[Goanet] Daily Grook #404
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[Goanet] Leopard Sighting in Saligao/Calangute hill
Hello, There are quiet a few reports of sighting of Leopard in Saligao/Callangute Hill. Can anybody confrm this? Regards, Xavier
[Goanet] OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS
OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS. Averthanus L. D'Souza. A little over a month ago there was an international furore in the media about the observation which was made by Pope Benedict XVI about the problem of HIV/AIDS, specially in Africa. He is reported to have told a correspondent while on his flight to Africa that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms which even aggravates the problems. This comment drew some blistering attacks from people who should have known better, and who should have paused to study the observation before launching out on a verbal assault on Pope Benedict XVI. Richard Dawkins, the well known British atheist and an implacable foe of all religions said that The Pope is either stupid, ignorant or just dim. He did not elaborate on his statement by proving that the Pope is ignorant or just dim. His statement is comparable to a juvenile's irrational outburst against someone whom he hates. Of course, Richard Dawkins, being the professed atheist that he is, will be infuriated by any statement made by any religious leader on any subject on earth. His own intellectual confusion is evident in the campaign which he initiated of placing advertisements on British buses which said: There is probably no God. . . Either there IS a God or there is no God. Richard Dawkins should make up his mind which. Saying that there is probably no God only exposes his own ignorance and dim wit. Under the circumstances, he clearly does not qualify to sit in judgment on the Pope's observation. However, there were other criticisms of the Pope's statement, which appear to have been made without due consideration of the facts. Some doctors pilloried the Pope saying that his opposition to the distribution of condoms would be responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS. They claimed that the use of condoms reduced the chances of the spread of AIDS - in complete contradiction of all the studies which show that AIDS is spreading even faster, in spite of (and maybe because of ) the widespread use of condoms. [Space does not permit an elaboration of these research findings.] The problem of HIV/AIDS however, has roots which go far beyond the purely mechanical or even the medical. The problem has been approached with a too limited focus on the mechanical aspects of transmission. Like all other blinkered approaches such an attack on the deadly disease is bound to fail. Sexual contact with unknown persons, or with multiple partners and other such high risk behaviour has been demonstrated to spread the disease. Both epidemiological as well as sociological studies have indicated that the control of all sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) requires that sexual contact be limited to single partners and also that it be confined within the institution of marriage. Scientific studies confirm, (rather than disprove), the moral understanding that sexual activity should be limited to the confines of marriage. Even a dim witted atheist like Richard Dawkins should be able to understand this. (By the way, his atheism is not relevant to this argument.) That Pope Benedict XVI's observation is perfectly rational and reasonable is confirmed by reference to another disease which has plagued humankind for a long time - the persistence of malaria. After many years of battling this dreaded disease, the medical establishment came to the realization that it should place far more emphasis on the prevention of the disease, rather than on curing it. The purely medical approach to malaria has been conclusively proven to be inadequate. Governments all over the world are now changing their priorities to preventive measures, rather than to merely medical measures. For this, of course, the full and knowledgeable participation of the citizens is required. Without dissemination of information about the causes of malaria, its modes of transmission and its prevention, the disease cannot be either controlled or eliminated. It may seem to be clichéd, but the commonly held belief that prevention is better than cure seems to have been vindicated in many programmes. During the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade sponsored by the UNDP, this author had the opportunity to do a lot of research into many water-borne diseases. Invariably, what stared one in the face was the need to Inform, to Educate and to Communicate knowledge to the people. The IEC programme, which this author was privileged to be associated with, had a very positive impact here in India. The insight that one gets into the causes, transmission and spread of diseases, including that of sexually transmitted diseases, is that one simply cannot take a limited mechanical or medical view of the problem. The problem has much wider (and deeper) ramifications. Apart from the purely medical, the
Re: [Goanet] Media Priorities: On Goa Being an Unsafe Place
Hey George, Thats not fair at all. If we have a law and order situation in Goa then lets do something about it and address the situation rather than ask tourists to go elsewhere to safer destinations. We need the tourists for the sake of Goa and Goans. Godfrey Rasquinha - Original Message From: George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:41:41 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Media Priorities: On Goa Being an Unsafe Place The media should highlight the fact that the law and order situation in Goa is deteriorating, and Goa is becoming less safe with the passage of time. Foreign and domestic tourists should consider other destinations where crime rates are lower. George
[Goanet] What evidence ?
Gabriel writes: How many cases of deaths have not been closed as ‘suicidal’ or ‘accidental’ in the annals of Goa’s police records? Given what is happening today in Goa with Mahanand confessing to 9 murders, indeed every case of accident and/or suicide in all Goan police stations in the last 20 years has to be thoroughly looked at again. Who knows --- they could all be murders and the lazy Goan police just shut the cases down saying it is an accident or suicide. regards, Samir
Re: [Goanet] Request made under RTI - FYI
3: I cannot envisage (perhaps you can) a situation where a Goan is picked from somewhere and asked to head a (say) Police force in (say) the Punjab - unless the local chaps have been tried, the situation is getting too hot to handle and there is a Goan elsewhere to do the job (which no local really wants to do). Julio Ribeiro, who is as Goan as a Goan can be was hand picked to head the Police Force in precisely the same state, Punjab when the Akali's made it too hot for the locals to handle ;-) So now you can envisage. -- Tony (Another one of those - a Moidekar) ;-) Tony de Sa Ph: +91 832 2470 148 M: +91 9975162897 E: tonyd...@gmail.com Life is a sexually transmitted disease. - R. D. Laing
[Goanet] Frogs in Goa living on edge
