[GOANET] WHD 2003
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- World Health Day 2003 Shape the Future of Life: Healthy Environments for Children Each year on April 7th, the world celebrates World Health Day. On this day around the globe, thousands of events mark the importance of health for productive and happy lives. This year, the theme for World Health Day is "Healthy Environments for Children". The millions of children that die annually from environmentally related illnesses could be saved through the creation of healthy settings, whether it be the home, the school, or the community at large. Join us in promoting healthy environments for children on World Healthy Day, and make a difference for the future! ---
RE: [GOANET] Hello from Goa
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Hello to Hello from Goa, It is so refreshing to read an article on individuals and a group doing something so innovative and useful. You found a niche and filled it. What is your secret for your success? What is your funding? Keep doing it. Regards GL.
Re: [GOANET] Interesting article on Iraq.
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not in Taffy came to my house and stole a rolling pin. I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed I took a big stone and broke Taffy's head. gabriel wrote: > > -- > Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ > -- > > Observer | I'm losing patience with my neighbours, Mr BushI thought I'd > share this article with you I found it rather worthwile Cheers Gabe. > > Comment > > I'm losing patience with my neighbours, Mr Bush > Terry Jones > Sunday January 26, 2003 > The Observer > I'm really excited by George Bush's latest reason for bombing Iraq: he's > running out of patience. And so am I! > For some time now I've been really pissed off with Mr Johnson, who lives a > couple of doors down the street. Well, him and Mr Patel, who runs the health > food shop. They both give me queer looks, and I'm sure Mr Johnson is > planning something nasty for me, but so far I haven't been able to discover > what. I've been round to his place a few times to see what he's up to, but > he's got everything well hidden. That's how devious he is. > As for Mr Patel, don't ask me how I know, I just know - from very good > sources - that he is, in reality, a Mass Murderer. I have leafleted the > street telling them that if we don't act first, he'll pick us off one by > one. > Some of my neighbours say, if I've got proof, why don't I go to the police? > But that's simply ridiculous. The police will say that they need evidence of > a crime with which to charge my neighbours. > They'll come up with endless red tape and quibbling about the rights and > wrongs of a pre-emptive strike and all the while Mr Johnson will be > finalising his plans to do terrible things to me, while Mr Patel will be > secretly murdering people. Since I'm the only one in the street with a > decent range of automatic firearms, I reckon it's up to me to keep the > peace. But until recently that's been a little difficult. Now, however, > George W. Bush has made it clear that all I need to do is run out of > patience, and then I can wade in and do whatever I want! > And let's face it, Mr Bush's carefully thought-out policy towards Iraq is > the only way to bring about international peace and security. The one > certain way to stop Muslim fundamentalist suicide bombers targeting the US > or the UK is to bomb a few Muslim countries that have never threatened us. > That's why I want to blow up Mr Johnson's garage and kill his wife and > children. Strike first! That'll teach him a lesson. Then he'll leave us in > peace and stop peering at me in that totally unacceptable way. > Mr Bush makes it clear that all he needs to know before bombing Iraq is that > Saddam is a really nasty man and that he has weapons of mass destruction - > even if no one can find them. I'm certain I've just as much justification > for killing Mr Johnson's wife and children as Mr Bush has for bombing Iraq. > Mr Bush's long-term aim is to make the world a safer place by eliminating > 'rogue states' and 'terrorism'. It's such a clever long-term aim because how > can you ever know when you've achieved it? How will Mr Bush know when he's > wiped out all terrorists? When every single terrorist is dead? But then a > terrorist is only a terrorist once he's committed an act of terror. What > about would-be terrorists? These are the ones you really want to eliminate, > since most of the known terrorists, being suicide bombers, have already > eliminated themselves. > Perhaps Mr Bush needs to wipe out everyone who could possibly be a future > terrorist? Maybe he can't be sure he's achieved his objective until every > Muslim fundamentalist is dead? But then some moderate Muslims might convert > to fundamentalism. Maybe the only really safe thing to do would be for Mr > Bush