[Goanet-news]GoanetReader -- Panaji... looking back, looking ahead
## # Don't just read the news... discuss it. Learn more about Goa via Goanet# # Goanet is a 10-year-old network launched by Herman Carneiro in 1994. # # See all archives http://news.gmane.org/gmane.culture.region.india.goa/ # # To join, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask to join GoanetDigest. # ## PANAJI, PANJIM, PANGIM OR PONN'JE -- LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD And as for fortune, and as for fame, I never invited them in though it appeared, to the world, they were all I desired. They are illusions, they're not the solutions they promised to be. The answer was here all the time. I love you, and hope you love me Lines from the immortal song, 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina, based on the life of singer Eva Peron, wife of Argentine dictator Juan Peron, a small town girl who married the Argentine president and saw a life of riches and extreme wealth. But this is a song that the city of Panaji may well be singing. As our city undergoes a huge physical transformation -- new swank theatres, four lane roads, celebrities and a make-over, THE WEEKENDER takes a walk with one of Panaji's most famous sons, Percival Noronha. He takes us through the lanes and by lanes and resurrects the beauty, the grace, quaintness and the sheer history of our beloved city. But like Eva Peron, who says that the trappings of new beauty are illusions and that real beauty lay in Argentina's history, Percival Noronha captures this spirit in a morning walk-about with PAUL FERNANDES. There is something else Eva Peron said: You won't believe me. All you will see is a girl you once knew, although she's dressed up to the nines - for sixes and sevens with you. As Panaji dresses up, like never before, we ask our readers never to forget that little girl, Panaji, who you once knew. - A city steeped in legend, history and heritage, much changed and changing. And a man who has seen and experienced its evolution for over 70 years and also knows expertly about its past. How does one keep pace or relate to both on a nostalgic drive through its quaint streets and a halt at some of its imposing landmarks? The task was simply difficult. But to visualise the Panaji of the hoary past, the mid-layered yesteryears and of more recent vintage from the crisp and kaleidoscopic narrative of a man with rich a knowledge of its lineage was a refreshing experience. From the time, Percival Noronha joined us for a ride through the city at 7.30 am, its glorious past seemed to follow us everywhere. As our ebullient photographer Barnabe Sapeco clicked happily at every landmark we stopped, Noronha revived his old memories of the city during his childhood or later and how it was in the past. The city has changed much and pretty fast, comments Noronha. From his old house `Ajenor' in the heritage precinct of Fontainhas, we drove along the Rua de Ourem creek with the sun sparkling on the water to the Ponte de Linhares which links the city with Ribandar. The causeway built in 1633-34 was at that time the longest bridge in the East. From here, we turn left and drive past the old building of the Mint House and site of Tobacco Square, General Post Office, the Fazenda and the Adil Shahi palace and along the Calicut Road (now Dr Vaidya Road) to the Boca de Vaca (Mouth of a Cow) fountain. It is here and near the other spring Phoenix in Fontainhas that life in this city began, he says. During his younger days, there were many but small houses at Boca de Vaca, of mud walls and Roman tiles. A few of the wells, which they sourced then have been buried now. It was only in 1834 that Viceroy Dom Manuel de Portugal e Castro gave the present shape to it. The temple of Mahalaxmi was built around 1820 during the tenure of Conde do Rio Pardo, notwithstanding the strong opposition of the then Bishop S Galdino. The mass of land from the Oiteiro de Conceicao (hill of Conception) and the municipal building to Pharmacy College and Don Bosco was a dense coconut palm grove known as `Japao' which belonged to the Conde de Nova Goa, a Portuguese count settled in Goa in the early 18th century. The government acquired it for a new township in 1831. Their palace was located on the present site of Don Bosco school of which no vestiges are left. Similarly, non-cultivable land was acquired by Panaji municipality below the church to develop the church square. The first hermitage under the invocation of Our Lady of Conception came up prior to 1541, according to Noronha. The Church became looked more majestic with the laying of the double stairs in 1870. Buildings of Santa Casa came up in 1896 while a progressive engineer Luis A de Maravilhas designed the central zone of the city with its
[Goanet]Typos through history - # 7
A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying from copies, not the original manuscripts. So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this, pointing out that if there were an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.The head monk says, We have been copying from the copies for centuries but you make a good point my son. So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original. Hours go by and nobody sees him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to look for him. Hearing sobbing coming from the back of the cellar, he finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He asks the old monk what's wrong, and in a choked voice came the reply, The word is celebrate. --
