[Goanet] 24 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 24 May 2002 CONGRESS FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE: Addressing a huge rally at the Gymkhana Ground at Campal in Panjim, the Congress Party president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, yesterday called upon the State's electorate to give their mandate in favour of her party for good governance even as she urged the Goans to be beware of divisive forces, who are out to destroy the peace and harmony. (NT) POLL MATERIAL TO BE REMOVED FROM PUBLIC PLACES: The Chief Electoral Officer has decided to remove all banners, flags and posters displayed in violation of the election code of conduct and recover the expenditure from the political parties responsible for it. The various parties are spending a handsome sum of money towards the campaign material: T-shirts, caps, flags, banners, badges, huge cutouts of leaders, etc. (GT) CM BLAMED: Speaking at the Campal rally yesterday, Congress leaders, including Ravi Naik, Ramakant Khalap, Pratapsing Rane and others accused Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of foisting an unnecessary poll on the Goan electorate in an unprecedented action, and for not taking the MLAs into confidence. The other side of democracy is autocracy and Parrikar had fooled the cabinet by dissolving the House, Rane said. (GT) 'VOTERS SHOULD THROW OUT DEFECTORS': Replying the question: what was his definition of defection and how the voters should treat him, former Mapusa MLA Francis D'Souza responded saying that the people should throw him out, but not before throwing out all other defectors. D'Souza was answering questions at the Meet Your Candidate organised by the Mapusa Citizens Forum and Mapusa Marg Mitra Mandal in Mapusa on Wednesday. (GT) CHURCH SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM POLITICS: Denzil Atkinson, nominated Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha, yesterday said that the Church, which is an institution to look after the spiritual needs of the people, should keep away from the political arena. Atkinson, speaking to Herald, said that political happenings should be left to respective local Christian lay leaders, who can cut across politics and yet secure development projects for the community through political leaders of the area. (H) SU-RAJ PARTY CAMPAIGN: Goa Su-Raj party's election campaign in Santa Cruz constituency got off to a good start with a inaugural meeting at Ribander-Patto on Sunday. The party's candidate in Santa Cruz is Mathias Vaz, a businessman, who is involved in social work and movements for social justice. (GT) SEIZED TAPE: The row over the seizure of cassettes showing Gujarat riots is still unresolved as the Goa government has decided to send the cassettes to the Election Commission of India for necessary action. (NT) WATER SUPPLY DISRUPTED: Water supply from the Selaulim water pipeline to most parts of South Goa was disrupted on Thursday evening following a major leakage notice in the line at Sao Jose de Areal. (H) HSSC RESULTS: The Goa Board of Higher Secondary education will declare the 12th standard results on May 28 and students will be allowed to view their results at the Goa Board office after 11 am. (GT) NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST MOIRA SARPANCH: Out of the total seven panch members of Moira, five members yesterday moved a no-confidence motion against the Sarpanch, Ms Shakuntala Satelkar, before the office of the BDO, Mapusa. (NT) FRIDAY BALCAO: Today's session of Friday Balcao at the Goa DESC will feature a presentation by architect Dean D'Cruz on his experiences as an architect in dealing with issues affecting Goa. (NT) PMC TO DESILT CANAL AT CAMPAL: In an effort to increase the tidal flow in the nullahs running through Panjim, the Panjim Municipal Council has decided to desilt the canal starting from the Indoor Stadium, at Campal. (H) CAUTION AGAINST FAKE ARCHITECTS: The Council of Architecture, a statutory body of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, New Delhi, has cautioned the public against unqualified and unregistered persons practicing as architects. (H) ID-E-MILAD: Association of All Goa Muslim Jamats has informed that Id-E-Milad-Un-Nabi will be celebrated on Sunday. (GT) FAREWELL TO DIVAR SACRISTAN: Parishioners of Piedade Church in Divar, will bid adieu to their sacristan, Hilario Damiao Gomes, who relinquishes charge on May 31, after being in service for 12 years. (H) TRUTH MOST HORRIBLE: The fact that the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar got so agitated over Congress candidates screening video tapes of the carnage in Gujarat, shows how jittery the Bharatiya Janata Party is. All along, the BJP in Goa has tended to bury its head in the sand like an ostrich and pretend that what happened and indeed what is continuing to happen in Gujarat, is a matter of no consequence to its electoral prospects in Goa. (Edit in Herald) CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD LABOUR (CACL), which is a network of more than 6000 child rights groups, women's organizations, trade unions, professionals, academicians and
goanet-digest V1 #4011