to eliminate all Muslims? > It's the same in my street. Mr Johnson and Mr Patel are just the tip of the > iceberg. There are dozens of other people in the street who I don't like and > who - quite frankly - look at me in odd ways. No one will be really safe > until I've wiped them all out. > My wife says I might be going too far but I tell her I'm simply using the > same logic as the President of the United States. That shuts her up. > Like Mr Bush, I've run out of patience, and if that's a good enough reason > for the President, it's good enough for me. I'm going to give the whole > street two weeks - no, 10 days - to come out in the open and hand over all > aliens and interplanetary hijackers, galactic outlaws and interstellar > terrorist masterminds, and if they don't hand them over nicely and say > 'Thank you', I'm going to bomb th
Re: [GOANET] City of Panaji Corporation Bill 2002
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- It is apparent that the decision of the CM to bull-doz the Panjim Corporation Bill with or without the consent/approval of the people has, I believe just one consideration: It is in the air and mostly Panjimites are of the opinion that: That the CM is increasingly nervous of his electoral stand in the Panjim Constituency, especially after the very narrow margin that gave him the victory in the last forced assembly elections. The missing 3000 odd voters from the Panjim voters list has left a bad taste in the mouths of Panjimites. The crucial point is that Panjim must see him re-elected in the next assembly election. He cannot afford to change his constituency at this moment as it would be a near political harakiri. Therefore Panjim with the added Porvorim, Soccorro, Betim Britona etc under the belt and which is heavily under the influence of his aid-in-arm Velingkar of the RSS, electoral victory in Panjim for Manohar Parrikar will be ensured. (even at the cost of Ribandar and Taleigao). Therefore, the Corporation Bill is rather more important to Manohar Parrikar than the people of Panjim. Cheers PANJIM CORPORATION BILL. > > The People?s Movement for Civic Action (PMCA) had an Extraordinary General > Body Meeting on Thursday, January 23, 2003 to discuss the recently passed > City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002. > > Recent statements emanating from Official sources, including the Chief > Minister, Mr. Manohar Parikkar, have caused both concern and consternation > among the general public. > > The passing of the City of Panaji Corporation Bill by the Goa Legislative > Assembly without soliciting the opinions of the Panchayats concerned, has > been universally and vehemently condemned by the respective Panchayats which > are sought to be included in the ambit of the proposed City of Panaji > Municipal Corporation. Even more disturbing is the fact that the Panjim > Municipal Council, which is sought to be upgraded to a Corporation, was not > consulted by the Government before it tabled this Bill in the Assembly and > had it passed. Such an attitude is unprecedented and bodes ill for the future > of democracy in Goa. > > The Chief Minister is reported to have stated that he will go ahead with the > formation of the Municipal Corporation of Panaji, but that he will leave it > to the Panchayats to decide whether they want to become part of the > Corporation. If this is true, it makes a complete mockery of the Rule of Law. > > It has never been heard of anywhere in the world that a piece of Legislation > is enacted which allows citizens to decide whether they want to be covered by > the Legislation or not. A Law is either applicable or not. It is not left to > the discretion of the citizens to decide whether it will apply to them or > not. Statements such as those reported in the media about the coverage of > this particular legislation only add to the general perception that the > Government is either ignorant about, or is callous about the sanctity of > legislation. > > The inherent contradictions in the legislation, reinforced by official > pronouncements, only add to the disrespect for the Law, which is widely > prevalent among the citizenry. While, on the one hand, the legislation > seeks to bring within the ambit of the Municipal Corporation far-flung > Panchayat areas, on the other hand it seeks to exclude areas which are > presently part of the Panjim Municipal Council. There is no explanation for > this gross contradiction in the official position of the Government of Goa. > If Taleigao can be allowed to opt out of the Corporation limits, why can't > Ribandar be allowed the same option? > > The meeting, chaired by Mr. Averthanus D?Souza, Vice President of the > People's Movement for Civic Action, was addressed by Advocate Ms. Agni, who > presented an overview of the legislation and indicated the inherent > contradictions contained in it. >
[GOANET] INDIAN RUPEE EXCHANGE RATES.
