[Goanet] Goacom Newsclips on 12 August 2015
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[Goanet] Goacom Newsclips on 13 August 2015
Goacom Newsclips Gen Next writes to PM: Question Soni to trace black money Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1J5NBSv Govt playing vindictive politics, alleges Kamat Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1IN2xkV Govt invites suggestions on shifting casinos Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1f9mcmH Candidates may have to file assets for civic polls Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1MpqOnr Parsekar wants to woo back Goan IT professionals Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1h5hmsA Churchill’s house, office raided at Varca Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1IJySex Illegal mining case to be heard on Friday Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1DM9fet Digambar grilled for over an hour Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1WleHuP 22 posts in commercial tax dept to be revived Click here to read more... http://bit.ly/1IN62b6 Click below link to read more articles http://www.goacom.com/previewer/
[Goanet] SMILE.......................................... IT'S WEEKEND (13/08/2015)
NOT BE……. One fine Sunday evening Latika comes home and tells her mother (Rukminni):- Latika: Mom, I am not going to marry that Govind, the one you have chosen for me. Rukminni: Why? What happened?? Latika: He says that he want to take me to Hanging-Garden and Hang-Out. Rukminni: So, what’s wrong in that? Latika: Mom, I am telling you that I don’t want to marry him, and if youforce me, than I will run away from this house with the boy whom I will chooseand you will never know where I am. Rukminni: (Crying bitterly) My dear daughter, please listen to me carefully… I ran away from my parents’ house and married to your Father; Your elder sister ran away with the Baker and got married; Your brother did the same thing with our Maid; Your father twice ran away.. once with our neighbor (Channapa’s) Wife and second time with a vegetable selling Lady; And now, if you too do the same thing, than where do we stand? Wewill not be able to show our face to our relatives, neighbors and villagers!!! Cajetan de Sanvordem Kuwait.
[Goanet] Birth of an Empire: The East India Company
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[Goanet] Easy listening selection.....The Harry Lime theme from the film 'The Third Man'
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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
THE EVERLY BROTHERS Temptation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_TuuJ31bdM g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
Re: [Goanet] Of migration, wealth, feni, an Vhodlem Ghor... and a diamond ring (Roland Francis)
Roland Francis wrote: This narration is dedicated to the memory of Joel D'Souza of Assagao, photojournalist, long time reporter for many Goa publications and online outlets, kind friend of many and acquaintance to even more who like myself, knew and befriended him in cyberspace, but never had the occasion to meet. -snip- He had a wedding ring with a large diamond that was given to him by his wife who fond of referring to a old tree in front of the house, would say, This tree will one day disappear but our wealth will not. Unclasping his ring from the finger, he shoved it in his throat and choked to death on it before anyone in the room knew what was happening. -- Roland, You dedicated a story of two suicides in memory of Joel D'Souza? Mervyn
Re: [Goanet] Alex's Acid or What do you do about slippery moss?
Get a kg of caustic soda from Pankar, Mapusa. Make a solution ( it is acidic so do not handle it with raw hands). sprinkle and brush it out. On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:10 PM, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote: BTW Alex's number is 904-945-5366 He'll come with his bike and take your car and wash it and bring it back.. I hear a carping shout: Ahem... Hey Felix! Did you ask whether I get a commission to advertise Alex? No Felix, sadly I don't.. But I do like to promote people who are genuinely helpful and beneficial to the society around them. In case you decide to use his services friends, do mention that I had recommended him. Augusto On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:58 PM, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote: When it rains heavily in Goa moss begins to grow on cement. This can become dangerous. Today Alex from Nachinola who runs a bike / car washing center came to take my red Swift for a wash. He was just saying, The ground has become slippery... And he stepped in my moss infested garage and slipped and toppled over. Very fortunately, nothing happened to him for though he fell on concrete he didn't fall on his head so my wife and I released a sigh of relief. Alex regained his composure and said, You should put baking (I think) soda (or some such soda) or Acid and fix this. He said he would bring acid when he came back. My Home Minister Bibian put some drain cleaning fluid and soda over the ground. Later true to his word when Alex came back with my car he brought acid and a brush (which he was to leave with me) and said that our efforts were not enough and poured acid over the ground and with the brush rubbed it over the mossy ground. Thank you Alex. If anyone wants to get their car cleaned then go to Alex. He charges Rs 200/ or Rs 250/ depending upon what service he provides. Please ask. I can't remember the charges for washing a bike but I think it is below Rs 100/ In the meanwhile I have a question to ask you: what do you do when you have slippery moss growing on places where you mght step and fall? Do you have a better solution than Alex's acid?
