[Goanet-News] GOA: Asian Women's Film Festival and Our Lives (currently on in Panjim)
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE GOA in association with ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY OF GOA DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GOA THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN RADIO AND TELEVISION (IAWRT) INDIA CHAPTER present 10th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival 2014 2nd Our Lives...To Live Film Festival 2014 (seeking a JUST world!) a never-before 2-in-1 film festival! four days of exciting screenings with selections from both festivals accompanied by engaging discussions ANIMATION, COMMUNITY VIDEOS, DOCUMENTARIES, EXPERIMENTAL FILMS, FEATURE FICTION, MUSIC VIDEOS, SHORT FICTION from 13 countries 13 to 16 March 2014 at Entertainment Society of Goa (Auditorium 2) Maquinez Palace (near Fish Market), Old GMC Heritage Precinct, D.B.Marg, Campal, Panaji, Goa 403001 Thur 13 March 3 to 7:15 pm Fri 14 March 11 am to 1 pm 3 to 7 pm Sat 15 March 11 am to 1pm 3 to 8 pm Sun 16 March 11 am to 1pm 3 to 8 pm Organised every year by the India Chapter of the International Association of Women in Radio Television (IAWRT), the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival is the only festival of its kind in the world. It showcases the works of women filmmakers of Asian origin, across a range of genres with no restrictions on theme or duration. (for further details, please visit iawrtindia.blogspot.in) OUR LIVES...TO LIVE (films of courage, protest, hope) is a multi-location travelling film festival. Last year our tag line was NO! to gender violence and we had immensely successful versions of the festival in many parts of the country, continuing all through the year. This time the theme is Justice, and so through this festival we are seeking a JUST world! (write to iawrtindiafesti...@gmail.com for details and to plan your own festival with films from our package!) SCHEDULE OF FILMS AND DISCUSSIONS 13-16 MARCH 2014 AT ESG Auditorium 2 THUR 13 MARCH Day 1 from 3 pm to 7:15 pm 3 pm to 3:15 pm: Welcome Introductions by International Centre Goa Smriti Nevatia, IAWRT representative, gives the highlights of the programme for the coming days. 3.15 pm POLA I Kinshuk Surjan India I 15 min I 2012 I fiction The story is set in the context of the farmers' suicides. Bittu is a carefree and boisterous 9-year-old who grows anxious as he watches his father break down slowly under the pressure of debt. Bittu tries to protect his father in whatever ways he can. 3.30 pm TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI | Lisa Merton, Alan Dater USA-Kenya I 80 min I 2008 I documentary | English version Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, discovered her life's work by reconnecting with the rural women with whom she had grown up. They worked together against deforestation, poverty, ignorance, and government corruption, until they became a national political force that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship. 4.50 pm to 5.45 pm: Discussion around the theme of environmental justice and right to resources with Sebastian Rodrigues 5.45 pm: Break (15 min) 6.00 pm MY FANCY HIGH HEELS | Ho Chao-Ti Taiwan | 55 min | 2010 | documentary Filmed over a period of two years, the film rigorously traces the journey of a pair of branded high-heeled shoes, and looks at the dreams of the people involved. FRI 14 MARCH Day 2 (morning) from 11 am to 1.15 pm 11 am Video Volunteers ARTICLE 17 (Untouchability series) India I 2012 onwards I various languages Untouchability at Water Taps 0:38 min I Gujarati Village women vigorously clean common water taps only because a Dalit has used it before them. They maintain that even if a Dalit has brushed up against it, the tap has to be ‘purified’. Murdered for Breaking Untouchability Rules 0:53 min I Punjabi In 2005, Prakash Singh Jandali, a Dalit Sikh, lost his son, his daughter-in-law who belonged to a different caste and an unborn grandchild to a murderous backlash by angry ‘upper castes’. The suspects were never apprehended. Seven years later, he is just another statistic of caste atrocities, awaiting justice from a system that rarely delivers. Untouchability with Life-Giving Midwife 1:19 min I Hindi Most midwives in India belong to the Dalit community. Once the child is born, however, the touch of a midwife is deemed unacceptable for the mother and child. Even if invited to the birth celebrations, she will be kept away from the festivities and fed separately in a place outside. Video Volunteers INDIA UNHEARD series Areeb Hashmi, Stalin K I Am Nirbhaya India I 2013 I 9:30 min I various languages The anger after the “Nirbhaya” rape case has diffused but not disappeared. We — women, men, feminists, activists and politicians — continue to ask questions and seek answers as to how we can end rape. This video poses some pointed questions to patriarchy. 11.20 am BANAZ: A LOVE STORY I Deeyah Khan UK I 2012 I 68 min I English A film chronicling an act of overwhelming horror, the brutal honour killing of Banaz Mahmod. This film tells Banaz’s story in her own words, as well as the story of
[Goanet-News] In Goa, a Goa Strings Orchestra in a concert of international classical music
From Victor Rangel-Ribeiro Friends, Romance writers, and countrymen (and women), fair warning! On Monday, March 17, I will be conducting the Goa String Orchestra in a concert of international classical music. The programme will begin with Handel's jolly Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, which foretells she will be having a jolly good time with King Solomon if he gets to the Kala Academy on time. To enhance the couple's amorous mood we will then play Edward Elgar's Salut d'amour, and follow that up with his Chanson de matin (Morning Song) to set the mood for when the royal philanderers finally wake up. The main work of the evening will be Mozart's very lively and tuneful early piano concerto No. 14 in E flat; the soloist will be Karl Lutchmayer, a Goan Brit who is a professor at the Trinity College of Music in London. We will also be playing Mozart's rousing Serenata Notturna for four string soloists and string ensemble. (I use the term rousing because, while one expects the normal serenade to be a quiet, romantic song that a lovestruck swain (are there still swains around, or are there only young fellows these days?) would softly croon beneath a loved one's window, in this particular serenade Mozart has the soloists cooing like lovebirds, while the rest of the group comes up with a boisterous response every time. The concert will end with a couple of surprise pieces that will fortunately be of very short duration. So do come in with a group of as many friends and relatives as you can put together, and if classical music is not something you or your friends would waste an evening on, send me your enemies instead.