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[GOANET] Re: [The Goan Forum d-list] Re: Recruitment of Jr. (Elect) Engineers(Apprentice) Follow-up
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Thanks GoaSuraj for taking the time and enthusiasm to address this issue. I was just going through the requirments and pay scale. At the age of 40, a person would be still ending up earning only Rs.2000/- makes me worry about the quality of life which can be lived thereafter with such salaries. I would not hesitate to say this is the ONLY reason why the electrician when asked to go for repair works would not go for sure since his demands would depend purely on "TIPS" expected. From: "goasuraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "GoaGoans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [The Goan Forum d-list] Re: Recruitment of Jr. (Elect) Engineers (Apprentice) Follow-up Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:17:15 +0530 The following advertisement appeared on the Navhind Times 25th. January, 2003 (NT Page:8 ) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER GOVERNMENT OF GOA. VIDYUT BHAVAN, 3RD. FLOOR PANAJI - GOA. Notice inviting application for filling up apprentice seats. Applications, indicating names, address in full, nationality, dae of birth, qualification and experience alongwith attested copies of residence certificate for 15 years are invited by the Chief Electrical Engineer, Govt. of Goa, Vidyut Bhavan, 3rd. floor, Panaji from the candidates upto 6-2-2003 for engaging following posts: 1) Junior Engineer (Elect( (Apprentice): a) No. of Posts 37 vacancies b) Educational and other qualification Essential: i) Degree/Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognized University or Institution. ii) 15 years residential certificate from Mamlatdar. Rexable for candidates from neighbouring States. iii) Knowledge of Konkani Desirable: Knowledge of Marathi c) Age Below 40 years. d) Stipend Rs. 1970/- per month for Degree holders. Rs. 1400/- per month for Diploma holders. e) Duration of training One year. 2) For Junior Stenographer: a) No. of Posts 3 vacancies b) Educational Qualifications Essential: i) Matriculation or equivalent qaualification until replaced by Higher secondary. ii) Speed of 100 w.p.m. in short hand and 35 w.p.m. in typing. iii) 15 years residential certificate from Mamlatdar. Relaxable for candidates from neighbouring States. Desirable: i) Knowledge of Marathi c) Age Below 40 years d) Stipend Rs. 1090/- per month e) Duration of training One year D1/1261/03 COMMENTS: Two Executive members of the Goa Su-Raj party met with the Chief Electrical Engineer Mr. Ghali at his Vidyut Bhavan office in Panjim this morning at 12 a.m. When asked to explain the above advertisement, Mr. Ghali apologized for the mistake in the text of the advertisement and attributed it to the staff member concerned for wrongly adding the relaxation clause over the requirement of his own accord. When asked if the person concerned will be penalized, he stated that the advertisement will be re-issued in the corrected form. He stressed that there was no mal intention intended at all and that only Goans will be recruited in full. He also said that since this is only an apprenticeship, a requirement of the Director of training based in Mumbai, the department is hard pressed to fill in the required number of vacancies for Jr. Elec Engineers as there are usually no sufficient takers. On completion of the apprenticeship, the candidates cannot be assured a permanent job in the Electricity Department, and therefore very few candidates come forward, he added. When told that these type of wrongly inserted advertisement raise serious doubts on the seriousness of the Goa government in the employment of qualified Goans, specially when Goans have been willfully sidelined in the past, Mr. Galli assured the members that the interest of the Goans will be protected at all times. When asked if the above advertisement has been issued in any other State, he answered in the negative. Mr. Ghali was told that the reason for asking the above question was because in the past, government advertisements have appeared in the Southern States before appearing in Goans newspapers. Mr. Ghali said that it might have happened in the past before his term and that his department does not issue any advertisements in other States. When asked if the Employment Exchange is consulted for listings in the concerned categories before issuing advertisements, he replied in the positive. The meeting ended on a cordial note. goasuraj _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
[GOANET] Re: Recruitment of Jr. (Elect) Engineers (Apprentice) Follow-up
