[Goanet-News] Goa news for July 21, 2013

2013-07-21 Thread Goanet News Service
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*** Tourist heaven also a haven for drug trade: Goa Minister -
Moneycontrol.com
ttack-Rules-are-meant-for-breaking/77194.htmlShack Attack:
Rules are meant for breaking
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*** Goa govt to overhaul mid-day meal scheme - Daily News 
Analysis
ay meal scheme following two major cases of food poisoning which
were reported this month. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who
holds the Education portfolio, has called ...
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*** Rajnath's remark on English sets tongues wagging in Goa -
Herald Publications
rald PublicationsFranky Monteiro of the All Goa Unaided Schools
Parents Association called the statement absurd. They
themselves give interviews in English. The parliament officiates
in English, the government machinery and the system operates in
English language ...a class=
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*** 23 student fall sick after having midday meals at Goa school
- Times of India
hree students of St Joseph School, Usgao, about 40 km from
Panaji, fell sick after consuming midday meals on Friday. Of
these, 22 were discharged after being treated at the Ponda sub
district hospital, while one primary student was ...a class=
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*** GOA Fights to Preserve Stand Your Ground Laws  Pro-gun
Majority on Court - AmmoLand.com (press release)
ights groups and other supporters of [Stand Your Ground] laws¦.
Erich Pratt, spokesman for the Gun Owners of America, said the
attorney general 'wants to take us back to the days where those
who are under attack are ...a class=
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*** Seven students taken ill in Goa after eating midday meal -
Times of India
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*** 20 students fall ill after eating mid-day meal at Goa school
- Daily News  Analysis
m from here. The students complained of uneasiness after
partaking the meal served to ...a class=
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*** Google student ambassadors bound to Goa for first session -
Times of India
our knowledge-sharing programme. Share your views. ALSO ON TOI.
France: Protests against law b... Railgate transcripts put
Pawan.a class=
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*** Goa mid-day meal to include home-made chapattis - Oneindia
ay meal scheme following two major cases of food poisoning which
were reported this month. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who
holds the Education ...a class=
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*** 20 more students fall ill in Goa - Daily Star Online
ay meal yesterday. An education department official said the
students were eating a meal comprising vegetable ...a class=
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[Goanet-News] Goa news for July 22, 2013

2013-07-21 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** NCP wants Goa CM to resign over midday meal remark - Times
of India
nd-nation/goa-chief-minister-manohar-parrikar-worried-of-leakages-in-food-bill-implementation/articleshow/21213403.cmsGoa
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar worried of leakages in Food
bill ...
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*** Bihar, Goa and now Chhattisgarh; at least 30 kids fall ill
after eating mid ... - Daily News  Analysis
ay meal. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered
by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus · Home  India 
Report ...a class=
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*** 'Meet on Monday to discuss GTP for south Goa' - Times of
India
idfielder-lenny-rodrigues-wins-another-award/Indian midfielder
Lenny Rodrigues wins another aw...
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*** North Goa disaster management cell not prepared for
emergencies - Times of India
mes of IndiaPONDA/PANAJI: The lack of preparedness on the part
of the north Goa disaster management authority came to the fore
after it responded belatedly to a requisition for heavy
machinery at the site of a tree crash on a house at Cumbharjua
on Sunday.a class=
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*** Goa for kids photography workshop held - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Close to two centuries after photography was
invented, it might seem most photographic possibilities have
been explored and inspiring future photographers could appear
difficult. But photographer Rajtilak Naik motivated a new
generation of ...a class=
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*** Google student ambassadors bound to Goa for first session -
Times of India
our knowledge-sharing programme. Share your views. ALSO ON TOI.
France: Protests against law b... Railgate transcripts put
Pawan.a class=
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFyI_k6VFzJNlhQHGs19X11LvBvMAurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Google-student-ambassadors-bound-to-Goa-for-first-session/articleshow/21204150.cms

*** Department of sainik welfare to set up office in south Goa -
Times of India
ervicemen and families of serving and deceased armed forces
personnel belonging to Goa. The board ...a class=
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*** Goa rejects proposal to double rail track between Hospet and
Vasco - TravelBizMonitor
avelBizMonitorThe Government of Goa has rejected a proposal from
South Western Railway to lay a double track between Karnataka
(Hospet) and Vasco (Goa), the PTI reported. I have refused the
permission to double the track of South Western Railway in Goa.
We don't ...a class=
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*** Comunidades say they won't submit to RTI - Herald
Publications
rald PublicationsThis has been followed despite the
administrator specifically sending a circular to the registrars
of all North Goa Comunidades asking them to follow the
directions of the government issued as far back as 2011. Thus
since the Comunidades are under the ...a class=
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*** More leakages than grains may mar food security scheme: Goa
CM - Times of India
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Re: [Goanet] Indian rescued Hemingway after Africa plane crash?

2013-07-21 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mayabhushan wrote:
Panaji:Bullied by a herd of wild elephants and down to their last rations,

Nobel Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, his wife and a pilot were
rescued by an Indian expat after their plane crashed in east central Africa
in the 1950s, the savior's son has said.
---

Mayabhushan Nagvenkar,
This article of yours has jogged my memory. Thanks.


Some random points:
1) Hemingway crashed twice on that Ugandan trip. After he was was rescued from 
the first one (the one you recounter) another plane that was sent to rescue 
him, crashed too i.e. before he returned to the Ugandan capital.

2) The fact that he was picked up by a Ugandan tourist boat is well documented.

3) If I am not mistaken, I actually met this Goan captain in 1964. I have a 
movie film of the boat on this Nile trip and hopefully will be able to find it 
and convert it to the current electronic formats.

4) The tourists boats above Murchison Falls were more like tugs. The were built 
of steel with a large diesel engine in the center. They were specifically 
designed to travel thru hippo infested areas. Hippo's, then and now, have this 
nasty habit of surfacing beneath boats, capsizing the smaller ones.

5) The area below Murchison Falls is one of the wildest areas in Africa. It is 
part swampland and part grassland as the rainfall is heavy and the Nile often 
floods. The reeds there are 8 ft tall and the elephant grass is even taller. 
The soil itself, though very fertile, is soft and it is difficult to build 
roads or penetrate in these areas. It is Africa in its most natural form.  

My late dad used to tell the story of the time he pulled up onto a ferry ramp 
with his VW Beetle. He got out of the car and saw the ferry approaching so he 
went to talk to the other drivers in the three car convoy. When he returned to 
his car, five minutes later, he saw a friend of mine and me on the concrete 
ferry ramp. 20 ft away were two crocodiles sunning themselves on the ramp. 
Mouths open. 

6) I still have a rock that was picked up from a few feet before the Murchison 
Falls. When left in the sunlight, the copper in it sparkles. The copper % 
deemed it insufficient for a commercial mine then. The western govts will never 
allow the Ugandans to build a copper mine in that ecological area today. 

7) One of these days, something will prod me to write about a hunting incident 
and an almost crash I had on a light aircraft in Tanzania. We were laughing at 
the time but looking back at my mis-spent youth, I almost believe that I have a 
very powerful guardian angel.

Here is one of the pictures from that Ugandan trip of 1964.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45002663@N00/6988581645/in/photostream/

Mervyn


[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Kazari Jivitant Ankvarponnachea Mogak Zago Kiteak Nam?