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Goa Blog Frogs in Goa living on edge Posted: 10 May 2009 09:54 AM PDT The International Environment monitoring agency has listed various frog species in Goa which are threatened. The Jerdon’s Bullfrog, poached for its meat in Goa is listed as “Near Threatened” while the Indian Bull frog, another victim of large-scale hunting is listed as vulnerable. The Malabar Gliding Frog, an endemic species of South Asia found in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mollem National Park is listed as a Near Threatened species. Amongst other species found in Goa the Beddome’s Leaping frog is listed as Vulnerable while the Jerdon’s Narrow mouthed frog is listed as Near Threatened on a global scale. The Western Ghats is considered as one of the richest areas of endemism as far as amphibian diversity is concerned followed by North East India and Sri Lanka. “Goa’s forests are part of the Western Ghats landscape and the need of the hour is to conserve and protect these forests for amphibian conservation,” say the ICUN report. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species has listed 1,856 amphibian species of the world which are facing extreme danger of extinction, representing 32 per cent of all known species worldwide. Scientists fear that more than 50 amphibian species worldwide have already become extinct over the last 15 years alone, which includes over 18 species from South Asia alone. “This high rate of decline of amphibian species across the world provides an indicator for the health of natural ecosystems in all regions and is a cause of concern,” say the scientists. Currently there are approximately 427 species that are considered “Critically Endangered,”(CR), 761 are Endangered (EN), and 668 species are Vulnerable (VU) worldwide. In India an Assessment of Amphibians under the Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP) workshop conducted by Biodiversity Conservation Prioritization Project, India has listed 32 species as Critically Courtesy: Herald Goa Blog Inbox too full? Subscribe to the feed version of Goa Blog in a feed reader. AITARACHEO KASKULEO: Boro Samarithan Trasant Poddtta Tedna http://www.mail-archive.com/gulf-go...@yahoogroups.com/msg01800.html June 19, 2005 Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter hancher vitrailolem! Goa World www.colaco.net www.goa-world.com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS http://www.jrsbible.info/bible.htm EXPRESSIONS - THE FLOWER SHOP http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/
[Goanet] How Goans argue: HERALD(Goa), May 8-10, 2009
What follows is a serialised 3-part story of a recent debate at Goanet. It was carried in the ‘Herald’ (Goa) editions between May 8-10, 2009. Happy reading, but if you’re threatened with martyrdom from boredom, please don’t click ‘DELETE’ before you’ve read the last four Paras at the bottom – they’re gist of the rigmarole that preceded! Rgds, v HOW GOANS ARGUE By Valmiki Faleiro The poll is over. People’s verdict lies sealed in EVMs (electronic voting machines.) To be opened May 16, after the entire country completes the voting exercise. The Sunday before polling in Goa, in a postscript to my ‘Herald Mirror’ column, asking readers to exercise their franchise, I added tongue-in-cheek, “In North Goa, you have one for the former (Congress/NCP), one for the latter (BJP). In South Goa, you’re luckier. You have one for the former, and a choice of two for the latter!” I was obviously alluding to Mathany Saldanha. That statement miffed Samir Kelekar and sparked a protracted debate on Goanet (www.goanet.org), the largest internet forum of Goans worldwide. May I share that exchange here. Among other things, it shows how we Goans argue our point! Samir and Uday Barad, who later joined issue, are both about the same age as I. Both hold doctorates in their fields from the USA. Both hail from Margao like me. I’ve met neither in person, but personally knew the dads of both, Gurunath Kelekar and the late Govind Barad. Hardly had my ‘Herald Mirror’ column of April 19 appeared at Goanet, when Samir fired the first salvo, captioned “Is Mathany communal?” He wrote: “I am amused to read … Valmiki Faleiro hinting at Mathany's fondness towards BJP. The question that needs to be answered is – is Mathany communal? Mathany did side with BJP as against the Congress. If Mathany gets elected, will he support BJP or Congress? “Mathany has made the following clear in the ‘Herald’ interview yesterday. That he will support anyone who has the good of Goa in their heart and in the policies. Sure dirty communalism can spring its head up anytime. But, I am sure we can trust Mathany not to side with Modi's version of politics.” I replied: “I have not suggested that Mathany is communal. But, please do say, is there any doubt who he will support if he wins? Why shelter under ambivalent utterances like ‘support anyone who has the good of Goa in their heart’? I give 10 out of 10 to Mathany on loyalty. There's none like him in the breed of Goan politicos today. If he wins, I have no doubt who between the UPA and NDA our dear Mathany will support.” A Dubai-based gent I know, Cedric da Costa, perched in: “The equation is simple, we do not have to go hammer and tongs against Valmiki Faleiro and his Sunday column. Every kid in Goa knows that Mathany has volunteered to be a surrogate candidate ... to deliver a saffron-blooded baby!” Samir surprisingly went off at a tangent, saying: “Jesus said – let one who has not committed sin throw the first stone. I would like to know the contribution of the following to Goa in the past few years: (1) Valmiki Faliero, (2) Digambar Kamat, and 3) Auduth Timblo. Only when they have done so, they have the right to comment on Mathany. Otherwise, they ought to shut up!! Jai Hind!” Surprised that the issue changed from Mathany’s loyalty to my ‘contribution to Goa,’ under a new title called “Contribution of Valmiki, Digambar, Timblo to Goa” I said: “Before you ask, follow your own (quoted) rule and tell us what your own contribution to Goa has been ‘in the past few years.’ Then, maybe, I understand what you want to know about me. Jai ho!” To Samir’s call on “contribution to Goa,” the humour columnist Cecil Pinto wrote: “Both Valmiki and Digambar have stood in elections for public office and won. They have contributed to Goa. I agree with you that Mathany is relatively a better choice but if you are asking anyone who is critical to first show what is their contribution to Goa then you should do first. What, Samir, is your contribution to Goa and is more (or better) than that of the three you have named? (Before Samir asks: my contribution is to have made a few Goans laugh occasionally.)” Samir replied: “Cecil says that Valmiki, Digambar have won public office and so have contributed to Goa. While I don’t want to comment on specific cases, and I will take their answer at face value, Cecil seems extremely naive about the whole concept of holding office. The raking of crores on holding office is a criminal activity and cannot be by any means called contribution to Goa. Indeed Valmiki himself through his column told us of crores being raked in by some current ministers. “As to what are my contributions. They aren’t much but surely whatever little they are, I am extremely proud of. As director of Infotech Corporation, I have fulfilled my duty keeping in mind the highest tradition of serving the people. Though I could have easily raked in crores, I not just refused but
[Goanet] Request made under RTI - FYI
Baba Tony, Who do you think I meant when I wrote the piece (see infra) that you responded to? And did you note the word 'unless' which I am now capitalising in that post - to signify an EXCEPTION in the context of what we were discussing i.e. State Government appointments in Goa! From your vantage point: Do you believe Ribeiro (whose Divar in-law family I have known since as a child - in Poona) was picked as the first choice - over the heads of the 'sons of the soil' OR was he begged for help when ALL appeared to be near lost? I hope someone else does not do another Moira on me and write about Sunith Rodrigues and his (political) appointment as Gov of Punjab. Shutes Guys, What is it about Moira and Moidekarsduring summer? jc re: 3: I cannot envisage (perhaps you can) a situation where a Goan is picked from somewhere and asked to head a (say) Police force in (say) the Punjab - UNLESS the local chaps have been tried, the situation is getting too hot to handle and there is a Goan elsewhere to do the job (which no local really wants to do). Tony de Sa stated the obvious: Julio Ribeiro, who is as Goan as a Goan can be was hand picked to head the Police Force in precisely the same state, Punjab when the Akali's made it too hot for the locals to handle ;-) So now you can envisage...