[Goanet]In 1497.......The Europeans in India
The Europeans in India FROM THE POINTS OF THE COMPASS The Pathfinder of the East In 1497 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama set sail to chart the first sea passage to India. Although successful, he suffered great hardship. Many of his crew got scurvy, a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C that was the scourge of sailors until 1795 when lime juice was first used to prevent it. Violent storms and Gama's own volatile temper further tested his crew. Some historians say even mutiny was attempted to put an end to Gama's explorations. But Vasco da Gama returned to Portugal in 1499 triumphant, having written his own piece of history. As early as the 15th century, Europeans were interested in developing trade opportunities with India and a new trade route to East Asia. The Portuguese were devoted to this task, and in 1497 Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese royal navigator and explorer, led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean. In May 1498 he sailed into the harbor of Calicut (now Kozhikode) on the Malabar Coast, opening a new era of Indian history. Establishing friendly relations with the dominant kingdom of the Deccan, the Portuguese secured lucrative trade routes on the coast of India in the early 16th century. For about the first two centuries after Europeans arrived in India, their activities were restricted to trade and evangelism, their presence protected by naval forces. For the entire period of the Mughal Empire, European traders were confined to trading posts along the coast. In the 16th century the Portuguese navy controlled the sea lanes of the Indian Ocean, protecting the traders settled in Goa, Damn, and Diu on the western coast. Christianity swiftly followed trade. Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit missionary, came to Goa in 1542, converting tens of thousands of Indians along the peninsular coast and in southern India and Ceylon before leaving for Southeast Asia in 1545. In fact, the area of India he and other missionaries traversed was already home to communities of Christians, some converted by Saint Thomas in the 1st century ad and some who fled to India many centuries later to escape persecution for their Nestorian beliefs. The Dutch displaced the Portuguese as masters of the seas around India in the 17th century. The Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602, two years after its main rival, the English East India Company. Both companies began by trading in spices, gradually shifting to textiles, particularly India's characteristic light, patterned cottons. Their activities in India were centered primarily on the southern and eastern coasts and in the Bengal region. The economic effect of purchases made at the coastal depots were felt far inland in the cotton-growing areas, but the Europeans did not at that time attempt to extend their political sway. By the 18th century British sea power matched that of the Dutch, and the European rivalry in India began to take on a military dimension. During the first half of the 18th century the French, who had begun to operate in India in about 1675, emerged as a serious threat to the growing power and prosperity of the English East India Company. By the mid-18th century the British and French were at war with each other throughout the world. This rivalry manifested itself in India in a series of conflicts, called the Carnatic Wars, which stretched over 20 years and established the British as the primary European power in India. (c) 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
[Goanet]Indian Aviation: Up, up and away? ... (Except in Goa!)
From sify.com: Aviation: Budget allocation to go up Sunday, 16 January , 2005, 13:21 New Delhi: Aviation experts have called for increase in budget allocation for the civil aviation sector and said short-term measures need to be initiated immediately before Delhi and Mumbai airports are privatised to cope with the burgeoning passenger traffic. At present, only one per cent of the union budget is earmarked for the aviation sector. This must be raised to five per cent, said Saroj Datta, executive director of Jet Airways, the country's largest private carrier. Referring to various government levies on air turbine fuel, he said taxes on the aviation sector should not be used for subsidising other sectors. ''Aviation is an engine for tourism growth. Worldwide, air transport drives economic growth with multiplier effect in terms of increased employment and development of ancillary industries.'' Travel and tourism is the biggest industry globally that provides 200 million jobs and contributes 3,500 billion dollars -- or 10 per cent -- to the world's gross domestic product (GDP), Datta said while addressing an industry seminar here yesterday. Werner Hessen, director for Lufthansa German Airlines' south Asia operations, said