2013-07-21 Thread lino dourado


 Kazari Jivitant Ankvarponnachea  Mogak Zago Kiteak Nam?
Doriachim lharam halot-dolot thoddir yevn khoddpacher funtalim ani titleach 
vegan tanche mogache ubav kallzantleant bhair sorun jiber funtale. Dog premi 
doria kinarer  vareachea modur dogar, chokchokit dhove renver bosun fuddaracheo 
gozali kori. Thoddea vellan somdirachea potant vochpi suria, nimnni uzvaddachim 
kirnam tancher fankartalo. Mogache umollxokin bhorlolim mogiam, apnnachim 
bhavnnam ekamekak visvasan ukttim kortalim. Somdirant  budd martolea suriak 
bott dakoun, cheddean mhontlem:
-Mhojean, tujea moga khatir sonvsarachea dusre vatten vochunk zata.
-Hoi? Ponn tum thoinch ravtolo? Cheddvan vicharlem.
-Suria, sonvsarachea dusre vatten vetana to thoinch ravona. Dusrea disa to 
porot uzvadd ghenv sonvsarak dita. Tech toren hanv tuzo suria zatalom ani 
mhojea lagim asa tem soglem tujem kortolom. Cheddean ummale uktaile.
-Khoreaninch tum kitlo doyall ani mogall mhojea sovem? Vell kiteak ogddaita? 
Bank-achoaccount mhojea nanvar kor. Cheddvan mhontlem.
-Duddu sukh dina punn ek bhorvonso dita. Duddu aslear oddchonim mekllo asta, 
hem sot. Punn duesant khoxttovtolo mon’xak, bholaiki vikot ghevnk mellona. 
Cheddean sanglem.
-Ami kazar zatoch, tujea huskeant ani trasant hanv vanttekar zaun tujea velem 
vozon lohu kortelim.
-Bhes borem chintop tujem. Punn mhaka koslech tras nhi mhunn chinta nam. 
Cheddean huskea meklleponn dakoll kelem.
-Tras ani chinta asunk ajun amche kazar zaunk nam. Kazara uprant darvontear 
ubim zatolim tufana poisavunk, eke ostorichi chodd goroz. Ostori kazara uprant 
sukh-dukh-ant vanttekar zata mhonn cheddvan ugddas kelo.
-Polle tim vhodd lharam. Vareachea forsar thoddir pavtta mhollear tanchem boll 
komi  zait veta. Tech toren, eka mekachea visvasponnacher ani sozmonicher 
jivitant yetlim moddam  poisavunk, dogaimchem ek mon, ek chinta ani sangatan 
teag kelear, darachea umbreavelem dukh amkam ken’nach chakunk mellchena. 
Mogache zoit eka mekachea visvasacher tevlolem asa mhonn cheddean kolit kelem.
-Toxem tor, amcho vell atam kazar zavpacho. Cheddvan mhontlem. Ani tannim 
Kazaracho Povitr Sakrament zhoddlo.
Thoddea tempan:
Kazari jodi nodixim pasoyek ghelim. Nodiche dheger choltana ghorkarnnichi vann 
udkan poddli. Ani udkachea lotar dusre vatten vochun, eka jilkuttache boddek 
xirkovli. Ghorkarnnin, ghorkarak mhonnlem.
-Hi poi. Mhoji vann boddek xirkovlea. Matxe vochun hadd.
-Asum. Novi ghevnchi. Sarko penvunk noko aslolea ghorkaran mhontlem.
-Ankvar astona sonvsarachea dusre vatten vochunk sodtalo tum. Tachich utram yad 
korun ghorkarnnin mhonllem ani fuddem uloili-Ugddas asa nhi tuka?  Igorjent, 
mhojea hatak dorun bhas diloli ti? Sukhan dukhan…
-Visortolom koso? Boxing suru zaunvche adim boxer-anchi ek rit, eka-mekak hat 
divnchi. Tanchem kestanv addavpak refri tori asta.
-Atam tujean mhaka koxem addavunk zata tem polletam hanv. Ani tinnem soroll 
nhodint udki marli. Kitloch vell ti disli nam. Ghorkaracho jiv bhiratin 
gholleak tenklo. Konnui tori pavchem mhunn tannem boball keli. Lok ekthovlo.
-Ghorkanin akasmat jiv divpachem kharan? Konn eklean vicharlem. 
-Tika natak korunk buddoun marpachi ikmot? Dusrean dubhav uktaylo. 
-Pulisek  haddun, haka ott’tok kelear boro. Oso tisro odmas kortana, nodhiche 
dusre vatten ghorkarnn udkantli vhoir sorun, vann xirkovloli thoinsor ravun 
mottean aroddli.
-Kazara adim, apnnacho jiv sonkotan ghalun mhaka salvar kortolo mhunn sangtalo. 
Atam kaposidad asa zalear mhaka vorunk yeo. Nam tor hanv haganch ravtam.
-Bailek haddunk voch re. Konnem tori eka mostean mhontlem, ani taka duklun 
nhodint udoilo. Ken’nanch udkan pevunk naslolo monis apnnalo jiv salvar korunk, 
udkacher mellta toxe hat marit ghorkarnniche dixen vetalo. Vhoir aslolea 
lokacheo bobo, huyeli ani talioanche avazar tachea angant boll nirman zalem, 
ani tech netar to novoch penvunk xiktolo khellgoddi, bhangarachi medal poilo 
inam zhoddunk, penvpache sortin bhitor sorla kai diso. Buddta-urta, buddta-urta 
mhonnosor konnem tori khobrakarank vomedia-k fon kelo. Sotasot panch 
potrkarancheo gaddi nodixim ubeo zaleo ten’na, ordo jiv nasloli ghorkarachi 
kudd ghorkannichea kakeant podttanch, kamerache flash chalu zale. Nodichi 
polltodd 30 miterancha ontorachi asli.
Dusrea disa potrancher mottea okxoramni boltich batmi vachunk mell’li.
Udkant Buddtolea Ghorkarak Kallizdar Ghorkarnnin Mornantlo Vattailo. 
Lino B. Dourado 
 
 
 .


[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day...

2013-07-21 Thread Gabe Menezes
Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqRl2GH_uc



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.


Re: [Goanet] IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?

2013-07-21 Thread floriano lobo

Dear George,

Rico seems to need more proof that the Press in Goa is Gagged and Caged. I 
think he should not go far but look not beyond the porch of his house. He 
will find plenty. :-)


It seems that those media houses that have started CTV Channels are charging 
Rs. 5000/- and onwards to interview/promote people etc. Paid brainwashing 
would you say??


Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
PS: We are glad, nay, happy that Aires has at last found out that the Press 
in Goa is Gagged and Caged.

:-)

- Original Message - 
From: George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com

To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?



IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?


The short answer is YES.

The long answer is YES, under both political parties. The press receives 
Govt. subsidies in the form of advertisements which is a revenue source, 
hence unlikely to criticize the govt. Also access to govt. is restricted 
or denied to adversarial press persons. The big press outfits in Goa are 
the mouthpieces of the big business owners, hence the slant on important 
issues. Also the press in Goa has not cultivated itself as integral to a 
functioning democracy, instead it is viewed as a peripheral item. Besides 
the press is Goa, like the press in the USA, comes across as partisan, 
hence self-marginalization. There are other reasons, lack of time does not 
permit me to expand.


George 




Re: [Goanet] Will not allow govt. to acquire land for Mopa airport : Pernem farmers

2013-07-21 Thread Edwin/Diana Pinto
Stating that the farmers from Pernem taluka are neither attracted to the 
compensation from the government towards their land, nor interested in their 
rehabilitation the MOPA VIMANTAI PEEDIT XETKARI SAMITI (MVPXS), an 
association of the Mopa airport affected farmers on Saturday said that it 
would not allow the government to acquire their land for the proposed Mopa 
International Airport.


Secretary of MVPXS, Sandeep Kambli, addressing a press conference in the 
city stated that the Warkhand, Cansarvarnem and Chandel villages in Pernem 
taluka have 24 lakh sq. metres, 13 lakh sq. metres and 8 lakh sq. metres of 
land under cultivation respectively and the governmnent now proposes to 
acquire the same for the airport proejct.


The farmers from these villages, who for generations together are 
cultivating paddy, besides growing cashew, mango and areca nut crops, are 
just not interested in selling their land Kambli added, maintaining that 
the government had already turned farmers around the state incompetent 
through its populist schemes by providing them with monthly doles and the 
farmers from Pernem don't desire the same fate.


We know how important it is to grow crops and vegetables, especially now 
that the central government is all set to reduce the food grain quota of the 
state he quipped. not a single farmer from the MPVXS has taken a single 
rupee of the govrnmetn compensation. When there are 2-3 petitions pending in 
the courts, the question of taking money doesn't arise. We are not ready to 
sell our fields he said.


It was informed that the governemtn has already acquired 74 lakh sq. metres 
of land to construct Mopa airport and needs another 10 lakh sq. metres land 
for construction of a special approach raod to the airport. Kambli also 
alleged that the governemtn is tryi8ng to acquire the land by ook or crook, 
by going to the extent of even adding names of tenants on I and XIV forms, 
even though these tenants have no supporting documents.


Speaking further, he said that the report of the ICAO suggests that the Mpa 
INternational Airport would not be sustainable without other ancillary 
proejcts like a cyber city, the Keri jetty, sports city at Dhargal, a 
starred hotel and golf course at Reracol and so on. All these 
infrastructureal proejcts will damage the eco sensitive PErnem taluka 
including the Mopa village, which is a part of the Western Ghats he 
mentioned, noting that deforestation of the Mopa plateau as well as 
surrounding slopes will be dangerous for Goa's environment.