[Goanet] Request made under RTI --- FYI
Julio Ribeiro, who is as Goan as a Goan can be was hand picked to head the Police Force in precisely the same state, Punjab when the Akali's made it too hot for the locals to handle ;-) So now you can envisage. Come to Karnataka. In private industry, you will not know if the person is a kannadiga or not. Of course, things in the govt. are probably different. Private industry in Karnataka is quiet cosmopolitan where more or less merit rules. The problem with Goa is that there isn't much of private industry in the first place. Secondly, even if there is, not many Goans want to work there. Why ? We have seen the recent fight in Wockhardt in Cuncolim. Though I dont know the details, I cant imagine such a fight happening in Bangalore's Wockhardt. The following is considered given in Karnataka. That private industry will hire and fire. It is not obliged to create jobs. However, in the same tone, the private industry is not given undue concessions by the govt. Private industry lives and dies with the market. You have a good product, you survive; you have a bad one, you die. You do well, you hire more people, you do badly, you fire them. Goans have to realize the above first, secondly fight in the market, rather than complain. Of course, I am fully with Goans when they say that land etc should not be doled out to private industry unnecessarily. But I dont agree with the Goans when they say that there are more outside vendors in the market. Outside vendors survive because Goans are not willing to fight in the market. Outside vendors survive because they give the best bang for the buck. Goans would prefer to go to Dubai and do a job, rather than be an entreprenuer and slog it out in Goa. That is fine, but then why complain ? regards, Samir
Re: [Goanet] The Goanet Hugo Chavez Award
Mario wrote: Marlon is actually the leading candidate for the Goanet Hugo Chavez award. Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 00:21:14 +0530 From: Frederick [FN] Noronha * Btw, could someone consider *me* for this contest, if Mario would be decent enough to institute such a priviledge? Mario responds: OK, Fred. Your application has been duly noted. I must say you are quite well qualified to be a candidate for the Hugo Chavez Award, named after one of the most despicable dictators in the world, and given to those who consistently support tyranny above and beyond the call of duty. Fred wrote: Incidentally, Robert Mugabe is today considered the pariah of the 'international community'. We've seen the impact on the Zimbabwean economy etc [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/3313807919/in/set-72157614420422667/] But, in 1983, when he visited Goa for the CHOGM Retreat, he was indeed an amazing personality admired by many. Not without reason. Apartheid was still alive and kicking. Colonialism wasn't yet taken over by the let's-pretend-we-all-dislike-colonialism phase. Mario responds: This personal admiration for Robert Mugabe, who, if anything, makes Hugo Chavez look like a Boy Scout, definitely makes you the odds-on favorite for this year's award. Fred wrote: Who knows who becomes the heroes and villians of history? Mario responds: Actually, for those who understand the value of freedom and democracy, it's quite simple. The villains are the ones who oppress their people and run their countries into the ground by using extreme national socialism or communism or fascism. The heroes are those who not only oppose these tyrants but take action to liberate their people from their heavy hand. Fred wrote: But to make out Marlon to be a leftwinger is an aberation of cyber-history! Mario responds: While I understand and sympathize with why you may not want to be associated with him, it is his staunch opposition to the liberation of millions of innocent Muslims that gives him something in common with the entire left wing worldwide. However, do not despair. By virtue of this post, you definitely now have the edge over him. BTW, Fred, as a professional journalist, I'm sure you have heard of Spell Check. It does wonders for me when I'm agitated or in a hurry:-))
Re: [Goanet] Media Priorities: On Goa Being an Unsafe Place
Hi Godfrey Sadly the law and order situation has deteriorated in Goa, along with the political situation. On Sunday, there was reported gang violence leaving one dead and two seriously injured at Siridao. This gang violence may not have directly involved tourists but who is to say the lawless nexxus, including the drug mafia is not involved like in the Scarlet murder case. Foreign and domestic tourists have been murdered over the years in Goa. If we cannot guarantee basic safety to the tourist, it is not fair to ask the tourist to visit. In addition, Goa get terrible headlines. Better the tourist goes to other places where they are safe. George --- On Tue, 5/12/09, Romeo Ferns dedicated2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey George, Thats not fair at all. If we have a law and order situation in Goa then lets do something about it and address the situation rather than ask tourists to go elsewhere to safer destinations. We need the tourists for the sake of Goa and Goans. Godfrey Rasquinha
[Goanet] Sex and the single Catholic priest
Source: http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/05/13/rempert_catholic/index.html Sex and the single Catholic priest There seems to be no end to Catholic sex scandals. In mid-April we learned that the former bishop of San Pedro Paraguay, who resigned from the priesthood to become president of that country, had multiple affairs with women and fathered at least one child (and probably more). Earlier in May, a tabloid caught Father Alberto Cutie, the Miami-based talk show host known as Padre Oprah, kissing and frolicking with his girlfriend. Now comes the news that former Archbishop Rembert Weakland has written a memoir in which he admits for the first time that he is gay. Weakland resigned in 2002 after news broke that he had paid off Paul Marcoux, an adult male who claimed he'd had a sexual relationship with the bishop. Weakland denied the charges; the payment made that hard to believe. Coming out of the closet at 82 must be painful. It is also tragic -- so much time lost hiding from yourself and others. Perhaps most touching in Weakland’s revelations is his acknowledgment of how lonely it is to be a bishop. Or, I’d add, an ordinary priest. For priests gay or straight, the strictures of celibacy have created lonely, unfulfilled and often socially inept men -- the last thing we need in religious leaders. I remember back to my own Catholic parish of the 1950s where priests were either young hunks the girls swooned over or bitter old men whom