Re: [Goanet] MoI - Anissue that affects all Goans - Herald Edit - By Tomazinho Cardozo
My thinking process has always been in Konkani. No amount of English in my system can make me think in English. And this is an undisputable fact. Thank you VJ flo On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote: Makes sense. Having said that it is very reasonable to develop an ability to think in languages other than ones native tongue, if that be Konkani. Students learn English by account of going through school, and in develop the sense of thinking in it, although this may not be a wide phenomenon. A language is picks up and reveled in according to ones inclinations, the level of teaching experienced, and other adjunct affinities. In parallel, a significant order of endeavoring is expected if one wishes to think in other languages. Of course, decent training will make it appear to ones mind that one is thinking in any said language, but that may not be the case, and does not matter to the many. Best, —Venantius J Pinto
[Goanet] Today, protest Demonstration of the Primary Schools Staff Association
Good morning. Please come to Azad Maidan Panaji today Thursday between 3.00 p.m and 5.00 p.m to greet and express your solidarity with protest Demonstration of the Primary Schools Staff Association fighting for government salary grants and regularising their services.
[Goanet] CASINOS SHOULD BE DRIVEN OFFSHORE
While the Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar had branded Casinos as a “social evil” and called them dens of vice. While leading that agitation against Casinos, Manohar Parrikar had vowed to make sure that all Casinos were thrown out of Goa if the BJP came to power. But in a dramatic U turn in March 2012 after coming to power Manohar Parrikar allowed yet another Casino the monstrous ‘M.V. Horseshoe’. The BJP in Goa has since fallen in love with the Casino brigade which is now getting the government’s total patronage and support. While the BJP is feasting and making merry with the abundant funds flowing from the Casinos, Goa has sadly become the country’s gambling hub with the allied vices of prostitution and the narcotics trade also flourishing by the day. On 10th October 2013 then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had finally assured the Goa Legislative Assembly that all the Casinos would be removed out of the River Mandovi by September 2015. With that date now fast approaching the Government has started through an advertisement released in all the news papers today a so called public consultation process to only fool the people. The Casinos are meant to be off shore and that is where they should be asked to relocate. Does the government have to be told the definition of off shore? While the BJP continues to milk the Casinos nothing will be done to relocate them. The people of Goa can read between the lines. The government should not underestimate the intelligence quotient of Goans who have been patiently enduring the manner in which the people are being taken for a ride. March 2017 is when the BJP will be shown its place for having betrayed on almost every issue the faith the people of Goa had reposed. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
Re: [Goanet] Alex's Acid or What do you do about slippery moss?
While Caustic Soda (aka Lye) is NOT an Acid but a very strong Alkali, Floriano is right. It is very corrosive and one has to be careful with it. Considering that the Lye used might affect other matter and plants in the environment, I wonder if it is worth Trying a more gentle combination of Vinegar and Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) to do the needful. jc On 13 August 2015 at 00:58, Floriano Lobo floriano.l...@gmail.com wrote: Get a kg of caustic soda from Pankar, Mapusa. Make a solution ( it is acidic so do not handle it with raw hands). sprinkle and brush it out. On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:10 PM, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote: BTW Alex's number is 904-945-5366 He'll come with his bike and take your car and wash it and bring it back.. I hear a carping shout: Ahem... Hey Felix! Did you ask whether I get a commission to advertise Alex? No Felix, sadly I don't.. But I do like to promote people who are genuinely helpful and beneficial to the society around them. In case you decide to use his services friends, do mention that I had recommended him. Augusto On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:58 PM, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote: When it rains heavily in Goa moss begins to grow on cement. This can become dangerous. Today Alex from Nachinola who runs a bike / car washing center came to take my red Swift for a wash. He was just saying, The ground has become slippery... And he stepped in my moss infested garage and slipped and toppled over. Very fortunately, nothing happened to him for though he fell on concrete he didn't fall on his head so my wife and I released a sigh of relief. Alex regained his composure and said, You should put baking (I think) soda (or some such soda) or Acid and fix this. He said he would bring acid when he came back. My Home Minister Bibian put some drain cleaning fluid and soda over the ground. Later true to his word when Alex came back with my car he brought acid and a brush (which he was to leave with me) and said that our efforts were not enough and poured acid over the ground and with the brush rubbed it over the mossy ground. Thank you Alex. If anyone wants to get their car cleaned then go to Alex. He charges Rs 200/ or Rs 250/ depending upon what service he provides. Please ask. I can't remember the charges for washing a bike but I think it is below Rs 100/ In the meanwhile I have a question to ask you: what do you do when you have slippery moss growing on places where you mght step and fall? Do you have a better solution than Alex's acid?