travel demand in India is battling aviation infrastructure. ''Airports in big cities are already in middle of a crisis. We've seen a lot of talk in the air but people are nervous and anxious. Sometimes, hundreds of passengers share just one lounge at an airport. Other times, it takes one-and-a-half hours to get pass an immigration counter.'' Hessen said India contributes 17 per cent to the world population but only 0.02 per cent to the global aviation industry. H.S. Khola, former director general of civil aviation, said the government must quickly appoint a regulator after announcing the new aviation policy. Unless rules and regulations are clear, he said, foreign investors would remain reluctant to put funds in joint venture projects and greenfield ventures. Delhi and Mumbai airports are virtually choking with rush of air travellers, said Khola who is also advisor to the United Nations on aviation matters, adding authorities must initiate short-term measures, as privatisation will take three to five years. Unprecedented rise in domestic air travel in the past 12 months (up from 15 million to over 17 million), opening up of the international skies for domestic airlines, sharp rise in international arrivals (2.8 million to 3.7 million) and outbound traffic (4.8 million to 5.4 million) has shaken the aviation industry out of its reverie. But the airports infrastructure remains pathetically poor. For Delhi and Mumbai -- the country's busiest airports -- the government has decided on raising 74 per cent of the investment through the private sector with a maximum of 49 per cent foreign direct investment. Nine bidders have been shortlisted and the entire bidding process is likely to be complete by March. Last year, Mumbai handled 13.3 million passengers and Delhi about 10.5 million. Besides, 30 non-metro airports are being upgraded. Work on Bangalore and Hyderabad greenfield airport projects is being speeded up. Ribandar
[Goanet]LETTERS FROM GOANETTERS MAY HAVE HELPED
The letters written by fellow netters Jose Colaco, George Pinto and others to the Archibishop of Goa may have helped. In an important development in the Ribandar Church crisis Goas Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao has directed Fr Luciano Fernandes from Bishops palace to visit Ribandar Church and hold a meeting of parishioners to discuss the various long-standing allegations of financial and moral irregularities at the Church. The meeting will be held at the Ribandar Church on January 23rd at 10.30 am and will be open to all parishioners. The Archbishops decision comes in the wake of various representations made over the last four years by the Parish council as well the Churchs confraria committee of alleged serious allegations against Fr. Newton Rodrigues. The meeting, which is expected to be very stormy, is expected to discuss the financial irregularities in the Church affairs and also the presence of a widow of a Velim seaman who has been living in the Church with her sons ever since Fr. Newton Rodrigues was posted at Ribandar. The Velim seaman had allegedly committed suicide infront of the Usgao Church in Nov 99 because of the allegedly extra-marital affair his wife was allegedly having with Fr. Newton Rodrigues. The Ribandar Church molestation issue is also expected to figure at the deliberations of the crucial January 23rd meeting. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar ___ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Jan 17, 2005!
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[Goanet]Fr. Felicio Deniz Trophy Goan inter-village tournament in Bahrain
Goans to host six-a-side soccer clash Bahrain Goans will conduct a one-day six-a-side soccer tournament on Friday at the open soccer ground next to East Riffa Stadium. The tournament is in preparation for the forthcoming Goan inter-village League for the Father Felicio Diniz Trophy. All Goan players based in Bahrain are invited to participate in the tournament. The managers of teams who have registered for the league will be present on the day to assess the fitness of their players and to select new ones showing up on the day. The tournament will kick-off at 9.30am with the finals slated for a 4pm start. The teams that have confirmed their participation so far are Vasco, Tivim, Navelim, Chinchinim, Sarzora and Canacona. For more information contact Vincent D'Costa on 39672776 or Hilary Sanches on 39678211. (Gulf Daily News Bahrain) - Forwarded by www.goa-world.com
[Goanet]Paklleo - lhan kovita
Paklleo Videxi gulamintle Zorui meklle ami, Onitichea ghansantle, Zativadachea pinzreantle, Dhormvadachea zalleantle Broxttacharachea chopkeantle, Azun mukt zaunche asa. Polle, mhojem ghor polle, Daram na, zonelam na, Vontthi na, kuddii na, Asat te fokt mollbache nolle. Tomazinho Cardozo Orda, Candolim, Bardez, Goa. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14. 91. 05
[Goanet]VCD - GOA FREEDOM STRUGGLE
There has been a fair amount of comment on Goanet re the infamous VCD on both sides of the eternal fence. A fair amount of (state) taxpayer money was thrown at this venture. I know for a fact that Goanetters Miguel, Cecil Fred have viewed the VCDif there's anybody in N. America who wants a copy of the VCD, drop me a line. Best wishes - Bosco --- Goanet - http://www.goanet.org - Goa's premier mailing list is 10 years old