[Goanet] LET US SAVE INDIA
To keep our India secular and the communal RSS at bay, let our chorus in one voice at the ensuing Lok Sabha elections be No NaMo No Never Never NaMo Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] SMILE....................................... IT'S WEEKEND (13/03/2014)
BUT MY………. A man (JuzManel) walked into a Therapist's (Dr. Leitao) office looking very depressed:- JuzManel: Doctor, you have got to help me. I can't go on like this. Dr. Leitao: (inquired) What's the problem? JuzManel: Well, I am 37 years old and I still have no luck with the ladies. No matter how hard I try, I just seem to scare them away. Dr. Leitao: My friend, this is not a serious problem. You just need to work on your self-esteem. Each morning, I want you to get up and run to the bathroom mirror. Tell yourself that you are a good person, a fun person, and an attractive person. But say it with real conviction. Within a week you will have women buzzing all around you. JuzManelseemed content with Dr. Leitao’sadvice and walked out of the office a bit excited. Seven weeks later he returned with the same downtrodden expression on his face: Dr. Leitao: Did my advice work? JuzManel: It worked alright. For the past several weeks I have enjoyed some of the best moments in my life with the most fabulous looking women. Dr. Leitao: So, what's your problem? JuzManel: I don't have a problem, but…. My wife does Cajetan de Sanvordem Kuwait.
[Goanet] Goa in the early 1980s (from TorontoChap)
Goa road trip, in early 1980s, Panjim, Marmagoa, Vasco, beaches, cattle crossing,.. Pt3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP8LC93wfZkfeature=youtu.be -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com
[Goanet] Book Club
26th March 2014 at 8.15 pm The Book Club will meet to discuss Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil over potluck
[Goanet] AAP names candidates for the two LS seats in Goa (The Hindu)
AAP names candidates for the two LS seats in Goa Dr. Dattaram Desai will contest the north Goa seat, while Ms. Swati Kerkar has been nominated for the election in south Goa. While announcing its candidates for both the Parliamentary constituencies in Goa for the coming polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), also declared its unambiguous stand on Goa mining issue, opposing private sector mining in the State and demanding action against all those who were hitherto involved in illegal mining. The party declared the names of Dr. Dattaram Desai for north and Ms. Swati Kerkar for south. Both are environmental and social activists and were present at a press conference at the AAP Goa office here on Wednesday. Both openly declared that the AAP will not accept any election money from mining companies in Goa. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was way ahead in declaring its candidates. It has named Law Commission chairman Narendra Sawaikar for south Goa and three-time MP of the BJP Sripad Naik for the north Goa seat. Both are staunch cadre-based men of the BJP. With its alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party tottering, the Congress is scheduled to finalise its candidates in Delhi on Wednesday late evening for the Lok Sabha election which is scheduled for April 12. On Wednesday, *AAP further stated that iron ore mining in Goa should be undertaken by the State-owned body and openly opposed mining that was left to the benefit of a few rich families. Money from this State resource must be utilized for the benefit of the people through a special permanent fund, it said. * *On illegal mining, which led to the prevailing mining ban following an interim order of the Supreme Court, the AAP declared that proceeds from the sale of illegally extracted ore e-auctions should be set aside to create a 'one-time' Rehabilitation Fund and utilised to provide relief to all mining dependents.* *AAP's Oscar Rebello hailed NGOs like Goa Foundation and others which are relentlessly fighting the illegal mining as real heroes who struggle to save Goa from complete disaster. The AAP vowed to stand by these NGOs, activists and by all the marginalized sections of Goan society including all mining dependent stakeholders who suffered in illegal mining and consequent mining ban. * Mr. Nilkant Gawas, president of All Goa Truck-Owners' Association backed AAP's stand.
