[Goanet] Book Link: Khazan Ecosystems of Goa
https://books.google.ca/books?id=-r_EBAAAQBAJ Khazan Ecosystems of Goa: Building on Indigenous Solutions to Cope with Global Environmental Change Front Cover Sangeeta M. Sonak Springer Science & Business Media, Oct. 1, 2013 - Science - 137 pages 0 Reviews This book elaborates on the Khazan ecosystems of Goa, India. Khazans are human-managed ecosystems, which are reclaimed from coastal wetlands, salt marshes and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated through a highly structured system of dykes, canals, furrows, and sluice gates using resources that are amply available locally. Khazan ecosystems are marvels of tribal engineering. They are a simple architectural design, which operate at a very low running cost using tidal, hydro, and solar energy. The design contributes to a highly complex but eco-friendly ecosystem integrating agriculture, aquaculture and salt panning. . Khazan ecosystems have been functional for the last 3500 years. The history of Khazans is very ancient and can be traced to the transition from food gathering to food growing, which has been regarded as the biggest step in the history of human civilization. Khazan ecosystems thus have a high historical and world heritage value. They are also repositories of global biodiversity, with unique flora suitable to their unique and highly variable environment. They are endemic and heritage ecosystems of Goa and ultimately reservoirs of history and heritage. Using the example of the Khazan lands, the book analyzes and comments on traditional ecological knowledge and indigenous technology. It presents the evolution of Khazan management institutions over a period of more than three thousand years, as well as factors that have contributed to its decline in recent years. It develops a conceptual framework for ecosystem performance and suggests strategies for conservation of Khazans as well as strategies to build on these indigenous adaptation mechanisms to cope with the global environmental change. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Link: Hustled. When your boss is an app
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hustled/id1505587581 Hustled. When your boss is an app Toronto Star, the Atkinson Foundation, & Antica Productions -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Temper Spices
I temper a combination of garlic, pepper corns, a dry red chili and coriander seeds in hot oil for 45 second and pour this on Dal ... just let the oil sit on top as a garnish and then scoop some when serving to the plate. I use the small porridge sauce pan for this...My technique is don't chop the garlic. I peel the cloves, then one smash it with the flat part of a cooks knife. You can't do this with a paring knife. You also smash to crack, peel, the smash again. Keep the results of garlic prep should be chunky...don't smashing down to a soft paste AP http://www.rasam.ie/how-to-temper-spices/ How To Temper Spices If you have spent some time talking to us about our food, no doubt you will have heard us mention, tempering our spices. In authentic Indian cooking, the key to making a truly delicious meal is not only choosing the right spices but also adding them in the right order and tempering them correctly. Tempering of spices is a traditional method to extract the full flavour from spices and is also known as “Tadka”. Essentially this method is when whole or ground spices are heated in hot oil and then added to a dish. The hot oil or ghee makes the spices more fragrant and flavoursome and brings the essence of the spices to the fore and maintains this essence when it is added to a dish. Not only does tempering add flavour but it also unlocks the nutritional benefits of the spices. The ingredients used in a Tadka varies dependant on the area the dish originated from. Dishes from the North of India tend to favour cumin whilst dishes from the south prefer curry leaves. Some things to remember 1)If you are making a curry, then temper at the start. If you are making a dahl, rasam or sambar then it is best to temper at the end. If you are tempering at the end of a dish, then use a separate pan and simply add to the dish 2)Not sure what to temper? You can try powdered spices, cumin seeds, red dry chillies, mustard seeds, grated ginger or garlic, bay leaves or cloves. The choice is yours 3)You don’t need lots of oil. One or two tablespoons is plenty 4)Ideally use Ghee, sunflower or vegetable oil. Olive oil in this case is not the best choice 5)The whole process only takes a few seconds, so make sure you are prepared before you start 6)Heat the oil, then add the seeds, followed by your other dry ingredients. The order in which you add your spices is very important and should be based on their individual cooking time 7)The oil or ghee should be very hot at first, then reduced to medium, then add the spices. You know the oil is hot enough when you can see a slight shimmer. 8)You will know your tempering is done when the spices are crackling or have changed colour. Make sure if you are using cumin or mustard seeds you let them pop in the oil 9)If you burn the spices, you’ll have to throw your mixture out and start again, as the burnt flavour will ruin your whole dish. The key to tempering is heat control 10) Once your tempering is complete, you can start to add your other ingredients such as onions, meat & vegetables 11) As you add more ingredients the temperature in your pot will start to drop, so you may need to add more heat 12) Don’t temper fresh herbs, rather add them at the end of the cooking process directly to the dish -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell - [Goanet] What is "tempering" or फोण्ण in Konkani? Frederick Noronha fredericknoronha2 at gmail.com Mon Jun 22 09:16:50 PDT 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempering_(spices) --
[Goanet] Video Interviews: India Today's YouTube site
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPvAwZP8pZhSMW8qs7cVCw/videos India Today is a 24-hour English news television channel run by TV Today Network. India Today news channel covers latest news in politics, entertainment, bollywood, business and sports. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Link: GALF 2019 session videos are starting to be published online
https://www.youtube.com/user/icggoa/videos Goa Arts and Literary Festival (GALF) 2019 session videos are starting to be published online. Thanks to the International Centre Goa (ICG) The International Centre, Goa is a not-for-profit autonomous society founded in June 1987, though supported in part by the government. It was inaugurated on 18 June 1996, and is located in Goa, India. It says its vision is to "bring together thinkers, scholars, academics, achievers, sociologists, industrialists and creative people from India and around the world." -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Brendan Fernandes, Artist Talk 10.16.19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLRY_gXs3kI Brendan Fernandes, Artist Talk 10.16.19 Oct 31, 2019 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the Department of Visual Art presents Brendan Fernandes, October 16, 2019 at the List Art Building, Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Brendan Fernandes (b. 1979, Nairobi, Kenya) is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual arts. Currently based out of Chicago, Brendan’s projects address issues of race, queer culture, migration, protest and other forms of collective movement. Always looking to create new spaces and new forms of agency, Brendan’s projects take on hybrid forms: part Ballet, part queer dance hall, part political protest…always rooted in collaboration and fostering solidarity. Brendan is a graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Program (2007) and a recipient of a Robert Rauschenberg Fellowship (2014). In 2010, he was shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award, and is currently the recipient of a 2017 Canada Council New Chapters grant. His projects have shown at the 2019 Whitney Biennial (New York); the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York); the Museum of Modern Art (New York); The Getty Museum (Los Angeles); the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa); MAC (Montreal); among a great many others. He is currently artist-in-residency and faculty at Northwestern University and represented by Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago. Upcoming projects in 2019 include performances and solo presentations at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art (Washington); the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago); and the Noguchi Museum (New York). -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Happy Christmas 2019 - ANNOUNCEMENT Goa (or Munbai) Top 3-5 Lists Contest.
Happy Christmas everyone on GoaNet, (ie the World Wide Virtual Network of the World Wide Goan Nation). Greetings from, this year an unseasonable mild, Canada. I'm looking outside, and there is no snow. If all goes well, I'll soon be visiting Goa and Mumbai for the first time in 40 years. Your feedback is valuable to me as it will help me plan my trip. -- Request: Top 3-5 List Contest: Tell me what are your 3-5 Top things to do, to experience, places to visit, people to meet, in Goa (or Mumbai)? What are the gems? Who were winners this year? Who were the losers? And what about the future, what to what to, good or bad, what should we be looking out for? Books? Yes! Include your Goa related book list. I don't want to be relying too heavily on the VBloggers on YouTube alone. Funny, unexpectedly good, bad, or insane...I'd like to know your best of or worst of lists. Be sure to add some context. - Prizes of the best lists: Yes. There are some for the very best efforts. Winners, I'll send you something special and uniquely Canadian. - -- Please post your List on GoaNet for all to see -- Entries accepted world-wide -- Of course, you can make it a longer top-ten list -- Yes, you can submit many lists with different ... but for prizes, quality rather than quantity counts -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] OffTopic: Rex Murphy interviews Jordan Peterson (Canadians on Canadian TV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0P6H7cm0E4 Rex Murphy (REXTV) interviews Jordan Peterson Nov 12, 2019 An open conversation with Rex Murphy about the modern state of education, politics, identity, and new media. Recorded in early September. 'For those international viewers, unfamiliar with Canadian media, it will be useful for you to know that Rex Murphy is one of Canada's premier journalists: tough, truthful, politically correct, and possessed of a singular style and character. It was both an honor and a pleasure to meet him. I highly recommend his channel.' - JP Podcast available at http://bit.ly/RexJordan Table of Contents: 00:10 – Introduction 00:34 – Confrontation with University, how did it happen 5:39 – Why do universities turn their back on reason and turn the language “upside-down” 7:41 – Brief remark about current state of journalism 10:05 – What are we afraid of in an attempt to preserve freedom of speech 11:52 – An appalling case of J Yuniv 14:10 – Mob mentality on Twitter 17:41 – Jordan Peterson’s negative and positive experience of social resonance 22:40 – Things that have deeply affected Jordan 26:48 – Jordan’s mission and the new media 33:18 – Things some of the media don’t understand about their audience 35:15 – Regressive experiments of the academic community 38:10 – Identity politics - reversion to tribalism 39:18 – Restoration of fundamental civilizational axioms 43:35 – Why are we inheriting guilt for the past 45:10 – Free speech on university campuses 47:27 – Positive changes we encounter 50:13 – Rhetoric of the instigators 52:19 – Trump is a social response 54:50 – Any other important observations? 57:07 – Exchange of gratitude -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Offtopic Article: They’re immigrants... So why are they supporting far-right parties that want to reduce immigration?