Finally, Kambli strongly came out against another group People for Mopa 
International Airport which has demanded Mopa to be made the only 
international airport by handing over Dabolim airport to the Indian Navy as 
a defence base. This group is supported by a political force and consists 
of people with vested interests he alleged, maintaining that the residents 
from Salcete are rationally thinking peple and therefore the Pernem farmers 
have joined their opposition to the proposed Mopa International Airport. 
However, we don't interpret the issue as a North Goa-South Goa conflict he 
concluded. 



Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 473-Ration Card

2013-07-21 Thread John Gomes
The problem is simple. Politicians vote bank and corruption. Ration Card IS 
ONLY FOR RATIONS! Today it is legally and officially (Our Civil Supplies Dept 
has even sent a notification/published in newspapers on Consumer Protection 
Council insistence) NOT VALID FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE! Why all these 
illegalities, no action on illegalities,and poor people in these difficult 
times where essential commodities prices have gone through the roof, NOW CANNOT 
GET A RATION CARD,EVEN IF THEY SURRENDER THEIR VILLAGE CARD/OBTAIN PROOF, and 
they have an Aadhar card, children in school and a bank account ? Any citizen 
of India anywhere should not die of starvation or for that matter children due 
mid-day meals? Million of tons of government stored food grains rotted, year 
after year, no politician or bureaucrat punished, infected food grains through 
PDS etc. What an irony! 





Message: 6
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:08:04 +0530
From: Camillo Fernandes camillofernan...@hotmail.com
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [Goanet] How to be a Goan in 8 steps?   www.thegoan.net
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        How to be a Goan in 8 steps?
        From a ration card to EPIC, to a driving licence to a Passport and now 
the Aadhaar Card, becoming a Goan is easy for a migrant
        
        
          
          Team Goan ,Mangor 20 July 2013
        This is easily the mother of all stories on
the politics of migration. A former Vasco Councillor - a migrant - had his name
in three electoral rolls, one in Vasco and two in his native Uttar Pradesh.But 
as we found out, you don?t need to be
councilor to be on electoral rolls easily. The seemingly innocuous ration card
creates new Goans. A journey through the slums of Mangor is a revelation of how
Goa has enabled many migrants to have dual identities and hence dual benefits.
One as a Goan and another one back home.?Though it has become stringent now, it 
was
very much possible in the past to make a Ration Card which would open up
multiple opportunities for you,? explains Anil Chopdekar, former Vasco
Councillor from Mangor. The process is fairly simple. A migrant labour first
comes to Goa and takes up a job. The luckier ones get registered with a
contractor, while the free floaters search for jobs at daily wages. Next they
approach the local panch or councillor to get a ration card. ?We get food
cheaper from the government with the ration card and then we can also include
the names of our family members and relatives when they join us later,?
explains Seetharamaiah K from Bijapur who resides in Patrong, Baina. These
ration cards as we found out are separated into different ration cards as the
family expands.The ration card is next used to apply for a
driving license and including the migrant?s name in the voter?s list as well.
Both require a No Objection Certificate from the landlord and the local panch
or councillor who willingly obliges. ?We were constantly under pressure from
the local MLAs past and present, and other elected representatives and party
functionaries to include names in voter?s list not very long ago. Thankfully
now we insist on deletion certificates, which are proof of that fact that you
have deleted your name from a ration card in your earlier place of residence,?
says a senior official at Mamlatdar?s Office in Vasco.The ration card emerges 
as key factor too,o
in getting the migrant a permanent address of sorts that helps him procure his
PAN Card, open a bank account, apply for a driving license and even apply for a
passport. ?Why just these documents, even the Adhaar card can be made using the
ration card. What we have is one document that is illegal, since the migrant
has often not surrendered his card back home, to create a whole series of
documents?, points activist Yatish Naik. No wonder then that many of Goa?s MLAs
have offered to setup Adhaar card kendras in their own offices.









The migrant continues to have a permanent
home away from home and a dual identity thanks to a willing governance system.
        
                How to be a Goan: A migrant's primer
        
        STEP 1 - Get Ration Card 

Helping Hand ? landlord?s NOC + local MLA?s
letter or local Panch / Councillor undertaking)


STEP 2 ? Get Gas / Electricity / Water /
Telephone Connection 

Helping Hand ? Ration card plus landlord?s
NOC and letter from local MLA 


STEP 3 ? Inclusion in Voter?s List 

Helping Hand ? Ration Card + local MLA?s or
local Panch / Councillor?s letter, and Affidavit of residence)


STEP 4 ? EPIC or Voter?s Identity Card 

Helping Hand ? Inclusion in Voter?s List


STEP 5 ? Driving Licence 

Helping Hand ? Ration Card


STEP 6 - Bank Account 

Helping Hand ? Ration Card or EPIC or
Driving Licence


STEP 7 ? Passport 

Helping Hand ? Ration Card + Driving
License + EPIC


STEP 8 ? Aadhaar Card 

Helping Hand ? 

[Goanet] Priests estate etc

2013-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
Priests estate etc
When some priests die prematurely or otherwise, there are often fights 
amongst the legal heirs  (brothers/sisters etc) for the huge estate 
left behind by the deceased.
Should there be a case like this, I feel, the church should take over 
such ill-gotten wealth etc which got amassed after becoming the priest. 
Be it from the foreign trips, business or some donations that are 
unaccounted for. Priesthood is not a profession or a business entity. 
They should not own huge bank balances, properties (Land. Buildings etc) 
other than their  share in the ancestral property.
Priests are supposed to be next to God but when was the last time we heard 
of a saintly priest after Venerable Agnelo D’Souza that’s about 86 years ago?
‘ami sogle nitoll nant’ and that’s includes Godmen.

JEZU NAKA MAKA GIRESKAI
JEZU KANN GHE SOGLI BODDAI
JEZU NAKA MAKA VODDVIK
JEZU KANN GHE SONGLI PODVI

Tunch Jezu, Tunch maka zai
Tunch Jezu, Tunch maka zai

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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] Is Raising FDI Limits A Reform

2013-07-21 Thread U. G. Barad
Poor response on FDI in multi brand retail indicates that investors are not
interested.

Reforms may help rich people and corporate houses but definitely for common
man - the Aam Aadmi. Aam Aadmi is concerned with how much he has to spend
from his pocket for day-to-day survival.  He is not bothered of any other
thing. And today our Economy is just crashing down and down day after day!
Is this called Reforms? 

If this were a TV serial, we would have run a background laugh track on the
following news headlines: 1) Government unleashes big-bang FDI reforms; And
2) Posco walks out of the biggest FDI project in Karnataka Ironically, both
headlines happened on the same day. 
 
The two sets of news, however, summarizes the ground reality: There is a
huge difference between announcement and actual inflows. Take the case of
the government’s much-publicized FDI in multi-brand retail. Nothing has come
out from opening up of FDI in multi-brand retail. None of the players are
keen on investing in India as the riders are unrealistic. 

Just the announcement of opening up of FDI cannot be termed as a reform. The
announcement in no way makes India an attractive investment destination! It
is only the ease of doing business that attracts entrepreneurs. But this
would require governance, which the present government seems incapable of.

Indian businessmen are also not investing in India and prefer other
countries because of various hurdles and government’s policy of repeatedly
changing the rules of the game after capital has been committed. 
 
Till the government offers single-window speedy clearances, the announcement
will be treated as a lip service. Analysts might call term announcements as
reforms and try to pump up the market, but the ground reality is that it
amounts to nothing. The maximum it would do is allow telecom players to
buyout their Indian partners. 
 
The day the government creates a transparent and easy way of doing business
in India, there will be enough Indian entrepreneurs lining up to set up
businesses. The country would then not require foreigners to help in
employment creation. They would in fact be pleading for a toe-hold.
 
BACK TO POSCO. Signed in 2010, Posco’s 6-million-tonne steel refinery failed
to take off because it DID NOT GET LAND. The company was planning to invest
$6 billion in the refinery, which at the time of its announcement was the
biggest FDI for the year. The company is also suffering a similar fate in
Odisha, where it has also not received land.

Apparently, Posco had promised to set up a 12-million-tonne refinery in the
country by bringing in the biggest FDI by any company of $12 billion.
Announced in 2005, the company could never get hold of its land. 
 
Posco is not the only company that is facing several bureaucratic hurdles.
World Bank ranks India 132nd for doing business. The country ranks 173rd in
terms of starting a business and 182nd in getting permits and enforcing
them. 

(http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/dear-fm-raising-fdi
-limits-is-not-reform-113071700546_1.html ) 




[Goanet] Handling heart attacks - thegoan.net

2013-07-21 Thread Camillo Fernandes

Handling heart attacks
A Goan company comes out with the smallest ECG heart monitor that run 
on mobiles


  
  Bharati Pawaskar / The Goan   20 July 2013

   There is good news for heart patients in
Goa. A Goan technology company, Kallows Engineering, has recently released two
innovative products in the Indian medicine market – ‘ultra-portable heart
monitors that run on mobiles or tablets. They will now be able to transmit
their live ECG of to the cardiologist’s smartphone from anywhere in the world.