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- The following advertisement appeared on the Navhind Times 25th. January, 2003 (NT Page:8 ) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER GOVERNMENT OF GOA. VIDYUT BHAVAN, 3RD. FLOOR PANAJI - GOA. Notice inviting application for filling up apprentice seats. Applications, indicating names, address in full, nationality, dae of birth, qualification and experience alongwith attested copies of residence certificate for 15 years are invited by the Chief Electrical Engineer, Govt. of Goa, Vidyut Bhavan, 3rd. floor, Panaji from the candidates upto 6-2-2003 for engaging following posts: 1) Junior Engineer (Elect( (Apprentice): a) No. of Posts 37 vacancies b) Educational and other qualification Essential: i) Degree/Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognized University or Institution. ii) 15 years residential certificate from Mamlatdar. Rexable for candidates from neighbouring States. iii) Knowledge of Konkani Desirable: Knowledge of Marathi c) Age Below 40 years. d) Stipend Rs. 1970/- per month for Degree holders. Rs. 1400/- per month for Diploma holders. e) Duration of training One year. 2) For Junior Stenographer: a) No. of Posts 3 vacancies b) Educational Qualifications Essential: i) Matriculation or equivalent qaualification until replaced by Higher secondary. ii) Speed of 100 w.p.m. in short hand and 35 w.p.m. in typing. iii) 15 years residential certificate from Mamlatdar. Relaxable for candidates from neighbouring States. Desirable: i) Knowledge of Marathi c) Age Below 40 years d) Stipend Rs. 1090/- per month e) Duration of training One year D1/1261/03 COMMENTS: Two Executive members of the Goa Su-Raj party met with the Chief Electrical Engineer Mr. Ghali at his Vidyut Bhavan office in Panjim this morning at 12 a.m. When asked to explain the above advertisement, Mr. Ghali apologized for the mistake in the text of the advertisement and attributed it to the staff member concerned for wrongly adding the relaxation clause over the requirement of his own accord. When asked if the person concerned will be penalized, he stated that the advertisement will be re-issued in the corrected form. He stressed that there was no mal intention intended at all and that only Goans will be recruited in full. He also said that since this is only an apprenticeship, a requirement of the Director of training based in Mumbai, the department is hard pressed to fill in the required number of vacancies for Jr. Elec Engineers as there are usually no sufficient takers. On completion of the apprenticeship, the candidates cannot be assured a permanent job in the Electricity Department, and therefore very few candidates come forward, he added. When told that these type of wrongly inserted advertisement raise serious doubts on the seriousness of the Goa government in the employment of qualified Goans, specially when Goans have been willfully sidelined in the past, Mr. Galli assured the members that the interest of the Goans will be protected at all times. When asked if the above advertisement has been issued in any other State, he answered in the negative. Mr. Ghali was told that the reason for asking the above question was because in the past, government advertisements have appeared in the Southern States before appearing in Goans newspapers. Mr. Ghali said that it might have happened in the past before his term and that his department does not issue any advertisements in other States. When asked if the Employment Exchange is consulted for listings in the concerned categories before issuing advertisements, he replied in the positive. The meeting ended on a cordial note. goasuraj
[GOANET] Fr. Nicolau Pereira -Expired
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Fr. Nicolau expired on 26th January,2003 at 1.30 a.m. His funeral will be at Majorda Church on 28th January,2003 at 4.00 p.m. --- OBITUARY Father Antonio Nicolau Gracias Pereira, adorned the post of Principal gloriously for just over a quarter century. When St. Xavier's College was started in 1963, Fr. Nicolau was doing post-doctoral research as Research Associate at the Maryland Institute for Molecular Physics of the University of Maryland, U.S.A. The Apostolic administrator, Bishop D. Francisco da Piedade Rebello, the founder patron of this College, invited Fr. Nicolau, whose greatest desire was to be of service to Goa and Goans, gladly took up this onerous responsibility, first as the Vice-Principal (Science Section) in 1964, and then as Principal after Fr. Edward D?Cruz S.J. laid down his office in 1965. Fr. Nicolau Pereira hailing from a well-known family of Majorda, Salcete, was ordained priest at Pilar by the then Patriarch Dom Jose da Costa Nunes, later