[Goanet] Latest on goanspirit.com
*New in Goanspirit March 10-16, 2014* *Mining Malaise - 7* *A cap that does not fit all* Mine-owners do not want capping because they are eyeing the 1.4 billon tons of iron ore reserves (according to one estimate), and feel Goa should exploit the opportunity when the demand for ore is good, which is what they did during the boom. http://goanspirit.com/index.php/lead/462-mining-malaise-7 *Rusty Outlook for Iron Ore* *But do the lobbyists know?* Watching international business channels over the past month, two items became obvious to us, the surplus in what is called global seaborne iron ore, against the backdrop of the slowdown in Chinese demand, actually pushed prices up. Contradictory as this may appear, Bloomberg, citing data from Shanghai Steelhome Information Technology, reported that inventories at Chinese ports were 100.2 million tons in the last week of February. http://goanspirit.com/index.php/bits-bytes/463-rusty-outlook-for-iron-ore *86 National Tourism Awards (2012-13) won* *Goa not in the picture* A total number of 86 awards were presented in various categories and Goa despite all the hype is nowhere in the picture. Imagine 86 awards to be won, the almost hysterical daily media hype, millions spent on publicity and foreign junkets; and yet Goa won nothing, zero, zilch, zip. It almost looks like the experts are saying '*maka naka* Goa' which apparently is what a lot of European countries are saying too after the Russian invasion. Clearly, things have gotten out of hand. http://goanspirit.com/index.php/footprint-india/461-86-national-tourism-awards-2012-13-won -- Lionel Messias Editor, *Goan Spirit*, *Goa's Spirited Online Weekly Magazine.* Website:www.goanspirit.com Worked for the best: Goa Today, Gomantak Times, Herald, Mid-Day, The Pioneer, Indian Express (Bangalore), Economic Times (Chennai, Hyderabad), Newstime (Hyderabad), Gulf News (Hyderabad) 125-E, Bellem, Velsao, P.O. Cansaulim, Goa 403712 Tel: 0832-2884484 Mob:9822152164
[Goanet] World Consumer Rights Day 15th March: Panel Discussion on Safety of Buildings Safeguarding Consumer Interests
-- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY Saturday 15th March 2014 at 10am at the GCC Hall, opp. Azad Maidan, Panjim PANEL DISCUSSION on Safety of Buildings Safeguarding Consumer Interests. Post Canacona are consumers at risk ? Challenges before the stake holders. Panel speakers from CREDAI, India Institute of Engineers, Town Planners Association and Architects Association. Organised by Department of Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs, Govt. of Goa and the Goa Chamber of Commerce of Industry. -- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK - promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: goa...@gmail.com -
[Goanet] Weather in London, Ontario and Goa!
- Londonhttp://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/london/sw20-8/weather-forecast/52765_pc 6°RealFeel® *5°* Foggy - Oakvillehttp://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/oakville/l6h/weather-forecast/49554 -15°RealFeel®*-17°* Partly cloudy - Goahttp://www.accuweather.com/en/in/goa/192684/weather-forecast/192684 34°RealFeel®*41°* Sun -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
Elvis Presleyhttps://www.youtube.com/artist/svenne-hedlund?feature=watch_video_title - Spanish Eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIyXFyR9JBQ g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] NEED FOR A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN JUDGES AND LAWYERS
Despite there being a very clear and categorical diktat by the Supreme Court of India that Judges should not socialize with advocates, there seems no rigorous compliance of this very salutary prescription. Official tea parties within the Court premises may be acceptable. But highly spirited parties, hosted elsewhere could be a potential avenue for Advocates to creep and cultivate convenient relations with Judges. It can also lead to funny, embarrassing and demeaning situations at times. The contact between Advocates and Judges should be restricted to the Court room. This would go a long way in attempting to ensure an independent, unprejudiced, free and fair Judiciary. Temples of Justice should be clean, unbiased and pure. Advocates and more particularly those Senior mascots should desist in organizing and promoting dinners for Judges. A Judge is judged in dispensing Justice freely fearlessly. No late night wining dining should be a bait to swing a judgment in favour of those organisers and dinner fund raisers. A good Judge should strictly adhere to that Hippocratic Oath. There should be a total bar on lunches or dinners being hosted for Judges by Advocates. There should be no exception whatsoever to this cardinal rule. Andrew Jackson the 7th President of the United State of America had so rightly said All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] GOA: Asian Women's Film Festival and Our Lives (currently on in Panjim)