“We expect these products to revolutionise
the portable ECG monitor market as they provide several key advances over
current ECG monitors,” says Gajanan Nagarsekar, Managing Director of Kallows
whose idea was to save lives by creating something ultra-portable and seamless
in the practical world.Patents for Kallows products (a 3-lead ECG
monitor called MobMon 3.0 and a 12-lead ECG monitor called MobMon 12.0) may be
the world’s smallest ECG monitors of their kind and patents for them are
covered for in India and USA. They fit in the palm of the hand and also have a
pulse oximeter for measuring blood oxygen levels. 12-lead ECG with SpO2 (pulse
Oximeter) – record, store, review and transfer all functions very seamlessly
through an Android application. This has been designed by Kallows employees in
Goa.“Our products do not require AC line power
as they are battery operated, and do not require a special ECG strip printer or
paper (as the ECG signals can be printed with any PC printer). However, the
revolutionary feature is the ability to send the patient’s ECG to a remote
physician by ringing his mobile and displaying a live feed thereon,” shares
Kevin S Kreger, Director and Chief Technology Officer for Kallows, currently in
Goa.

The remote viewing of the patient’s ECG
provides lifesaving minutes. In addition to giving a cardiologist, the
convenience of viewing the patient’s ECG remotely, the MobMon alerts the doctor
to the patient’s condition, such as if he is suffering a heart attack while the
patient is still in the hands of the first responder. Typically, the patient
may be visiting his general practitioner (GP), attended by an ambulance
technician, or at hospital’s emergency room. In these situations there may not
be a cardiologist available so the patient’s ECG can be immediately sent to a
cardiologist for diagnosis. The cardiologist from any corner of the world can
instruct whoever is attending the patient to administer treatment immediately,
such as a clot busting agent or the like. 


“We expect this feature to be a key
wherever a cardiologist is not immediately available, especially in rural
areas. Thus, our lifesaving product could be widely used by GPs, ambulances,
and emergency rooms,” says  Kreger who
has a BS (EE), MS (EE), Juris Doctorate (Patent Law) to his credit along with
25 years of experience working in the field of Digital Signal Processing
applied to electronic hardware, firmware and software programming. 

“My American partner Kreger has worked with
some prestigious names in the USA such as GE Medical Systems, Allen Bradley
(now Rockwell Automation), Siemens and has mentored and consulted for several
advanced engineering projects,” informs Nagarsekar who along with Kreger hail
from GE Healthcare Technologies. “Kallows was founded in Goa in 2007. We began
operations by providing consulting services for National Institute of
Oceanography (NIO),” discloses Nagarsekar who himself is BE (ETC), MTech
(Biomedical) and MS (EE) with six years of experience in product and research.
Nagarsekar has worked with Wipro GE Medical Systems (in India and USA),
University of California at San Diego and University of Wisconsin at Miwaukee. 

Kallows team worked with local engineering
college, to train a team of final year engineers in programming applications
(‘apps’) for smartphones. As an early mover in mobile apps Kallows began
planning for the expansion of the mobile medical app marketplace. 

These efforts were recognised at the
Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Competition 2011 to bag the second place in
the ‘Information Technology’ category for medical products in the US, which
landed an early investment bid from a Goan investor in 2012. 

The pricing is Rs 15,000 which is utilised
in saving a life and giving a lot less stress to a Cardiologist. The Goa
government is in process to initiate a feasibility study on these user friendly
products since April 2013. The company is seeking potential buyers in
hospitals, ambulance companies, government for rural primary health centres and
district hospital connect, doctors and chronic heart patients.“We are currently 
seeking more interested
investors to raise money for marketing and sales of these products in India. We
will soon move to USA once we receive regulatory approval from US FDA,”
concludes Nagarsekar. 
  

Re: [Goanet] IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?

2013-07-21 Thread Jose Colaco
Frederick FN Noronha  wrote in response to George Pinto:  the new-found 
expertise that the expat Goan seem to have in all subjects under the Goa sun 
frightens me sometimes

COMMENT:

While research is underway to try reverse some forms of blindness, there is 
little one can do to reverse Ostrichian Denial in a smart but brainwashed 
individual who possibly believes that the best way to express oneself is to 
express the 'way I will allow you to'.

Also, one sees significant evidence of InPat Goan expertise which has truly 
helped Goa over the past several decades.

And yes FN, it may not be the 'subjects under the Goa sun' but just the Summer 
Goa Sun or perhaps, just you which frightens you enough to react unreasonably 
sharply to George.

Floriano Lobo has it right. Viva brainwashing ! Viva expression control ! Viva 
! 

jc





[Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-21 Thread Jose Colaco
The Indian Constitution prohibits discrimination against its citizens on 
grounds of religion, race, caste, sex (Article 15)

Is it true that Gen Candeth issued an order in 1961/1962 relating to WHITE 
Portuguese?

If so, does the Indian Constitution allow discrimination on the basis of Race 
against non-citizens?

Or  Was Gen Candeth just a racist?

Or ...are we all racists and don't own up to it?

jc



Re: [Goanet] IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?

2013-07-21 Thread Eugene Correia
Of all the people, Aires should be last one to comment on the media in Goa.
He keeps on using it successfully to meet his own purpose and utility. He
takes the slightest opportunity to make his views known on all available
media outlets, be it print, electronic or web. He has been cosy with
editors and journalists as much as he's been cosy with politicians. He has
his bread buttered on both sides.

The media worldwide has its faults as shown by the Murdoch affair in UK and
many cases in US and in India. The media is a multi-fangled monster and it
doesn't feed on just few things. In this age, making money has become a
prime duty of many news outlets. The missionary zeal of media as seen in
olden days has given way to new paths.

It's an unhealthy trend to charge for interviews but, I suppose, only the
gullible and financially weak media outlets are employing such tactics. The
established and recognized media will fear going into such a direction.

Floriano was gushing with pride for having been interviewed by Niz Goenkar
as he claimed he's never been interviewed on TV by any recognized TV
stations in Goa. Tell me in all frankness Floriano if getting interview by
Niz Goenkar is something to shout about?

I wanted to say this earlier but I felt it would taken as personal because
of my ongoing tussle with the site which has claimed it has expelled me,
as if I was a member of the site for which I sent articles that were either
published elsewhere or distributed also to other websites.

I felt sorry for you Floriano that you were at times lectured and had to
listen patiently to the rambling of the interviewer. It was less jarring,
to use a mild word, than the interview the same Menino Sir took of Aires.
If one justaposes both interviews I come to the conclusion that the
so-called journalist is out of depth on such a media platform. I know TV as
I have done a course in TV at Toronto's Humber College and have done some
work  at my place of work.

Floriano, you beef is with serious channels then I must say that I haven't
taken a closer look at those operating in Goa. As for the print, it's a
fact that some of newspapers and mags are owned by mining houses or high
net-worth businessmen. Those like Mathany, Erasmo de Sequeira and Surendra
Furtado failed to sustain their print publications. I doubt if at least one
daily in Goa is making money or if the new weekly, The Goan on Saturday,
will break even for a very long time.

As you were very close to Goan Observer at one time, you should know
Floriano. If GO is making money I am not sure but rumours have it that it
has supported from at least one industralist. The media vs politicians
battle will never end. Ultimately, the reading public is the good and the
judgements that come out from them is often unbalanced and nonconsistent.
The media is a necessary evil and those in the public space like you must
adjust or neglect it.

Eugene


[Goanet] Roland Francis: The Bombay Tiatr - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

2013-07-21 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter, 21 Jul. 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk

Full Text:
It was around ten that humid morning and much of the perspiring Goan
population of Byculla was streaming into the wide gates of the magnificent
Gloria Church for the Sunday high mass.  Ladies were in their Sunday best,
some of them with hats, gloves and stockings but all of them in gloves
covering their delicate and often masala-grinding hands. The men in their
starched shirts and cotton light summer jackets lagged behind, for the
purpose of an exit route should the priest repeat his tendency to a long and
boring sermon.