goanet-digest Friday, May 24 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4011 - In this issue: RE: [Goanet] Cip's Mother Teresa quote Re: [Goanet] danger in Goa? [Goanet] Sensitisation course for police officers held. [Goanet] 24 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 22:10:59 +0100 From: C Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Goanet] Cip's Mother Teresa quote Joel, I believe that the below mentioned Mother Teresa's words are more than a quote. She has practiced before she preached. One of the writer on Mother Teresa said Mother Teresa did not say or write any 'word' which she did not mean I believe Mother Teresa manifested the universal LOVE with her open mind and her open heart to all human beings, beyond the limits of a normal human being. I wonder if Mother Teresa had any 'Scientific Methods' to achieve what she has achieved during her life time? Did Mother Teresa moved beyond her organised religion? Who and what stop us to move beyond any organised religion, in which we are born or chose by us? Regards, Cip _ Joel Almeida wrote on 22 May 2002 16:34 Subject: [Goanet] Cip's Mother Teresa quote Cip Fernandes wrote: If You PRAY, You will have FAITH, And if You have FAITH, You will LOVE, And if You LOVE, You will SERVE, And if You SERVE, You will have PEACE. - -Mother Teresa Thanks, Cip. I don't think I have read better practical advice for living. Hopefully I can learn from such advice. Off for a few days now (everyone bring out the feni and celebrate). Joel Almeida -- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 08:04:02 +0530 From: gilbert menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] danger in Goa? Jorge/Livia, your story about the rat is perhaps more relevent to the moral for want of a nail a kingdom was lost. When successive Govt.s show no political will to solve the Kashmir problem and the country bleeds economically for 50 years, it is time to retreat to the benaulim beach. Believe me, I know, because I took part in 2 wars against Pakistan in 1965 and 1971. Body bags mean nothing to our politicians. So I may say things in jest, but Ive just about had it with politicians who think nothing about escalating the geo-political situation in the subcontinent to the brink of war. regards--Gilbert - -Original Message- From: Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gilbert menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] danger in Goa? No, Mr. Gilbert Menezes, it is not right to let Amritsar and Delhi sweat, while we can continue walking the beaches. Let me reproduce here A Simple Story from a recent post by Joe Vaz on The Goan Forum: A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was aghast to discover that it was a rat-trap. Retreating to the farmyard the rat proclaimed the warning; There is a rat trap in the house, a rat trap in the house! The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, Excuse me, Mr. Rat, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it. The rat turned to the pig and told him, There is a rat trap in the house, a rat trap in the house! I am so very sorry Mr. Rat, sympathized the pig, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured that you are in my prayers. The rat turned to the cow. She said, Like wow, Mr. Rat. A rat trap. I am in grave danger. Duh? So the rat returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's rat trap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rat trap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. His wife's sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's wife did not get well. She died, and so many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat. So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when there is a rat-trap in the house, the whole farmyard is at risk. In the face of this, would it be correct for people in Goa to walk carefree on the beaches
Re: [Goanet] danger in Goa?
Gilbert, I echo your sentiments. Today, most of the enlisted people in the Indian Army, and for that matter, armies all over the world, come from the economically deprived sections of society. With the exception of a select few, I don't think any of them joined the army to save the country. For them, the Indian Army was just another means to escape the deep poverty that had engulfed them. Since 1971, India and Pakistan have fought two low-intensity conflicts. Siachen and Kargil. In both cases, the battle was over tracts of land that no human can live in, and no human would want to live in. The result - some 5000 jawans were killed on both sides, and more die in accidents as a result of manning these positions in the most inhospitable of areas. Personally speaking, I couldn't care two hoots whether the Siachen glacier is a part of India or not. Its not like I am going to visit it in the near future or anytime for that matter. Let us look at the result of the recent Kargil war. With the exception of bragging rights, India did not gain anything and Pakistan, could not even claim that, except by spin-doctoring the whole situation. The politicians got fatter and acquired more land, the arms-dealers lined their purses and the hooligans on the road backed by the right-wing parties, took out demonstrations that celebrated their might. What about the widows and orphans of those jawans in India? What did their husbands and fathers die for? Nothing! They just died so that someone else could get fatter over their dead bodies. I still remember the war hysteria in India at that time. Sachin Tendulkar refused to play Pakistan. Some Indian film actors and actresses held shows to raise funds. Great sacrifice I should say. Not playing Pakistan and dancing and singing somehow, was supposed to equal the death of soldiers fighting for a barren land. Today, nobody bats an eyelid to the plight of the widows and orphans of India's wars. Sachin Tendulkar meanwhile has gone about playing cricket as usual, while Salman Khan has gone around his usual business of baring his chest at every opportunity. Let me emphasize here that I am not a peacenik, or an opponent of war. I believe war does serve a purpose, especially when there is oppression or agression. But that war should serve a purpose and achieve a goal. A war with Pakistan is not going to solve the Kashmir problem, nor is it going to end the conflict. In fact, we are going to kill more soldiers and civilians merely because the politicians in Delhi still harbor the view that the Kashmiris will just roll over and play dead, and because there are countless more jawans to sacrifice. India and Pakistan have not prepared their citizens for a settlement, making it even difficult to achieve one. However, they have prepared their citizens for war. With war