[Goanet] Mayem farmers: govt must force mining companies to pay compensation
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM: The Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha, Mayem, has strongly demanded that the government force the mining companies to pay compensation to farmers, failing which they have threatened to block resumption of mining in the village. Addressing a press conference in the city, ABKS Mayem President Kamlakant Gadekar said that they have been fighting with the mining companies since last several years, for compensation. The farmers from Mayem have been given compensation in 2009 and 2010 for the silt that had entered the farms and rendered them useless,” Gadekar said adding “ since then the two companies operating in the village have not given any compensation to the farmers.” The ABKS had approached the Bicholim mamlatdar in 2012, but the mining company in 2013 appealed to the North Goa collector stating that there should be soil testing of the silt from the farms. After about a year the case was transferred to the Bicholim deputy collector. Today was the last day of hearing, but the farmers were in for a rude shock when they were told that the case was referred back to the collector. Threat to block mining If the issue is not resolved before the Ganesh Chaturthi, about 500 plus farmers who are affected by mining silt would not allow mining to resume in the village, Gadekar warned.
[Goanet] The friendly face of corruption in Goa (Devika Sequeira)
The friendly face of corruption in Goa Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com Apart from the Congress' defence of Digambar Kamat, and the party's commitment to stand by its former chief minister in the Louis Berger accusations, there've been practically no sound bytes from the political class to either censure or applaud the police action against the two politicians. In Churchill Alemao's case, his legal team, family and hangers-on are the only ones who've been rallying round him, leaving the once weighty politician looking somewhat isolated. Some would argue that Alemao has only himself to blame for his current isolation. His most recent political sojourn had him jumping into -- of all parties -- the Trinamool Congress. That move, prompted by his peeve against the Congress party for not giving in to his demand to field his daughter Valanka for the Lok Sabha poll last year, defines Alemao's maverick three and half decades in politics which have been governed mostly by a self-serving agenda. 'Make me and my brother Joaquim ministers, or we'll bring down your government...'. 'Give Valanka the ticket, or I'll contest against your official candidate and help the BJP...' The Congress Party has been the worst casualty of this constant arm-twisting—and deservedly so, for bending over backward to accommodate him. Though Alemao is being implicated in the current payoffs case for his tenure in a Congress government, the party must be truly relieved it doesn't have to come to his defence as a party man. Perhaps it should thank Valanka Alemao for her overreaching political ambition. Churchill's closest supporters are clutching the hope that there might after all be a positive outcome to his current discomfiture and political low. The unfolding graft case, the manner of his midnight arrest and his being lodged in custody by the police could translate into a sympathy wave for him in the next election, they believe. While a more urban and educated voter might be repulsed by corruption, rural Goa -- constituencies like Benaulim, Navelim, Nuvem, Taleigao -- is often dismissive of it. There's probably some truth in this. How else does one explain the electoral successes of people like Mickky Pacheco, Babush Monserrate, Mauvin Godinho? Digambar Kamat and Churchill Alemao couldn't have been more unalike. Alemao's large personality comes with a grassroots appeal and charisma that has seen him often turn the tables on more educated politicians. Kamat, on the other hand, a backroom player, has used cunning, guile and astute compromise (his Brahmin genes, his critics would say) to get to where he is, and survive a whole term as chief minister. But both pride themselves on being accessible to their constituents and to the public at large. One can walk into Digambar's sitting room in Margao, just as one can with Churchill in Varca. The bonhomie that exudes from such accessibility can often blunt public perception of corruption in politics. This is no sinister Vyapam scandal where scores of witnesses and participants are being bumped off like skittles dropping off a bowling alley. This is the soft and friendly face of an elected representative who might have occasionally put his hand out behind our backs. It is often argued that graft is the necessary evil of politics in this country, and we just have to learn to live with it. But the biting fact is that it is political greed that has impeded