we now know were drinking themselves to death in the rectory. It got a little better after the Second Vatican Council, when religious life was reformed and some attention was paid to psychological aspects of a celibate life. Priests were encouraged to have women friends (no one talked about sex, gay or straight), but the burden of celibacy remained. Many priests left and got married or went into open gay relationships. For many others, like Weakland, it was just too late. As he tells it, he denied his homosexuality until his relationship with Marcoux in the late 70s. He agonized over the affair and in an August 1980 letter to Marcoux, he broke off the relationship and recommitted to celibacy. He signed the letter I love you. Makes me want to weep. In a sense, he recommitted to a life that denies our emotional responsibility to others and demands that we lie. I am sure that such self-denial distorts other decisions and contributed strongly to Weakland’s now-admitted practice of reassigning pedophile priests to other parishes, which allowed them to continue to abuse children with impunity. Weakland’s remarks on this matter indicate he has not yet come to grips with the damage he did. I can think of at least two other bishops (both cardinals) and countless priests who have gone through similar anguish and, like Weakland, gave up the lover and recommitted to celibacy. One mellowed and grew as a humble human being, as it seems has Weakland. The other became a judgmental prick. We’d all be better off if priests and bishops did not have to choose between their love for the church and their love for a partner. Mandatory celibacy too often destroys the priest and in turn those he serves. Time to get rid of it. ― Frances Kissling
[Goanet] Feast of St. Dymphna on 15 th may
Dear Frederick, Sending You information on St. Dymphna as well as the Saint's existence at 'Casa de Almeidas' Assolna. Kindly do the needful. Zoya St. Dymphna was born in the 7th century in Ireland. Her father King Daman was a pagan whereas her mother, a descendant of a noble family, was a devout Christian, who was remarkable both for her piety and her great beauty. Dymphna resembled her mother and a lot of affection and attention was lavished upon her right from birth. She was a very intelligent girl blessed with wisdom and grace. Dymphna lost her mother when she was fourteen years old . Many were the secret tears she shed over this bereavement, but at the same time she found great comfort in the Divine Faith, though she was still of a tender age. Dymphna's father, too, greatly mourned for his deceased wife and for a long time continued prostrate with grief. So he was persuaded by his counselors to seek solace in a second marriage. He commissioned certain ones of his court to seek out for him a lady who would be like his first spouse in beauty and character. After visiting many countries in vain, the messengers returned saying that they could find none so charming and amiable as his own lovely daughter, Dymphna. The king conceived the evil design of marrying Dymphna.She was greatly horrified at the suggestion, and asked for a period of forty days to consider the proposal. She immediately met Father Gerebran, who advised her to flee from her native country without further delay. She set out for the continent, accompanied by Father Gerebran, the court jester and his wife and settled at Gheel. King Damon immediately set out with his followers in search of them. He tried to persuade her to return with him, but Father Gerebran sternly rebuked him for his wicked intentions, whereupon he gave orders that Father Gerebran should be put to death. Without delay, his wicked retainers laid violent hands upon the priest and struck him on the neck with a sword. Further attempts on the part of Dymphna's father to induce her to return with him proved futile. With undaunted courage she spurned his enticing promises and scorned his cruel threats. Infuriated by her resistance, her father drew a dagger from his belt and he himself struck off the head of his child. The corpses were put in sarcophagi and entombed in a cave where they were found later. The body of St. Dymphna was buried in the church of Gheel.. . St. Dymphna is depicted with a sword in her hand and a fettered devil at her feet and her feast is celebrated on 15th May. She is the patron saint for family happiness, loss of parents , nervous disorders/ neurological disorders . The glorious crown of martyrdom was accorded to her in the fifteenth year of her age, on the fifteenth day of May, between 620 and 640. The day of her death has been assigned as her feastday. In the ancestral chapel of the ‘ Casa de Almeidas’ at Bainfol , Assolna in Goa existed amongst other images of saints , the image of ‘St. Dymphna’ . This year Lida João and family will be dedicating the 15 th of May to the devotion of this saint at their ancestral house at ‘ Casa de Almeidas’ Bainfol, Assolna. The image of the saint will be kept open to friends , relatives and persons who wish to have a glimpse of the Saint and offer their prayers . Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com
[Goanet] How Goans argue: HERALD(Goa), May 8-10, 2009
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 13:05:40 +0530 From: Valmiki Faleiro valmi...@gmail.com What follows is a serialised 3-part story of a recent debate at Goanet. It was carried in the ?Herald? (Goa) editions between May 8-10, 2009. Happy reading, but if you?re threatened with martyrdom from boredom, please don?t click ?DELETE? before you?ve read the last four Paras at the bottom ? they?re gist of the rigmarole that preceded! Rgds, v Mario responds: Valmiki, Saiba boggus! I would never hit DELETE for a vintage Valmiki essay. Besides, that would hardly help because such an indiscretion would still haunt me from the eternal Goanet archives:-)) Because of the warning above, I scanned the first few paras to get the gist and then went straight to the fourth para from the end. I swear I really tried to follow what was going on. Unfortunately, I fell asleep after the second para from the end, but not before I understood with appreciation the promotional value of this essay for Goanet, which is described as ...the largest internet forum of Goans worldwide Wow! I wonder if that's why people stood up and applauded when I entered Rio Rico last February? Naaah! I must be dreaming:-)) I promise I will have to finish reading this stimulating article as soon as I wake up, sometime tomorrow, perhaps, or maybe if I cannot fall asleep tonight might be a good time:-)) Oh, shoot! I inadvertantly hit the DELETE button. Thank God for the archives:-))
Re: [Goanet] Request made under RTI --- FYI