rhetoric and childish complaints to the US, they have only served to accelerate the tension. For too long, India and Pakistan have been looking over their shoulder first to the USSR and USA, and now to the USA only, to bring the other to their knees. By currying friendship with the big bully, they think they can demolish the other. Little do they realize that it is in the best interest of the big bully to keep the status quo. Militarily, both countries have come to the conclusion that they cannot win a war against each other. So isn't it logical to work for a settlement? Yes, if they thought in the best interest of India and Pakistan. Sadly, gone are the days of Nehru, Ayub Khan and Liaqat Ali Khan, who thought about their people and the country. Today, what we have is a crop of leaders who care little for the future of the country. And in this case, I don't necessarily mean the top leadership, but rather the administration. I am quite sure that at this present time, the mode of thought in Delhi is not how to work for peace, but rather, how to impress the US and outfox Pakistan. That being said, a settlement with Pakistan is not going to end the conflicts within India. That requires a will to negotiate and address the grievances of the Kashmiris, the Nagas, the Bodos. In many cases, the people aren't even demanding independence. Surely, we could reorganize the states and give the locals more control over their resources? But why would the Indian politicians do that when they have a steady supply of poor jawans available in the BSF, CRPF etc to do the dirty work and die for them? In my opinion, members of the Indian Armed Forces should start a movement where the sons and daughters of the Indian politicians should first serve in Kashmir, Assam, Tripura and Nagaland, before they go in. Also, before entering the local or national assemblies, the elected representatives should serve atleast one year in Kashmir and the North East. I guarantee we'll have a settlement of all these conflicts within no time. -Tariq On Fri, 24 May 2002, gilbert menezes wrote: Jorge/Livia, your story about the rat is perhaps more relevent
[Goanet] Re: Whats on in Canada !
So much about Chrystal Gomes. Last year, sometime in October, I did a big feature on her in a local South Asian paper. She had invited me to her performance at a comedy club. I also did a small feature on her in India Today (international edition). She was happy. After that I got her to perform at the Miss Canada-India Beauty Princess pageant. I thought of sending the piece to GOANOW, but, as it often happens with journalists, I forgot. I have known her since she served for a brief time on the Goan Overseas Association executive committee in the 80s. She was young then, and still young. I have known her father, Danny Gomes, who has been president of GOA and a trustee. In fact, it was he who suggested to her to invite me for her show when we bumped into each other at the Viva Goa festival last year. She and I are in constant email communication. Coincidentally, she's from Colva, my village. She's a wonderful person. Two months ago I was passing by her house and called her if we could have dinner as I had an invitation at a newly-opened Indian-Chinese restaurant. She's couldn't as she had a show, but insisted I visit her house. It was my first visit to her place. Surprisingly, she had left a scotch bottle with her dad to give it to me. It's unfortunate that such a lovely person is stricken with MS, the dreadful disease. But she wants to use her own success to let the world know that the disease can be fought and a person can lead a normal life. She's an inspiration to lot of MS victims, particularly the young and the youth. Eugene Correia __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
goanet-digest V1 #4012
goanet-digest Friday, May 24 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4012 - In this issue: [Goanet] Beware Calangute Voters. Re: [Goanet] danger in Goa? [Goanet] Re: Whats on in Canada ! See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:54:06 + From: A. Veronica Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Beware Calangute Voters. BEWARE CALANGUTE. Calangute constituency is one of the top constituencies in Goa. During the last few elections the candidates elected from this constituency betrayed the trust of the voters. In the last election when Suresh Parulenkar got elected from one party finally changed to some other party to fulfill his ambitions and not of the voters who got him elected. Now again he is contesting the coming election on BJP ticket. The constituents of this constituency must ask him if he gets elected will he really remain faithful to BJP or will he defect to some other party which offers him bribe and portfolios? This is the most important question voters from Calangute constituency should think of before voting for Parulenkar who is contesting on communal party ticket. Calangute voters by nature are very secular and as such they must maintain their traditional secular outlook by dumping the candidate belonging to communal party. Gujarat carnage of innocent Muslims on communal pattern with the help of BJP Government of Modi demands that not only Parulenkar but all the BJP candidates should be thrown out in the coming election. Voting Parulenkar and any BJP candidate means accepting communalism, justifying Gujarat carnage and helping BJP to turn Goa into another Gujarat. The other important candidate in Calangute constituency to be taken care of is Agnelo Fernandes of Congress. Currently he is the Sarpanch of Candolim and in his present capacity he is showing lot of vindictiveness against those whom he suspects that they have not voted in the last Panchayat election for the candidates of his group. This attitude should be condemned and Candolim voters should bring this goofy attitude of Agnelo to his notice when he comes for canvassing. Candolim people should not spare him of this dadagiri