development on every front in Goa, putting it on the irreversible path to ruination. It is why we will never resolve such a small matter as getting rid of our garbage, the wilful destruction of our beaches and the deliberate and tedious impediments to everyday living for common people. Worse yet is that worthless progeny of politicians have been brought up to believe that inducements are an entitlement of their political lineage. The corrosion does indeed run deep. The BJP which has been accused of putting the Goa Watergate case on overdrive to deflect attention from the far more serious Vyapam racket has been sitting smugly on the sidelines of the Louis Berger investigations. Its recent move to reward Mauvin Godinho -- who was dragged to the courts by former chief minister Manohar Parrikar over the multi-crore power rebate racket -- with the chairmanship of the South Goa Planning and Development Authority exposes the saffron party's hypocrisy on the issue of corruption. Who's to say Kamat and Alemao will not be absolved in the same cynical manner before the next election? There may actually be a rainbow at the end
[Goanet] Jamshedpur's Plastic Roads
Disposal of waste plastic is no longer a problem in the steel city with
Jamshedpur Utility and Services Company (JUSCO) using bitumen technology on
waste plastic, ranging from polybags to biscuit packets, for constructing
roads. JUSCO, a 100 per cent subsidiary company of Tata Steel which maintains
and provides municipal services in Tata command area of the city, has
constructed 12-15 kms road in the steel city as well as Tata Steel Works
besides widening 22 roads using the environment-friendly technology of
utilising waste plastic. As far as we know, Jamshedpur is the only city in
eastern India where bitumen technology (Dry Process) patented by Thiagarajar
College of Engineering (TCE), Tirupparanku ram, Madurai, has been implemented
on accumulated waste plastic for the first time, Gaurav Anand, Senior Manager
(Quality Assurance) of JUSCO, said today.Claiming that there is no maintenance
cost involved for the first five years, Anand, who is an environment engineer,
said that for every stretch of such one km long and four metre wide road, one
tonne of bitumen costing Rs 50,000 is saved. The use of bitumen has been
reduced by 7 per cent ever since JUSCO began using waste plastic in road
construction work, he said, adding that the quality and longevity of roads made
of waste plastic-aggregate-bitumen was two times better than bitumen
road.Describing plastic tar road as a new pathway, Pratyush Dandpat, Deputy
Manager (Quality Assurance) of JUSCO, said that the technology turned out to be
successful. Besides being water resistant, it has better binding property,
higher softening point, can withstand high temperature and higher load, has
lower penetration value, costs less as compared to bitumen road and has no
toxic gas emission, Dandpat said. Though there is great demand for the
technology, including from Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and
Jharkhand governments, but we do not have any plan to commercialise it but to
serve society. We have even received a request from Nigeria, which wants to
replicate it in their country, Anand said. Due to the JUSCO initiative, the
city will now have strong, durable, eco-friendly roads which will also relieve
the residents from the ugly frightening sight of heaps of plastic waste!!
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[Goanet] NEWS ANCHOR-CUM-PRINT MEDIA JOURNALIST ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT FOR SECOND TIME IN FOUR MONTHS....
NEWS ANCHOR-CUM-PRINT MEDIA JOURNALIST ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT FOR SECOND TIME IN FOUR MONTHS By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar A top anchor working at a cable news channel, which also runs a popular newspaper, has been accused of sexual harassment, for the second time in the last four months. The victim, a part-time newsreader has complained to the management that she has been bombarded with sexually explicit content, both images and texts, by the very senior editorial staffer, who had in the past been accused of sexual harassment by a maid working in the same organisation. The victim has also accused the anchor and a senior print media journalist of demanding sexual favours. Not at liberty to name the media organisation, because a complaint has not yet been filed by the victim, but a meeting has been called at the news channel's office today evening to 'compromise' the matter. The sexual harassment complaint had been made to the management on Wednesday along with images of the explicit images and texts. The victim had been working at the news channel only for a few weeks. The accused had threatened to sack her if she did not respond to her overtures, she has said in her complaint. EOM
Re: [Goanet] Alex's Acid or What do you do about slippery moss?