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE GOA in association with ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY OF GOA DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GOA THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN RADIO AND TELEVISION (IAWRT) INDIA CHAPTER present 10th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival 2014 2nd Our Lives...To Live Film Festival 2014 (seeking a JUST world!) a never-before 2-in-1 film festival! four days of exciting screenings with selections from both festivals accompanied by engaging discussions ANIMATION, COMMUNITY VIDEOS, DOCUMENTARIES, EXPERIMENTAL FILMS, FEATURE FICTION, MUSIC VIDEOS, SHORT FICTION from 13 countries 13 to 16 March 2014 at Entertainment Society of Goa (Auditorium 2) Maquinez Palace (near Fish Market), Old GMC Heritage Precinct, D.B.Marg, Campal, Panaji, Goa 403001 Thur 13 March 3 to 7:15 pm Fri 14 March 11 am to 1 pm 3 to 7 pm Sat 15 March 11 am to 1pm 3 to 8 pm Sun 16 March 11 am to 1pm 3 to 8 pm Organised every year by the India Chapter of the International Association of Women in Radio Television (IAWRT), the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival is the only festival of its kind in the world. It showcases the works of women filmmakers of Asian origin, across a range of genres with no restrictions on theme or duration. (for further details, please visit iawrtindia.blogspot.in) OUR LIVES...TO LIVE (films of courage, protest, hope) is a multi-location travelling film festival. Last year our tag line was NO! to gender violence and we had immensely successful versions of the festival in many parts of the country, continuing all through the year. This time the theme is Justice, and so through this festival we are seeking a JUST world! (write to iawrtindiafesti...@gmail.com for details and to plan your own festival with films from our package!) SCHEDULE OF FILMS AND DISCUSSIONS 13-16 MARCH 2014 AT ESG Auditorium 2 THUR 13 MARCH Day 1 from 3 pm to 7:15 pm 3 pm to 3:15 pm: Welcome Introductions by International Centre Goa Smriti Nevatia, IAWRT representative, gives the highlights of the programme for the coming days. 3.15 pm POLA I Kinshuk Surjan India I 15 min I 2012 I fiction The story is set in the context of the farmers' suicides. Bittu is a carefree and boisterous 9-year-old who grows anxious as he watches his father break down slowly under the pressure of debt. Bittu tries to protect his father in whatever ways he can. 3.30 pm TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI | Lisa Merton, Alan Dater USA-Kenya I 80 min I 2008 I documentary | English version Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, discovered her life's work by reconnecting with the rural women with whom she had grown up. They worked together against deforestation, poverty, ignorance, and government corruption, until they became a national political force that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship. 4.50 pm to 5.45 pm: Discussion around the theme of environmental justice and right to resources with Sebastian Rodrigues 5.45 pm: Break (15 min) 6.00 pm MY FANCY HIGH HEELS | Ho Chao-Ti Taiwan | 55 min | 2010 | documentary Filmed over a period of two years, the film rigorously traces the journey of a pair of branded high-heeled shoes, and looks at the dreams of the people involved. FRI 14 MARCH Day 2 (morning) from 11 am to 1.15 pm 11 am Video Volunteers ARTICLE 17 (Untouchability series) India I 2012 onwards I various languages Untouchability at Water Taps 0:38 min I Gujarati Village women vigorously clean common water taps only because a Dalit has used it before them. They maintain that even if a Dalit has brushed up against it, the tap has to be ‘purified’. Murdered for Breaking Untouchability Rules 0:53 min I Punjabi In 2005, Prakash Singh Jandali, a Dalit Sikh, lost his son, his daughter-in-law who belonged to a different caste and an unborn grandchild to a murderous backlash by angry ‘upper castes’. The suspects were never apprehended. Seven years later, he is just another statistic of caste atrocities, awaiting justice from a system that rarely delivers. Untouchability with Life-Giving Midwife 1:19 min I Hindi Most midwives in India belong to the Dalit community. Once the child is born, however, the touch of a midwife is deemed unacceptable for the mother and child. Even if invited to the birth celebrations, she will be kept away from the festivities and fed separately in a place outside. Video Volunteers INDIA UNHEARD series Areeb Hashmi, Stalin K I Am Nirbhaya India I 2013 I 9:30 min I various languages The anger after the “Nirbhaya” rape case has diffused but not disappeared. We — women, men, feminists, activists and politicians — continue to ask questions and seek answers as to how we can end rape. This video poses some pointed questions to patriarchy. 11.20 am BANAZ: A LOVE STORY I Deeyah Khan UK I 2012 I 68 min I English A film chronicling an act of overwhelming horror, the brutal honour killing of Banaz Mahmod. This film tells Banaz’s story in her own words, as well as the story of
[Goanet] Non-receipt of issues.