Re: [Goanet]News Clippings
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YOUTH MUST BE SENSITIVE TO GOAN CULTURE: PARRIKAR: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, said that there was an urgent need to create sensitivity among the local youth to preserve Goan identity and rich culture of the State. Mr Parrikar was speaking as the chief guest at the 10th Goa Yuva Mahotsav. (NT) RESPONSE: C.M. You too, should be sensitive to the feelings of Goan Catholics and withdraw the VCD forthwith. -- Cheers, Gabe. Wimbledon - London England. Something I received just minutes earlier: = Data: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 00:13:24 -0300 (ART) De: Pedro Kaul pedrokaul (Brasil,Florianópolis) Assunto: Valores portugueses introduzidos na Índia. Eis, a seguir, sentimentos de um cidadão lusófono, sobre a ex-Índia Portuguesa: - Um mixto de nostalgia e tristeza é o que sinto toda vez que percebo que estão a se esvair, sobretudo nas últimas cinco décadas, os valores portugueses introduzidos em Goa, Damão e Diu ao longo de quase cinco séculos. - Particularmente entristecedor, e que tem até um certo toque de ridículo (sim, exatamente de ridículo !), é o fato de ver a Língua Portuguesa substituída, nessas regiões, pelo Inglês. ( Porque dizer, por exemplo, St. Xaviers College e não Colégio de São Francisco Xavier ?). Melhor seria que, abandonando o Português, os luso-indianos (ou melhor, os ex-luso-indianos) conservassem unicamente suas línguas nativas, por exemplo o Concani, no caso de Goa. O Inglês que, por decisão política, na Índia, anulou o Português, acabará, de uma maneira ou de outra, por causar um mal cultural maior a esse país: o desaparecimento de suas línguas nativas. Estou certo ou estou errado ? Pedro A quick translation of the above for the Portuguese-challenged: Following are the feelings of a lusophone citizen on the ex-India Portuguesa: - a mixture of nostalgia and sadness that I feel every time I come to know that the portuguese values introduced in Goa, Damao Diu over the past 5 centuries that are being drained, especially in the last 5 decades; - paricularly saddening, and to a certain extent ridiculous, is the fact that the Portuguese Language is being substituted, in these regions, by English. (Why does one say, for example, St. Xavier's College and not Colégio de São Francisco Xavier ?). It would have been better if the luso-Indians (or better the ex-luso-Indians) had they conserved their native languages, e.g. Konkani in the case of Goa. The English language, by way of a political decision in India, has put an end to the Portuguese language (in Goa, Damao Diu), and will result (similarly), in one way or another, in bringing about a large cultural evil to that country - the disappearance of its native languages. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet]AICHEA DISSAK CHINTOP (THOUGHT FOR TODAY) Jan 16, 2005!
--- domnic fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Axea soddinaka. Sabar pauttim gonsantli nimanni chavi talem ugoddta. (Dont be discouraged. It is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.) In my experience, it has been the last bolt or nut that refuses to budge, leading to depair ... ;-)) Gabriel - Melbourne - Australia. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
Re: [Goanet]Re: Poor 7k+ members of goanet!!!!!
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Mario Goveia wrote: I still have no idea what off-topic means in the context of an open forum like Goanet. Who decides what is off-topic and what is not? Either this is an open forum for all Goans wherever they live in the world, or it is a closed forum only for Goa-related issues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-topic A message in a discussion is off-topic if its topic is different from the main topic in the discussion. Originally, off-topic applied to newsgroup messages, but now applies to any discussion forum. The opposite of off-topic is on-topic. See also: Internet troll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-topic Something is on-topic if it is within the bounds of the current discussion. This term is normally used in the context of mailing lists, discussion groups, bulletin boards and newsgroups, all of which are generally established for the discussion of specific topics. On-topic postings are not generally required to be indicated, but in some groups on-topic discussion is so rare that the header is marked accordingly. The opposite of on-topic is off-topic. http://www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm E-Mail Etiquette Introduction This document is intended to offer guidance to users of electronic mail (e-mail) systems, whether it's a twelve-year old computer nerd's BBS, one of the dinosaur services like AOL-ful, Compu-Snore or Prodigee-wiz, or the vast world of the Internet. Although it's geared towards users of the afore-mentioned services, it has sections that apply to all types of e-mail systems Nothing is more wasteful than to reply to an e-mail by including a complete copy of the original with the words I agree , Okay or Ditto at the bottom.