Well said that, Samir. Let me endorse what you have said below with a live example. Many years ago I was privy to the chat our handy-man was having with my mom doing some chores in the compound. The gist of the chat was that this guy (young boy) had paid Rs.5000/- to an agent out of total Rs. 10,000/- to go to Dubai. But the promised Rs.5000/- balance was not forthcoming from a certain village lady who seemed to have backed out and put the young boy in a lurch after giving him tall assurances and getting her work done. That night, I asked my mom what Madhu's problem was and she related to me the sorry tale. Please help the boy she pleaded with me. I said, go ahead and tell Madhu he is on. My mom was overjoyed. Madhu went to Dubai, came home once, very prosperous. He came home the second time and never went back. He was back to plucking mangoes, coconuts any odd jobs, painting, white-washing, what have you. Today, he is doing better than a Dubaikar where he was working for a stevedoring company loading/unloading ships, a back breaking job, and getting half as much what he is getting here. And the best thing is that Madhu is in heavy demand. He gives appointments. Presently he is painting a bungalow in Carona/Aldona for me on daily wages for almost a month now. He wouldn't normally commit himself for that long with others, but it shows that he is grateful for a favour once done. And my mom never get a 'no' from Madhu. floriano gsrp - Original Message - From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:59 PM Subject: [Goanet] Request made under RTI --- FYI Goans would prefer to go to Dubai and do a job, rather than be an entreprenuer and slog it out in Goa. That is fine, but then why complain ? regards, Samir
[Goanet] Pope at the Western Wall
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Pope at the Western Wall After visit to the Temple Mount, Benedict XVI places note in the Kotel. God of all the ages, the note began, on my visit to Jerusalem, the 'City of Peace', spiritual home to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, I bring before you the joys, the hopes and the aspirations, the trials, the suffering and the pain of all your people throughout the world. God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the note continued, hear the cry of the afflicted, the fearful, the bereft; send your peace upon this Holy Land, upon the Middle East, upon the entire human family; stir the hearts of all who call upon your name, to walk humbly in the path of justice and compassion. 'The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him (Lam 3:25)!' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1194419829128pagename=JPost%2FPage%2FVideoPlayervideoId=1242029505153 Goa World Super Goa (em Português) TGF Writers' Sketchpad www.colaco.net www.goa-world.com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS http://www.jrsbible.info/bible.htm EXPRESSIONS - THE FLOWER SHOP http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/
[Goanet] Request made under RTI --- FYI
Dear Samir, You have made excellent points. I agree entirely with you. There is no contention there The point of contention will come IF a: In Goa Govt posts, qualified Goans are sidelined - unfairly b: In Goa Govt awarded contracts, qualified Goans are sidelined - unfairly c: In the Goa Tourism and other sectors, natural resources (minerals, water, seafood, cashew etc) are consumed, and qualified Goans do not see the benefits either of employment or infrastructure. In fact, I submit that IF the Goa tourism sector fails - Goans will actually benefit from the consequential drop in the prices of staples like fish. All this and NOT to mention, pollution. As far as News Media is concerned, I am fully convinced that 'lackeys' of special interests seeking to brain wash Goans by white washing the environmental et al degradation .must be opposed. It matters little whether they are home-grown lackeys or 'bhaille'. On a related matter I also agree with the sentiment wrt Wendall Rodricks. The best way for Wendall was to have boycotted the TOI function. One cannot have it both ways. jc == Samir Kelekar wrote: (bullet points, mine) [1] Private industry in Karnataka is quiet cosmopolitan where more or less merit rules. [2] The problem with Goa is that there isn't much of private industry in the first place. [3] Of course, things in the govt. are probably different. [4] in KarnatakaPrivate industry is not given undue concessions by the govt. [5] Goans have to realize the above first, secondly fight in the market, rather than complain. [6] Of course, I am fully with Goans when they say that land etc should not be doled out to private industry unnecessarily. [7] But I dont agree with the Goans when they say that there are more outside vendors in the market. Outside vendors survive because Goans are not willing to fight in the market. Outside vendors survive because they give the best bang for the buck.
[Goanet] The Goanet Hugo Chavez Award
FN wrote: [1] Incidentally, Robert Mugabe is today considered the pariah of the 'international community'. We've seen the impact on the Zimbabwean economy etc COMMENT: International Community can go fly a kite. It stood by quite uninterested while Mugabe was butchering his opponents in Matabeleland with the help of his comrade Perence Shiri. And THIS was in 1982. The so called International Community were possibly quite unaffected when one black (known then too) thug was wiping out his opponent (Joshua Nkomo) and his people. That brutal suppression of the people of Matabeleland was nothing short of ethnic wiping out. And this is the thug that FN calls an amazing personality admired by many? FN does not tell us if he (FN) too admired him and on what basis? knowledge or ignorance? Incidentally, this thug (Mugabe) came into power with the help of the then Apartheid supremo (Voster). Voster leaned on Ian Smith after facing sustained pressure from Kissinger. See ...who has lost today because of the games the big boys play for Money, Power, Diamonds and Gold. Southern Rhodesia, once the granary of southern Africa, has now second Sahara desert. I don't what it is about these Goa Journos. They admire based of non-knowledge, or perhaps a commie streak in them. I second FN's nomination for ALL of the following awards Mugabe, Kaunda, Chavez, Castro and Salazar - all known for their censorship and suppression of dissenting speech. All of the above had good intentions, mind you. And then ..they got power. jc FN [2] But, in 1983, when he visited Goa for the CHOGM Retreat, he was indeed an amazing personality admired by many. Not without reason. Apartheid was still alive and kicking. Colonialism wasn't yet taken over by the let's-pretend-we-all-dislike-colonialism phase.