Dear Sirs, Since Tuesday, the 11th I have failed to receive any issues of GOANET. I have not unsubscribed. Could you please have the matter checked and restore normality in case there has been an inadvertent cancellation? Thanks. Marcos Gomes-Catão
Re: [Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers
Involved in this topic: 1: the stalled/stopped' construction of the mobile tower in Saligao. 2: the 'expert' Prof. Girish Kumar and his PPT presentation. 3: the concerns of Salgaocars (the residents of Saligao). 4: third parties with or without vested interests. I submit that the MAIN deciders in this matter should be the Salgaocars. It is they who have the fear (whether justified or not). It is they who will have to face the consequences (if any) of any radiation which is emitted by the towers. Present information suggests that cell phone technology is SAFE. But this information is of zero comfort to those are concerned. Besides, vested interest have aggressively promoted nuclear power plants (Sellafield) and certain medications like thalidomide in pregnancy and more recently VIOXX. The experts' report commissioned by the Allahabad High Court (and referred to by Gerard Delaney) indicates that there is No CONCLUSIVE Evidence that cell tower radiation is harmful. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/388471/radiation-fears-mobile-towers-unfounded.html I am particularly concerned that experts changed the wording in the report from No Evidence to No CONCLUSIVE Evidence Even though I am NOT an expert on much esp this high level stuff, I took note of the following from Gerard Delaney: I had even explained that the average frequency of light is one million times greater than that of microwave radiation. Thus it is ridiculous to be afraid of microwave radiation and not of visible light radiation which is one million times stronger!' http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2014-March/238585.html Ridiculous as fear is and can be, I believe that Salgaocars have a right NOT to want anything in their neighbourhood, they are fearful of. jc
[Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers
What do we do about this mon ami? One cannot (specially a qualified medical doctor) in no terms assure there cannot be harmful effects when there is no proof. Just as for us doctors it is ethics not to guarantee that there will not be side effects to any medication. http://www.cell-phone-radiation.com/news/story.aspx?id=9#.UyGTbhBsv1M An article released in the Daily Telegraph today, 7th March 2014 explains that a recent Council of Europe committee has concluded that immediate action is required to protect children after ruling that new technologies do ‘potentially’ have harmful effects on humans. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
Re: [Goanet] cell tower radiation hazards - coverage in Goa
Dear Prof. Kumar, Can you please refer me to any peer-reviewed research paper(s) in a reputed scientific journal that substantiate(s) your claims about effects of low power microwave radiation, and the physical and biological mechanisms involved. As a neuroscientist, I have scoured through the medical and biological literature and consulted with a world-renowned neuroscientist who served on a U.S. National Institutes of Health committee to examine this question in the 1990s. Neither he, nor the committee, nor I have found anything that unequivocally supports your claims. Cheers, Santosh On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:50 AM, Prof. Girish Kumar gku...@ee.iitb.ac.in wrote: Dear Gerard Delaney, I do not know who are you and why you wrote the followings, which were forwarded to me by Stephen Dias. Atleast you should try to find out the truth and then make statements. You do not realize that how many people, birds, animals, plants, trees, etc. are getting affected by high cell tower radiation. There are ample examples in the history that whenever anyone or group of people raise voice against strong industry lobby, whose business may get affected due to proper awareness, they decline, for example, cigarette industry. Cell operators and their associates came out with a book mobile phones.. myths and reality. Please see my comments on the book in the attached file. Please see Pages 3 to 5 about sun (light) versus microwave radiation. Also, see my disclosure on Page 9. This was released to the press in the last week of Jan. 2014. If you have any questions, please send an email. With regards. ** Girish Kumar Professor, Electrical Engineering Department I.I.T. Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076, INDIA Tel. - (022) 2576 7436, Fax - (022) 2572 3707 email- gku...@ee.iitb.ac.in, prof.gku...@gmail.com Blog - http://profgirishkumar.blogspot.in/ ** On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Stephen Dias wrote: Dear Prof Girish, In case you wish to reply these funny uneducated guys , their e-mail is as follows: delaney.ger...@gmail.com and (2) is chimbel...@yahoo.com Please send me a copy if you want to explain them about radiation power and principles etc Leave apart the business what he claims that your daughter is doing, that is not my interest. Stephen Dias date: 13.3.2014 Message: 7 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:08:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Misinformation of the radiation from mobile towers Message-ID: 1394575737.50845.yahoomail...@web122102.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks Gerard for sharing this information. It is important to counter these bogus scares that crop up from time to time by educating people about basic scientific concepts. Underlying these scares there invariably is some commercial scam or MLM-type fraud being perpetrated.? Cheers, Santosh On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:56 PM, Gerard Delaney delaney.ger...@gmail.com wrote: Last year, a small group of Saliganvkars created awareness in the Lourdes Convent school hall about the alleged dangers of the radiation from Mobile towers by showing a PP presentation of the so called expert Prof. Girish Kumar. The same presentation was used again for a much bigger group of villagers in Gladstone Ribeiro Sa's house and as a result the construction of the mobile tower by Dmello Telepower Pvt Ltd in Saligao was forced to stop. When 6 of the leaders had met in my (Gerard Delaney's) house after the Lourdes convent program, I had clearly explained to them how this Prof. Girish Kumar was using his position to create fear in the minds of the public about the radiation and thereby helping his daughter's business of selling meters to measure radiation and shields for it. I had even explained that the average frequency of light is one million times greater than that of microwave radiation. Hence according to the well established laws of Physics, light has energy greater than that of microwave radiation by one million. Thus it is ridiculous to be afraid of microwave radiation and not of visible light radiation which is one million times stronger! *However, what transcribed during the meeting, was never released to the general public by the leaders of the agitation.* Now a special panel of 13 members set up by the DoT in keeping with the Allahabad High Court's orders, has exposed the misdeeds of the Professor? and affirmed that there is no danger to the health from the radiations emitted by mobile towers. Read about this at:
[Goanet] Reading - Feisty heroines of Literature
Growing up I admired Anne Shirley of Green Gables - the red head with a definite mind of her own. She questions religious faith and hypocritical rituals. If now we are talking of young spunky girls, not to mention Pippi Longstocking would be sacrilege. The most independent of characters, battles day to day encounters with superhuman strength. And Matilda of Roald Dhal fame , a child prodigy - who has devoured each and every book in the adult section before she is ten. If we were to shift the narrative from fictional to real life women who live in our societies and create such colossal feminine characters then Maya Angelo, Alice Walker, Anita Desai would take the lead. Anita Desai is unique in portraying a wide gamut of Indian women in her novels. What really struck me was that in one of her interviews, she candidly admitted that she loved her writing passion and would yearn for time to herself away from her responsibilities of family life and children - to return to her first love - WRITING ; very akin to Virginia Woolf's - a room of one's own. If you are attracted to some people and characters, it is an indication of the fact that you harbor some of their characteristics and aspire to be even more like them. Well, if that holds true and you admire these maverick heroines, come be part of the book reading 'Feisty Heroines in Literature' at ICG on 15th March, 2014, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. The session entails book readings, movie excerpts, power point presentation and thought provoking questions on evolution of women to feisty characters. Meet Cleopatra, Elizabeth Bennet, Jo March , Anna Karenina,Catherine Earnshaw, Scarlet O'Hara.