like, common courtesy,” he said. “When you come to my home, I expect you to respect my home and keep the best interests of the home in mind.” Chawla says more recent immigrants to Canada are “basically piggybacking on the system.” He doesn’t believe diversity is Canada’s strength, and for that reason would like to see immigration levels reduced to 100,000 people or less annually, compared to the current target of 300,000. “The reduction needs to happen, otherwise the flavour of Canada, the way it was founded by the forefathers of Canada … is getting affected.” The argument that European ancestry is intrinsic to Canadian identity doesn’t hold water to Maharaj, who points out that Japan and India aren’t the same as Canada — they are nation states with a linked civic and ethnic identity. “In a country like Canada, more than 95 per cent of the people living in this country are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants. An authentically Canadian experience has absolutely nothing to do with your racial ethnicity, or what your language or religion might be,” Maharaj said. Alain Deng, one of the founding members of the People's Party of Canada, ran for the party in the federal election in the culturally diverse riding of Vancouver South. “That’s where I see the arguments of the far right crumbling into absurdity. In fact, I would argue that the people who are being the most inauthentically Canadian are the far right. They have fundamentally misunderstood what our country has always been about.” Alain Deng, one of the founding members of the PPC, ran for the party in the federal election in the culturally diverse riding of Vancouver South. He garnered 527 votes, or 1.2 per cent of the result. A former Conservative party member, Deng joined the early ranks of the PPC because of his belief in free speech and frustration with political correctness. The party — which maintains libertarian values but includes supporters that are social conservatives and nationalists — called for a reduction in immigration to 150,000 people a year, with a higher percentage of economic immigrants. In an interview during the federal election campaign, he said Canadian unity is far more important than diversity, and often repeated the phrase “Canadians first.” “People are waking up. That’s why smart populism in this world gets the markets,” Deng said. Deng vehemently denied accusations of racism, but he has a history of Islamophobic rhetoric on social media, most of which was removed following an iPolitics story in May. “I’m not a racist or a bigot. I’m an immigrant from China. I escaped from a socialist dictatorship country. I was thirsty for freedom and democracy from a Western country,” he said. “But I’m totally against Islam and radical Islam.” But what some refer to as populism, Andrew Parkin would simply call racism. “I worry that labelling it as something else makes it disappear,” explained the executive director of the Environics Institute, a non-profit polling and research firm. “If people are targeting vulnerable members of the community. Call it what it is without painting a political theory.” Maharaj has observed how ethnic groups that have never had conflict outside of Canada find themselves at odds with other immigrant communities once they arrive here due to different social practices and levels of economic success. “Some of the racism one sees and some of the tensions one sees between different ethnic groups in Canada, are a somewhat unique Canadian creation,” Maharaj said. The lure of populism, nativism and ultimately racism is strong in immigrant communities because most come from countries where cultural and racial divisions are the norm, he said. So pitching multiculturalism as an inherent virtue of Canada is not always an easy sell. “Racism exists not only against non-white Canadians but within non-white Canadian communities against one another. That is in many ways the ugly little secret of the fight against racism,” he said. “As the non-white population of Canada grows and becomes more complex, that truth will become more evident.” ---end--- Omar Mosleh is an Edmonton-based reporter covering inner-city issues, affordable housing and reconciliation. Follow him on Twitter: @OmarMosleh Melanie Green is a Vancouver-based reporter covering politics. Follow her on Twitter: @mdgmedia -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Battery Replacement
Buy N Cell Mississauga 1960 Dundas Street West L5K 2R9 Mississauga ON Major Intersection: Erin Mills Parkway and Dundas Telephone: 416-840-7005 http://www.buyncell.ca/mississauga-store/ MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.53 13" (SD/FW)2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo (P8700) Intro. June 8, 2009 Disc. April 13, 2010 Order MB991LL/A Model A1278 (EMC 2326*) Family Mid-2009 13" ID MacBookPro5,5 RAM 4 GB VRAM256 MB Storage 250 GB HDD Optical 8X DL "SuperDrive" Complete MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.53 13" (SD/FW) Specs -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Fwd: Goan in Canada. Jazz Goa info
Hello Jazz Fans in Canada, I've updated the Goa Culture list web site with information about the Jazz Goa event: https://www.goaculturelist.ca/events/laura-fernandez-at-the-jazz-bistro-toronto/ I hope to have an interview with Colin published later this year... Join Laura Fernandez at the Jazz Bistro with, Colin D'Cruz of Jazz Goa "A great night of original songs, classic covers, Jazz and Latin with Colin D'Cruz of Jazz Goa...Will be performing songs I performed while in India!" Laura Fernandez is an award winning singer. songwriter, pianist, visual artist. She is host of Café Latino heard Saturdays from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on JazzFM91 Toronto FEATURING: -- Don Naduriak, piano and musical director -- Colin D'Cruz, bass -- Carrie Chesnutt, saxophone -- Sarah Thawer, drums DATES: July 17th and July 18th 8:30 to 10:30 pm VENUE: Jazz Bistro251 Victoria St. Toronto COST: 15.00 cover charge RESERVATIONS: (recommended) 416.363.5299 Club 647.885.3725 Artist MENU:Dinner and Cocktails available (see website for menu) Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell Forwarded Message Subject:Goan in Canada Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 12:05:34 + (UTC) From: Jazz Goa To: edi...@goaculturelist.ca Hi friends, People in Canada plan their summer weekends months in advance. It will be great if you forwarded this flyer to your family/friends living in Canada. For the first time a Goan jazz musician will feature in an all Canadian line-up at Toronto's iconic jazz venue the Jazz Bistro. Looking forward to seeing some of you'll at these gigs-cheers! www.jazzgoa.com
[Goanet] OffTopic: Video: Happiness: Capitalism vs Marxism. Debate
Dr. Jordan Peterson debates Slavoj Zizek - Happiness: Capitalism vs Marxism Friday Apr 19 2019 7:30 PM Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF2sOycQb30=youtu.be 2.5 hours -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Off Topic:Amazing USA progress in 100 years...imagine the next 100...
America 100 years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4c9jhzoV44 Amazing USA progress in 100 years...imagine the next 100... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Off Topic: Link The History of the Philosophy without any gaps
https://historyofphilosophy.net/ The History of the Philosophy without any gaps Great online episodes, with further reading lists Peter Adamson has been producing the History of Philosophy podcast since late 2010. When he launched the series he was a professor of philosophy at King's College London, and he remains affiliated to the Department there. But his main position is now at the LMU in Munich http://www.musaph.uni-muenchen.de/index.html where he is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy and runs the Munich School of Ancient Philosophy together with Christof Rapp and Oliver Primavesi. Peter's research has mostly concerned philosophy in the Islamic world and its Greek sources, and he has published and edited numerous books and written dozens of research articles in this area. For his CV and a sample of his work you can go to his page http://lmu-munich.academia.edu/PeterAdamson . His hobbies include writing podcasts, watching Buster Keaton movies, and writing more podcasts. - Happy Easter everyone... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] OffTopic: 3 Things That Shocked Me About India (videos)
3 Things That Shocked Me About India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhqS2D84PwY I Went Drinking in Mumbai's Worst Slum https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIvXbONfyd8s-K40MiJifSLRmNUJ36YJP Plus: 103-videos about adventures in India by Blogger Harald Baldr (Norwegian Traveler) --- Great insight via conversations with locals ... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
Re: [Goanet] Any idea how Goa would fit in on this list?
Great...now is that Australian, Canadian, Hong Kong, Jamaican, Liberian, Namibian, New Zealand, Singaporean, Taiwanese, or US Dollars. And how would you define 'decent' wine and 'good' restaurant... --- In Ontario, Canada, award winning local wines are about 18.00 to 22.00 CDN, basic imports are 12.00 to 20.00. They can go as 25.00 to 30.00. The more mature and select picks are 25.00 to 50.00. And you can go up from there to thw 100.00 200.00 range for the stuff that was aged, cellared, before release... We get amazing local wines, and a good selection of wines from all around the world... Most Canadians drink young wines and keep 5-6 bottle on hand for, roast night, guest, the hockey game, or as gifts when invited to a party... Bring you own bottle (BYOB) and sharing at a party is huge here. It happens in college dorms thru to seniors events. The wine market is 1/3 of alcohol sales and is growing. Beer is still popular at about 40% of sales.. And when to comes to wine, Canada imports much of what it consumes... http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry-markets-and-trade/canadian-agri-food-sector-intelligence/processed-food-and-beverages/profiles-of-processed-food-and-beverages-industries/canada-s-wine-industry/?id=1449859691976 http://www.canadianvintners.com/industry-statistics/ https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/180510/dq180510a-eng.htm http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry-markets-and-trade/international-agri-food-market-intelligence/reports/?id=1522931721523 You can check the Ontario prices in CDN at www.lcbo.com (the site may be down for maintenance) -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell [Goanet] Any idea how Goa would fit in on this list? Bernice Pereira bernicepereira at gmail.com Tue Apr 9 06:28:52 PDT 2019 About $25 to 30 for a decent table wine at a good restaurant. Bernice Sent from my iPhone > On 09-Apr-2019, at 6:01 PM, Frederick Noronha gmail.com> wrote: > > Mar 29 <https://twitter.com/NorbertElekes/status/662373151166466> > Price of a bottle of table wine Bucharest: $5.0 Lagos: $6.8 Paris: $11.9 > Oslo: $13.7 New Delhi: $19.0 Sydney: $20.5 Seoul: $27.0 Tel Aviv: $28.8 > > -- > FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436
[Goanet] Offtopic: the DNA of YouTube India and “Culinary Ambassador”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ePCZh-L4Q Create your own recipe for success | Sanjay Thumma | TEDxHyderabad He is the known as the DNA of YouTube India and “Culinary Ambassador” for The Indian Federation of Culinary Associations, IFCA India. Sanjay Thumma, better known as Vahchef, is among the top 10 YouTube stars from India. YouTube honoured him the lifetime views in the YouTube channel which has reached up to over 290 million viewers. vahrehvah.com is the most watched chef across the globe. However, what is it that pulls so many viewers towards Sanjay? Is it his ability to cook alone, or is it his skill to touch the heart of his viewers? Sanjay, at many points in his life had to Rethink how his culinary art impacted individuals and made a difference to their lives. Following your passion can be extremely rewarding. When you put your heart and soul into your passion, the returns are higher than expected and you establish your brand, effectively. Experience his passion in this talk! Sanjay Thumma better known as Vahchef, is an admirable Indian Chef and Entrepreneur in culinary arts in Indian cooking. He is among the top 10 YouTube stars from India. YouTube honored him the lifetime views in the YouTube channel which has reached up to over 290 million viewers. vahrehvah.com is the most watched chef across the globe as Sanjay, shares an inseparable bond with his audience. In fact, YouTube calls him DNA of YouTube India. Recently, Vahchef is assigned as a “Culinary Ambassador” for The Indian Federation of Culinary Associations, IFCA India This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] OffTopic: PC Presidents Choice Loblaws Grocery, Canada - New Product in Aisle 6
When you go to bed during a summer night and the windows are open, you'll now literally hear a crop chirping outside...and you listen carefully, you just may hear a crop of 2-billion rumbling inside... PC 100% Cricket Powder, Poudre de Crillions https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_CA/products/productlisting/pc-100-cricket-powder.html 113 g each: UPC: 60383196622 Made with crickets farmed right here in Canada, this 100% cricket powder is a nutritious, versatile food that is high in protein and an excellent source of vitamin B12. Finely ground with a mild taste, it can be added to smoothies, sauces, chili, curries and baking batters. CAUTION: PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO CRUSTACEANS AND SHELLFISH MAY HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO CRICKETS. Recipes: https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_CA/recipes/recipeslisting/no-bake-chocolate-coconut-cricket-bars.html https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_CA/recipes/recipeslisting/strawberry-banana-cricket-powder-smoothies.html And for the Indians: https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_CA/recipes/recipeslisting/chana-masala-with-cricket-powder.html Nutrition: Per Serving (Per 2 1/2 tbsp, 19 g % of Recommended Daily Value Calories 90 cal Fat 3.5 g 5 Saturates + Trans 8 Saturates 1.5 g Trans 0 g Cholesterol 65 mg Sodium 60 mg3 Potassium Carbohydrate 2 g1 Fibre 1 g 4 Sugars 0 g Protein 13 g Vitamin A 0 Vitamin C 0 Calcium 2 Iron6 Vitamin B12 100 --- PC Dairy-Free Kefir Probiotic Fermented Coconut Milk https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_CA/products/productlisting/pc-dairy-free-kefir-probiotic-fermented-coconut-milk.html 1 L each: UPC 060383206901 Get all the same probiotic benefits of our original kefir in this dairy-free coconut milk version. Made with 12 different bacterial cultures, this delicious and creamy beverage provides 2 billion probiotic live active cultures per 188 mL serving. Enjoy it by the glass, with cereal or in smoothies. Note: Suitable for vegetarians. Nutrition: Per Serving (Per 3/4 cup, 188 mL ) % of Recommended Daily Value Calories 80 cal Fat 3.5 g 5 Saturates + Trans 15 Saturates 3 g Trans 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg Sodium 5 mg 1 Potassium Carbohydrate 11 g 4 Fiber 0 g 0 Sugars 7 g Protein 1 g Vitamin A 0 Vitamin C 0 Calcium 0 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] JJD It seems now there's no gap but vacuum...