[Goanet] 'Taka': Age Old Ritual still Practised in Canacona (Goa)
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) 'Taka': Age Old Ritual still Practised in Goa by SHOMA PATNAIK While travelling around rural Goa, which we routinely do for work, we came across this ancient practice of Taka in Canacona that was utterly intriguing for us city-bred scribes. Celebrated by the largely faming community of Canacona, Taka, one discovered was an age-old ritual that roughly translates into a decree or an announcement. Not any ordinary notice, this message was inscribed into a really medieval looking cloth scroll, meant for the divine beings of our land. And, watching the Taka ritual unfolding before us near the Parshuram Math, Poinguinim, was absolutely captivating. There were villagers in the pageant, togged in old-world dhotis, carrying gaily decorated umbrellas, wooden poles and richly decorated banners. They beat drums, danced in gay abandon, surged around in religious fervour, got themselves into a trance, in the midst of chanting by the temple priest. All in all, an event worth spending time over for any one interested in age-old practices. As for the villagers, it was clear that they took the occasion seriously. Reverently touching the umbrellas and the decorated poles, they watched happily as the ancient decree was read out in public. All the while, taking care to enlighten us on the proceedings. The Taka, they informed, was something unique because it was an invitation from one divinity to another with the deity of Betaal extending the invite to all the neighbouring gods in the region. The occasion: The Gadyache Zatra in May 2010 that is to be celebrated once in three years. Thus, it is an invite that is local to the temples of Canacona, mainly around the three villages of Poinguinim- Loliem and Kharegali. Meanwhile, experts in the field enlightened us some more on the ritual. Says, Mr Rohit Phalgaonkar, history teacher, Don Bosco, Panjim, The beauty of this rite, is that it has not lost its old-world flavour by getting modernised. He continues, For instance the villagers who carry the deities, wear the traditional attire, made up of white cotton. Similarly, the route that the procession takes is also said to be an ancient one. Mr Phalgaonkar adds, Sticking to the old practices has its share of problems. In ancient times, the deity of Betaal it was said, traversed over mountains, rivers and jungles to send out the invite to his fellow beings. Yet, that is not possible in today's times as the area has got inhabited by people's homes and farms. Thus, it is not uncommon to watch the procession jumping over ditches or walking over make-shift planks over properties they are not allowed to enter. Adds Mr Pandurang Phaldesai, member secretary, Kala Academy whose family home is in Poinguinim, The Taka is an invite from the reigning deity Betaal to all the gods in the vicinity. It is open to all, and people of all communities make it a point to watch the procession whenever it is taken around from village to village. (www.navhindtimes.com) Lord Mallikarjun Canacona (Bhovar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YC8df6ypjk Palolem Beach, Canacona http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbnN3nsuAmo Shigmo Utsov in Canacona http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58FwAlfKVvQ Goa World www.colaco.net www.goa-world.com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS http://www.jrsbible.info/bible.htm EXPRESSIONS - THE FLOWER SHOP http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/
[Goanet] Goanet] West decides India's prime minister?
Marshall wrote: May I add that should the NDA (BJP) come to power with Advani as the PM, it would be for the first time in India that a person chargesheeted in a criminal offence (destruction of the Babri Masjid) would be holding the nations's highest political office. Dear Marshall, This was reported in today's daily telegraph of London. Some very distinguished world leaders do have dubious past that they would rather forget. The difference is that in Advani's case, the cases are filed by his political adversaries. In Pope Benedict's case, the pious man has admitted it himself. But, look at his spin doctors struggling to hide the truth. It pales into insignificance any sympathy RSS chief late golwalker might have had for Hitler, would you agree? See the link below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/5314338/Dont-mention-the-Popes-Hitler-Youth-past-says-the-Vatican.html Don't mention the Pope's Hitler Youth past, says the VaticanThe Vatican blundered into a fresh public relations fiasco on Tuesday after seeking to rewrite the biography of Pope Benedict XVI by denying that he was ever a member of the Hitler Youth. By Nick Squires in Rome and Tim Butcher in Jerusalem Last Updated: 2:31AM BST 13 May 2009 [image: Pope Benedict XVI places his note to God in the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel: Pope 'committed' to reconciliation with Jews]Pope Benedict XVI places his note to God in the Western Wall at Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel. Photo: GETTY The muddle overshadowed the second day of the Pope's visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, when he visited sacred sites around Jerusalem and sought to bridge the historic divide between Catholicism and Judaism. Even though the 82-year-old German pontiff has admitted in numerous interviews that he was drafted unwillingly into the Nazi youth movement towards the end of the war, his spokesman came up with another version. Related Articles - Pope Benedict XVI seeks to end Jewish-Catholic tension over Holocausthttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/5309527/Pope-Benedict-XVI-seeks-to-end-Jewish-Catholic-tension-over-Holocaust.html - Pope 'committed' to reconciliation with Jewshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/5312347/Pope-committed-to-reconciliation-with-Jews.html - Pope Benedict XVI calls for two-state solution on visit to Israelhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/5307882/Pope-Benedict-XVI-calls-for-two-state-solution-on-visit-to-Israel.html - Pope Benedict XVI visits Jordan mosque in effort to heal Vatican's rift with Islamhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/5300283/Pope-Benedict-XVI-visits-Jordan-mosque-in-effort-to-heal-Vaticans-rift-with-Islam.html - Vatican planned to move to Portugal if Nazis captured wartime Popehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5195584/Vatican-planned-to-move-to-Portugal-if-Nazis-captured-wartime-Pope.html The Pope was never in the Hitler Youth, never, never, never,'' Father Federico Lombardi, chief spokesman for the Pope, told a press conference in Jerusalem. Father Lombardi tried to draw a distinction between pro-Nazi Germans who volunteered for the Hitler Youth and young men, like the pontiff, who were forced to join the anti-aircraft unit but who, he claimed, were not necessarily in the Hitler Youth. But Father Lombardi’s comments contradicted statements the Pope himself has made. In the 1996 book “Salt of the Earth”, the Pope told Peter Seewald, a German journalist: “At first we weren’t, but when the compulsory Hitler Youth was introduced in 1941, my brother was obliged to join. I was still too young, but later, as a seminarian, I was registered in the HY. As soon as I was out of the seminary I never went back.” Late yesterday Father Lombardi withdrew his earlier comments, saying that Benedict had, indeed, been forced to join the Hitler Youth. Father Lombardi made his comments in the wake of a critical response in Israel to the Pope’s choice of language over the Holocaust during the first day of his trip to Israel. In clarifying his suggestion that the Pope had not been a member of the Hitler Youth, Father Lombardi said he had intended to dispute suggestions in the Israeli media that the Pope had been an enthusiastic Nazi as a boy. “This fact of the Hitler Youth had no role in his life and in his personality,” Father Lombardi said. The puzzling claim about the Pope’s membership of the Hitler Youth is the Vatican’s third stumble this year. In January he caused outrage when he lifted the excommunication of a renegade British Catholic bishop, Richard Williamson, who denied the extent of the Holocaust. Two months later he was criticised by governments, NGOs and health experts when he said during his first papal visit to Africa that condoms can “aggravate” the Aids crisis. The Pope began the day