[Goanet] In Goa, a Goa Strings Orchestra in a concert of international classical music
From Victor Rangel-Ribeiro Friends, Romance writers, and countrymen (and women), fair warning! On Monday, March 17, I will be conducting the Goa String Orchestra in a concert of international classical music. The programme will begin with Handel's jolly Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, which foretells she will be having a jolly good time with King Solomon if he gets to the Kala Academy on time. To enhance the couple's amorous mood we will then play Edward Elgar's Salut d'amour, and follow that up with his Chanson de matin (Morning Song) to set the mood for when the royal philanderers finally wake up. The main work of the evening will be Mozart's very lively and tuneful early piano concerto No. 14 in E flat; the soloist will be Karl Lutchmayer, a Goan Brit who is a professor at the Trinity College of Music in London. We will also be playing Mozart's rousing Serenata Notturna for four string soloists and string ensemble. (I use the term rousing because, while one expects the normal serenade to be a quiet, romantic song that a lovestruck swain (are there still swains around, or are there only young fellows these days?) would softly croon beneath a loved one's window, in this particular serenade Mozart has the soloists cooing like lovebirds, while the rest of the group comes up with a boisterous response every time. The concert will end with a couple of surprise pieces that will fortunately be of very short duration. So do come in with a group of as many friends and relatives as you can put together, and if classical music is not something you or your friends would waste an evening on, send me your enemies instead.
Re: [Goanet] cell tower radiation hazards - coverage in Goa
Dear Mr Stephan Dias I was quite surprised by your comment funny uneducated guys referring to Mr Gerard Delaney and Mr Santosh Herlekar. I do not know you personally. What I do know, is that neither do you know the above two gentlemen personally, nor did you take the trouble of finding out about them before you made such a comment on a public forum. From the mails subsequently sent by Mr Santosh, I gather that he is a neuroscientist. A simple Google search on him verified that he is a PHD in the same in a leading Texas college. You will not find much information about my father Gerard Delaney on the net as he tends to maintain a low profile. Allow me to bring you up to speed on the same. My father is a former Gold medalist in Physics from IIT Powai. He joined NIO briefly for a year before settling for a more fulfilling job in teaching Physics in Goa. Just last year he retired from a 35 year active service, 16 of them spent as the Principal of Shri Shantadurga HSS in Bicholim, Goa. He has also to his credit co-authored a book on physics which incidentally is being used as one of the textbooks being taught to all HSS science students. He is still an active board member on the association of physics teachers. His list of achievements are much more, but I think you will agree with me that he is not as a funny uneducated guy as you thought. *An apology from you for these comments made in bad taste will be appreciated.* kind regards Ashley --- Group TenPlus Keep Goa E-waste free!! contact us now to know what YOU can do!www.facebook.com/ewastegoawww.grouptenplus.com Abreovaddo, Saligao, Bardez, Goa. Ph: 9823118321 / 9373521448 (office) On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Stephen Dias wrote: Dear Prof Girish, In case you wish to reply these funny uneducated guys , their e-mail is as follows: delaney.ger...@gmail.com and (2) is chimbel...@yahoo.com Please send me a copy if you want to explain them about radiation power and principles etc Leave apart the business what he claims that your daughter is doing, that is not my interest. Stephen Dias date: 13.3.2014
[Goanet] selecting candidates
Candidates selected for elections The major political parties have once again named the candidates with a baggage. The only difference is justifications that such candidates are not charged, convicted or FIR is filed against them. Hence they are pure and undefiled and it is fair and just to consider their candidature. Major political, National or regional parties have host of criminal, declared cases against them pending in the courts. The long period of delivery of justice due to delays, postponement , indirect influence and interference of political parties in power, Fortunately the latest directive of finalisation of all cases within one year, may address the problem of in ordinate delays to some extent For too long the elected representatives have professed more faith in people's court, then the legal justice system, which allowed them long rope due to delays and thus remain un convicted All the tall talk ,by all major parties to route out corruption and route out the criminals is a hogwash. Fortunately to day the electronic and print media are laying thread bare the double standards of political parties, The educational level of the youth does not make them swallow all the propaganda let loose by the parties. In fact the monopoly of Govt. propaganda is no more the only news available to the public The vast number of news agencies, papers, publications, social media are sources to shift the chaff from the wheat Be it the congress, BJP, SP.BSP, they feed on the criminals, with muscle and money power for their survival and an opportunity to Govern, Nothing matters to any political parties, except win ability at all costs and circumstances, Hence ethics, conscience, propriety, morality are no guidelines to decide the choice of candidates. It is the party that mattered years ago and the credentials of the candidates were non est, as the party was the main considerations. Even now the