in a Brampton Coffee Shop (THs) he decided to drop in on a regular basis 2) He was intrigued that I was all of the following: a past Museum Board Director, Director of Volunteers, Museum Marketing Committee chair, studied museum and non-profit development, studied communication design and art history, was a graphic designer, web designer, photographer (Nikon), read books about Goa, was on GoaNet since day one, published the Contact for the Canorient, knew much of the history of the Goan community in Canada, project managed large events, wrote strategic plans, and marketing plans for companies, crafted grant proposals, wrote for the local newspaper and marketing material, was on the advisory committee of a community development project...and ran a Business Incubator for a number of years. He had lots of questions about IT, publishing software, video and audio recording, servers, etc. I was very interest to learn about JJD's take on Goan history and our development and progress in Canada, and why he had the great interest in activity of the archivist. 'People are entitled to opinion. They even have the right to change their opinion,' he would say, 'But they are not entitled to versions of facts. I would reply, 'Facts, our facts, are a good and solid foundation for community development.' --- I have not covered in these notes the following specific projects over the last few years that that directly relate to the JJD's Archives Initiative: -- Organization meetings for the Seniors Town Hall Meeting (4) -- Seniors Town Hall Meeting (at Meadowvale Community Centre) (full afternoon) -- Canada 150 Project. Grant meetings with GTA55Plus (1) -- Invitation of authors who wrote novels immersed in Goan history (3) -- Konkan Evott (4-meetings, VA as team leader. Project dissipated) -- 30 Anniversary of Goan Convention 1988 (GOA Event) -- Documentation of Konkani Rosary Project (With Winnipeg and VD in Mississauga) -- Presentation of Community Origins Binder to St Augustine Fathers at Shrine at Marylake (with JR in King City) -- Development of Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors (10-week course outline developed. Marketing material and electronic registration published. 5-people registered) -- Creative Drawing Instruction. (We did a memory drawing project with the GCG Seniors. It was well received) -- Planned interview of Msr T D'Souza (Faded too quickly. MR did get an interview, but it was not on tape) -- Restart of Toronto Goan Literary Society (proposal) Each would require a list like above. I have the details in my notes. Challenge: There is a pressing need to build an institution in Canada that will solely focus on keeping collections of Goan Community Information alive and accessible for future generations (...Let me give you a single and immediate example, the 300 radio shows from Toronto's Radio Mango will soon be lost forever) I'm fully prepared to follow through on the Road Ahead Plan, restart the organization, complete down to the finance, operations, marketing and organization development, and make it happen...it’s something I do. ANYBODY open to doing this or any other Community Development Project please feel free to contact me directly... In the long history of humankind and animal kind too, those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed, said Charles Darwin Nature abhors a vacuum. Step up to the challenge. I wrote previously: He parked himself at my Goan Books Stall at community events and we had hours long chats...His hobby was learning and reading. He struggled to comprehend some of the smallness he found. He inspired me to do more research, to write and pick up documentary skills... I will add: JJD worked hard. He put construction above destruction. For all his small faults, he was a good guy at heart. And I'm glad to have had him as a friend. Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- On 27/03/2019 2:21 p.m., Eugene Correia wrote: --- >The photo may be of the time when the Goan Archives Project (GAP) was launched in 2007. GAP became GAC (Goan Archives Canada). It seems now there's no gap but vacuum... > > > Sent from my iPad >
[Goanet] OffTopic: Francis First Pontiff to Write (Computer) Code
Pope Francis Makes History by Becoming the First Pontiff to Write Code As well as writing code, the pope held video conferences with young people from around the world at the ‘Programme for Peace’ project launch last week. by Ross Kelly, Junior Staff Writer @rossk_1992 https://digit.fyi/pope-francis-writes-code/ Computer history was made last week when Pope Francis helped write a line of code for a United Nations development app. At an event organised by the Scholas Occurrentes foundation in Vatican City, the pontiff joined three young women to write the code. As well as becoming the first pope to code, he called on students around the world to learn computer science for world peace. The event marked the launched of the ‘Programming for Peace’ project, which aims to introduce students from disadvantaged communities to computer science and to help use their tech talent for “ethical” purposes. The three young women, Matilde Fabrega Vivanco from Chile; Nicole Rodriguez from New York; and Liuren Yin from China, are learning computer science in school. Vivanco helped the pontiff in adding the last line of code to the app. The app the trio wrote aims to show how technology can be used to advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The goals are the UN’s blueprint to “achieve a better and more sustainable future for all” – which address global challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate and justice. A key focus of the scheme is to improve education and innovation around the world. A commemorative plaque shown on the app screen was blessed by Pope Francis, which read: “Computer science empowers young people to create peace in their communities. Everyone should learn how to harness technology, to use their creative power for peace.” As well as writing code, the pontiff held video conferences with young people from around the world and spoke to children who had participated in a number of technology programmes promoted by Scholas. Hadi Partovi, co-founder of Code.org, was present at the launch of the Programming for Peace project, live-tweeting the events as they unfolded. During the event, Partovi commented: “In the 21st century, computer science is a fundamental subject that all students should learn. Schools should teach computer science to prepare students for the future, empower children with creativity and teach how to harness technology and creativity.” ---end--- Original article includes photo -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] OffTopic: NASA - First person on Mars is 'likely to be a woman'
NASA head says first person on Mars is 'likely to be a woman' By Christina Maxouris, CNN Tue March 12, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/12/us/nasa-woman-on-mars-trnd/index.html Forget everything you've learned about men and Mars. Chances are the first person to land on the red planet will be a woman, the head of NASA said recently. Jim Bridenstine was a guest on the science and technology radio show "Science Friday," when he teased that a woman is "likely to be" the first person on Mars. The NASA administrator did not identify a specific person, but said women are at the forefront of the agency's upcoming plans. Bridenstine responded "absolutely" to a question from a Twitter user who asked whether women will be included in the agency's next trip to the moon. In fact, he said the next person on the moon is also likely to be a woman. "These are great days," he said. NASA will also have its first all-female spacewalk at the end of the month, when astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will get to float around in space. The spacewalk will last about seven hours, according to the NASA website. Both McClain and Koch were part of the 2013 astronaut class, half of which were women. They came from the second largest applicant pool NASA ever has received -- more than 6,100. The most recent class of flight directors was also 50% women, NASA said. NASA has come a long way since 1978, when the first six women joined NASA's astronaut corps. Today, women comprise 34% of active NASA astronauts, according to the agency. "NASA is committed to making sure we have a broad and diverse set of talent and we're looking forward to the first woman on the moon," Bridenstine said. Happy National Women's Month, indeed. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] I have updated Goa Culture List with a number of stories
Club Managers and Social Secretaries, I have updated Goa Culture List with a number of stories and listings that will be of interest to your members. Please forward this link: http://www.goaculturelist.ca I'll be send out periodic reminders and asking for leads and the stories you would like to see covered. Clubs, you qualify for free advertising if: -- your event is of cultural value, and -- your organization is reaching out to grow it's membership, and -- your event is open to non-members We support your communication effort. Take advantage of this opportunity. Send Goa Culture List your event info today. You will reach an audience well beyond your email list... -- Albert Peres Goa Culture List goaculturel...@gmail.com 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Menin Rodrigues on Goa Culture List
I have updated Goa Culture List to include couple of stories about the recent projects of Menin Rodrigues. One article includes and interview. Projects: -- St Pat's and St. Joe's 2nd Reunion in Canada -- The Glorious Traditions of St. Partick's. A new book by Menin Rodrigues Menin is a Goan from Karachi and is a life long community builder. He is business man and is the local historian who publishes the blog www.goansofpakistan.com Please feel free to forward this link: http://www.goaculturelist.ca --- I'll be send out periodic requests asking for leads and the stories you would like to see covered in Canada. I focus on stories about the Goan Community outside of Goan. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Link: The Many Languages of INDIA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpPJ4Rr-5SQ The Many Languages of INDIA! Langfocus Published on Feb 25, 2019 This video is all about India and its stunning linguistic diversity. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Off Topic: Link National Film Board of Canada: A Primer
https://25yearslatersite.com/2019/02/26/national-film-board-of-canada-a-primer/ National Film Board of Canada: A Primer Ask any Canadian if they know what the National Film Board is and chances are you will make that Canadian smile, albeit a little sheepishly. They’ll probably reference the iconic logo—“Man Seeing / L’homme qui voit”—which, when seen on the overhead projector or TV screen in school, was universally acknowledged as a sign that our teacher had decided to phone it in for the rest of class. They might even whistle a little bit of the Hinterland Who’s Who theme song, or the chorus of “The Logdriver’s Waltz” sung by the lovely Kate and Anna McGarrigle. But generally speaking, you’ll get acknowledgement. Canadians from coast to coast to coast speak this language fluently. ... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Radio Mango Toronto. Gone!
After a brilliant run of 325 show over 6 years, it looks like Toronto's Radio Mango is gone. Here is a Message posted on their website: ANI DEV BOREM KORUM. Saying goodbye is never easy. That’s why, we have memories to sustain us. Tuning into our beloved Konkani program every Saturday, brought us closer to our language, our culture and our people. Listening to Konkani songs stirred something deep inside all of us. And when one has moved away from the familiar to a new country, imagination alone is never enough. It’s language that takes to where we truly belong. There is another amazing force outside of language to take us back to where we came from. Nostalgia. Flying to the familiar on the swift wings of nostalgia takes us to places and people, tucked away in small memory pockets. For 6 glorious years Radio Mango transported you to the golden shores of the Konkan. To what we lost, and what we gained by immigrating to our new home, Canada. Radio Mango kept you in touch with the timeless beauty of back home through songs, news, debates, interviews, conversations and segments devoted to our classic cuisine, performers, grandma’s remedies and more. Moreover, we kept it trendy and relevant through segments which brought you the latest on topics like real estate and kids adapting to the new Canadian culture, while retaining the values of home. Yes, it’s been a long and fruitful journey. What’s most important, Radio Mango hit all the marks: the first radio program of its kind in North America, the first organisation to bring the people of Mangalore and Goa together on one stage, a vibrant broadcast without a single break over 6 years, a platform for our people from every walk of life: musicians, authors, community leaders, businessmen, singers, performers…even everyday folks who strive to make a difference in the community. We are leaving on a high note. And we thank each and every one of our loyal listeners who took time out to listen in, check us out, and let us know how we did. We are deeply grateful to our volunteers who have been with us on this beautiful journey. Our last broadcast will be on December 15th, 2018. We take this opportunity to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. --- Their last show is archived here: https://soundcloud.com/user-828397195 --- I had a chance to interview co-founder, producer and host Milena Marques-Zachariah during the show's 6th Anniversary Fundraiser on September 22nd 2018. The organization had just transitioned from community radio to web broadcast: https://www.goaculturelist.ca/2018/09/24/fashion-blog-looking-good-with-radio-mango/ I believe the creative team of Milena and Alan Sequeira remains together and still work on other projects. They both are seasoned professional in the tumultuous field of advertising. As noted in my article: '...they have accomplished many, many, things that no other Canadian venture has; they have bridged a gap between Goan and Mangalorean Communities and brought them together, from across Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe, to have fun, share, and celebrate a common heritage; they have helped us reminisce and as well have broadcast the voices of a new generation; they have developed a communication channel, a stepping stone, for businesses and professionals to reach their market; and they have proven that the Konkani language can be a source of pride, for growth, and a fountain for creativity.' Sad to see the project go. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Off Topic: THANK GOD - No guns fired
Across the Goan Diaspora --- THANK GOD - No guns fired, no mobs on the street --- Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau full Interview | The National CBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFtsa9r_WUE No president was more courageous, more principled than George H.W. Bush, former Canadian PM says https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6XL-EFAywU USA: Historic Moment (sort of...watch the body language) President Trump Signs Trade Deal With Mexico and Canada At G20 Summit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcGGKjL44pg Trump threatens shutdown in heated meeting with top Democrats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uSJsYqYeCs UK: Boris Johnson: "This deal is a national humiliation that makes a mockery of Brexit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_l_y1MyyAI Theresa May statement on delaying Brexit vote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQxNYMgzKEM Theresa May’s rough day in Parliament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNd7mm9BOWY Theresa May: 'I will contest confidence vote with everything I've got' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10Przg59AJw --- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Fwd: Link Ebook: Celebrating JOEL D' SOUZA and his life with us in Goa, India
Forwarded Message Subject: Link Ebook: Celebrating JOEL D' SOUZA and his life with us in Goa, India Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:52:03 -0500 From: Albert Peres To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! http://www.goacom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Joel_DSouza_Book.pdf Celebrating JOEL D'SOUZA and his life with us in Goa, India Articles, photos & illustrations by friends of Joel D'Souza, original and published earlier in Goa Today, September 2015. Compiled by Miguel Braganza Front cover illustration: Fabian Gonsalves Back cover illustration: Alexyz 92 pages inc photos Dedicated to the memory of Jose Sebastian D'Souza popularly known as Joel D'Souza Correspondent, reporter and sub-editor for GOA Today, Co - Editor of Goenchoulo, writer and contributor of articles and news in English and Konkani, Internet journalist, Photo journalist, and, above all, a true friend to anyone in need of information, photo archives or publicity for a cause. He was the co-founder of the Festival of Plants & Flowers at St. Francis Xavier High School, Siolim-Goa in 1992 and its supporter ever since for 24 years, till he went back to the dust he belonged, just weeks prior to the 25th edition. May his soul rest in peace and his life... his availability to others, his works and his words... inspire the generations to come as it has inspired many of his contemporaries, students of yore who are professionals of today, and the current generation of students. Fondly remembered on the third anniversary of his going back to the soil. 05 August 2018 All articles in this book, except otherwise indicated, are published under the attribution-non commercial-share Alike2.5license. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] New interview excerpt on goaculturelist.ca
Hello all, As prelude to the official launch of Braz Menezes' new novel ‘Among the Jacaranda – Buds of Matata in Kenya’, I've published a short excerpt from an interview I had with the him this week... https://www.goaculturelist.ca/2018/09/14/among-the-jacaranda/ Local Author publishes a new Novel Canadian author Braz Menezes speaks to Goa Culture List about Kenya, Goans, and his new novel in this interview excerpt. ‘Among the Jacaranda – Buds of Matata in Kenya’ is the authors third novel in his well received Matata Series of books. The word matata means trouble in Kiswahili, or Swahili, the ingua franca of the area where the novel is based. Braz Menezes’ book is a work of historical fiction but it is based on real people and events. It provides an immersive look at struggles of the Goan Community, of now desolved British East Africa, during the process of the Africanization of the civil service after Kenyan Independence. It’s the mid 1960’s. Winds are blowing across the Empire. There is trouble brewing. Stalwart Goan families, many who have lived tightly knit on the continent for half a century and more, are starting to disperse. ‘Our boys are leaving their diplomas behind and bringing back English brides,’ a mother laments. The book follows newly married Lando, the main character, who we are well acquainted with from the previous books of the series. He travels to England to pursue higher education and then explores Europe. He brings his new English bride back to Kenya to start a family and career. We meet the post colonial Goan Community. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Off Topic: Junk science publisher ordered to stop deceptive practices
lawsuit also alleges OMICS organizes dubious conferences, promising the participation of leading scientists to lure young academics to pay conference fees. But those academics aren’t even aware their names were on conference materials and don’t show up. Jeffrey Beall, an associate professor at the University of Colorado at Denver, said going after a single predatory publisher may save some academics some money but it doesn’t address the perverse incentives built into the open access publishing model. “The model has that conflict of interest where the more papers you accept, the more money you make,” Beall wrote in an email. “The temptation is always there even for ethical publishers to accept papers that are marginal or slightly flawed just so they can increase their revenue.” Traditional academic publishers would have their subscriptions cancelled if they started publishing subpar work. But there’s no check on online open access journals, which are virtually indistinguishable from legitimate publications. “The scholarly publishing industry and researchers themselves have to do something to resolve this problem, because it’s only getting bigger and bigger,” Beall said. McGill’s Pai is heartened by the legal action in the U.S. and wonders why consumer protections aren’t as strong here. “I don’t think Canada is doing anything,” he said. “Which ministry should we send such a complaint to? That is one of the problems with these predatory journals and meetings — who is to protect us?” ---end--- - © Copyright Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. 1996 - 2017 The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Mervyn Maciel's story of his move from Kenya to the UK
>>Life has to go on regardless - rough or smooth, Hard or Soft Brexit!!<< Perhaps we will see you in Canada soon. Lots and lots of Goans, Goan-Africans, Africans, Kenyans, Britons. Indians, here... ...Prince Harry is here now, http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-1.4306118 ...and its 31 C outside http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/heat-monday-1.4305233 You will feel right at home. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- Mervyn Maciel mervynels.watuwashamba at gmail.com wrote --- A small correction to the glowing tribute Vivian has paid me. I was NOT awarded the M.B.E. My invitation to Buckingham Palace was purely on behalf of the Overseas Service Pensioners' Association and in recognition of my contribution - i.e. my two books, several articles which area available on the British Empire site etc., and the part I played in that Association which is soon to be wound up. The luncheon at which Prince Charles was our Guest of Honour was similarly a Farewell Luncheon of our Association. None of us are *Kijanas* any more! Vivian - very kind of you, but your comments leave me humbled. Life has to go on regardless - rough or smooth, Hard or Soft Brexit!! Thanks and warm regards.