Cardinal Camarlengo to His Holiness the Pope. This was in 1950, after having completed his Seminary training in Rachol. In 1950-51, Fr. Nicolau attended Loyola High School, Margao, passing his S.S.C. in 1951. For the next four years, he did his Science studies in Bombay at St. Xavier's College, whence he graduated in Chemistry-Physics in 1955. From 1956-59, Fr. Nicolau taught to the Seminarians at his alma mater Rachol before he decided to proceed to the U.S.A. He did his post-graduate and doctoral studies at the University of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., in the record time of four years. His doctoral thesis under South African Professor, Dr. Cecil Raw related to Transport Phenomena ? Conductivity, Diffusion and Viscosity, and was published in the Journal of the Physics of Fluids. Fr. Nicolau has been a recognized Post-graduate Teacher of the University of Bombay since 1967. His sole stint at parish work was in the initial year of his College career at the Church of St. Ignatius, Jacob Circle, Bombay. On being questioned about his experience as Principal, Fr. Nicolau stressed the factor of cooperation as being supremely important, namely, from higher authorities, religious and secular, as well as from the teaching faculty, the non-teaching staff and the student body. He opined that he had a very satisfying and enjoyable innings overall. However, he remarked that of late the quality of students had changes as mass education had become the norm. Consequently, one could witness an increasing lack of motivation and the engendering of mechanical attitudes. He felt there was an urgent need for administering aptitude tests to incoming students to help them choose the right subjects. There existed also a great need for personal counseling besides vocational guidance with regard to employment possibilities. One ought not to disregard the job factor. As for the prospects of St. Xavier's College, Fr. Nicolau declared that Tertiary Education has been neatly compartmentalized into College and University tiers ever since Goa University appeared on the scene. No longer will College lecturers take P.G. classes as was the case till not so long ago. Under the University of Bombay, St. Xavier's was considered as P.G. College. Now it is no longer so. Research possibilities for College teachers are becoming increasingly restricted in practice even thought in theory everyone swears by research which will broaden one?s horizons. Indeed it will be a difficult task to square this circle so as to give the college teachers a square deal. Fr. Nicolau stated that new subjects need to be introduced in order to broaden the curriculum in keeping with changing conditions. Already, he had taken the initiative to start Microbiology, Biochemistry and Electronics (6 units), but was unsuccessful in getting permission for B.Sc. (Electronics) which the U.G.C permitted only in B.Tech Colleges. He was very pleased with the consistently high performance of our B.A. students in three consecutive years of Goa University. So too on the science side, our students have earned laurels for our College by their creditable performance in U.S. Universities, as also in the B.A.R.C. and other institutions of all-India repute. In Fr. Nicolau's opinion, there was need for introducing job-oriented courses be it in Journalism, Computer Science, Agriculture and various facets of Psychology. Fr. Nicolau stressed he had taken special care to build up a good library for our College, but he regretted that the scientific journals were not being made use of as much as they should have been. He considered Correspondence Courses as a distinct option to help mature
[GOANET] Proposal to set up a Goa-related newsgroup on Usenet
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Dear GoaNetters: I have proposed the setting up of a newsgroup dealing with Goa (soc.culture.indian.goa) on Usenet. This proposal is currently at the 'RFD' (request-for-discussion) stage on news.announce.newgroups and the news.groups and related groups. You can also find the details at http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=news.announce.newgroups&selm=1043606576.64239%40isc.org You can also search or locate newsgroups at http://groups.google.com If this proposal is accepted, a specifically Goa-related newsgroup could complement existing initiatives at highlighting Goa in cyberspace. Please check out the above newsgroup or URL and send in your suggestions, criticism or comments on the proposal. FN -- Frederick Noronha: http://www.bytesforall.org : When we speak of free Freelance Journalist : Goa India 403511 : software we refer to Ph 0091.832.409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.