[Goanet]Re: Betting odds
Hi Gaspar, This is in response to your message on Goanet that was addressed to me: http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2004-December/022655.html Sorry for the delay in responding to you...am slowly getting back into the groove after the holidays. I'm as confused as you are on this issue..more because you posted another message just before the one in question. I have limited tools and time to sleuth around here.nevertheless we are all well aware there are many mischief makers on Goanet that mask their identities.Take for example: http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2004-December/022514.html http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-January/022735.html This person mis-spells his name in two posts 5 days apart. Go figure !! I take your word for it that you do not have a lycos account and have nothing to do with the post in question. Please note Marlon Menezes is not a member of Goanet Admin and does not interact with Goanet Admin on any issues related to Goanet operations. He is a Goanet subscriber just like yourself and thousands of others. A list of Goanet Admins members can be found at the end of this message: http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-January/022711.html Please don't say of the Goanet Admin team : The stubbornness of the admin team in implicating me with uncalled for tirade is yet another example of nirdukai and nothing else. This is unnecessary and I've told you several times - Goanet Admin have neither the time nor the intent of playing games with any individual. Goanet Admin members are volunteering their time and resources only to ensure Goanet runs smoothly as per the rules and guidelines that are laid out every month. I hope we can put this issue (drawing Goanet Admin into this exchange) to rest. As I've told you before, we're all here in the interest of Goa and Goans. We have to be working together for Goa and Goans and not be divided. Viva Goenkar ! Viva Goa !! Best wishes - Bosco Goanet Admin --- Goanet - http://www.goanet.org - Goa's premier mailing list is 10 years old
[Goanet]Parties, etc
hi it good to read BUT AFTER READING ABOUT THESE PARTIES ETC i wont be taking my children and family back to goa again nor will some of my friends that normally travel there.i think we will start looking elswere From: Joel D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] IT'S PARTY TIME: For rave tourists, there's much to sing and dance about. In a shocking revelation, the GT Weekender team came across certain notings on the files in the Dy Collector Mapusa office, where it was clearly stated by the Anjuna PI and Mapusa SDPO that permissions should not be given to specific rave parties at Hilltop known for its raves. The notings mentioned past violations and asked the Deputy Collector not to give permissions. These objections were overruled on the grounds that the police did not give enough evidence! (WE-GT)
[Goanet]RIBANDAR CHAPEL FEAST TODAY MONDAY 17TH JANUARY
Just a reminder to our fellow netters that the residents of Fonduvem, Ribandar will celebrate today Monday January 17th the feast of Our Lady of Help Chapel. The traditional Konkani drama will be held near Fonduvem Chapel at 9 p.m. With modern technology in place we are attempting to see if Ribandarites in Kuwait can watch the drama live. We are working on it. Let's hope it is possible. The drama is annually well attended and draws a lot of crowd from surrounding villages also. A traditional lamp symbolising peace, unity and brotherhood will be lit on the occasion. Dear netters please come and join in our feast celebrations and make sure you do not miss tonight's drama. A tiatr you would all enjoy watching. Fonduvem, Ribandar is the place to be. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
Re: [Goanet]Re: Poor 7k+ members of goanet!!!!!