[Goanet] Offtopic: Ikea Canada 'It's a Wonderful World' ...video
Shot in Toronto and includes subtle imagery of the real modern world in every scene...including the last one, Ikea's inexpensive, good design, for everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWTnLRZCs5c=youtu.be -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Goan community in Houston TX, stay safe
Heard there is fledgling Goan Community in Houston, TX. The area a center for the Caribbean cruise-ship, oil and gas, and hotel industries Lots of head-offices that require administration staff and programmers too. ...Stay safe during the Hurricane. Take extra, extra, care if you are residing in a basement apartment. --- http://www.gemsoftexas.org/ --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxv33Ywebwc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q48R4rG-r4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4qLm6kMn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipLlHexGdlA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U340bndszyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sBtmBzXPvs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll25dWF7UvM (Mass in Konkani, Christmas 2016. Trevortronics Video) -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Doc: Goa my home away from home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XImO3MrPtaM Published on Aug 2, 2012 A brief study on why so many Europeans have chosen to make Goa their home. Those featured in this video have spoken about what made them come to India, and Goa in particular, with their families and what made them stay. --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUXhhjpFkR4 Published on Mar 24, 2010 Read the full story here http://bit.ly/9VlIeP Russians who have had it with upward mobility are heading to Goa for peace of mind. India appears underwhelmed by the Russians who put out a shingle and sit in lotus on the beach. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Goan community in Huston TX, stay safe
Heard there is fledgling Goan Community in Huston, TX. The area a centre for the Caribbean cruise-ship, oil and gas, and hotel industry. Lots of head-offices that require administration staff and programmers too. ...Stay safe during the Hurricane. Take extra, extra, care if you are residing in a basement apartment. --- http://www.gemsoftexas.org/ --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxv33Ywebwc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q48R4rG-r4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4qLm6kMn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipLlHexGdlA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U340bndszyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sBtmBzXPvs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll25dWF7UvM (Mass in Konkani, Christmas 2016. Trevortronics Video) -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Link: The short history of global living conditions
The short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it by Max Roser https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts/?linkId=35102093 This is the introduction to Our World in Data – the web publication that shows how global living conditions are changing. This text was previously titled “A history of global living conditions in 5 charts”. “All things considered, do you think the world is getting better or worse, or neither getting better nor worse?”. In Sweden 10% thought things are getting better, in the US they were only 6%, and in Germany only 4%. Very few people think that the world is getting better. What is the evidence that we need to consider when answering this question? -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Offtopic: USA: “If I gotta give her up, we’re gonna make it count.”
Mother of Heather Heyer urges action: “If I gotta give her up, we’re gonna make it count.” http://shareblue.com/mother-of-heather-heyer-urges-action-if-i-gotta-give-her-up-were-gonna-make-it-count/ -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Offtopic: Call for Papers. Expressions of Lusofonia - International Conference. Oct 2017 Toronto
contacts; title of proposal; scientific domain/theme; format of proposal (poster, presentation or panel); summary; key-words NOTE: Undergraduate students may submit proposals, but only in co-authorship with their professors/supervisors. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS IS NOVEMBER 30, 2017 All proposals will be assessed by the scientific committee (TBA). AUTHORS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY JANUARY 15, 2018 EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR PROPOSALS: Aligned with the conference’s objectives Aligned with the objectives of each type of contribution (poster, presentation, panel) Scientific relevance Originality Structure and rigor of the proposal WE ENCOURAGE THE SUBMISSION OF THE FOLLOWING: Inter-institutional and/or inter-disciplinary collaborations Proposals from doctoral students and young researchers who have received doctoral degrees within the last 10 years -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
Re: [Goanet] Google, Bent Out of Shape
Easy fix for a bicycle mechanic. Easy fix for a PR mechanic, or experienced Company Director, "I want you to know that there’s a place for you in this industry — there’s a place for you at Google. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. You belong here and we need you," he told the coding teams who were being honoured at the Technovation awards ceremony at Google’s campus. The 12 finalist teams — all made up of young women who developed apps to solve challenges in their communities — came from Hong Kong, Kazhakstan, Cambodia, India, Armenia, Kenya, Canada and across the United States. "I know the journey won’t always be easy," he said, adding he hoped this was the beginning of long careers in tech for each of them, building things people around the world would use every day. When he said they belonged in tech and "don’t let anyone tell you otherwise," the crowd burst into cheers, with the loudest coming from Google staffers who were helping host the event. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/google-ceo-says-women-important-to-tech-sector-439985713.html -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell ---Rajan Parrikar parrikar at gmail.com wrote --- Google, Bent Out of Shape Rajan Parrikar parrikar at gmail.com Sat Aug 12 09:47:56 PDT 2017 ... posted a new item, 'Google, Bent Out of Shape' Sad!
[Goanet] Offtopic: Law makes it legal for atheist doctors and nurses to refuse care to religious
Sorry, I can't treatment this man. I know him well. He claims to be religious but is in practice he is a hypocrite. This violates my personal beliefs. I am an Atheist. He is a danger to society. An abomination. He believes in the supernatural. He partakes in pointless rituals of self aggrandizement. He promotes propaganda and supports brainwashing activities. He is cruel. Let him depend on his God, and succumb to his God's wishes... next. AP --- New law makes it legal for atheist doctors and nurses to refuse care to religious patients http://thaumaturgical.com/new-law-makes-legal-atheist-doctors-nurses-refuse-care-religious-patients/ JACKSON, MS – A new law in Mississippi has made it legal for doctors and nurses to refuse care to certain patients on religious grounds . The law allows medical staff to refuse treatment to members of the LGBQT community on the grounds that it violates their religious beliefs. It would serve to reason this would also pertain to atheist doctors and nurses who could refuse to treat patients who are religious. “No, no, no. This isn’t the point of the law at all,” said an angry senator Frank Danforth (R). “The law is supposed to protect doctors and nurses who follow the teachings of God and our Lord Jesus Christ from having to treat patients who practice an unholy lifestyle.” Many doctors and nurses in Mississippi are against the law, but have expressed that will also follow it to the letter and refuse treatment to patients who they feel are bigoted against certain lifestyle choices. “Of course not all religious people are against LGBQT’s, just like not all atheists are against religion,” said Dr. Susan Jewer, atheist. “But if medical professionals are allowed to refuse care on religious grounds, I am more than happy to oblige.” To date, there have been no reports of atheist doctors or nurses taking advantage of the new law. ---end--- -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] OffTopic: Pakistan announces state funeral for Dr Ruth Pfau (RC Catholic Nun)
The Express Tribune > Pakistan PM announces state funeral for Dr Ruth Pfau https://tribune.com.pk/story/1478344/pm-announces-state-funeral-dr-ruth-pfau/ Dr Pfau is a nun from the Society of Daughters of the Heart of Mary August 10, 2017 With her efforts, in 1996, the World Health Organisation declared Pakistan one of the first countries in Asia to have controlled leprosy. PHOTO: FILE With her efforts, in 1996, the World Health Organisation declared Pakistan one of the first countries in Asia to have controlled leprosy. PHOTO: FILE In recognition of services rendered by the late Dr Ruth Pfau, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has announced a state funeral for the nun from Germany who made eliminating leprosy from Pakistan her life’s mission. Dr Pfau, who established the country’s leprosy control programme and the Mary Adelaide Leprosy Center, was dubbed the Mother Teresa of Pakistan. She passed away in a Karachi hospital at the age of 87 Thursday morning. “The entire nation is indebted to Ruth Pfau for her selfless and unmatched services for eradication of leprosy [in Pakistan],” Abbasi said in a statement. She, the PM added, gave new hope to innumerable people and proved through her illustrious toil that serving humanity knows no boundaries. “We are proud of her exemplary services and she will remain in our hearts as a shining symbol in times ahead.” Dr Pfau, a nun from the Society of Daughters of the Heart of Mary, came to Pakistan when she was 29 in 1960 and decided to stay after she witnessed the suffering of the country’s leprosy patients. With her efforts, in 1996, the World Health Organisation declared Pakistan one of the first countries in Asia to have controlled leprosy. She was awarded the Hilal-e-Pakistan in 1989 and Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 1979 by the government of Pakistan. Her funeral mass will be held on Saturday, August 19, at 11am at St Patrick’s Cathedral and will be buried in the Christian Cemetery (Gora Qabristan). PPP moves resolution in NA Meanwhile, lawmakers from the Pakistan Peoples Party moved a resolution in the National Assembly to acknowledge Dr Pfau’s services. “We, the members of the National Assembly express our deepest sorrow at the passing away of Dr Ruth Katherine Pfau, a great humanist who spent a lifetime dedicated to public service in Pakistan,” read the resolution, which was moved by Nafisa Shah. “This house resolves that her rich legacy of selflessness, hope and perseverance be commemorated through a befitting state funeral. This house further resolves that a care foundation be set up in recognition of her services by the government of Pakistan.” http://vocations.ca/communities_dioceses/sisters/daughters_heart_mary/ Founded in France in 1790 by a Jesuit, Father Pierre de Clorivière and a lay woman, Adelaide de Cicé, our mission is to bring the Gospel message of Jesus out in the midst of the world, witnessed through our own lives of service to the Church and God’s people. The Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary is an international congregation of women who profess vows of Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience and live religious life without a distinctive sign or title. We live contemporary and often hidden lives patterned after that of Mary of Nazareth, with community life through a common spirituality and prayer life. Mission Commitment to serve people of all social backgrounds, ages, ethnic groups, religions and traditions remains constant. Ministries are broad and diversified. ---end--- -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Article: future of transportation? Spend 96 hours in India.