Around the corner of the church outside a small bookstore selling rosaries,
medals, Konkani literature, song books and of course tiatr tickets, was
Peter Fernandes the owner. Although this was his peak business time he was
more interested in chatting with his favorite actor Robin Vaz. A six footer
and handsome to boot, Robin was lounging near the church not so much to
watch the fine Goan ladies and men but to shadow the more plebeian crowd
that followed - the domestics, the nearby Mazagon Dock and Port Trust
workers families and the simple people who resided in the nearby warrens of
the massive BIT Blocks, locally called 'cement chawls'. For it was these
folks who would populate his 'Agente Monteiro' play that was to debut in the
St. Mary's school hall only a few bus stops away.

He was not afraid of a lack of patrons. He was confident of his popularity
and the crowds that he could draw ever since he came onto the Konkani stage
popularizing the mandos through a dance form. He popularized the role of a
kunbi dancer more than an actor. If there was any doubt about the crowds, it
would be dispelled by a star cast of Bombay's best tiatrists. Robin Vaz was
every tiatrist's friend and they were keen on supporting him. The community
was closed knit and prey to two big flaws. They drank to excess and then
some. The other was a complete lack of interest in the revenue their plays
generated.  They could have been rich men but merely eked out a living one
month to another, mostly because they let the organizers, and agents hit
them in the pockets. They were happy with one for the love, and none for the
money.

The church crowds were exiting and Robin's purpose was for this very moment.
They were going to talk about the evening's play and he wanted to know what
they wanted for the intermission fillers - the skits, the songs, the music
of the live bands, the jokes on Bandodkar and the recent liberation. That
was what would make or break the play, not the play itself. Everybody had an
opinion, but one thing came out clearly; with such a star cast they wanted
the songs and jokes repeated and they wanted to see Robin Vaz dance.  That
was unanimous. Robin was happy, having heard what he came for and he would
do as they wished.

The talent and versatility of the tiatrists in Bombay was a thing of beauty.
So were the bands that accompanied them. They barely had any rehearsals, the
actor hardly learned the script, the musicians never got to practice the
notes. But no matter what, these men were maestros in their own calling.
Some players of the band were known to even international musicians passing
through Bombay. The tiatr organizers were lucky to book them from their
hang-out near Alfred Restaurant in Dhobitalao, often for a pittance.

It was sunset now and Robin Vaz along with a few of the performers were
exiting their watering place at Monteiro's just outside the venue where they
were downing drinks the past hour. It was already ten minutes past starting
time and they were primed for the stage and eager to give their best. Robin
was going to be Agente Monteiro himself, the big bad Paclo in whose unkind
hands would rest the fate of any Indian trouble makers within Goa and at the
end of whose revolver barrel would lie the lives of many 'satyagrahis'
(freedom fighters) entering Goa for nefarious purposes from the Portuguese
point of view. He was meant to be a villain to the pro-Indians in the crowd
and a hero to the pro-Portuguese. Robin had to fill in both roles and he
outdid himself. 

So did the rest of the cast, every last man and woman of them. At the end,
they clapped, stomped, yelled and whistled. The auditorium shook and old Fr
Bonifacio Dias, the kindly Jesuit tiatr-loving priest under whose favor the
hall was given out, muttered under his breath about talking to the tiatrists
not to drink and excel as much the next time, it was not good for the
building.  He knew that kindness and mercy, forgiveness and excellence, for
a Goan, all emanated from a bottle.
===



Re: [Goanet] IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?

2013-07-21 Thread Eugene Correia
I forgot to add in my last post that Aires is not making a statement but
rather asking a question. I am surprised Aires doesn't know the answer to
his own question or is he just fishing? Unfortunate that the media
outlets as private businesses are out of bound for Aires much-use weapon,
RTI.

Aires has been given wide space in magazines with interviews and there's
hardly a day when his name doesn't appear in the news pages of Goan
newspapers. His contributions to Niz Goenkar are comparatively three times
more than any other contributor to the site. Some of his contributions are
just news bits but come under the articles category. For a sample, the
piece, CCP COFFERS EMPTY BUT MAYOR WANTS A PLUSH NEW CAR by Adv. Aires
Rodrigues is 246-word long, including the headline and his byline.

The earlier one, EXTENDING SCHOOL TIMINGS A VERY FAULTY DECISION by Adv.
Aires Rodrigues, is 236-word long, including the headline and his byline.

Aires, as is his wont, fires with all guns blazing and in every direction.
One thing for sure, he doesn't fire away at some of the critical comments
against him on the Niz Goenkar or other websites. In a way, I think that's
good because it saves him from getting into a confrontational stance with
commentators who can be very nasty and insulting, induling often in
name-calling. As we know some of them use pseudonyms and when questioned
their answers are that that names don't matter what the written stuff. It's
a nice escapist route.

Wasn't it the main reason why Alina Saldanha was reluctant to give an
interview to NG though she agreed later on but the NG team couldn't make it
to her office the second time as the car the team was travelling in with an
accident, according to Menino Sir.

She was right in pointing out her displeasure for the editor to let in
insulting words against her and Mathany. Defending as freedom of
expression doesn't cut it. I moderated list needs to adhere to rules and
regulations, as used by moderated sites. Would the site allow insulting
words against the editor? If so, let  me know and I will get someone to do
so. I won't do for personal reasons.

The interviews are an insult to the art of interviewing and also falls
far short of standard in quality of presentation and delivery. In the
interview with Aires, Menino Sir is seeing running his nose twice and that
too without the use of tissue or handkerchief. In the interview with
Florianobab, Menino Sir inserts finger in his ear and then rubs whatever
stuff he got from his ear between his two fingers. It shows poor editing.
No excuses, please.

Florianobab let it pass first time when Menino Sir said Parrikar was RSS
man and not a Goan but told his interviewer that one can be RSS and also a
Goan. Floriano forcefully insisted that Parrikar is a Goan.

Goanetters can judge for themselves. I expect a barrage of criticism on NG.
where some use two or maybe more email ids. If those on this forum want to
indulge in media criticism, I am game for it. But also take a good look at
some of the websites and see if these critics can find how good these sites
are.  As in the rest of the world, India also has good media watchdog
sites. One Goa-based media watchdog site had to close down because of legal
threats from some newspaper bosses or their editors. It was unfortunate but
that's reality. It's a wrap.

Eugene Correia


[Goanet] Fwd: Konkani Wikipedia Workshop

2013-07-21 Thread augusto pinto
Dear All

This is another initiative that may interest many of you. Do try and
contribute to the Konkani Wiki Project if you can or inform those who may
be interested.

Regards
Augusto




-- Forwarded message --
From: Nitika Tandon nit...@cis-india.org
Date: Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Subject: Konkani Wikipedia Workshop
To: Alito Siqueira al...@unigoa.ac.in, madhavikonk...@gmail.com,
Librarian Goa University librar...@unigoa.ac.in
Cc: Vishnu Vardhan vis...@cis-india.org, Subhashish Panigrahi 
subhash...@cis-india.org


Hello to everyone,

Hope you all are doing well and enjoying the rains in Goa. :-)

Me and my team would like to commence its work in Goa to spread awareness
about Wikipedia. We'll be coming down to Goa towards the end of this month
to organise *Konkani Wikipedia workshops*. I'm writing to check with you if
you'd like to organise one at Goa University especially for students
interested in Konkani.

Like last time, we'd want to limit the number of participants to maximum 20
and would require access to computers and internet in your computer lab.
Days following the workshop we'll be orgniasing 2 day long event - a
Konkani translation sprint and Wikipedia edit-a-thon. All the participants
who attend our workshop will be invited for these 2 events. (we are also
considering giving out certificates to students)

Please let me know if you, your staff and students will be interested to
organise this workshop on the 26th or 27th July. Also if you could figure
out what's the best time to conduct this workshop and inform me about the
same.

In addition, our Programme Director - Vishnu Vardhan (I think you all have
already met/spoken with him) would also like to discuss with you the
possibility of doing a Wikipedia Education Program at Goa University. Maybe
once we come down to Goa for the workshop would be the best time to take
this up.

We have great plans to spread awareness about Konkani Wikipedia in the
coming year and we look forward to your cooperation.

Looking forward to hear from you soon.

Thanks
Nitika Tandon
Program Manager
+91-8447744189
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[Goanet] ALERT: Sancoale and Issorcim Village areas WITHDRAWN from Vasco-da-Gama Planning Area

2013-07-21 Thread Goa Desc
Department of Town  Country Planning
__
Order
No. 4-5-2-84-UDD/Part/TCP/2013/2665
The Government vide Notification No. 4-5-2-84-
-UDD/Part/TCP/2013/2109 dated 28-05-2013 has
withdrawn the Sancoale and Issorcim Village
areas from “Vasco-da-Gama Planning Area”.
Consequently, the jurisdiction of Mormugao
PDA over these Village areas seize to exist.