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Mario Goveia wrote: No one is forcing him to read every post. The subject line and the name of the poster should give him a clue if he is interested or not, and he can then either delete the post, read it, respond or just move on. Fred Noronha responds: Mario has been putting forth this argument for some time now. It is however problematic, and is only partly correct. In fact, someone who takes a Marioesque position *is* indeed forcing him or her to download their message. Mario replies: I guess I don't understand how a member, who joins Goanet voluntarily, can then take the position that they are being forced to see the messages that have been posted. With that attitude, maybe they should not be members in the first place. I have previously said nothing about downloading messages, only about not being forced to read the messages that have been downloaded. Membership, in my opinion, includes receiving all messages that have been posted. The only alternative is a web site, where members can read only postings they want to without downloading all messages. Fred seems very sympathetic to the few Goanetters who complain about posts they do not like out of the 7,000 total members, most of whom seem to have no complaint. The Ribandar issue disturbs me, for example, but I respect those who are interested in the topic, and it doesn't impede my rights or interests in any way. Postings on multinational issues are a small percentage of the postings on Goanet. Furthermore, how can postings on international issues have anything to do with Lawrie's friend being reluctant to express his opinions on Goan issues on Goanet? Isn't it more plausible that this friend is afraid that his information and opinions on Goa-related issues will be challenged and opposed by others? I still have no idea what off-topic means in the context of an open forum like Goanet. Who decides what is off-topic and what is not? Either this is an open forum for all Goans wherever they live in the world, or it is a closed forum only for Goa-related issues. Fred has now created a new and unique idea of a posting on an open membership forum and bulletin board being seen as spam, because the subject matter is not of interest to one or other member. This is a complete distortion of what spam means, which is unsolicited emails to an individual email address. When one becomes a member of a bulletin board open to postings by several members there is no expectation of an unsolicitated email on the bulletin board. Moderators should restrict themselves to membership rules and to preventing abuse. If Fred and Herman want to use restrict postings on Goanet then they should impose their will as they see fit. After all, they seem to be in control of the content. Members will respond and/or participate based on what they do. It's called natural selection.
Re: [Goanet]GoanetReader -- Stamps from across the world, viewed with faith
Re the following paragraph of the write-up in Gomantak Times (see below): «While most stamps on show had been released by Catholic nations, what is equally interesting is that several Muslim nations have also released many on various aspects of the life of Jesus and the Holy Family. It showed their true spirit of secularism, says Fr Cosme J Costa, well known writer and priest at Pilar», I wonder how no mention was made of the following stamps issued by the Indian Posts Telegraphs: a) St. Thomas (with an effigy of the saint), released on 2-12-1964 on the occasion of an official visit of Pope Paul VI to India, which started on that date; value: 0.15 (fifteen paise) b) St. Thomas 19th Death Centenary 72-1972 (depicting a St. Thomas Cross), released on 3-7-1973; value: 20P. (twenty paise) c) St. Francis Xavier (depicting the top part of a statue of the saint, with his silver casket in the background), issued in 1974; value: 25P. (twenty five paise). Jorge - Original Message - From: GoanetReader goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:03 PM Subject: [Goanet]GoanetReader -- Stamps from across the world, viewed with faith Stamps from across the world, viewed from a faith perspective By Paul Fernandes [Gomantak Times] PILAR: A 40-year-old stamp from Iran depicts the Mother and Child. Another rare one from Spain shows the circumcision ceremony of Jesus. And the Holy Family's flight to Egypt is an artistic expression of the scene, released by Katanga (now in Congo). These are some of the eye-catching stamps at an exhibition organised by Major Seminary, on Pilar hillock. Called `Faith Expression in Stamps', it provides philatelists and others a rare opportunity to see and appreciate the range of stamps depicting the life of Christ and some great religious personalities under different sections. `Baptism of Jesus' is another touching scene captured in a stamp released by Ethiopia. Some of our great religious personalities like Fr Jose Vaz find a place in the section on `Tribute to Great Men'. While most stamps on show had been released by Catholic nations, what is equally interesting is that several Muslim nations have also released many on various aspects of the life of Jesus and the Holy Family. It showed their true spirit of secularism, says Fr Cosme J Costa, well known writer and priest at Pilar. The Republique du Burundi had brought out stamps on the 14 stations of the Cross. A stamp released by Ethiopia has a scene showing Jesus after he is brought down from the Cross after his crucifixion. Ras-al-Khaima, one of the seven states of United Arab Emirates (UAE), had released a stamp of the Crib and this can be seen in the section on `Cribs of the World'. The stamps shown in this section range from 1964 to 2001. St Francis Xaveir used to sign with a flourish and this finds place in a stamp released by the Portuguese government in Goa in 1931. The Major Semfinary had participated in a philatelic exhibition of 1962 and had won the second prize. From then on, the collection has grown and is worthy of appreciation by stamp lovers and others. The exhibition will continue till early January, 2005, according to sources at Pilar.