Why This $4,000 Renault Is as Disruptive as the Tesla Model 3 Want to see the future of transportation? Spend 96 hours in India. By Alex RoyJuly 18, 2017 http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/12579/why-this-4000-renault-is-as-disruptive-as-the-tesla-model-3 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] State of Vice: How to stop Vice in Goa:
How to stop Vice in Goa: 1) Legalize the business sector 2) Require individual business registration with the government including public listing of principals 3) Require contracts, accounting, receipts, and GST collection on transactions and payments 4) Require mandatory participation in a Trade Association and Unions that will create standards and rules 5) Require Aadhaar Cards (Official Id Cards) to be tracked with monetary transactions 6) Make mandatory and regular health and safety inspections Bang, Vice is dead. Activity is now a regularized business. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] re Tourism, elsewhere
>>young left-wing pro-independence youths vandalised cash machines, shops and businesses<< One political party wants to separate because they believe their culture is worth preserving. Once they separate they will be super gung-ho for international tourism. Come see our culture ... They'll need the attention and foreign spending. Somewhat hypocritical, and living in the past. The area enjoys a great degree of self-government and anatomy. That's a win-win. Of and interesting note Catholic Goans owe much to the Basque as both Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, were Basques...If they did not arrive there would be no Goa as we know it. And just maybe Goans have inherited, for good or bad, some of the famous Basque stubbornness... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- FNoronha wrote Tourism, elsewhere --- 'Your holiday is our misery': Holidaymakers face disruption from protests planned by Basque separatists
Re: [Goanet] Reading Goan Literature
from pot-luck to banquets hall catered and are now transitioning to multi food vendor system. A number of these vendors are focusing on unique Goan, Manglorean and Anglo Indian cuisine. Yumm -- New Roman Catholic initiatives are starting along similar path that Evangelicals and Village Christians have taken...ie: rock festival type spiritual revival events, the building of shrines, and social club village saints feasts. There growing number of the latter, as Goans have new saints and saints in progress. 4-5 events are held each year in Toronto. And due to the facts, a number of retired priests and bishops who have make Toronto their home, under used church facilities with dwindling congregations are now rent-able, and new modes of direct one-to-one social communications are being adopted, these events have are finding new traction with the resources that have become available. The CGCG (Canadian Goan Christian Group) are Roman Catholics working on developing a 'MEGA Community' (Manglorian, East Indian, Goan, and Anglo Indian). They are calling it GAME. Its their game. -- Goan Masala II. New collection of stories and essays project in the works by the 55+ Seniors Groups as noted by John...lets see if its get beyond the announcement stage. Hope they make it work. -- Konkani Evott group ...lets see if its get beyond the announcement stage. Hope they make it work. I'm sure there the far more... --- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell > On 27/07/2017 10:58 AM, John J. D'Souza wrote: Hi Ben, You may recollect these photos. Albert, will await your comments on Viva Goa 2017 John J. D'Souza
[Goanet] Article: Collecting Data That Could Be Sold
Your Roomba (autonomous robotic floor vacuum cleaner) May Be Mapping Your Home, Collecting Data That Could Be Sold https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/technology/roomba-irobot-data-privacy.html By MAGGIE ASTOR JULY 25, 2017 The Roomba 980 from iRobot, which was released in 2015. Some of the company’s robotic vacuums collect spatial data to map users’ homes. Credit iRobot, via Reuters Your Roomba may be vacuuming up more than you think. High-end models of Roomba, iRobot’s robotic vacuum, collect data as they clean, identifying the locations of your walls and furniture. This helps them avoid crashing into your couch, but it also creates a map of your home that iRobot is considering selling to Amazon, Apple or Google. Colin Angle, chief executive of iRobot, told Reuters that a deal could come in the next two years, though iRobot said in a statement on Tuesday: “We have not formed any plans to sell data.” In the hands of a company like Amazon, Apple or Google, that data could fuel new “smart” home products. “When we think about ‘what is supposed to happen’ when I enter a room, everything depends on the room at a foundational level knowing what is in it,” an iRobot spokesman said in a written response to questions. “In order to ‘do the right thing’ when you say ‘turn on the lights,’ the room must know what lights it has to turn on. Same thing for music, TV, heat, blinds, the stove, coffee machines, fans, gaming consoles, smart picture frames or robot pets.” But the data, if sold, could also be a windfall for marketers, and the implications are easy to imagine. No armchair in your living room? You might see ads for armchairs next time you open Facebook. Did your Roomba detect signs of a baby? Advertisers might target you accordingly. Jamie Lee Williams, a staff lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, said information about the size of a home and the amount of furniture in it could allow advertisers to deduce the owner’s income level. Eventually, it might even be possible to identify the brands the owner uses. “Especially combined with other data, this is going to be able to reveal a ton of information about what people’s lifestyles are like, what people’s daily patterns are like,” Ms. Williams said. Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that if iRobot did sell the data, it would raise a variety of legal questions. What happens if a Roomba user consents to the data collection and later sells his or her home — especially furnished — and now the buyers of the data have a map of a home that belongs to someone who didn’t consent, Mr. Gidari asked. How long is the data kept? If the house burns down, can the insurance company obtain the data and use it to identify possible causes? Can the police use it after a robbery? Some who reacted online on Monday and Tuesday were alarmed. “Your friendly little Roomba could soon become a creepy little spy that sells maps of your house to advertisers,” tweeted OpenMedia, a Canadian nonprofit. “Just remember that the Roomba knows what room your child is in,” Rhett Jones wrote in Gizmodo. “It’s the one where it bumps into all the toys on the floor.” In its written response, iRobot said that it was “committed to the absolute privacy of our customer-related data.” Consumers can use a Roomba without connecting it to the internet, or “opt out of sending map data to the cloud through a switch in the mobile app.” “No data is sold to third parties,” the statement added. “No data will be shared with third parties without the informed consent of our customers.” “Informed consent,” of course, can be a vaguely defined term; Ms. Williams and Mr. Gidari noted that it might simply involve a privacy policy that few consumers read. But this criticism is “really applicable across the board to everybody’s privacy policy,” Mr. Gidari said. “It’s really tough to criticize one without criticizing all.” Mr. Gidari added that in today’s technological climate, iRobot’s plans were unsurprising. “It kind of goes with the mantra that everything that can be connected will be connected,” he said, and a corollary “is that all the data that can be collected will be collected.” But in the long term, what iRobot does with individual users’ data may not be the most important question. The third-party collection and dissemination of information about the inside of homes could have implications for the privacy laws that constrain the government and law enforcement. The Supreme Court has held that Americans have “a reasonable expectation of privacy in your home,” Mr. Gidari said. “Once your home is turned inside out, does that reasonable expectation of privacy dissipate?” ---end--- -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
Re: [Goanet] From my Archives
Naipaul wrote in the 1960s: "Magic and thoughtless rituals are an Indian need. They simplify the world and make up for the intellectual failure – less a failure of the individual intellect than the deficiency of a closed civilization, ruled by myth and ritual." Until the *rationality* comes to be appreciated by the Hindus, *modernity will continue elude them.* --- I can see second wave of modernity leaving Goans behind, they seen quite cozy in their comfort zones...and are in danger of being left behind. Goans have cast themselves into a new kind of caste, an invisible one. They are now the ones who sit in the back pew, and now comfortable at home watching politics TV then Mass via internet. They ones who have transformed Community Welfare Societies into low brow Country Clubs. They spend endless hours in pastimes, reciprocal social events, small talk, and efforts to maintain an air of dignity. Susagade has become status quo, laziness and cowardliness. Thank god for these young Goan kids. But the question remains, whose kids are they really? Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell On 25/07/2017 2:03 PM, BT Yahoo Mail wrote: Very interesting. Speaking of caste, where did it spring from? Most agree it originated with the Hindus but, with things Hindu, there is no clear, uncontested historical narrative. They prefer to grope in the shadows of myth & legend - anything outside rational scrutiny. Here's one account I read: The Hindus venerate an old seer called Manu: who is he? When did he live? We don't know and the Hindus can't enlighten us. He is supposed to have devised a code or laws to govern society called the /Laws of Manu/. He assigned people occupations according to /caste/. The Rig Veda describes how Brahma, the creator of the world, was born in a golden egg. "In/ order to protect this universe, He the most resplendent one assigned separate (duties and) occupation to those who sprang from his mouth, arms, thighs, and feet/." (/The Laws of Manu/, /24)./ Manu then added: /The Brahmin was his mouth; his two arms were made of the rajanya (warrior/Kshatriya), his two thighs the Vaishyas (traders and farmers), from his feet the shudra (servile class). / This classification has been accepted over the centuries. Nobody (scholar, academic, philosopher) has rejected it as being weird, ridiculous or irrational. No public intellectual or think tank challenges it. No public discussion or debate is held.That's the Indian way... Dr Ambedkar in his book /Annihilation of Caste/, argues that the *caste system makes Hindu society uniquely incapable of freedom, liberty, equality and fraternity.*Stated with brutal honesty,*it is basically* *a primitive (feudal) society driven by weird rituals and guided by assorted godmen and gurus*./Rational thinking has no role here. /It required foreigners (the British) to outlaw the barbaric customs of */sati/ (*burning of widows//on the husband’s pyre)//and */thugee/*// (the ritual murder of innocent people to propitiate the gods) in the 18^th century.* Naipaul*wrote in the 1960s: "*/Magic and thoughtless rituals are an Indian need. They simplify the world and make up for the intellectual failure – less a failure of the individual intellect than the deficiency of a closed civilisation, ruled by myth and ritual./*/" / Until the *rationality* comes to be appreciated by the Hindus,*modernity will continue elude them.* * * *Eddie* / / / / On Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 17:07, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote: I'd see it as more complex than that, Mervyn. Caste doesn't seem to be going away in any hurry. And the human race seems to be thriving on building and steadfastly sustaining hierarchies of one form or another. These issues need to be continually studied and talked about. Taking the liberty of sharing this post on Goanet. Thanks to John for reminding me about what I had forgotten I'd written! FN On 25 July 2017 at 21:30, Mervyn Maciel <mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com <mailto:mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com>> wrote: > We live in the 21st century and some of these out-dated > customs/traditions - > especially those that portray women in an inferior role should be > consigned to history. > Personally speaking, I am ashamed to find that we, who call ourselves > Christians,still cling > to the age old and, to my mind, 'obscene' customs of caste and dowry. >At the risk of incurring the wrath of some(maybe), I feel equality > should be > the name of the game. >Though not in any way connected with marriage, I might mention that > even here > in Britain, some top women broadcasters have sent an open letter to the > Director > General of the BBC, demanding equal pay for men and women who do the same > job. > (This was after the BBC published the salaries
[Goanet] Link: Photos from Goa
Cajetan Barretto is a photographer in Goa and he is capturing and posting some stunning views with from this new drone... https://www.facebook.com/pg/BarrettoPhotography http://cajie.blogspot.com Proving too in the grand scheme of things we are just mere grains of sand... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Offtopic: St Stanislaus under fire for staging