on false presumption. Just because he is Sarpanch he cannot take law into his own hands and castigate people wrongly. He is given power as Sarpanch to do good for the villagers and not to take his revenge. He should know that he is holding public office for the good of public and not to harass them. Sarpanchship is not his fathers property to use it the way he wants. If by being only the Sarpanch he acts so vindictive then what will be his arrogance if he becomes MLA and Minister? Didnt he learn any lesson from Tomazincho Cardos pride and arrogance earlier? Now Tomazincho Cardos Mus Marta nobody cares him and he is nobody. Agnelo Fernandes the Congress candidate up to now has not made any statement on defection. I am asking him and also request all the voters in Calangute constituency to ask him the same question when he/his representatives come for canvassing Agnel! Will you remain faithful to Congress or you will defect like your predecessor and join some other party once you get elected? In my family in Candolim/Calangute there are many votes, I have already asked them to ponder over the above issues I have raised. I have full faith in them, they in turn will also contact others to justify my point. I have given them an advice to vote for Goa Suraj Party candidate. Voting for Goa Suraj party means voting for clean candidate. Voting for Goa Suraj party means voting for non defection. Voting for Goa Suraj Party means voting against defection, against dadagiri, against arrogance, against pride, against money and muscle power, against corruption. I have thrown an open challenge to all my family members and all those who subscribe to my views against Congress and BJP candidates as stated above. As an added booster for my campaign, I have received lot of support from Kuwait and Gulf based Calangute constituents who agreed to advise their family members back home to be aware of Parulenkar and Agnelo Fernandes and rightly vote for the candidate of Goa Suraj Party. I also hope others from different constituencies should also advise their family members in Goa whom to vote and whom not to vote. At this critical juncture we the expatriate Goans cannot remain silent spectators especially when Goa is on the verge of destruction from the hands of Congress defectors BJP communalists. A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait. _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- Date: Fri, 24 May
[Goanet] Observation ?
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[Goanet] TIMES: Mapusa adds spice to export market
www.timesofindia.com Mapusa adds spice to export market VIDYUT KUMAR TA TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002 11:14:24 PM ] MAPUSA: The pungent aroma of exotic fresh spices fills the air of curry leaves, turmeric, mustard seeds, star anise and cardamom pods which are displayed in open baskets and large burlap sacks at different market places across the state. Vendors at the Mapusa market in North Goa district have some kind of secret mixes of fragrant masala and specially guarded curry powder recipe. The Mapusa market is one of Goa's biggest markets with full of colours, noise and exotic smells. One can buy anything from a needle to a pig, spices to antiques, clothes and silks to heart's desire things. Talking to The Times of India, Ramesh Mardolkar, a spice vendor at the Mapusa market, says spices are sourced from the rich soils of the state. From Goa comes selected curry spices, masalas and cardamom which are dry-roasted and blended in small batches, to ensure the utmost in freshness. There is a warm blend of Goa's finest spices in the Mapusa market which is widely used for cooking, curry dishes, and as a tasty and colourful flavouring in rice dishes. Expensive, and exotic, this spicy sweet flavour and slight eucalyptus aroma is perfect on toast, sprinkled on cookies, ice cream, apple or berry pies, cooked cereals, in fruit smoothies or puddings, said Mardolkar. The inland hills are a breathtaking feature of Goa. Winding country roads pass terraced fields and a myriad fruit trees. A major cash income comes from cashews, which yield their nut harvest in the month of April. Cashew fruit also keeps people happy with a local firewater called fenni, distilled from the fermented juice and pulp, and selling for under a pound a bottle. Toddy is tapped from coconut trees, to yield a similar source of alcohol with the delicate flavour. A favourite tourist excursion goes to a model fruit and spice farm, to watch coconut harvesting, and see the plants and trees which produce black pepper, coriander, saffron, cloves, cinnamon, cumin and tamarind. Most visitors go home with low cost packets of spices and cashew nuts from Goa. Within the past one decade, the international trade in spices has grown by leaps and bounds. An estimated 500,000 tonnes of spices and herbs valued at $1,500 million are now imported globally every year, said R.S. Shrivastava of Delhi-based Spice Export Corporation of India. An impressive 46 per cent of this supply comes from the country. India's exports of spice extracts have shown spectacular growth attaining over 50 percent of the global market within a short span. Over the past decade, the spice industry has made quality the cutting edge of its global game plan. In recent years, export of spices has been taking a giant leap. The Indian export of spices has crossed the $450-million mark during 1999-2000 and has reached $468 million now. This remarkable achievement is born of a sea change in the industry scene. From traditional commodity exports, spices have evolved into a state-of-the-art industry. Absorbing technology, broad-basing its products range, developing value-added products, identifying niche markets, forging strategic alliances clinching global collaborations and joint ventures. Spices constitute an important group of agricultural commodities which are virtually indispensable in the culinary art. They can be primarily defined as farm products used in various forms like fresh, ripe, dried, broken and powdered which contributes aroma, taste, flavour, colour and pungency to food, rather than a lone food seasoning factor, said Shrivastava. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