Floriano Lobo wrote:Get a kg of caustic soda from Pankar, Mapusa. Make a solution ( it is acidic so do not handle it with raw hands). sprinkle and brush it out. -- Floriano,Caustic soda is an alkali. At this point, I would also suggest that you do a little reading on how acids and alkalis effect the human body and ones health. Mervyn
[Goanet-News] The friendly face of corruption in Goa (Devika Sequeira)
The friendly face of corruption in Goa Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com Apart from the Congress' defence of Digambar Kamat, and the party's commitment to stand by its former chief minister in the Louis Berger accusations, there've been practically no sound bytes from the political class to either censure or applaud the police action against the two politicians. In Churchill Alemao's case, his legal team, family and hangers-on are the only ones who've been rallying round him, leaving the once weighty politician looking somewhat isolated. Some would argue that Alemao has only himself to blame for his current isolation. His most recent political sojourn had him jumping into -- of all parties -- the Trinamool Congress. That move, prompted by his peeve against the Congress party for not giving in to his demand to field his daughter Valanka for the Lok Sabha poll last year, defines Alemao's maverick three and half decades in politics which have been governed mostly by a self-serving agenda. 'Make me and my brother Joaquim ministers, or we'll bring down your government...'. 'Give Valanka the ticket, or I'll contest against your official candidate and help the BJP...' The Congress Party has been the worst casualty of this constant arm-twisting—and deservedly so, for bending over backward to accommodate him. Though Alemao is being implicated in the current payoffs case for his tenure in a Congress government, the party must be truly relieved it doesn't have to come to his defence as a party man. Perhaps it should thank Valanka Alemao for her overreaching political ambition. Churchill's closest supporters are clutching the hope that there might after all be a positive outcome to his current discomfiture and political low. The unfolding graft case, the manner of his midnight arrest and his being lodged in custody by the police could translate into a sympathy wave for him in the next election, they believe. While a more urban and educated voter might be repulsed by corruption, rural Goa -- constituencies like Benaulim, Navelim, Nuvem, Taleigao -- is often dismissive of it. There's probably some truth in this. How else does one explain the electoral successes of people like Mickky Pacheco, Babush Monserrate, Mauvin Godinho? Digambar Kamat and Churchill Alemao couldn't have been more unalike. Alemao's large personality comes with a grassroots appeal and charisma that has seen him often turn the tables on more educated politicians. Kamat, on the other hand, a backroom player, has used cunning, guile and astute compromise (his Brahmin genes, his critics would say) to get to where he is, and survive a whole term as chief minister. But both pride themselves on being accessible to their constituents and to the public at large. One can walk into Digambar's sitting room in Margao, just as one can with Churchill in Varca. The bonhomie that exudes from such accessibility can often blunt public perception of corruption in politics. This is no sinister Vyapam scandal where scores of witnesses and participants are being bumped off like skittles dropping off a bowling alley. This is the soft and friendly face of an elected representative who might have occasionally put his hand out behind our backs. It is often argued that graft is the necessary evil of politics in this country, and we just have to learn to live with it. But the biting fact is that it is political greed that has impeded development on every front in Goa, putting it on the irreversible path to ruination. It is why we will never resolve such a small matter as getting rid of our garbage, the wilful destruction of our beaches and the deliberate and tedious impediments to everyday living for common people. Worse yet is that worthless progeny of politicians have been brought up to believe that inducements are an entitlement of their political lineage. The corrosion does indeed run deep. The BJP which has been accused of putting the Goa Watergate case on overdrive to deflect attention from the far more serious Vyapam racket has been sitting smugly on the sidelines of the Louis Berger investigations. Its recent move to reward Mauvin Godinho -- who was dragged to the courts by former chief minister Manohar Parrikar over the multi-crore power rebate racket -- with the chairmanship of the South Goa Planning and Development Authority exposes the saffron party's hypocrisy on the issue of corruption. Who's to say Kamat and Alemao will not be absolved in the same cynical manner before the next election? There may actually be a rainbow at the end