Consequent to withdrawal of said Village area
from the Planning Area, the Mormugao Taluka
office of the Department will have the jurisdiction
over said Village areas.

Approval of the Government is hereby conveyed
to adopt regulation 6.1.1 (c) of the Goa Land
Development and Building Construction Regulations,
2010 and to adopt the erstwhile Outline
Development Plan for Vasco-da-Gama Planning
Area, 2011 during the interim period till the
new Regional Plans are prepared and notified
by the Government.

All the applications for Technical Clearance,
Land Acquisition, NOC for Conversion,
17-A permissions, Zoning information,
sub-division of land, completion certificates, etc.
to be submitted to the Branch office of the Town 
Country Planning Department at Vasco.

This is issued with the approval of the
Government obtained vide Note No. Gen/Tech/
/Pt file/MTP/TCP/13/2318 dated 12-06-2013.

Sd/- (S. T. Puttaraju), Chief Town Planner 
Ex Officio Joint Secretary.
Panaji, 10th July, 2013.
  ---
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA
SERIES III No.16 Dated 18TH JULY 2013 page 504
--


[Goanet] Fwd: If you need some help with the poster we can send it around

2013-07-21 Thread augusto pinto
Dear All

I'm enclosing below the poster for the Kavrivarya Bakibab Borkar Chair for
Comparative Literature Research Professorship Programme where the poets
Ashok Vajpeyi and Jeet Thayil will be in Goa to interact with students of
Goa University and the Goan public at large. I'm sure this will interest
many. Please pass on the information to those who may benefit from this.

Augusto

-- 


Augusto Pinto
40, Novo Portugal
Moira, Bardez
Goa, India
E pinto...@gmail.com
P 0832-2470336
M 9881126350


[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] 17th Sunday of the Year

2013-07-21 Thread Jude Botelho
17-Jul-2013
 
Dear Friend,
 
As believers we are all aware of the need of prayer as well as the importance 
of prayer in our lives. Yet many find it difficult to pray and there are 
moments in our lives when we wonder whether prayer makes any difference at all. 
It is interesting to note that even secular science is admitting the growing 
importance of prayer and its impact on human life. How then should we pray? The 
only way we learn to pray is by praying! Have a prayer-filled weekend bringing 
our life into prayer and prayer into our life! Fr. Jude
 
Sunday Reflections: 17th Sunday of the Year: Pray as you are and pray as you 
believe! 28-Jul-2013
Readings: Genesis 18: 20-32Colossians 2: 12-14Luke 11: 
1-13
 
The first reading introduces us to Abraham as he intercedes with God for the 
city of Sodom and Gomorrah. What strikes us immediately is the tone of the 
conversation between Abraham and God. It certainly implies a relationship. 
Firstly, we see Abraham pleading not for himself but for the needs of others. 
Secondly, what comes across through the reading is the belief that good people 
matter and have a tremendous influence on others. Thirdly, we see that Abraham 
perseveres in his pleading with the Lord. The point of the passage is not that 
prayer changes God but rather that prayer gives us a share in His power and 
definitely, that prayer changes us so that we can accept whatever is God's will 
for us.
 
Prayer -Sharing in God's Power
Jim Johnson was given the job of saving a failing hotel. Other managers had 
tried, but unsuccessfully. The hotel was in a now-or-never situation. Jim 
decided to try something different. Each night he drove to the top of a hill 
overlooking the hotel and the city. He parked his car and sat there for the 
next 20 minutes praying. Jim prayed for the hotel guests, relaxing behind the 
lighted windows. He prayed for the hotel employees and for their families. He 
prayed for the people, who did business with the hotel. Finally, he prayed for 
the city and its people. Night after night, Jim drove to the top of the hill, 
parked his car and prayed the same prayer. Soon the situation at the hotel 
started to improve. A new confidence radiated from its employees. A new warmth 
welcomed and greeted each new guest. A new spirit permeated its operation. The 
hotel experienced a remarkable rebirth thanks to the nightly prayer of Jim 
Johnson.
Norman Vincent Peale
 
The Gospel of today has three sections, all dealing with prayer. While the 
first part deals with the prayer 'The Our Father', the other two sections 
illustrate the attitude and dispositions for prayer. The model prayer of Jesus 
starts with calling God 'Father', which was something unique that Jesus could 
say and which we have the privilege to say in and through Jesus. Our prayer 
becomes like Jesus' when we can call God our 'Abba', 'Papa', 'Dada', 'Pai', the 
term of endearment that we use at home. Next, the model prayer reminds us of 
what should be our priorities. Too often our prayer is individualistic, focused 
on 'I', 'myself'. In stead the 'Our Father' starts with focusing on God: Holy 
be Your Name, Your Kingdom come! The perfect form of prayer is praise, and 
working for the His Kingdom every day. In the second part Jesus turns to asking 
for human needs and here too the sequence is noteworthy. It starts with, Give 
us this day our daily bread. We
 ask not only for ourselves but for others as well. For the Israelites, the 
bread given by Yahweh was never eaten alone but always in community, food was 
for sharing. We ask for 'daily bread' not all the quota for a life time! Our 
asking every day keeps us humble enough to realize we cannot manage by 
ourselves and we need God every day of our life. The daily bread implied not 
only the physical food we need but also the spiritual nourishment provided by 
prayer. The last part of the 'Our Father' reminds us that just as we need 
physical and spiritual nourishment we also need God's mercy and forgiveness, 
because, in spite of our best intentions and promises, we falter often in life. 
'Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us', 
reminds us that we show our own acceptance of God's forgiveness when we forgive 
others. The final petition, 'Do not bring us to the test but deliver us from 
all evil', does not imply that God tempts us
 rather we are asking not to be tested beyond our limit. Saints are not those 
who are never tempted but who in spite of temptations found their strength in 
God.
 
I was waiting for you to call on me!
The boy walked along the ocean shore trying not to stray. He looked up to his 
father saying, Dad, I want to play. His father looked upon him, with love 
showing in his eyes. Do what you want to, my son but do not leave my side. I 
would never leave you Daddy, I love you way too much. But the boy took a step 
away, out of his father's range of touch. He walked through the surf, the 

[Goanet] Devil's Advocate - Karan Thapar

2013-07-21 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Apropos the discussion we had on Goanet on the interview of Manohar
Parrikar by Shekhar Gupta on Walk the Talk, here is one by Karan Thapar on
Devil's Advocate grilling Ravi Shankar Prasad. Watch the difference.
http://ibnlive.in.com/shows/Devil%2727s-Advocate.html

Regards,

Marshall


Re: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-21 Thread Patrice Riemens
Re:
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:41:34 -0400
From: Jose Colaco cola...@gmail.com
To: goa...@goanet.org goa...@goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

The Indian Constitution prohibits discrimination against its citizens on
grounds of religion, race, caste, sex (Article 15)

Is it true that Gen Candeth issued an order in 1961/1962 relating to WHITE
Portuguese?

If so, does the Indian Constitution allow discrimination on the basis of Race
against non-citizens?

Or  Was Gen Candeth just a racist?

Or ...are we all racists and don't own up to it?

jc



The Indian Constitution itself is 'racist', since it grants a separate,
and protective, status to Anglo-Indians, a category that can only be
described as being constructed on 'racist', or at least 'ethnicist' terms
since it is based on particular lineage, in casu 'European descent'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Indian

It would not surprise me if Jose Colaco himself belonged to that category.

'Racism-in-reverse', especially towards 'whites' is a very complex and
little discussed issue. But ever since the XVth century and the age of the
discoveries, the 'white race' has not only considered itself superior but
has also been widely considered as such by other, and I am not certain it
happened entirely by its own doing.

By now, the sceptered race (*) is slowly losing its shine, and I have
witnessed myself this steady erosion of status in India, which is possibly
influenced by an influx in large numbers of people perceived as 'white
trash' - usually of Slavic origin. (I remember reading an article on the
phenomenon, in Africa, but can't find it back).

Anyway, to go back to General Candeth, he probably was merely going by the
customs of his time: 'you do not touch whites'.

Cheers from happy, multicultural Oslo (not always)
p+5-3D!


(*) -Walter Savage Landor, on the grave of Rose Aylmer, Calcutta



Re: [Goanet] IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?

2013-07-21 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Frederick FN Noronha  wrote in response to George Pinto:  the new-found 
expertise that the expat Goan seem to have in all subjects under the Goa sun 
frightens me sometimes



FN,
What is really frightening is when journalist in Goa only have the courage to 
write about 1961 and thereabouts. The bravest write about mining in the 1970's.