parties are forcing their illegitimate choices on the elctorate, thinking they know better and openly defying and daring voters to fall in line. In the administration of justice the pliable police, CBI and independent Judiciary are all dependent on the Govt, for their very sustenance .Hence the Govt used these organs to feather their own nest and interests and get rid of uncomfortable. Recent bold stands and stances adopted by the executive even in some rare, isolated cases have been significant, The frequent transfers even with minimum tenure of service advocated , have been flouted by the legislative with impunity, arguing their right and prerogative to administer and transfers without being questioned or accountable At least the NOTA option has been agreed after much debate and procrastination by the politicians. It may not change the results as to the winners, with no provision for re election. After all it is the voters ,who will exercise their franchise to elect the candidates with all their gory past. The blame to elect the tainted representatives, must lie squarely on the shoulders of the electorate In a large ,democratic country , where the literacy is woefully low, such exercise of power is not without reasonable flaws of judgements.The poor , marginalised, uneducated are tempted and swayed by bribes, threats and promises. Therefore the outcome of the elections are stamped with authority, purity and fairness to legitimise the process Whether all the voters will exercise their rights with ultimate care and caution will have to wait and see, There is hope and aspirations that young , female, educated and informed, first time voters will tilt the balance and show the door to the corrupt, criminals, septuagenarians and octogenarians, limpets in politics and thus usher in new India of their dreams Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
[Goanet] Traffic Jams, Long delays etc are regular feature on the Zuari Bridge
Happens everyday and nobody cares? Commuters, expect delays, starting your journeys early by at least hour advisable Govt neglects aam aadmi hardships Ministers/ VIPs don't have to worry about, they get preferential treatment. Every day there are traffic jams, traffic delays etc. Shuttle buses suppose to reach Margao in 40 minutes take about 1.5 hours or more. Video coming soon where VIP given VIP treatment etc Some pic just uploaded which are of last 3 days JAM-up http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130971104/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130965454/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130822553/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130665875/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130660065/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130655465/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130649175/in/photostream/ VIP http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130641995/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130927304/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130740653/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130610285/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130599365/in/photostream/ Tree cutting http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130685395/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13130990454/in/photostream/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Goa news for March 14, 2014
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Agarwal's Sesa Plans to Lay Off 40% of Goa Employees - Bloomberg re exporter until a ban halted its mines in Goa 18 months ago, plans to lay off 40 percent of its workforce in the state to cope with spiraling costs and negligible business. The Vedanta Resources Plc ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHa-KgqhiwwlFIz1TiIFcSSLUO_Egcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-11/sesa-aims-to-fire-40-of-goa-staff-as-ore-ban-cripples-business.html *** Goa: Cong shortlists Ravi Naik, Francisco Sardinha for LS polls - Firstpost orruption Bureau, while Sardinha is the sitting MP from South Goa. The candidates were announced based on the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNExQ42_Fl2pTMbOKzVd0oEJTo3n2wcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/goa-cong-shortlists-ravi-naik-francisco-sardinha-for-ls-polls-1432215.html *** AAP names candidates for the two LS seats in Goa - The Hindu ont-accept-donations-from-goa-mining-firms/457438-80.htmlAAP won't accept donations from Goa mining firms http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHGhm1DlBprtVwDNsdiBojT9KH7QAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/aap-names-candidates-for-the-two-ls-seats-in-goa/article5777442.ece *** NCP to take on alliance partner Congress in Goa Lok Sabha polls - Indian Express tanding alliance with Congress in Goa, the NCP today announced it will contest both the seats in Lok Sabha polls. The NCP's announcement came hours after Congress short-listed its candidates for both the seats, ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFzk8WBF_8C9PdE4k7tYwrzkccY3wcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/ncp-to-take-on-alliance-partner-congress-in-goa-lok-sabha-polls/ *** Goa gears to celebrate Holi with Shigmotsav - Indian Express o-celebrate-shigmotsav-from-march-1630-2014-23440Goa to celebrate Shigmotsav from March 16-30, 2014 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG-jSCOTpJOSOtmZa2c1UdjnX1pJgcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/goa-gears-to-celebrate-holi-with-shigmotsav/ *** Goa: Sesa Sterlite to move court on lay offs, says official - Firstpost -finance/industries-a-sectors/161911.htmlPosted by Muhammad Iqbal