Catholic school St Stanislaus under fire for staging apology service for victims of abuse By the National Reporting Team's Lorna Knowles and Alison Branley http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-15/catholic-school-under-fire-for-staging-apology-service/8621990 One of Australia's oldest Catholic boarding schools is under fire for turning an apology to victims of child sexual abuse into a religious service. At least 160 students of St Stanislaus College in Bathurst were abused by paedophile priests and staff over three decades, between the 1970s and 1990s. The school plans to host an "Apology Service of Sorrow and Hope" on Friday night but victims say asking them to attend the school – where the abuse happened – and incorporating the apology into a religious service would trigger painful memories. The head of the school, Dr Anne Wenham, said the event was intended as a genuine commitment to say sorry to victims. "There will be prayers as part of this service. Sensitive to the experiences of our guests, we will be praying to God for forgiveness for the sexual abuse that took place at this college by former members of staff and for healing and hope for the many survivors," Ms Wenham said in a statement. But leading child protection advocate, Hetty Johnstone from Bravehearts, said it was cruel and insensitive to expect victims who were betrayed by people of faith to participate in a religious service. "To force a survivor into an institution where they've been harmed to hear an apology is totally bereft of any kind of understanding about what's happening for survivors," Ms Johnstone told the ABC. "You've got these people still sitting in these positions of power and authority who just don't get it. Who don't really want to apologise, I don't think. "They'll do it on their terms but not on the survivor's terms." Jason Thorpe was sexually abused by serial paedophile Brian Spillane at the school in the 1990s, when he was 14. Spillane is one of a dozen people connected to the school who have been convicted of child sexual assault. Mr Thorpe told the ABC he found the idea of an apology service insulting. "I don't want a liturgy. It's kind of like an insult, I feel. I mean to go to church knowing that the perpetrator was that church — that would bring back for me, memories. Just to acknowledge to say 'you were wronged, you were hurt' — that would be good," Mr Thorpe said. Sexual abuse survivor Jason Thorpe in a wheelchair and mother Deirdre Kinghorn walking along a path Photo: Sexual abuse survivor Jason Thorpe said the idea of an apology service was insulting. (ABC News) Mr Thorpe's mother Deirdre Kinghorn said she was worried about the impact on her son. "It was priests and brothers that did the damage, so why have a church service that will trigger something in him?" Ms Kinghorn said. "We've had 20 years of hell with him, keeping him sane, keeping him even and it's going to trigger [him], it's not worth it." Ms Kinghorn said families members would have preferred an apology in a neutral, informal setting. "Just to have a get-together, a cup of tea and a snack, a buffet and get to know each other and perhaps say sorry that way," she said. "Not go to the school and say 'Well we're sorry'. It doesn't mean a thing." Carole Nielsen's son Tor was also abused by Spillane and later became the whistleblower on abuse at the school. Brian Spillane arriving at court. Photo: Former priest Brian Spillane is one of a dozen people connected to the school who have been convicted of child sexual assault. (AAP: Dean Lewins.) Ms Nielsen said she was furious about the planned apology service. "To have a religious ceremony where a lot of the boys were abused in prayer meetings to me was just astonishing," Ms Nielsen said. "At worst, it's sinister and at best, it's just total ignorance. I don't think you can have any sort of reconciliation unless you have a degrees of empathy or compassion for the people that you're trying to reconcile with and I don't think any of that's been displayed by this apology". NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge said it appeared the school had learned nothing from the lessons of the royal commission. "We've heard story after story, case study after case study which shows how badly institutions have responded in the past," Mr Shoebridge said. "You would've thought the church and this school would have learnt the lesson, but instead they're still disrespecting the victims. They're still prioritising their own needs." ---end--- --- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Offtopic: BBC Local London Radio
BBC London Radio via the internet. http://bbclondon.radio.net/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiolondon http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_london -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Articles: America’s Real Red Scare slow-motion collapse
http://billmoyers.com/story/americas-real-red-scare/ America’s Real Red Scare We're witnessing the slow-motion collapse of the American empire. By William J. Astore | June 8, 2017 -- http://billmoyers.com/story/noam-chomsky-trump-worst-yet-come/ Chomsky on Trump: The Worst Is Yet to Come This administration's legislative agenda is uniquely cruel, even for the far right. By Alexandra Rosenmann | June 6, 2017 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Lecture: Against the Odds - Indian science and science journalism
T.V. Padma: Against the Odds - Indian science and science journalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JChwqjUl3aY Published on May 29, 2017 Public talk at the HITS Colloquium, May 10, 2017, Studio Villa Bosch, Heidelberg/Germany. T.V. Padma, a science journalist based in Delhi, gives a comprehensive overview on science and science journalism in India, from the dawn of Independence until today. On the one hand, India is recognized for its achievements in science, on the other hand it struggles with third-world problems like high infant death rates or drinking water problems. T.V. Padma refers how science has been and is covered in India. Against the odds, she claims, India´s science is forging ahead, and Indian science journalists try to cope with the infrastructural and organizational challenges and with the communication bottlenecks. Some of their problems are common to science journalists worldwide; others have a more specific context. 2:05 Overview of India and Indian science in the global context 26:50 Overview of media in India 31:46 Science coverage in Indian media 41:47 Challenges 49:25 Signs of hope T.V. Padma has been working for Nature, Nature India, New Scientist, Physics World, BioWorld, and other outlets since 2014. Before, she had worked as a science correspondent at India’s leading news wire agency, Press Trust of India (PTI), and later on served as the first South Asian news editor/regional head of SciDev.Net. https://tvpadma.contently.com/ Since February 2017, T.V. Padma has been Journalist in Residence 2017 at HITS, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies. https://www.h-its.org/en/press/journalist-in-residence-program/ -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Offtopic: Labour's Keith Vaz holds Leicester East in 2017 general election
How Leicester East voted in 2017 Sujata BAROT – Independent: 1,753 Nitesh DAVE - Liberal Democrats: 1,343 Ian FOX - Independent: 454 Edward YI HE – Conservative: 12,688 Keith VAZ - Labour: 35,116 Melanie WAKLEY - Green: 1,070 Speaking after his victory, Mr Vaz said: "Jeremy Corbyn did a great job despite all the criticism." He added: "If Theresa May does not increase the number of seats for the Conservative Party then I think she would have to consider her position, as would any sitting Prime Minister." Mr Vaz added that the national result would also have a significant impact on the pending Brexit negotiations. Read more at http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/keith-vaz-holds-leicester-east-and-praises-jeremy-corbyn-s-campaign/story-30380626-detail/story.html#jHOLiO02pOWc5IxM.99 Turnout: 67.73% ---end--- -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Subject: Canada starting to say good bye to USA as a world leader...
hese are ambitious objectives. There is no guarantee of success. We set them, not in the assumption that success will come easily, but in the certain knowledge that it will not. We will venture, in noble and good causes. We will risk. We will enjoy victories—and we will suffer defeats. But we will keep working toward a better world, Mr. Speaker, because that is what Canadians do. Let me conclude on a personal note. A popular criticism today of the argument I am making here, is that all such ideas are abstract, perhaps of interest to the so-called Laurentian elite, or the media, or the Ottawa bubble, but not at all relevant to “real” Canadians. That line of reasoning is the ultimate, elite condescension; it is nonsense. And in reply, I offer the example of my grandfather, John Wilbur Freeland. He was born in Peace River, Alberta—the son of a pioneer family. Wilbur was 24 in 1940, and making a bit of a living as a cowboy and boxer. His nickname was “Pretty Boy” Freeland. My grandpa was the opposite of an Upper Canada elite. But in the darkest days of the Second World War, Wilbur enlisted to serve. Two of his brothers, Carleton and Warren, joined up too. Wilbur and Carleton came home. Warren did not. My grandfather told me they signed up partly for the excitement—Europe, even at war, was an exotic destination for the youths of the Peace Country. But there was more to it than a young man’s thirst for adventure. My grandfather was one of a generation of Canadians who intuitively understood the connection between their lives, and those of people they’d never met, whose speech they couldn’t comprehend, who lived on a continent so far away as to constitute, back then, another world. That generation of Canadians—the Greatest Generation, we call them, with good reason—had survived the Great Depression. They were born in the aftermath of the First World War. They appreciated viscerally that a world without fixed borders or rules for the global economy, was a world of strife and poverty. They sought to prevent that from ever happening again. That is why they risked and gave their lives to fight in a European war. That is why, when they came home, they cheerfully contributed to the great project of rebuilding Europe and creating a postwar world order. That is why they counted themselves lucky to be able to do so. They were our parents, and grandparents, and great-grandparents. The challenge we face today is significant, to be sure. But it pales next to the task they faced, and met. Our job today is to preserve their achievement, and to build on it; to use the multilateral structures they created as the foundation for planetary accords and institutions fit for the new realities of this century. They rose to their generation’s great challenge. And so can we. Contacts Media Relations Office Global Affairs Canada 343-203-7700 me...@international.gc.ca Follow us on Twitter: @CanadaFP Like us on Facebook: Canada’s foreign policy - Global Affairs Canada ---end--- -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Offtopic: Need a vacation? Think...Canada. Obama did.
Need a vacation? Think...Canada. We've been expecting you... http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/barack-obama-justin-trudeau-grab-bite-to-eat-in-st-henri-after-speech https://twitter.com/DomenicFazioli/status/872575386588237824/photo/1 Barack Obama's appearance on Little Burgundy's gourmet restaurant strip coincided with a non-rainy night to ensure that people lined up on both sides of the street to catch a glimpse of the former U.S. president, as police and Obama’s security detail kept a close watch. Obama had dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau immediately after giving a speech at the Palais des congres, organized by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, where Obama delivered a message of hope to a sellout crowd. With the ominous black SUVs parked outside, people thought the duo would be eating at Joe Beef, but they ended up at Liverpool House. 'Even Obama couldn’t get a table at Joe Beef', someone in the crowd joked. A couple of hours later, the two politicians emerged from the restaurant looking relaxed and, with big smiles on their faces, waved to the cheering onlookers on Notre-Dame St. before Obama got into his black SUV and left the scene. ---end--- link includes photos and live tweets -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Video: Canada starting to say good bye to USA as a world leader...
Canada, in a very polite way, is starting to say good bye to USA as a world leader... Address on Foreign Policy – June 6, 2017 http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/house-of-commons/episodes/51246203/ Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks in the House of Commons on June 6, 2017, following the introduction of a motion that outlines the federal government’s foreign policy objectives. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Videos: Arab Cold War
What’s behind the dramatic diplomatic rift with Qatar? PBS NewsHour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP3TNLIYsv8 Inside Story - What's behind the diplomatic breakdown in the Gulf? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jJ7B2Uz-bM Qatar faces embargoes as biggest regional diplomatic crisis in years escalates Al Jazeera English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX2CopRGxV0 Goan Welfare Association (GWA) Doha Qatar https://www.facebook.com/GWA.Qatar/ -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] GoaNet Your assessment of Donald Trump so far
As a reminder in song: http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union --- I'm interested in hearing your assessment of Donald Trump so far. Personal assessment. Anyone willing to predict the next three-weeks, one-year and four-years out. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Link: New Universities website Portugal
New Universities website Portugal http://universitiesportugal.com/en/ I'm sure there are tons of scholarships for Goan Students Having been there all I can say is, What an amazing country... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Video: Liberals Can't Understand Rural
Why Coastal Liberals Can't Understand Rural Trump Voters Explained By Stanford Professor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPezcus9dcg -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell
[Goanet] Indians are Innovative
Indians are innovative, and our Roland is the most innovative. He is master of the, 'you know what I mean,' 'but, that's not what I wrote'. 'Don't you challenge me.' This kind of work is called, rabble-rousing muddle. Some advice: Stick to the facts man. Make the world a better place. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell [Goanet] Indians are Innovative --- Jose colaco1 at gmail.com wrote --- Sat Mar 4 11:47:58 PST 2017 On Mar 4, 2017, at 1:06 PM, Roland Francis wrote: > > Who says Trump is the pioneer of this sort of innovation? Remember what he said when the Supreme Court struck down his executive order banning the majority community of seven countries from entering the US? "I'll pass another executive order!" he barked. Dear Roland, It is possible that you are either Intentionally or Negligently Misrepresenting the Facts. Could you point to a single non-Fake news site ( better still.the 'Law Report' itself) which would support your scurrilous claim that: 1: there exists/existed an Executive Order banning " the Majority Community" from seven countries from entering the US. 2: any Supreme Court ruled on the matter. jc
[Goanet] How Much Land Does A Man (Or Woman) Require? Facts Pleas
Facts are worth a million schoolboy stories. If you have facts, please furnish them. Looking forward to hearing them... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell ---Roland Francis roland.francis at gmail.com wrote --- ... but in some corner of the brain the moral remains, to crop up in adulthood ... Reading about the excessive wealth ... --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] video: Slavoj Zizek on Trump, Brexit and fake news, etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByKXcIPi7MI Slavoj Zizek on Trump, Brexit and fake news (tip: listen to audio with the video off. far too animated a speaker) -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Goa Arts and Literature Festival 2016 videos being posted online...