Re: [Goanet] Cip's Mother Teresa quote Missionaries
In a message dated 05/23/2002 4:12:35 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe that the below mentioned Mother Teresa's words are more than a quote. She has practiced before she preached. One of the writer on Mother Teresa said Mother Teresa did not say or write any 'word' which she did not mean Dear Joel, Cip and All: With the imminent Sainthood of Mother Teresa, there is a lot each one of us can do to learn and try to emulate her. The following article from February 2002 FMA (Franciscan Missionary Associates) Focus, entitled Mother Teresa on the Road to Sainthood, is apropos: Long before her death in this world, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was hailed as a living saint, even in areas where Christian missionaries were not always welcome. It is clear from her expressions, from her conversations, from her writings, that Mother Teresa found such accolades embarrassing, perhaps and even somewhat ironic. For in her early years as a religious with vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, Mother Teresa was just like any other religious sister, giving her life to God through prayer and good works... trying hard to discern God's will... dealing with the conflicts created when a religious is called to a mission that is new and different. For like many religious community founders, Mother Teresa had to leave her own original religious congregation, stepping out into what must have seemed like an uncharted path, lit by the presence of the Holy Spirit. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a new community dedicated to the work to which the tiny sister felt called by God -- working with the helpless and abandoned, the lonely dying, those whom society wanted to forge, in the streets of India. Eventually, that work would bring Mother Teresa and her sisters to nearly every part of the world where God's poor were abandoned and alone -- even to the crowded streets of Rome's poorest areas and New York City. Eventually, Mother Teresa's community would include branches for contemplatives, for brothers as well as sisters, and for thousands of laity who found purpose to their lives as volunteers. And for a world caught up in consumerism, Mother Teresa redefined poverty, to include missions who lived with plenty, but who are so often empty inside, even abandoned living in the midst of a crowd. A very big job for a very tiny lady. We do not have to go to the heart of Calcutta in order to help the needy or to pray for the abandoned. We can support such efforts with our alms and prayers and good works. We can do it whatever way is possible for us. There is one certain way we can take part in this work of the Gospel that Mother Teresa carried out so well -- we can speak kindly of the thousands of missionaries at work, just as Mother Teresa was, all over the world. And we can pray for them daily. --- Best Wishes: Pat =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] Complaint about the power charges in Goa
Dear All, For your information, Bernard D'souza. Our Food Store (Sea Food ,Meats Provision store) Shop No.16.Patto Centre, Panjim Goa 403001. Tel. 427766 Date: 22/05/2002. To, The Chief Engineer, Electricity Dept. Vidyut Bavhan, Panjim Goa. Sub: Ready Reckoner for Power Tariff with effect from 01/04/2002. Sir, We have found that too often the Electricity department have been over billing the consumer. We have also learnt from Electricity Department that he L.T. Commercial consumers have been billed for the month of March and April 2002 as per the old tariff, which amounts to excess billing. In such a situation we would like to check the electricity bills before presenting for payment. We therefore request you to make copies of current Ready Reckoner for Power Tariff available for consumer free or on payment. Kindly do the needful. Awaiting your reply. Yours faithfully Mrs. Domina D'souza. (Proprietress) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] ON SATURDAY, MAY 25: Porvorim meet with candidates
From: John Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meeting at Azad Bhavan,Alto Betim on Sat 25th May02 from 5PM to6.30PM.All the candidates standing from the Aldona Constitutency namely from the BJP,Congress,MGP,NCP and Suraj party have been invited,and requested to ensure they come in time since this is intended to be a short controlled session where each candidate tells the citizen why they should vote for him, about the party manifesto, and then will follow a question and answer session. It is high time the voter gets involved to change the trends of defections and election of self serving or communal politicians.They must stop voting for personalities based on caste or religion and vote based on competency and developmental issues.Here is a chance for the voters of Porvorim and surrounding areas to see and know their candidates latest views and have a say.He will be listened to, at least before elections.PCAF has taken the initiative to organise this in public interest and hopes all concerned will make it convenient to attend. PCAF is a non governmental apolitical registered body working for the welfare of citizens and is open to all residents of Porvorim and surrounding areas..It has already taken up improvement of water supply with the PWD,security and traffic control with the Porvorim police.The need of the hour is for all NGOs in GOA to network,and become a force to monitor and help each other to keep the elected representatives on the correct path in public interest and the interests of GOA. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] Goan voter has ample reason to be disappointed....