[Goanet] CASINOS MUST GO TO OFFSHORE
Regarding Casinos shifting from Mandovi river as three sites were suggested by the Parsekar Government and the suggestion are invited from the public selecting one of these three sites mentioned below, just to fool the people of Goa: 1) Mouth of River Mandovi 2) Aguada Bay 3) Two locations in River Zuari east and west of the bridge and river Chapora. Suggestion were asked to send to the Home Dept Secretary Porvorim within 15 days time. I have read the notice which appeared in Navhind Times dated 13.8.2015 The public as well as the writers are been telling the government all the time, that NO CASINOS should be seen at the Mandovi River as Goans does not wish to have them. Even if it is shifted to any of these sites/locations mentioned above, Goans will never tolerate and agree this proposal. Best thing is to shift them to OFFSHORE after the monsoon and never to come back again. Hence these suggestion placed by the Home Dept should be ignored by the public and no suggestions are to be entertained. Stephen Dias D.Paula 13.8.2015 Message: 9 Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:39:19 +0530 From: Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] CASINOS SHOULD BE DRIVEN OFFSHORE Message-ID: CAHriWMgBJ9sAXTqehQJccqdUaHPwiXFY=adxjexnw8enbmk...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 While the Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar had branded Casinos as a ?social evil? and called them dens of vice. While leading that agitation against Casinos, Manohar Parrikar had vowed to make sure that all Casinos were thrown out of Goa if the BJP came to power. But in a dramatic U turn in March 2012 after coming to power Manohar Parrikar allowed yet another Casino the monstrous ?M.V. Horseshoe?. The BJP in Goa has since fallen in love with the Casino brigade which is now getting the government?s total patronage and support. While the BJP is feasting and making merry with the abundant funds flowing from the Casinos, Goa has sadly become the country?s gambling hub with the allied vices of prostitution and the narcotics trade also flourishing by the day. On 10th October 2013 then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had finally assured the Goa Legislative Assembly that all the Casinos would be removed out of the River Mandovi by September 2015. With that date now fast approaching the Government has started through an advertisement released in all the news papers today a so called public consultation process to only fool the people. The Casinos are meant to be off shore and that is where they should be asked to relocate. Does the government have to be told the definition of off shore? While the BJP continues to milk the Casinos nothing will be done to relocate them. The people of Goa can read between the lines. The government should not underestimate the intelligence quotient of Goans who have been patiently enduring the manner in which the people are being taken for a ride. March 2017 is when the BJP will be shown its place for having betrayed on almost every issue the faith the people of Goa had reposed. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar ? Goa ? 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires -
Re: [Goanet] Alex's Acid or What do you do about slippery moss?
Mervyn, point well taken. However, handling caustic soda in the raw/concentrated form affects the skin. Wanted to make it clear by saying it is acidic. Cheers On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote: Floriano Lobo wrote:Get a kg of caustic soda from Pankar, Mapusa. Make a solution ( it is acidic so do not handle it with raw hands). sprinkle and brush it out. -- Floriano,Caustic soda is an alkali. At this point, I would also suggest that you do a little reading on how acids and alkalis effect the human body and ones health. Mervyn
Re: [Goanet] The friendly face of corruption in Goa (Devika Sequeira)