No journalist has the courage to write about the environmental destruction of 
today. No journalist writes about the hundreds of million of dollars of lost 
revenue from mining. No one writes about the horrendously erratic supply of 
electricity and water. No journalist writes about corruption. Worst of all, no 
one writes of the lack of a plan for the future.

I do not blame these journalist. The cold fact is even if they do chose to 
write about the present, they will not get their work published as the owners 
of the media are the very people debauching the society. Journalist have been 
put on notice that if they expose anything that the owners do not want exposed, 
the journalist will be be blacklisted. 

I find it really disgusting when someone outside Goa points out to the 
abnormalities in Goa and those in Goa respond with, Ooooh! those outside Goa 
think they are the experts.  


My retort is that some journalist in Goa have decided to take the easy road and 
become the experts of 1961 and the past. What they specialize in, is writing 
about 'traditional' occupations that are unsustainable. Making salt, taping 
coconut trees for heavens sake, growing rice. These occupations, just like 
making cow patties to burn, are occupations for the illiterate. Goans are 
blessed with intelligence. And those that are educated realise that they have 
to take their education and brains outside Goa if they are to benefit from both.

It is frightening, very frightening, when the journalist in Goa just cannot 
report things the way they are today.

Mervyn


Re: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-21 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Jose, I don't think so. No more than a lowly pawn in the Indian strategy.

I met the man himself, rather percursorily, just a couple of times; was quite 
an affable,
militarilly brusque, chap. 

But I have closely interacted with a few of his close relatives  my 
impressions are derived 
from those associations.

However, the veritable b-d (yes, very much a one both, naturally  
characteristically), 
Handoo, Nehru's natural half-brother, was very much a misenthrope; outwardly 
suave but,
indeed, very bitterly anti- many things, primarilly Christians.

He had the absolute overiding powers over the military administrators.

General Kandeth's appointment, like A.V. Marshal Pinto's, to spearhead the 
invasion, conquest 
 subsequent annexation of Goa, also euphimistically called 'Operation Vijay', 
was motivated by 
Nehru's contention that being Catholics, they would successfully hoodwink the 
gullible Goans, 
largely pertaining the servile ABC echelons.

To these, perhaps unwitting, Catholic pawns was later on added Albano Couto, 
after a diligent 
search of the Civil Services' cadres. A few other minor ranks as well.

In such machiavellian set up, it has been established (total declassification 
of relevant data will
further confirm facts) that the dram-happy/illusioned Nehru was abetted  
assisted by Valerian 
Gracias  Frank Moraes, both fellow inbibing boon companions.

(From among many other such, often quixotic war-councils held in such venues as 
the BCC, resulted 
Salazar's frustrating fiasco in rushing reinforcements to the insignificant 
Goan garrison through the 
Suez.)

My info comes from impeccable, many of them departed, sources which I will 
disclose in a chapter or 
two of a planned expose I am, albeit sluggihly, working upon.

Alfred de Tavares, alfredtava...@hotmail.com,
Stockholm, Sweden.

Tel/res: 0046 759 6214; cell: 0046 70 295 4091




 From: cola...@gmail.com
 Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:41:34 -0400
 To: goa...@goanet.org
 Subject: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?
 
 The Indian Constitution prohibits discrimination against its citizens on 
 grounds of religion, race, caste, sex (Article 15)
 
 Is it true that Gen Candeth issued an order in 1961/1962 relating to WHITE 
 Portuguese?
 
 If so, does the Indian Constitution allow discrimination on the basis of Race 
 against non-citizens?
 
 Or  Was Gen Candeth just a racist?
 
 Or ...are we all racists and don't own up to it?
 
 jc
 
  

Re: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-21 Thread Patrice Riemens
But what was said in that proclamation? Rivers of Portuguese blood?

 On 21 July 2013 11:11, Patrice Riemens patr...@xs4all.nl wrote:

 Sorry, I should have added a ;-) to your alleged anglo-indian status.

 And I simply surmised the white Portuguese got the white glowes treatment.
 Not so? Were they badly treated? I am surprised!

 RESPONSE:

 There is a story about President Obama being mistaken for being a
 waiter (see reference infra).

 Not very sure of the basis upon which you thought I was (alleged or
 otherwise) ...an Anglo Indian

 About Candeth, I have been referred to Proclamation 1 dated Dec 23, 1961.

 Wonder if anyone else can confirm the wording on that proclamation (if
 one exists) and opine on the possible race based prejudice contained
 therein?

 jc

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2371780/Journalist-recalls-night-Obama-mistaken-waiter-literati-party.html





Re: [Goanet] IS THE PRESS IN GOA GAGGED AND CAGED?

2013-07-21 Thread J. Colaco jc
Eugene is on Target that Aires has been able to use some media outlets
successfully. In most instances, at least one of those media outlets
does blanket-censor criticism of Aires and his tactics. BTW: Does
Eugene not do the same thing?

Even so, I am not so sure that Aires 'should be the last one to
comment on the media in Goa'. Why? Does he not have the right to Free
Speech?

Unlike Eugene, I am happy for Floriano. If the interview with Niz
Goencar made Floriano happy, I am happy too. Floriano is as good a
friend  genuine a person as one can get.

And so what IF a little (figuratively) Caldo Verde interview made
Floriano happy? Did he need a Mughlai Chicken interview to impress
Eugene or anyone else?

I am delighted to learn about the Humber College course. Wonder if the
course included a segment on Basic Principles of Ethics in Journalism?

jc



On 21 July 2013 06:17, Eugene Correia eugene.corr...@gmail.com wrote:

Of all the people, Aires should be last one to comment on the media in
Goa. He keeps on using it successfully to meet his own purpose and
utility. He takes the slightest opportunity to make his views known on
all available media outlets, be it print, electronic or web. He has
been cosy with editors and journalists as much as he's been cosy with
politicians. He has his bread buttered on both sides.

Floriano was gushing with pride for having been interviewed by Niz
Goenkar as he claimed he's never been interviewed on TV by any
recognized TV stations in Goa. Tell me in all frankness Floriano if
getting interview by Niz Goenkar is something to shout about?

I know TV as I have done a course in TV at Toronto's Humber College
and have done some work  at my place of work.


Re: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-21 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 21 July 2013 11:11, Patrice Riemens patr...@xs4all.nl wrote:

Sorry, I should have added a ;-) to your alleged anglo-indian status.

And I simply surmised the white Portuguese got the white glowes treatment.
Not so? Were they badly treated? I am surprised!

RESPONSE:

There is a story about President Obama being mistaken for being a
waiter (see reference infra).

Not very sure of the basis upon which you thought I was (alleged or
otherwise) ...an Anglo Indian

About Candeth, I have been referred to Proclamation 1 dated Dec 23, 1961.

Wonder if anyone else can confirm the wording on that proclamation (if
one exists) and opine on the possible race based prejudice contained
therein?

jc

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2371780/Journalist-recalls-night-Obama-mistaken-waiter-literati-party.html


Re: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-21 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 21 July 2013 10:40, Patrice Riemens patr...@xs4all.nl wrote:

The Indian Constitution itself is 'racist', since it grants a
separate, and protective, status to Anglo-Indians, a category that can
only be described as being constructed on 'racist', or at least
'ethnicist' terms since it is based on particular lineage, in casu
'European descent'.

It would not surprise me if Jose Colaco himself belonged to that category.

'Racism-in-reverse', especially towards 'whites' is a very complex and
little discussed issue..

Anyway, to go back to General Candeth, he probably was merely going by
the customs of his time: 'you do not touch whites'.

===

RESPONSE

My dear Patrice,

With due respect, Jose Colaco would be very, very, very surprised if
he belonged to the class of people aka Anglo-Indians.

wrt Candeth (who may have been Luso-Indian @ Candido), the racism
angle described is hardly 'you do not touch whites'; rather . just
the reverse.

jc


Re: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-21 Thread Patrice Riemens
 On 21 July 2013 10:40, Patrice Riemens patr...@xs4all.nl wrote:

 The Indian Constitution itself is 'racist', since it grants a
 separate, and protective, status to Anglo-Indians, a category that can
 only be described as being constructed on 'racist', or at least
 'ethnicist' terms since it is based on particular lineage, in casu
 'European descent'.

 It would not surprise me if Jose Colaco himself belonged to that category.

 'Racism-in-reverse', especially towards 'whites' is a very complex and
 little discussed issue..

 Anyway, to go back to General Candeth, he probably was merely going by
 the customs of his time: 'you do not touch whites'.