The Goan voter has ample reason to be disappointed, disgruntled and just plain disillusioned. We have seen a gamut of politicians come and go, each bunch leaving us no better off than we were under the preceding lot. Regardless of ideology, they all seem to have one thing in common - serving their own interests. What really matters to the people - basic infrastructure, costs, having government employees do their jobs without expecting to be paid extra for it - is not addressed at all, except perhaps in the form of election slogans. Ask any Goan about life and he or she will mention things like the price and often the non-availability of fish; the awful and permanent craters on the roads; increasing, and increasingly daring, burglaries; no water supply for days on end. Ensuring that daily life is relatively safe, not riddled with discomforts; is that such a huge thing to expect? Any government which actually does that would be a genuinely popular one. Alas, the moment power is won, election promises are junked and the main - sometimes, the only - aim appears to be the making of as much money as possible before the chair is lost. Why does the government think of humongous projects like an undersea aquarium and an overhead rope bridge? Why doesn't it, for example, think of extending bus timings, routes and frequencies; or ensuring that people get water supply every day and not thrice a week for two hours a day? Because the small stuff doesn't offer the powers that be the golden chance to rake in the big bucks. The bigger the project, the more tax-free money can be made more quickly. We have seen over the years that every breed of government that has occupied the prized chair has shown no interest whatsoever in the small stuff, the things that directly affect people and influence the quality of their life. What choice then does that leave voters? A party that openly cries doom to those who are not stamped with the mark of a certain religion? Or one that doesn't care either way? As it is, whichever party we vote for, life on the ground is going to remain the same, if not get worse. The awful truth is that no one cares about the people they represent. Not, at any rate, while they are in power. The thought is sobering - if the saffron brigade had performed, i.e. turned out to be a relatively honest government that worked, it just might have been popular yet. On the other hand, the common man is not a fool. Or so we hope. (ends) NOTE: Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. All opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this message not of an official nature shall not be deemed as given or endorsed by SPH unless otherwise indicated by an authorised representative independent of this message. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] IT enhanced efficiency...for poll results -- DigITal Goa
IT enhanced efficiency, reliability and speed of poll results Digital Goa Team PANAJI -- Gone are those days when one had to wait for days to get the complete results of the elections, be it panchayat, state or parliament elections.=20 Now, like every other field, IT has also transformed the way elections are conducted in the largest democracy in the world. Thanks to the compact size and better infrastructural facilities, usage of IT is most effective in Goa. IT application has not only reduced the manpower requirement drastically but has increased the efficiency, speed and reliability of election results. IT is being used in number of ways in the election process. The Election Commission of India, which is responsible for conducting the elections for state assembly, sets up a network linking the ECI headquarters in Delhi to every district head quarters going for polls. A central office located in the State capital acts as an intermediately between New Delhi and District Transmitting Centres (DTC). All the district Transmitting Centres are equipped with computers, telephone lines, Internet connections and fax machines for smooth and faster data transfer. DTCs are manned by a statistical officer from the Department of Planning and Statistics and a programmer/ software engineer from National Information Centre. A specially designed software package called =93Genesys=94 is used for transferring the data from the DTCs to ECI in New Delhi. The data is transferred in the form of FTP files using Genesys software in three major stages =96 pre-counting data, counting data and post counting data. Three hotlines are operational through out the election process connecting North Goa, South Goa and Central office in Panaji to the CEO in Delhi. Each returning officer is also provided with fax machines and STD lines. The staff is specially trained to handle the job of data entry with speed and precision. Electorate rolls are also updated simultaneously on the computers. However, the major factor which contributed to the declaration of early results is the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs). As like last assembly elections, the forthcoming assembly polls in Goa will be held exclusively on EVMs. In all, 1441 EVMs will be used in the 1135 polling stations in the state. The failure rate of these EVMs is almost nil and it needs just four steps to display the candidate wise and party wise results. The booth wise results are then compiled by the computers to give the results of each constituency. All this is done within a short time. Results are then conveyed to the CEO and which in turn updates them on their website -- www.eci.gov.in Goa's first and only IT fortnightly -- digITal Goa Your Window to Goa's DigITal World. SUBSCRIBE NOW -- to avail introductory discount of 50 -- at just Rs 120 for one year (24 issues) for individuals and Rs 160 for institutions. For subscription and advertising contact: (0832) 446609 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Flat No. S-1, Bldg. No. 3, Merces Apartments, MERCES-GOA 403005. =20 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