Goa Arts and Literature Festival 2016 videos being posted online... https://www.youtube.com/user/icggoa/videos Damn: They screwed up the audio of Fred's Talk...if anyone is interested, I may be able to recover the sound. Standard rates apply! Festival site http://www.goaartlitfest.com/ -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: [Goanet] The Donald Trump's First Day in Office
Don't worry too, too, about the good'ol USofA. There are plenty of checks a balances in place. The place won't sink. The US Demorcatic system is stronger that you think. There are very smart people in the room. The country is founded as is bedrock of intelligence, teamwork and science. Justice is deep rooted alon with the problems. Free markets are free markets. The US planted free market thinking, modern market commercialism mechanisms, and democracy in the world. The ideas are sound and they are not going anywhere. The real problem is the short term quake and the resulting wake can do serious damage. But a shake is good wake up for everybody. Trump in one day has destroyed a reputation that took the successive administrations and various branches of the government 100 years to build using every tool possible from soft to hard power. He does not care. As a he and free market speculators know there are profits, profits to be made when there is turmoil. That's all he knows. It takes 4-years to build a single factory at accelerated pace. Some CEO are appeasing Trump. They know it is impossible for one man to open and renegotiate 10's of international agreements. Its closest advisors are equally arrogant inexperienced idiots. Keep in mind Trump is largely and independent. He has no large following among the right of center Republican Party. They are in ther room as they are opportunists. Yes there is disillusionment in the US. As for middle America. The world is going to say, 'Who cares. Dead wood.' They are well fed, well protected, and well looked after, by Developing World standards. You want to go, go. Your closets are full. That's not where the real future growth is going to be. Corporate America is not on Trumps side. He is followed by a few billionaires who were speculators, not company or organization builders. These men were lucky. They had access to capital the right time. The made as much money dismantling and selling and far less building. When these kinds of men fail, they fail mightily. The Canadians, Mexicans, Germans, Russians, Chinese, are all saying sheepishly saying, 'Thank you, thank-you, very much.' As for NAFTA and TTP, most Canadians will agree...we wanted to get out of those deals. The US, elephant in the room, had taken too much. The funny thing the day after the announcement they came knocking on the door. Cold call. The US Ambassador fired and has not been replaced. When the mission started poking around they quickly realized they have a great deal. Canada buys far more that they thought. And now they want to do a side deal that excludes Mexico. So what, NAFTA will still be in place between Canada and Mexico. And Canada is tiring to extend that by restating a full Free Trade Deal further sould with Brazil. Its opening doors across the world as fra away as India. At all the Federal, provincial and municipal levels. Even our city mayors are visiting India: http://www.southasianfocus.ca/news-story/6246470-mayor-crombie-prepares-for-trade-mission-to-india/ https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2016/02/premier-concludes-successful-trade-mission-to-india.html http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-to-visit-india-pmo-confirms-1.2842404 Surprize they do this with every country... Canada. Doors open. And looking for new friends to commiserate and compensate for that loud idiot who has move in next door! -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- Frederick FN Noronha wrote -- Sun Jan 22 09:53:49 PST 2017 --- The Donald Trump's First Day in Office --- Trump's first day at the Oval Office after being elected President. etc...etc... --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Imbalance on Goanet?
[Goanet] Imbalance on Goanet? 26 contributors to 10,000 readers Its quite possible that is how the Goan world works. And similar worlds. Likely a similar ratios or even higher for, politics, religion, mass media, festivals, social clubs, etc. It's 385 to 1... I have to admit, I enjoy most of the posts here. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Off- topic perhaps? More UofT Donations (this time Tamil)
'It's the least that I could do,' says Tamil business owner after $2M donation to UofT Scarborough http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/it-s-the-least-that-i-could-do-says-tamil-businessowner-after-2m-donation-to-uoft-scarborough-1.3947384 Donation from Ravi Gukathasan, CEO of Digital Speciality Chemicals, will help fund Tamil studies In the middle of Canada's first Tamil Heritage Month, a Scarborough business owner — one of the University of Toronto Scarborough's earliest Tamil alumni — has given his alma mater a $2 million donation to fund Tamil studies. "It's the least that I could do," Ravi Gukathasan, CEO of Scarborough-based Digital Speciality Chemicals, told CBC's Metro Morning. The donation will fund an annual post-doctural fellowship, scholarships, a programming fund, and a digital fund. Tamil one of world's oldest languages Helping support the use of Tamil — one of the oldest languages still in use today — is a cause close to Gukathasan's heart. Originally from a farming village "with no electricity" in Sri Lanka, Gukathasan left with his family for England when he was 14, but still tries to speak the Tamil language whenever he can in Scarborough — the area he now calls home with his wife and two teenagers. "My children laugh at me," he said. "I drive through Tim Hortons or a gas station, the minute I see a person, I know they're Tamil, and I start speaking to them in Tamil." Tamil community 'becoming its own' While some languages disappear, Gukathasan wants to ensure Tamil sticks around. And he thinks it will, with Scarborough's strong Tamil community "making a mark." "The community is becoming its own in Canada," he said. He also hopes the donation is inspiring for the next generation of students, who might look to Gukathasan as someone who went from a small village to running his own company. "The main thing I'm hoping is they're going to say to themselves, 'Hey, if he can do it, I can do it too.'" ---end--- -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] OffTopic: Obama’s Secret to Surviving the White House Years: Books
for them. What books would you recommend at this moment in time, that captures this sense of turmoil? I should probably ask you or some people who have had time to catch up on reading. I’ll confess that since the election, I’ve been busier than I expected. So one of the things I’m really looking forward to is to dig into a whole bunch of literature. But one of the things I’m confident about is that, out of this moment, there are a whole bunch of writers, a lot of them young, who are probably writing the book I need to read. [Laughter] They’re ahead of me right now. And so in my post-presidency, in addition to training the next generation of leaders to work on issues like climate change or gun violence or criminal justice reform, my hope is to link them up with their peers who see fiction or nonfiction as an important part of that process. When so much of our politics is trying to manage this clash of cultures brought about by globalization and technology and migration, the role of stories to unify — as opposed to divide, to engage rather than to marginalize — is more important than ever. There’s something particular about quieting yourself and having a sustained stretch of time that is different from music or television or even the greatest movies. And part of what we’re all having to deal with right now is just a lot of information overload and a lack of time to process things. So we make quick judgments and assign stereotypes to things, block certain things out, because our brain is just trying to get through the day. We’re bombarded with information. Technology is moving so rapidly. Look, I don’t worry about the survival of the novel. We’re a storytelling species. I think that what one of the jobs of political leaders going forward is, is to tell a better story about what binds us together as a people. And America is unique in having to stitch together all these disparate elements — we’re not one race, we’re not one tribe, folks didn’t all arrive here at the same time. What holds us together is an idea, and it’s a story about who we are and what’s important to us. And I want to make sure that we continue that. I know you like Junot Díaz’s and Jhumpa Lahiri’s books, and they speak to immigration or the American Dream. I think Lahiri’s books, I think Díaz’s books, do speak to a very particular contemporary immigration experience. But also this combination of — that I think is universal — longing for this better place, but also feeling displaced and looking backwards at the same time. I think in that sense, their novels are directly connected to a lot of American literature. Some of the great books by Jewish authors like Philip Roth or Saul Bellow, they are steeped with this sense of being an outsider, longing to get in, not sure what you’re giving up — what you’re willing to give up and what you’re not willing to give up. So that particular aspect of American fiction I think is still of great relevance today. ---end--- Link Includes Photo President Obama in the Oval Office on Friday during an interview with Michiko Kakutani, the chief book critic for The New York Times. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Offtopic: CBC News. Can you spot the fake news headline? Test
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/quiz-can-you-spot-the-fake-news-headline-1.3934368 via CBC News Canada Quiz: Can you spot the fake news headline? Think you can tell truth from fiction? Try your luck with our quiz CBC News Posted: Jan 13, 2017 4:11 'You are fake news," an angry U.S. president-elect Donald Trump told a CNN reporter at a news conference Wednesday, bringing the very real issue of false reporting into the spotlight again. CNN disputed Trump's claim, saying it stood by its recent reporting on allegations about Russia's influence in Trump's presidential campaign. Indeed, there is a distinction to be made between actual news organizations and satirical or entertainment sites that publish stories devoid of fact. But many readers find it difficult to separate fact from fiction. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Video: The Great Dumbing Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9nVLXMhPc Idiocracy: The Great Dumbing Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZOZjHjT5E Why 'Idiocracy' Would Actually Be A Utopia -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Offtopic: Video Last days of the greatest country
https://streamable.com/0rexi Absolutely no doubt he earned it... response... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJv9191ftQ preamble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjKZhSCTwp4 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Offtopic: Creativity and self-promotion can be two opposing forces - Economist
-grabbing) wig that covers her face, she says that the attention of fame is “is ugly, it makes me feel hunted”. Some critics take a Darwinian approach: in fame, as in many other aspects of life, it is survival of the fittest, and those who cannot take it don’t deserve to be famous. But then audiences might be missing something from the complex, sensitive and interesting world of the shy. In 2013, Susan Cain wrote “Quiet” which opened up people’s perceptions of how the meeker of the species operate differently in business. Maybe the same should be extended to the wallflowers in the spotlight. ---end--- Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2017. All rights reserved. http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/01/woes-being-wallflower -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: [Goanet] Miscrap - 10
Perhaps there are aping the thinking, action, and so called wisdom of Trump and his personally appointed billionaire friends of the new American administration...its raw capitalism ...beautiful. Insane, right? All of this is going to be fun. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- Jim Jim at runbox.com wrote --- >>...it's extremely easy to make money down there. If I was a jobless bum with no education or no real skills to make a living, I think I could still make a decent living right there<< >>...Have you seen guys selling egg omelletes with some sort of gravy with it by the road side? Well, I could improvise on that stuff and sell the omellete with xacuti gravy.<< >>...That's a decent income - my man - and it's tax free! I bet you none of these guys pay any taxes to the government.<< >>...full of Ghatti's, a shrewd business person could hire 10 Ghatti's and put them at different spots and collect 50% of the haul from each guy. All you would need is time to count the cash<<< --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: [Goanet] Who's in Goa this year-end?
Canadians too have a word for 'Ghanttis.' We use the term: American Tourist. 'What d'ya mean. Ya don't take USD? Everybody takes USD. It's cash.' 'Calm down sir. You should of visited your bank before you arrived. Please use your credit card. If you wish, we will accept your dollars at par to offset our inconvenience. Sorry.' Just joking Jim. But true. --- Don't you think the best venue for a GoaNet Meeting is video conference call? People from across the planet could participate. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell [Goanet] Who's in Goa this year-end? (Dec 27, 2016... planning a Goanetters' meeting) Jim Fernandes amigo007 at runbox.com ---jim wrote --- >> I think Goans are done with having 'Ghanttis' spoiling their dances and parties. >> We were pleasantly surprised to find awesome bands playing great music. But above all, the ALL GOAN crowd was FANTASTIC. Everybody was well heeled and absolutely no 'Ghanttis' - which is how good entertainment should be! >> Let the Ghanttis spend their big bucks at the five star hotels - that crap ain't for us, Goans. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] OffTopic: Meryl Streep. Speech The Golden Globes 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxyGmyEby40 Meryl Streep Speech The Golden Globes 2017 Published on Jan 8, 2017 Classic... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] OffTopic: What (free) software can be useful for university students?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5j07pe/what_free_software_can_be_useful_for_university/ What (free) software can be useful for university students? Scroll -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] OffTopic: Adding a lot of masala to the call
And in Canada... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZCXZo9Z8pk Video: Host of Punjabi HNIC makes English NHL broadcast debut ...Nine seasons on Punjabi TV, adding a lot of masala to the call -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] (Offtopic) America is a very big and very resilient country
The US system is is designed so no one can dictate...they can only influence and build through and via coalitions... Don't worry. The sun will come up again tomorrow. Just as there are still Bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Off Topic - At 10:54 pm EST (daylight savings), I sit transfixed...