http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFa5eZ4Cs4evIYMWIU3l7_8ruwmdwcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/goa-sesa-sterlite-to-move-court-on-lay-offs-says-official-1432583.html *** Kapil Dev-inaugurated Goa T20 league will see Russian participation - Cricket Country icket CountryThe Goa bound squad consists of eight players of Russian origin with the rest being Indians and Pakistani's who have picked up the sport thanks to the good work of the cricket authorities in Russia to promote the sport. Also, the team which has the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNE9FF42B0zeFF69Q2HS83N9pM6XzAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/kapil-dev-inaugurated-goa-t20-league-will-see-russian-participation-110715 *** Assam thrash Goa 16-0 in women hockey - Times of India in the first match of the 4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2014 (Division B) on Thursday. Assam put pressure on rivals right from the third minute of ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHgOKLn6nGGzod4p7mT9hd6im2bIAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/Assam-thrash-Goa-16-0-in-women-hockey/articleshow/31960213.cms *** As world watches Ukraine, Goa keeps its fingers crossed - Times of India peaking tourists are the largest group of foreign tourists visiting Goa, with around two lakh ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNHFWhopYxBfUBervMHoB0_Y8Uv09Acid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/As-world-watches-Ukraine-Goa-keeps-its-fingers-crossed/articleshow/31757449.cms *** Family of man stranded in Iran seeks Goa CM's help - Times of India ased company that had ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNH-5jcTAe2B0zDWziOBEft5kVHUrAcid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Family-of-man-stranded-in-Iran-seeks-Goa-CMs-help/articleshow/31930395.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] In Goa, a Goa Strings Orchestra in a concert of international classical music
In all the romp between Sheba and Solomon, someone forgot to mention the time ; ) W Sent from my iPad Wendell Rodricks, Campal, Panjim. GOA 403001. INDIA Off tel: +91-832-2420604, Shop tel: +91-832-2238177 Off email: rns.wend...@gmail.com On 13-Mar-2014, at 11:22 PM, Goanet News news.goa...@gmail.com wrote: From Victor Rangel-Ribeiro Friends, Romance writers, and countrymen (and women), fair warning! On Monday, March 17, I will be conducting the Goa String Orchestra in a concert of international classical music. The programme will begin with Handel's jolly Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, which foretells she will be having a jolly good time with King Solomon if he gets to the Kala Academy on time. To enhance the couple's amorous mood we will then play Edward Elgar's Salut d'amour, and follow that up with his Chanson de matin (Morning Song) to set the mood for when the royal philanderers finally wake up. The main work of the evening will be Mozart's very lively and tuneful early piano concerto No. 14 in E flat; the soloist will be Karl Lutchmayer, a Goan Brit who is a professor at the Trinity College of Music in London. We will also be playing Mozart's rousing Serenata Notturna for four string soloists and string ensemble. (I use the term rousing because, while one expects the normal serenade to be a quiet, romantic song that a lovestruck swain (are there still swains around, or are there only young fellows these days?) would softly croon beneath a loved one's window, in this particular serenade Mozart has the soloists cooing like lovebirds, while the rest of the group comes up with a boisterous response every time. The concert will end with a couple of surprise pieces that will fortunately be of very short duration. So do come in with a group of as many friends and relatives as you can put together, and if classical music is not something you or your friends would waste an evening on, send me your enemies instead.
[Goanet] Offtopic: Real innovation: people solving real problems....
Amazing stuff! FN Filmed July 2013 at TEDGlobal 2013 Toby Shapshak: You don't need an app for that Are the simplest phones the smartest? While the rest of the world is updating statuses and playing games on smartphones, Africa is developing useful SMS-based solutions to everyday needs, says journalist Toby Shapshak. In this eye-opening talk, Shapshak explores the frontiers of mobile invention in Africa as he asks us to reconsider our preconceived notions of innovation. http://www.ted.com/talks/toby_shapshak_you_don_t_need_an_app_for_that?utm_source=newsletter_dailyutm_campaign=dailyutm_medium=emailutm_content=button__2014-03-13 -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick Goa,1556: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2
[Goanet] CM NEEDS TO GET THE PRIORITIES RIGHT
The fiscal priority of any sensible and prudent government should be to pay its staff salaries abidingly on the 1st of every month. A government which fails to do this shows signs and symptoms of bad governance. The Public Prosecutors and Assistant Public Prosecutors in South Goa have not been paid since January. This is the sordid tale in many other departments too. How does this government expect the staff and their families to survive? We have just witnessed a very pompous Carnival and there will soon be an equally colorful Shigmo. A sign of very awful governance, when the State sponsors fun and frolic while its coffers are empty. This government has been on a borrowing spree. How long will it be able to sustain such lavish spending? We all know that the condition of the exchequer is very precarious. Despite this the government has been squandering money on wrong and skewed priorities. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should lying to us that all is well, despite the State being in a downright debt trap. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