goanet-digest V1 #4013
goanet-digest Friday, May 24 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4013 - In this issue: [Goanet] Observation ? [Goanet] TIMES: Mapusa adds spice to export market Re: [Goanet] Cip's Mother Teresa quote Missionaries [Goanet] Complaint about the power charges in Goa [Goanet] ON SATURDAY, MAY 25: Porvorim meet with candidates [Goanet] Goan voter has ample reason to be disappointed See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 17:24:26 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) From: rene barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Observation ? IS IT Magic or just an observation ? http://www.webshots.com/sp/card_trick ...please do let me know if it does not work works ? if it does dont bother ! rene -- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 13:09:20 +0530 From: Frederick Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] TIMES: Mapusa adds spice to export market www.timesofindia.com Mapusa adds spice to export market VIDYUT KUMAR TA TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002 11:14:24 PM ] MAPUSA: The pungent aroma of exotic fresh spices fills the air of curry leaves, turmeric, mustard seeds, star anise and cardamom pods which are displayed in open baskets and large burlap sacks at different market places across the state. Vendors at the Mapusa market in North Goa district have some kind of secret mixes of fragrant masala and specially guarded curry powder recipe. The Mapusa market is one of Goa's biggest markets with full of colours, noise and exotic smells. One can buy anything from a needle to a pig, spices to antiques, clothes and silks to heart's desire things. Talking to The Times of India, Ramesh Mardolkar, a spice vendor at the Mapusa market, says spices are sourced from the rich soils of the state. From Goa comes selected curry spices, masalas and cardamom which are dry-roasted and blended in small batches, to ensure the utmost in freshness. There is a warm blend of Goa's finest spices in the Mapusa market which is widely used for cooking, curry dishes, and as a tasty and colourful flavouring in rice dishes. Expensive, and exotic, this spicy sweet flavour and slight eucalyptus aroma is perfect on toast, sprinkled on cookies, ice cream, apple or berry pies, cooked cereals, in fruit smoothies or puddings, said Mardolkar. The inland hills are a breathtaking feature of Goa. Winding country roads pass terraced fields and a myriad fruit trees. A major cash income comes from cashews, which yield their nut harvest in the month of April. Cashew fruit also keeps people happy with a local firewater called fenni, distilled from the fermented juice and pulp, and selling for under a pound a bottle. Toddy is tapped from coconut trees, to yield a similar source of alcohol with the delicate flavour. A favourite tourist excursion goes to a model fruit and spice farm, to watch coconut harvesting, and see the plants and trees which produce black pepper, coriander, saffron, cloves, cinnamon, cumin and tamarind. Most visitors go home with low cost packets of spices and cashew nuts from Goa. Within the past one decade, the international trade in spices has grown by leaps and bounds. An estimated 500,000 tonnes of spices and herbs valued at $1,500 million are now imported globally every year, said R.S. Shrivastava of Delhi-based Spice Export Corporation of India. An impressive 46 per cent of this supply comes from the country. India's exports of spice extracts have shown spectacular growth attaining over 50 percent of the global market within a short span. Over the past decade, the spice industry has made quality the cutting edge of its global game plan. In recent years, export of spices has been taking a giant leap. The Indian export of spices has crossed the $450-million mark during 1999-2000 and has reached $468 million now. This remarkable achievement is born of a sea change in the industry scene. From traditional commodity exports, spices have evolved into a state-of-the-art industry. Absorbing technology, broad-basing its products range, developing value-added products, identifying niche markets, forging strategic alliances clinching global collaborations and joint ventures. Spices constitute an important group of agricultural commodities which are virtually indispensable in the culinary art. They can be primarily defined as farm products used in various forms like fresh, ripe, dried, broken and powdered which contributes aroma, taste, flavour, colour and pungency to food, rather than a lone food seasoning factor, said Shrivastava. -- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 15:52:06 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Cip's Mother Teresa quote Missionaries In a message dated 05/23/2002 4:12:35 PM EST, [EMAIL
Re: [Goanet] Observation ?