Off Topic - At 10:54 pm EST (daylight savings), I sit transfixed... to my seat watch ing the live results of the US Election. Currently 162 to Trump and 131 to Clinton. Goal 270 The only time Canadains were so transfixed with on 9/11. Good old USA we pray for you...perhaps we are seen the end of an era. The USA being the last great power to be largely transformed since WWII. Perhaps the USA will be the second level power on the planet tomorrow. Perhaps the USA will be broken into two, progressive vs conservative. Perhaps we are seeing the end of the concept of Democracy as we know it. With big groups of people taking big wrong directions. --- Whoo its 11:30 pm, and its now 190 Clinton to 171 Trump. Go California and the West Coast. BTW planet of Canadian influence down there ... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Article: Pope arrives in Sweden. Marks Protestant Reformation
Pope arrives in Sweden to mark 500 years since Protestant Reformation http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-arrives-in-sweden-to-mark-martin-luther-protestant-reformation/ Pope Francis and Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven during a welcoming ceremony at Sturup Airport outside Malmoe, Sweden, October 31, 2016. (includes 91 photos ...despite the criticism, Catholics and the Pope still have a tremendous influence and appeal in western countries including the USA) MALMO, Sweden -- Pope Francis traveled to secular Sweden on Monday to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, a remarkably bold gesture given his very own Jesuit religious order was founded to defend the faith against Martin Luther’s “heretical” reforms five centuries ago. While the visit initially raised eyebrows, the Vatican and Lutheran church both insist the event is no celebration of Luther’s revolt. Rather, they say, it’s a solemn commemoration to ask forgiveness for the schism in Western Christianity and rejoice that relations have improved in the last five decades. Francis has prioritized these deeply symbolic encounters to show that even while divided on dogma, the Christian faithful can and must work together and pray together, especially in times of religious persecution. Pope Francis' summer residence opens to the public for the first time Play Video Pope Francis' summer residence opens to the public for the first time “If we don’t do it, we Christians hurt ourselves by division,” Francis said in an interview this weekend with a Jesuit journal. Francis arrived a few minutes ahead of schedule in Malmo, southern Sweden, and went immediately into an airport audience with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, followed by a meeting with Sweden’s royals. The main event of the day is an ecumenical prayer service to commemorate the anniversary with the head of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop Munib Younan, at the Lutheran cathedral in Lund. The Vatican and Lutheran delegations were to ride together in a bus - itself an ecumenical voyage of sorts - to attend an event highlighting both churches’ peace-making and humanitarian efforts. Testimony from refugees and the Catholic bishop of besieged Aleppo, Syria, top the list of speakers. Francis continues his visit on Tuesday with a Catholic Mass in the Malmo sports stadium, added in at the last minute after Sweden’s tiny Catholic community balked that Francis was ignoring them and coming only for the Protestant commemoration. “I wanted to insist on an ecumenical witness,” Francis said in the interview. “Then I thought about my role as pastor to a Catholic flock” and added in the Mass and an extra day. The Protestant Reformation started in 1517 after Luther nailed 95 theses on the church door in the town of Wittenberg, denouncing what he saw as the abuses of the Catholic Church, especially the sale of indulgences. Pope Leo X excommunicated him, but the church couldn’t stop his teachings from spreading throughout northern Europe or the world. Catholics persecuted Protestants and vice versa for hundreds of years. St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537, 20 years after Luther’s protest, in part as a response to the heresies being promoted, the Rev. Charles Connor, a church historian, wrote in “Defenders of the Faith in Word and Deed.” “The work of the Jesuits in defending the faith must be looked at in the context of the Counter-Reformation,” he wrote. “The times called for a spirited defense of the faith. It was the time for Catholic renewal.” Years ago, Francis spoke harshly of the Protestant reformers. But in the run-up to the trip, he has had only words of praise for Luther. He recently called the German theologian a reformer of his time who rightly criticized a church that was “no model to imitate.” “There was corruption in the church, worldliness, attachment to money and power,” Francis told reporters this summer. They are the same abuses Francis has criticized in the 21st-century Catholic Church he now leads. © 2016 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. -- fair usage educational purposes only -- -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] ARAIA Plans vs Canada
Gentleman, now that important issues has been raised, lets discuss them and not run away... -- Lets distill the fact from the rumors, innuendo and fiction... -- Let's examine Goan Community motivations...noble or otherwise -- What are Canadian-Goan collective wins, faults, and failures, Roland, as a Honoury Auditor of active Canadian Seniors organization, did you bring up the concept of community investment for development at any meeting? If so, what was the outcome? What kind of ideas were tabled? What is an appropriate forum for collecting, vetting and prioritizing various ideas? Eugene, there are both good and bad things that surround settlement location and residences. Geopolitics is part of the modern democratic process. Synergy and efficiency works in favour of communities. Wise collective investment can lead to greater collective benefits, safety, and individual prosperity. Group think and ghettoization can happen in the mind, and the collective mindset of a community regardless of their physical location. Is this happening to Goans in Canada? -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell eugene.correia at gmail.com eugene.correia at gmail.com wrote --- Sun Oct 23 12:26:45 PDT 2016 ...Me not answering his question is all that he finds relevant. I left it unanswered so that he can find the answer on his own. Neither did I get his answer why he didn't raise the issue of Goans having a clubhouse with the 55Plus association? Roland can lead a movement for.. Either he must do something about it or... Eugene --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Hard hitting Indian Journalists in the USA
On the Trump trail... Times Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5nuOSlBe4 NDTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBy3z7ef82E NDTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKkej2HDHIs Finally an actual comedian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GQtzUYSXEI -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Video: Richard Dawkins Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg7_I-gNx3E Richard Dawkins Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson Published on Nov 20, 2015 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] BRICS Summit Goa Declaration
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/8th-brics-summit-goa-declaration-here-is-the-full-text-adopted-by-the-member-nations/ 8th BRICS Summit Goa Declaration: Here is the full text adopted by the member nations (includes photos) -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Video: Kalinga Institute Of Social Science Mega Kitchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF-cLIAIFjQ India's Mega Kitchen - Kalinga Institute Of Social Science (KISS),Bhubaneswar 29th August 2016 Published on Aug 30, 2016 Kalinga Institute, Bhubaneswar India's Mega Kitchen, see how Kalinga Institute of Bhubaneswar serves more than 5 meals to its students on a daily basis. Watch this episode of India's Mega Kitchen S2 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Offtipic: All six of America’s 2016 Nobel Prize winners are immigrants
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nobel-prize-winners-immigrants-us-donald-trump-brexit-immigration-racism-post-referendum-racism-a7355406.html Things may just have got a little awkward for politicians engaging in anti-immigrant rhetoric on both sides of the Atlantic: all six of America’s 2016 Nobel Prize winners are immigrants... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Offtopic: Coming soon: Budget long hall flights...
Coming soon: Budget long hall flights... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlIdzF1_b5M (Caution longish Ad at the end) And the classic: Containerization: The Most Influential Invention That You've Never Heard Of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ZskaqBshs -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] OffTopic: Pink ladoos handed out at 2 hospitals to promote gender equality (Canada)
grows up. She said her older daughter, for example, now thinks pink ladoos are handed out when girl children are born. She acknowledged that it's how change happens. Pink ladoos are also being handed out at hospitals in Ottawa, Regina and Edmonton. ---end--- -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Links: Leaderless NDP looks to rising star Jagmeet Singh - Toronto Star
A poster child for ethnic outreach and youthful style, Jagmeet Singh is the jolt of energy a moribund NDP needs now. Where are the Goans? https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2016/10/08/leaderless-ndp-looks-to-rising-star-jagmeet-singh-cohn.html http://www.cbc.ca/radio/sleepover/episode-nine-jagmeet-s-disarming-style-1.3703189 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Video: Pure Poetry
Goan chaplaincy day dance swindon 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfWZ8QNaejE 3:04 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Pope Francis in Goa 2017?
Pope Francis almost sure he will be in Indian next year. Question: Will he make it to Goa? Lobbying, requests and invitations, must start now... --- http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_REL_POPE_TRAVEL?SITE=AP=HOME=DEFAULT ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) -- Pope Francis will visit Portugal next year and is "almost sure" he'll go to India and Bangladesh. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] OffTopic: (United Kingdom.) What a difference four months makes
Have I Got News For You - Series 52 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4lmIM6UhM=youtu.be '...That's ridiculous, you're not a proper fortune teller.' -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] OffTopic: Great thing about cities (example Toronto)
The great thing about cities. In Toronto we could all wear the same clothes and yet look very different... same with big cities around the world http://www.uniqlo.com/ca/en/uncommonthread/index.html Advertising from a new Japaneses clothing company, UNIQLO, that has opened up here. Models stages shots no doubt, but this ethnic mix is what our Downtown streets look like everyday of the week. Photos off the top of my head: -- behind the Air Canada Centre, under one of the on ramps to the Gardner Expressway (there may be some retouching in this shot...the wall and grass wedge upper-right side); -- Dundas Station Subway Station platform at the Eaton Centre; -- The parking lot at Sound Academy Night Club, Polson Street; -- Gooderham and Worts Distillery Building, Distillery District; -- West Rail Path bridge over Yonge Street, between St Clair Avenue and Davisville Avenue, the rail track is removes and now part of the bike and walking trail; -- Ontario Food terminal, either the vegetable cool-room building or the parking lot -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Offtopic: The difference between American and Canadian Television
The difference between American and Canadian Television... American Television: News Anchor completely loses it during live broadcast. MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3BHujm3cpY Canadian Television: Maralee Caruso loses it during live broadcast. CTV News, Winnipeg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjutcygwzkA=youtu.be -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Melting polar ice means saying good-bye to Goa.
India, if all the polar ice melted. Mumbai, Kolkata and Dhaka would be history. Goa too. http://imgur.com/a/gDWAc -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Changing face of Catholicism
Its not the changing face of Catholicism, its simply not Catholic. And its simply not Religion, as in 'a particular system' of faith and worship. This is type of thing the RC Church has had to deal with for centuries... Aspects of evolution are up for discussion, but heresy in the first degree is usually quite obvious.. These stories should be uses as an opportunity to reflect, study and deepen faith, trigger an exit, or even start a new religion... Some reading here: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256b.htm Pick door 1, 2, or 3 ... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- Bernado Colaco ole_xac at yahoo.co.uk wrote --- Fri Sep 16 04:57:49 PDT 2016 Changing face of Catholicism An interesting picture of priests worshipping Lord Ganesh was sent to me by a persona non grata. I guess it is the changing face of Catholicism in Goa. In concani one would say - soglem attam boltechz zalam. BC --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Tramp's Call Girl morals vs Vaz's Call Boy morals...
>> ...were even greater leaders? They had “very strong control” — even if the systems they ran were mind-bogglingly brutal. They also were, ultimately, failures. Putin is such a good leader that he has presided over the economic collapse of his country... << This is exactly why Trump admires them... He considers himself as being a great leader. His business are mindbogglingly brutal. They were for the most part, ultimately, failures. He is quite oblivious that he is now presided over the collapse of this credibility and economic collapse of his personal empire... In he USA, kids have a saying, 'Stupid is what stupid does.' It basically means that a person's intelligence and common sense are evidenced by the person's actions, and not by the person's looks. In other words, a stupid person is a person who does stupid things. Good leaders and bad leaders often start from the same motivations and have the same set of goals. The the path followed by the greedy, self-centered, inexperienced, impatient, naive, foolishly faithful, or just plain inept, leads to destruction. In the case of, the middle-class-British-Goan's poster-boy, Mr Vaz, the path led to self-destruction. --- More revelations on the way. British newspapers are very good for one thing. Swatting flies... -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- eric pinto ericpinto2 wrote --- Aka barbarism? Trump said he admired Putin because he “has very strong control over a country.” He added: “It’s a very different system, and I don’t happen to like the system, but certainly in that system, he’s been a leader. Far more than our president has been a leader.”This is moral relativism in its most base form. Does Trump believe that Stalin, Mao and Hitler were even greater leaders? They had “very strong control” — even if the systems they ran were mind-bogglingly brutal. They also were, ultimately, failures. Putin is such a good leader that he has presided over the economic collapse of his country. -- Errol Pinto --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Links: TV Coverage, Keith Vaz (UK TV more balanced than the tabloids!)
Keith Vaz: A brief history of his career so far - BBC Newsnight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GEgX7Es898 How Keith Vaz rose to prominence - BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsOE1IH2pkM Going, going, gone: Keith Vaz finally resigns (news recap) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvdZ778bixw News Recap: Tories comments Local voter comments Labour comments Interviews with suspended MPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f3mwlkiN04 Statement: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2015/160906-chairs-statement/ Loose Women Argue Over Keith Vaz Scandal: From series 21, broadcast on 07/09/2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2aWObMtMhQ Keith makes Mock The Week S15E07 (9 Sept 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FtKgHNKJ94 Theresa May on Keith Vaz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlDKrQEuaM8 -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Offtopic: Journalism...Still the best career in the world.
Peter Mansbridge: 25 Years as Anchor of The National https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS-M2xsbLHM Published on May 2, 2013 It has been 25 years since Peter Mansbridge first hosted The National. Here is a look back at a quarter century of memorable moments. He is retiring this year... Retro rookie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSn93BTh-vY No formal training. He learned quickly, on the job... Mansbridge worked as a ticket agent for Transair at Churchill Airport in Churchill, Manitoba. In 1968, Mansbridge was discovered by Gaston Charpentier, a station manager for the local Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio station CHFC, when he heard Mansbridge making a flight announcement. Charpentier hired the 19-year-old Mansbridge as the host of CHFC's late night music program.[7] In 1971, Mansbridge moved to Winnipeg to continue as a reporter for the CBW radio station and in the next year, he joined CBWT-TV as a reporter. Good night. Thanks for watching. So very Canadian. -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
[Goanet] Video: About The Internet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suE8cd6VU1M=share FLASHBACK: First News Broadcast About The Internet... Way, way, back. 1993! -- Albert Peres afpe...@3129.ca 416.660.0847 cell --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