 ===

 RESPONSE

 My dear Patrice,

 With due respect, Jose Colaco would be very, very, very surprised if
 he belonged to the class of people aka Anglo-Indians.

 wrt Candeth (who may have been Luso-Indian @ Candido), the racism
 angle described is hardly 'you do not touch whites'; rather . just
 the reverse.

 jc



Hi Jose,

Sorry, I should have added a ;-) to your alleged anglo-indian status.

And I simply surmised the white Portuguese got the white glowes treatment.
Not so? Were they badly treated? I am surprised!

Cheers, p+5-3D!



Re: [Goanet] Was Candeth a racist?

2013-07-21 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 21 July 2013 19:25, Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com wrote:

 General Kandeth's appointment, like A.V. Marshal Pinto's, to spearhead the
 invasion, conquest
  subsequent annexation of Goa, also euphimistically called 'Operation
 Vijay', was motivated by
 Nehru's contention that being Catholics, they would successfully hoodwink
 the gullible Goans,
 largely pertaining the servile ABC echelons.


Kandeth wasn't Christian/Catholic, contrary to what the spelling of his
surname might suggest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._P._Candeth

FN


[Goanet] Why GOANET stopped their regular news for the last 2 days?

2013-07-21 Thread stephen dias
What is gone wrong. I am not getting usual messages in my inbox:
stephen dias


[Goanet] Goa news for July 22, 2013

2013-07-21 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** NCP wants Goa CM to resign over midday meal remark - Times
of India
nd-nation/goa-chief-minister-manohar-parrikar-worried-of-leakages-in-food-bill-implementation/articleshow/21213403.cmsGoa
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar worried of leakages in Food
bill ...
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*** Bihar, Goa and now Chhattisgarh; at least 30 kids fall ill
after eating mid ... - Daily News  Analysis
ay meal. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered
by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus · Home  India 
Report ...a class=
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*** 'Meet on Monday to discuss GTP for south Goa' - Times of
India
idfielder-lenny-rodrigues-wins-another-award/Indian midfielder
Lenny Rodrigues wins another aw...
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*** North Goa disaster management cell not prepared for
emergencies - Times of India
mes of IndiaPONDA/PANAJI: The lack of preparedness on the part
of the north Goa disaster management authority came to the fore
after it responded belatedly to a requisition for heavy
machinery at the site of a tree crash on a house at Cumbharjua
on Sunday.a class=
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*** Goa for kids photography workshop held - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Close to two centuries after photography was
invented, it might seem most photographic possibilities have
been explored and inspiring future photographers could appear
difficult. But photographer Rajtilak Naik motivated a new
generation of ...a class=
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*** Google student ambassadors bound to Goa for first session -
Times of India
our knowledge-sharing programme. Share your views. ALSO ON TOI.
France: Protests against law b... Railgate transcripts put
Pawan.a class=
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*** Department of sainik welfare to set up office in south Goa -
Times of India
ervicemen and families of serving and deceased armed forces
personnel belonging to Goa. The board ...a class=
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*** Goa rejects proposal to double rail track between Hospet and
Vasco - TravelBizMonitor
avelBizMonitorThe Government of Goa has rejected a proposal from
South Western Railway to lay a double track between Karnataka
(Hospet) and Vasco (Goa), the PTI reported. I have refused the
permission to double the track of South Western Railway in Goa.
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*** Comunidades say they won't submit to RTI - Herald
Publications
rald PublicationsThis has been followed despite the
administrator specifically sending a circular to the registrars
of all North Goa Comunidades asking them to follow the
directions of the government issued as far back as 2011. Thus
since the Comunidades are under the ...a class=
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*** More leakages than grains may mar food security scheme: Goa
CM - Times of India
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[Goanet] Amartya Sen: India's dirty fighter

2013-07-21 Thread U. G. Barad

Manuel Tavers writes: “In hind side, any rational person who has studied
India post independence can point out where the country has gone off the
rails. The pertinent question to raise is, how can we (Indians) as a nation
try and correct the course that is and surely will bring the destruction of
the country. Successive governments have failed to pursue policies which are
prudent and will lead to a more just and happier society.” 

Yes, successive governments have failed.  But it is not only the politicians
but also the various intellectuals, analysts, etc.  It is in this context;
Prof Sen should tell us who exactly are these groups.  I think that those
responsible for the problem can be part of the solution only if they
genuinely accept that they have made mistakes in the past.

Eugene Correa writes: “While Barad and those like him slept, Sen had
undisturbed time to write the books. Should I say anything else?”

The ‘slept’ remark is really obnoxious and completely uncalled for.

Yes, Prof Sen had undisturbed time to write the books, and make a living of
it.  However, in his books, did he write anything about the lack of
hygiene?  And did he offer any solutions for it?  There are the issues I
would like Eugene to say on.

Best regards,

U. G. Barad




[Goanet] Migration into Goa creates 26 new towns out of Goa's villages -thegoan.net

2013-07-21 Thread Camillo Fernandes

Migration into the state creates 26 new ‘towns’ out of Goa’s villagesAjay 
Thakur I The Goan ,Panjim20 July 2013Pic Credit: Sagun Gawade“The apprehension 
is that Goans will become an alienated microscopic minority within their own 
state.” Politics apart, Goa Government’s worry in Memorandum on Special Status 
given by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh five 
weeks ago is not quite unfounded. Census 2011 has made a startling observation. 
There are twenty six new ‘census’ towns that have emerged over the last decade. 
Goa has not been urbanised but its’ villages have become urban.Check this. 
While traditionally tourism dependent villages like Calangute and Candolim 
turned into urbanised census towns a decade ago, new villages even in remote 
parts of Goa are turning into non-agriculture dependent economies. Away from 
the mainstream, Ponda Taluka has silently emerged as an urban centre with once 
agrarian societies shifting away to non-agricultural pursuits. Villages like 
Khandola, Orgao, Madkai, Priol, Borim and Usgao emerging as new census towns 
signals this new trend.“This shift can be safely attributed to the fact that 
more of the population is getting into non-agricultural activities”, explains 
Dr Nandkumar Sawant, Associate Professor of Geography, Chowgule College. Dr 
Sawant, who is considered an authority on migration studies into Goa and an 
expert analyst closely associated with Directorate of Census Operations Goa 
further explains that this trend is purely due to migration. “With arrival of 
people with new skillsets into the towns, there is an automatic spillover into 
the neighbouring villages. Consequently population increases, agricultural 
traditions dilute as main occupation and urbanisation occurs”, explains Dr 
Kamat.Interestingly, while migration elsewhere may have led to the creation of 
more slums in Goa, it has remained restricted to municipal limits majorly. The 
villages simply had the local populace being replaced by the migrants. “Look at 
Davorlim, which is outside Margao. There rentals are cheap, so more of the 
lower strata find it convenient to live there. There are more chances of 
talking to someone in Hindi there than Konkani”, points out Dr. Sawant. 
Margao’s economical lure has consequently made census towns out of Raia, Nuvem 
and Verna. Shockingly, South Goa’s rice bowl Curtorim is also a census town due 
to a shift away from agriculture.Census 2001 had shown that Goa’s population 
had a fourteen percent growth of migration into the state since the last census 
in 1991. Statisticians at the Registrar of Census Operations state that the 
worry in the villages is that the original identity of the villages will cease 
to exist. “Calangute could well be the benchmark of the way we are heading”, 
says Calangute MLA Michael Lobo.  “From Nepalese manning shacks and security 
posts to Mumbaikars and Delhiwallahs running restaurants and clubs, 
cosmopolitisation has changed our identity,”Lobo rues.And he isn’t wrong with 
58 of Goa’s 228 villages turning into towns and losing their character, Goa is 
fast turning away from its old charming self to an aggressive new metropolis.9 
LAKH URBAN GOANS, 5.5 LAKHS RURAL GOANS
OVER 2 LAKH URBAN HOMES, JUST OVER 1 LAKH RURAL HOMES
10 % OF POPULATION MIGRANTS IN 2001
20 % OF POPULATION MIGRANTS IN 2011
Rural households: 1.3 lakhs
Urban households: 2.2 lakhs
Rural population: 5.5 lakhs
Urban population: 9.1 lakhs
Census towns born between 2001 – 2011: 26
Villages that turned census towns: 58
Migrant population in 2001: 1.2 lakhs
Percentage of Goa’s total population: 10%
Goa’s migrant population in 2011:2.9 lakhs
Percentage of Goa’s total population: 20%
Top three states that send migrants to Goa: Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar 
Pradesh
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[Goanet] If 'linking road' is in Bombay, where is 'stinking road' in Goa?

2013-07-21 Thread JoeGoaUk
If 'linking road' is in Bombay, where is 'stinking road' in Goa?
 
Find out here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8eBJfIbQLk

 
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