On 13 August 2015 at 15:01, Goanet Reader goanetrea...@gmail.com wrote: The friendly face of corruption in Goa Devika Sequeira devikaseque...@gmail.com There may actually be a rainbow at the end of this storm for the Congress. Here's an opportunity for the party to clean up its act. There’s a valid reason to keep Churchill and clan -- not to mention Godinho and Monserrate -- out of the picture. But can the Congress be expected to ever make the right moves? COMMENT: Indeed ! Very Well Stated ! Enjoyed reading this post. jc
[Goanet] Mumbai: Human Chain Protest against the proposed Coast Road on 15th Aug 2015
From: bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com To: From: bwra.ban...@gmail.com PRESS NOTEHUMAN CHAIN BY BANDRA AND JUHU-VERSOVA RESIDENTSTO PROTEST AGAINST COAST ROADON INDEPENDENCE DAY MORNING, 15 AUGUST 2015 Residents’ Associations of Bandra are going to hoist the National Flag on 15 August 2015 morning at10:30 am and follow it up with a human chain -- across Carter Road and Bandra Bandstand public promenades -- on Independence Day morning. They are also generating public awareness on the need to send objections to the Coast Road to the BMC before the27 August 2015 deadline. These seafront areas of Mumbai will be directly affected by the 35-km-long coast road from Nariman Point to Kandivali, which will cost a staggering Rs 12,000 crores, or Rs 340 crores per km, only some Rs 20 crores less per km than an overground Metro, which is a far better and equitable form of public transport, as distinct from a private highway solely for cars. A recent transport study by Lea Associates, an international consulting firm, showed that 52% of all trips in Mumbai are by foot. Of trips by all forms of motorised transport, just 5% are by car. Overall, only 2.2% of daily trips in Mumbai are by car. More than half of these are along the eastern and central parts of Mumbai. So less than 1% of daily trips will use the proposed Coast Road. · We say no to the coast road plan.· We strongly oppose this hideous road project.· We fight to save our dear Bandra public promenades, Juhu beach and our lives.· We say no to more roads and no to becoming the world’s most polluted city like Delhi· We will protect and enlarge our meagre open spaces.· We shall hold each other's hands to conserve our environment. Venues: 1) Bandra West Residents Association (BWRA)Carter Road Promenade Bandra opp Police Addl Commissioner’s Office,Flag Hoisting: 10.30am, followed by Human Chain 2) Bandra Bandstand Residents Trust (BBRT)Bandra Bandstand Promenade, J J Road, Central Garden, Opp Basra Bungalow,Flag Hoisting: 10.30am, followed by Human Chain 3) Juhu-Versova: To be held exactly a week later on Sunday, 23 August 2015 at Gandhiji’s Statue, Central Juhu Chowpatty at 8.30am We demand freedom from the destructive Coast Road on our Independence Day. Media contacts: 1) BWRA: Darryl D’Monte (President)98203 68872; Patricia Nath (Secretary) 98193 62525; Arjun Chhabria (Treasurer) 98214 91875; Naaznin Hussein (Committee) 98201 11144 2) BBRT: 1) Arup Sarbadhikary 98203 25159; 2) Bennedict Soares 98209 28460 3) Jugal Tandon 98215 92200 3) JUHU-VERSOVA: 1) P.K. Das 98200 22311; 2) Ashoke Pandit 98201 54279 4) Action for Good Governance Networking in India (AGNI):Shyama Kulkarni 98215 66557
[Goanet] OLGA TELLIS - Two glorious Milestones
Olga Tellis..What a brave and determined Goemcan ! Famous for having gone Toe to Toe against the Bombay Municipal Corporation and Won. http://indiankanoon.org/doc/709776/ What a delightful individual and brilliant journalist. As you complete the Golden Anniversary of your Journalistic Career and the Platinum Anniversary (yesterday) of the Birthday. Thank you for making ALL of us proud. Ad Multos Annos jc ps: They don't make journos like you too often.
[Goanet] Goanet -Re: Slippery moss et al
The caution by Jose and Mervyn on the use of chemicals to remove monsoon moss, should be heeded. The fumes that these chemicals give out, may affect our health, and also the plants in the vicinity. In addition to the moss, what I find more slippery is an almost invisible slime that coats, concrete surfaces, as well tarred roads and laeterite walkways. More than once I have slipped on this slime which is akin to slipping on ice in the winter in the colder countries. Someone had suggested using powdered bleach which also gives out noxious fumes. My solution has been touse a good old fashioned wire brush while covering one's nose and mouth, to scrub the moss, slime and pesky weeds that thrive during the rains. This is a time consuming and oneroustask, but highly effective. The only downside is that it may wear down the surfaces being scrubbed. Despite these travails, I love the monsoons in Goa !