[Goanet] Of Chinese Chau Chau, Soup, Xit Koddi etc
Of Chinese Chau Chau, Soup, Xit Koddi etc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRdHEiBcddI joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Restaurants in Goa. ‘Open till late ’
Restaurants in Goa. ‘Open till late’ Well, we had some work at Majorda and it got over just before 10pm. Like a hungry horse, we were then looking for a reataurant to have our meals with or without drinks. Looked every where, all either closed or half shutter down indicating no fresh orders. We searched at Utorda, then Arossim, then Cansaulim then velsao. Even our usual eating places were closed. Finally, our driver said at Panjim there is one usually open till 11.30 that’s Rego’s near KTC bust stand and we made it exactly 11.30. Our’s was the last order they took and the restaurant was closed by midnight. Imagine driving from Majorda to Panjim then back to agassaim just for food. PAPI PET KA SAWAL HAI If that (Rego’s) did not work , then we planned to go to Miramar Temptation which is usually open till 1.30am. Looks like they both have some sort of special licenses. So, next time you are late and hungry, you know where to go. Or should u receive some unexpected guests etc you can even send someone to get some food packed/parcel/take away. Temptation does free local delivery but not very late. Does anybody know any other restaurant open till late? Like to know from the south too like Margao City etc Regos, near KTC. They have A/c Room too http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2837465824/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2942569970/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/2837465438/ Temptation, close to Miramar Circle but on Dempe college Road. Biryani and Chicken Tandoori - new http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3503910970/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3280371000/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3279545731/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_fishcurryrice/3279547031/ Temptation is also a smokers’ paradise. They have separate pub/room. never been to that room. I can't stand cigarette smoke or smell. joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Goa news for May 14, 2009
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Russian\'s death in Goa: Konkan Railway ridicule police theory - Sify ear-old Russian girl Elena Sukhonova, whose dismembered body was found near the railway tracks near Revora in North Goa, had died after falling off the train. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jflt1deicejtitle=Russian_s_death_in_Goa_Konkan_Railway_ridicule_police_theorytag=topnews?vsv=TopHP1cid=1348514716ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNESVWqMqN1Kx4XWl-k2BNrg6d01WA *** Serial killer confesses to two more murders - Times of India http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa-serial-killer-admits-killing-2-more/articleshow/4521057.cmscid=1349724045ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNEvg45PQMxsiZrirEFeTKh8CiWuzg *** GCA backs GOA demand for implementing sports policy - Thaindian.com http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/gca-backs-goa-demand-for-implementing-sports-policy_100191595.htmlcid=1350550909ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNH_AmnfPP6RYIe-X9EgacxZxKEvyg *** Chargesheeted minister\'s supporters threaten to topple Goa government - Thaindian.com ed ruling coalition in Goa may head for fresh turbulence with the tourism minister and a Congress legislator threatening to dislodge the government if a minister facing criminal charges was dropped from the cabinet. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/chargesheeted-ministers-supporters-threaten-to-topple-goa-government_100191865.htmlcid=1351080682ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNFkXj-BNYuM81kQX1Tm7-hUcLsXSw *** Buy Sesa Goa for target of Rs 165: Arihant - Economic Times ays RSI is ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4513076.cmscid=1350461534ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNHnTUb0jyY5NFZ5NndevGsWuaPfJA *** Indian Mujahideen behind temple desecrations in Goa: BJP - Economic Times onomic Times, IndiaPANAJI: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa Monday alleged the Indian Mujahideen (IM) was behind the spate of temple desecrations taking place in rural parts of the state. We have said in the past that the IMor the Students Islamic ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Indian-Mujahideen-behind-temple-desecrations-in-Goa-BJP/articleshow/4509957.cmscid=1349952055ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNGKF0iF8RZ7hn7S5092L5lGM-Kaww *** GOA ARCHIEPISCOPAL ENCYCLICAL DESIGNATES AHEPA SUNDAY FOR 2009 - Worldwide Faith News (press release) 0 East 79th St. New York, NY 10075-0106 Tel: (212) 570-3530 Fax: (212) 774-0 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.wfn.org/2009/05/msg00090.htmlcid=0ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNHbNApX8Nay0A3DkKx5bzajOeApEg *** Heritage lovers irked over inaction on bungalow close to Old Goa ... - Times of India mes of India, IndiaPANAJI: The construction of a bungalow and the filling up of a moat near the ruins of Old Goa city's outer fortification and the inaction of revenue authorities has irked heritage lovers. Goa Heritage Action Group (GHAG) has complained to the north Goa ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Heritage-lovers-irked-over-inaction-on-bungalow-close-to-Old-Goa-relics/articleshow/4511297.cmscid=0ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNEupQSfYl2fsElqrkh-i9CqEzrZeQ *** Police Blotter Police Blotter Week of 5.11.09: DOA vs GOA (gone on ... - Westseattleherald.com stseattleherald.com, WABy Megan Sheppard A man in his late 50s called 911 to report that his girlfriend was dead#148;that she had leaned over to insert a video into the player and collapsed. When officers and medics arrived, the clearly distraught man said, She's on thebed. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.westseattleherald.com/2009/05/10/police-blotter/police-blotter-week-51109-doa-vs-goa-gone-arrivalcid=1350281770ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNHWcpifW3FCV4Sd2pmLnsxL8bLUjA *** Hungary may up 2009 deficit goa - Life Style Extra Hungary's 2009 budget deficit target could be raised to 3.9 percent of gross domestic product from 2.9 percent as a result of talks between the government, the EU and the IMF, daily Vilaggazdasag said on Wednesday. ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.lse.co.uk/MacroEconomicNews.asp?ArticleCode=qg7a4j2x1zq9r8sArticleHeadline=update_2-hungary_may_up_2009_deficit_goal_to_39pct/gdp-papercid=1350140463ei=-lcLSq6uH5-6NIyaoOMGusg=AFQjCNHaZUR3eq69P37TbyJVB0QELtF2GQ Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 23:31:23 -0400 From: Averthan avert...@gmail.com [Goanet] OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS Excerpt: The modern world needs to be reminded, as Pope Benedict XVI has sought to do, that tragedies like HIV/AIDS cannot be cured merely by investing more money or providing more condoms. The root lies in the minds and the attitudes of people, who have acquired a condomized culture. Mario responds: The efficacy of condoms in preventing HIV/AIDS, including the results of a report by WHO, and its proper interpretation, were discussed in detail in: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175915.html Excerpt: The fact is that the correct and consistent use of condoms is far better than not using condoms, and incorrect or inconsistent use is almost like not using condoms at all. It is an abuse of the language to call condoms safe without any qualification.