This is more of a stupid card trick. All cards change so no matter you pick it will not be there. Tim de Mello Toronto From: rene barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Observation ? Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 17:24:26 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) IS IT Magic or just an observation ? http://www.webshots.com/sp/card_trick ...please do let me know if it does not work works ? if it does dont bother ! _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
goanet-digest V1 #4014
goanet-digest Friday, May 24 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4014 - In this issue: [Goanet] IT enhanced efficiency...for poll results -- DigITal Goa [Goanet] news from the GSCP Re: [Goanet] Observation ? [Goanet] 25 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:37:47 +0530 From: Niraj Naik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] IT enhanced efficiency...for poll results -- DigITal Goa IT enhanced efficiency, reliability and speed of poll results Digital Goa Team PANAJI -- Gone are those days when one had to wait for days to get the complete results of the elections, be it panchayat, state or parliament elections.=20 Now, like every other field, IT has also transformed the way elections are conducted in the largest democracy in the world. Thanks to the compact size and better infrastructural facilities, usage of IT is most effective in Goa. IT application has not only reduced the manpower requirement drastically but has increased the efficiency, speed and reliability of election results. IT is being used in number of ways in the election process. The Election Commission of India, which is responsible for conducting the elections for state assembly, sets up a network linking the ECI headquarters in Delhi to every district head quarters going for polls. A central office located in the State capital acts as an intermediately between New Delhi and District Transmitting Centres (DTC). All the district Transmitting Centres are equipped with computers, telephone lines, Internet connections and fax machines for smooth and faster data transfer. DTCs are manned by a statistical officer from the Department of Planning and Statistics and a programmer/ software engineer from National Information Centre. A specially designed software package called =93Genesys=94 is used for transferring the data from the DTCs to ECI in New Delhi. The data is transferred in the form of FTP files using Genesys software in three major stages =96 pre-counting data, counting data and post counting data. Three hotlines are operational through out the election process connecting North Goa, South Goa and Central office in Panaji to the CEO in Delhi. Each returning officer is also provided with fax machines and STD lines. The staff is specially trained to handle the job of data entry with speed and precision. Electorate rolls are also updated simultaneously on the computers. However, the major factor which contributed to the declaration of early results is the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs). As like last assembly elections, the forthcoming assembly polls in Goa will be held exclusively on EVMs. In all, 1441 EVMs will be used in the 1135 polling stations in the state. The failure rate of these EVMs is almost nil and it needs just four steps to display the candidate wise and party wise results. The booth wise results are then compiled by the computers to give the results of each constituency. All this is done within a short time. Results are then conveyed to the CEO and which in turn updates them on their website - -- www.eci.gov.in Goa's first and only IT fortnightly -- digITal Goa Your Window to Goa's DigITal World. SUBSCRIBE NOW -- to avail introductory discount of 50 - -- at just Rs 120 for one year (24 issues) for individuals and Rs 160 for institutions. For subscription and advertising contact: (0832) 446609 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Flat No. S-1, Bldg. No. 3, Merces Apartments, MERCES-GOA 403005. =20 -- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:41:05 +0530 From: Ashley Delaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] news from the GSCP Hello all. just an update on the status of the latest GSCP project. implementing ltsp in schools. after a successful run in the first stage of the project, we are now coming to the end of the second phase of the same. the third phase, when schools actually begin to use the equipment will start on June 3rd. for this particular project, 21 schools were selected on basis of space, necessity and support to be equipped and networked by the gscp. for the past 2 months, toma nd i have been working to implement the same for the said schools, however, we ran into a couple of problems here and there. the one which got the most amount of laughs was S.F.Moira. toma nd i had gone tot he school, dirty, tom with his bandana on his head and french bread, me with my shirt all dirty and sweating. the teachers took one look at us and gave us a very cold reception, not allowing us to touch the equipment or work without permission. any attempt to explain why and what we were doing was of no