[Goanet] Goa news for August 14, 2015
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa lawmakers Discuss Bikinis Vis-a-Vis Tourism - The New Indian Express lad women on the official ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHKSzIcohKdD7Zhvo8YVjctf0g0Ggclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778923785262ei=gijNVaCQBdei3AGm4KawCgurl=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Goa-lawmakers-Discuss-Bikinis-Vis-a-Vis-Tourism/2015/08/13/article2972733.ece *** Zico, Santos convince Moura to join FC Goa - Times of India ear-old former Roma player could sign the contract next week, leaving space for one more foreign player to complete the minimum requirement of nine ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFGUDN5ukjGIQTacGKbE8Gg37KmPgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778924145902ei=gijNVaCQBdei3AGm4KawCgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Zico-Santos-convince-Moura-to-join-FC-Goa/articleshow/48459052.cms *** Two marina projects approved for Goa - Business Standard ased Yacht Heaven, adding that the proposed investment for the two projects was around Rs.700 crore and the employment ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNEpgjm_5NMdz_23_Rt4JbVD4cCscAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778924653566ei=gijNVaCQBdei3AGm4KawCgurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/two-marina-projects-approved-for-goa-115081300798_1.html *** Goa wants bullfighting regularised, forms house committee - Business Standard siness StandardParsekar, who was speaking during the ongoing monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly, said farmers raise bulls for work in the fields and that they also used to engage them in dhirio, a typical Goan bullfight, where two bulls or buffaloes lock ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNE-fvLhe0NCLT74MsySoAFVD-SrLgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778924185461ei=gijNVaCQBdei3AGm4KawCgurl=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/goa-wants-bullfighting-regularised-forms-house-committee-11508141_1.html *** Goa's appetite for wild mushrooms is hurting the ecology of Western Ghats - Scroll.in roll.inEvery July and August, Goa becomes a vibrant marketplace for muddy mushrooms. Hawkers sell the fungi, wrapped in large green teak leaves, on the pavements of Panjim and on the edges of busy highways, as Goans stop by with wallets on the ready.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNH3rteRCliob6r18owcHDOxX8Lmowclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=gijNVaCQBdei3AGm4KawCgurl=http://scroll.in/article/748110/goas-appetite-for-wild-mushrooms-is-hurting-the-ecology-of-western-ghats *** Bribery case against me false, claims ex-Goa CM Kamat - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: (PTI) Former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat on Thursday said he has nothing to do with the Louis Berger bribery case as he was not holding the top post when the water project at the centre of the scandal was conceived and the related ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGbZ1SXrMtaAGu8eBXOJ8154B2lVwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778921384939ei=gijNVaCQBdei3AGm4KawCgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bribery-case-against-me-false-claims-ex-Goa-CM-Kamat/articleshow/48470410.cms *** The Goa Most Tourists Ignore - The New Indian Express e New Indian ExpressIf you are looking at discovering Goa beyond the obvious, I am listing a few very interesting and offbeat things. The monsoons offer a Goa that is very quiet and green and I have been experiencing all the joys of this season for many years now. This ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFDqddnWbQs04OeTocXV1b9wdMj-wclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=gijNVaCQBdei3AGm4KawCgurl=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/The-Goa-Most-Tourists-Ignore/2015/08/13/article2971309.ece *** Holiday crowd heads to Thailand, Goa for long I-Day weekend - Times of India eason time in these places, so tourists are getting the benefit of cheaper hotel rates, said Harshada Dhole Patil, owner of Kingston ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGsjQUc_tugwPgnzRch9JA33ECRYAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=gijNVaCQBdei3AGm4KawCgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Holiday-crowd-heads-to-Thailand-Goa-for-long-I-Day-weekend/articleshow/48474904.cms *** Goa Land Revenue Code Bill passed - Times of India mes of India... of cases and avoid multiplicity of litigation. The administrative tribunal had held in certain cases pertaining to section 33 of the Goa Land Revenue Code that the orders by the courts of deputy collectors and sub divisional officers are without ...a class=
Re: [Goanet] Alex's Acid or What do you do about slippery moss?
1: Floriano Lobo wrote: Get a kg of caustic soda from Pankar, Mapusa. Make a solution ( it is acidic so do not handle it with raw hands). sprinkle and brush it out. 2: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote: Floriano,Caustic soda is an alkali. At this point, I would also suggest that you do a little reading on how acids and alkalis effect the human body and ones health COMMENT: While Floriano may have made a slip / error / typo by calling Caustic Soda an Acid instead of an Alkali, he was making a very, very valid and important precautionary point. Strong acids (like Muriatic Acid) and Strong alkalis (like Lye) are very corrosive - and should be handled with extreme care (just as Floriano has rightly cautioned us) As an aside, I am not sure that I would 'roll' my car tires/tyres over an area which has recently been doused with a strong acid or alkali.or even breath in that area. As mentioned earlier: I would first try a weak acid like Household Vinegar + Baking Soda jc