[Goanet] Goanet] Request made under RTI --- FYI
Floriano writes: He came home the second time and never went back. He was back to plucking mangoes, coconuts any odd jobs, painting, white-washing, what have you. Today, he is doing better than a Dubaikar where he was working for a stevedoring company loading/unloading ships, a back breaking job, and getting half as much what he is getting here. Very well said Floriano. Opportunities today are in India, perhaps better than in any other place in the world. That is why, the world's eyes are on India. Surely, opportunities dont come announcing they are opportunities. One needs self-belief more than anything else to grab onto them. There are umpteen number of stories of Indians making it big. In fact, India is one country which has created the highest number of billionaires in the last few years, if at all that is one criteria to go by. regards, Samir PS: I hope I have given enough material to Valmikibab for his next column on Herald. :-)
[Goanet] Goa flight timings
Flight timings linking Goa with other domestic cities: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/3529203805/sizes/o/ -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. - Steve Wozniak
[Goanet] Science links Religion and Health
Here is a published scientific study where the (scientific) research links religion and health benefits. In reviewing this paper please note the cross-reference to many papers that have arrived at similar conclusions. The paper appeared in: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 63:480-486 (2008). © 2008 The Gerontological Society of America The abstract of the paper is below: Church Attendance Mediates the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Functioning Among Older Mexican Americans. Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz, Ivonne M. Berges, Mukaila A. Raji, Harold G. Koenig, Yong-Fang Kuo and Kyriakos S. Markides. Background. The objective of this study was to examine how the effect of depressive symptoms on cognitive function is modified by church attendance. Methods. We used a sample of 2759 older Mexican Americans. Cognitive function was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at baseline, 2, 5, 7, and 11 years of follow-up. Church attendance was dichotomized as frequent attendance (e.g., going to church at least once a month) versus infrequent attendance (e.g., never or several times a year). Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; score 16 vs 16). General linear mixed models with time-dependent covariates were used to explore cognitive change at follow-up. Results. In unadjusted models, infrequent church attendees had a greater decline in MMSE scores (drop of 0.151 points more each year, standard error [SE] = 0.02, p .001) compared to frequent church attendees; participants having CES-D scores 16 also had greater declines in MMSE scores (drop of 0.132 points more each year, SE = 0.03, p .001) compared to participants with CES-D score 16 at follow-up. In fully adjusted models, a significant Church attendance x CES-D x Time interaction (p =.001) indicated that, among participants with CES-D scores 16, infrequent church attendees had greater decline in MMSE scores (drop of 0.236 points more each year, SE = 0.05, p .001) compared to frequent church attendees at follow-up. Conclusion. Church attendance appears to be beneficial for maintaining cognitive function of older persons. Church attendance moderates the impact of clinically relevant depressive symptoms on subsequent cognitive function. The link is to the entire paper. http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/full/63/5/480 Regards, GL
[Goanet] Daily Grook #405
DAILY GROOK #405 __ CRAP RAP __ by Francis Rodrigues bullshit political often proved wrong, is the fall we call a slip of the dung! _ puns word-play of all kinds, hey...read between the lines! _ _ Find info faster and easier with Internet Explorer 8. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9655583
[Goanet] Towards Honouring GOANS EXTRAORDINAIRE - You have done Goa and Goans PROUD
Ms. ANITA FERNANDES COUTINHO [From Sinquetim, Navelim, staff nurse of the Directorate of Health Services receiving the National Florence Nightingale Award from President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on Tuesday 13 May, 2009. Anita is presently posted at the leprosy hospital in Macazana--- TOI- Pg-4; May 14, 2009- Photo inset] Mr. PLACIDO D'SOUZA [Ex-Goan Diplomat hailing from Anjuna having put up portraits of 30 world leaders for display at 'Sapna', the Indian Cultural Centre in Gembloux, Belgium-- Herald Pg.14 - May 14, 2009 - Photo inset] goasuraj
[Goanet] Goanet McCarthy Award (was Muslim Demographics)
Basically, what Mario is saying below is that people who happen to be muslims are different from the rest of humanity and that only the christians (apparently only those in the US qualify) have the task and ability of doing what is right. With faulty, if not bigoted logic like this, is it any wonder that this is the same Mario that was preaching the threat of global cooling some time ago, or who claimed that Saddam was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the US? With Mario suggesting that all muslims as being morally deficient, with Marshall fear mongering about hindu fundamentalists hiding behind every pixel in cyberspace and with Nasci name calling all non-christians as belonging to uncouth cultures, the seeds of Goanet's Mario-Marshall-Nasci axis of evil is being set! Marlon --- On Tue, 5/12/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: The problem is that the many sane Muslims, who could rise up and crush the small number of Islamic radicals if they wished, have failed to do so under some arcane but deeply ingrained principle called Ummah. They leave it up to mostly Christians from mostly the US to intervene on their behalf.
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (14May09)
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Re: [Goanet] OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS
What we should have is a contraceptive that contains unneccesary spillage from the mouth. Best, Selma --- On Wed, 5/13/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Excerpt: The fact is that the correct and consistent use of condoms is far better than not using condoms, and incorrect or inconsistent use is almost like not using condoms at all. It is an abuse of the language to call condoms safe without any qualification.
[Goanet] Goa and Goans.
Respected Editor, Goa was known as GOMANTAK word coming from Gomant mountains.Goans are and were a peace loving people where humanism is and was valued rather than casts and religions.Every goan attends Mandirs,Churches and Dargas irrespective of his faith.Then,where is the hitch? Why should anybody create hatred? With best regards, Damodar Bale.
Re: [Goanet] Fr Vincent Catao
Dear All, It was with a saddened heart that I heard of Fr Catao's demise last weekend. Fr Catao was my English teacher and principal of our school St Britto's. A disciplinarian to boot he enforced the law with his paddle and 'lunch time music'. He did not tolerate fools and called a spade a spade. As Marshall pointed out he had an aristocratic demeanour and spoke English as it should be spoken. Despite this he was loved and respected by all his students. It may be because his classes were engaging and he was a committed and charismatic teacher with a strong sense of fair play, Heavens school will rejoice with the addition of Fr Catao coming so soon after Sir Ivan -another great teacher. These two teachers have inspired me and have helped me to become what I am. My sympathies to the bereaved families. Thank You Fred for keeping us informed. Pascal X. Pinto Class of '80 St Britto HS Mapuca
