe? Marlon, As implied by your response, obviously you are too short sighted to understand the negative effects of globalization. When you come back with your next response, please bring some meat with your arguments - don't just dismiss my post with a one liner (or two) :) . The suggestion that globalization is always beneficial to its participants at all levels - is not true. However, globalization is great, when competition between participants is executed on level playing field. For example, when one nation (Nation A) produces goods and then exports it to another nation (Nation B), it benefits both participants in this trade, provided at least three things happen: 1. Nation A produces its goods at Market Prices without government intervention to subsidize its production 2. There is no currency manipulation between the participants 2. Trade barriers are removed between the participants. This type of trade is beneficial to both participants because it brings efficiency into the system, thereby benefiting the consumer. I am absolutely OK with this. Examples of situations where globalization is bad - is in situations, where we have an employer in Nation A, that bulk replaces a portion of its workforce by employing cheap labor from Nation B. I would describe this type of activity as nothing short of being termed as legalized human trafficking. What these so called Indian software companies (or human traffickers) do, is to merely provide cheap bodies to their Western clients. For this reason, these companies are sometimes referred to as body shops. Most of the techies the Indian companies send to the West, are 20-something trained software professionals, who are often single and un-attached and who are then paid below market prices in their destination countries. This is nothing but a glorified exploitation of humans - a situation where the foreign employee is willing to work for low wages in the West, because of even lower wages in their respective home countries. The reason many young Indian professionals are able to survive on lower wages in the West is because, they live in cheap cramped quarters as room-mates - often 4 to 8 persons living in a one bedroom apartment. In order to cut cost even further, they often share everything from a car to utilities to groceries and essentially give up on every sense of privacy. Had the US government not tied these guys as slaves to their India based employers, by way of hooking up their employment status in the US to their work visas, they would have readily jumped to another employer for a few Yankee bucks more! For all its weakness, this type of controlled globalization of labor, may be considered as beneficial, if there is a real job opening (that does not replace a local), mainly because it supports local economies. In this situation, the host country gets to collect taxes on salaries paid to the foreign worker and it is expected that the worker, spends at least a small portion of his/her earnings in the local economy. In the RBC article I included in my post, some of the foreign workers are expected to replace the locals in Canada - not because the local employees are duds, but because the local workers cannot compete with the foreign workers on lower wages. The reason? One cannot live like Ghattis in the West - specially, if you have a spouse to support and kids to send to school. That brings me to the meat of the RBC article: In the article, it is argued that a few dozen RBC jobs in Canada would be off-shored to India. If the employment was terminated for cause, nobody would have issues with it. But this is Bulk Replacement. What exactly is its benefit to Canada or to the communities RBC serves in Canada, where the bank supposedly makes it money? Please don't come back with a pathetic argument and state that RBC has no social / shareholder responsibility in this matter. So please read on For starters, the Canadian government collect no taxes on jobs that go overseas. Secondly, the ghost employees are based in a foreign country - they are not in Canada to spend their earnings, where the money would have circulated to support its economy. Thirdly, the employees who are displaced in Canada may have to foreclose on their mortgages if they cannot find employment that pays comparable salary to support their mortgages. This in turn, would hurt a local Canadian bank or worse, possibly