[Goanet]Dempos, mining, the Simputer...
Just came across this article earlier today in the Express Computer (that was edited till recently by Val Souza, a Mumbai-based journo who traces his roots to Goa). FN Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://www.express-computer.com/20041227/technology01.shtml Tracking ore movements with the Simputer Mining of iron ore and tracking it from the loading to unloading points is quite a task. Vinutha V says that Encore Software's Simputer offers a simple technology to keep a track of ore movements in the mining field The ore tracking system can be further enhanced to use a contact-free smart card, which could be Wi-Fi-enabled in the future -- Mark Mathias, President Encore Software It's a classic example of how technology can help meet business challenges without requiring heavy investments in infrastructure. Tracking materials movement within a quarry or mine and unloading different grades of ore is a complex undertaking. Mining companies encounter enormous wastage of time and material and they have to bear the brunt of transportation and labour costs for mistakes. An ore tracking system becomes an evident requirement for optimising mining material management. Without any investment on the network infrastructure, Goa-based V S Dempo Co, an iron ore mining company wanted to deploy a solution based on mobile computing that could solve their ore-tracking problems. The Encore Simputer has been used in many e-governance projects, e-post and traffic violation systems. An ore tracking application was developed by Deltra Software and ported on to a Simputer permitting the management of the field information flow and tracking of ore movements with minimum human intervention. Harsh mining conditions Eighty Simputers have been deployed at the Dempo mining field in three strategic points--loading (located at the mine pit), unloading and at the weighbridge. The entire process including the creation of routes from each location after accounting for variables such as the type of truck and the loading machinery and enforcing unloading behaviour is entered into the Simputer. Mark Mathias, president of Encore Software says, Involvement of various vehicles and machinery at different locations was the main concern. Additionally the weather at the mining fields was extreme during the summer and monsoon seasons. Initially, the display panel would become darker when the temperature increased over 40 degree Celsius. Encore upgraded the Simputer's display panel to meet this challenge. The Simputer that was resistant to 40 degree Celsius was modified to withstand 50 degrees. Tracking the process On a typical run, each weighbridge, loading and unloading point is recognised by a unique location code and a Simputer is deployed at these locations. Drivers accessing these destinations will be given smart cards with details such as the type of vehicle, type of material, tare weight (net weight of the load) and the type of the loading machinery. Once the transport vehicle or loading machinery reaches the destination, a supervisor swipes the smart card into the Simputer and finds if the data in the smart card and the Simputer match. If they do, loading, unloading or weighing of material will be carried out. At the end of the shift, a field executive takes a Simputer to each of the three locations and downloads the field reports from the Simputer used at each location for capturing field data or reports using IR (Infrared). After collecting data from all three locations, the data is then uploaded to the server. Behind the scenes The application software used in the entire process consists of the client programme residing on each Simputer and the server programme on a back-end server. The client software programs for different entities assigns location codes and routes, reads smart cards, checks the validity of vehicles and records data on smart cards. The server application takes care of data collection, report generation, downloading of supervisory information from a PC to a Simputer and uploading of data from Simputer to PC. The Simputer uses 16 MB of flash storage to store at least a week's data, non-volatile storage for the operating system, the application and user data. The Simputer will connect to the back-end server through its USB Slave interface. Once a Simputer is plugged into the USB port of the PC, through a USB Cable, it will be assigned an IP address. The Simputer application will use socket programming to implement data transfers. The client application maintains its data in any internal format and can then transfer this data to the server that can use a database. Mathias says, The ore tracking system can be further enhanced to use a
[Goanet]Blessed Joseph Vaz
From the JOSEPH NAIK VAZ INSTITUTE Berkeley, California Please share this message with your children and grandchildren as they honor their Goan roots and take pride in Goan achievements. Please also forward this message to your family and friends. Jan 16th is the 294th death anniversary of Goa's greatest native saint, BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ. He was made Patron of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman on Jan 16, 2000. Little is known about our own Indian-born saints with the emphasis typically on European saints. Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the Beatification I came to Sri Lanka above all to honor Blessed Joseph Vaz. Like a star shining in the Asian sky, this great spiritual guide teaches us many lessons about the goodness of the human person and the nobility of our destiny as human beings. January 21, 1995 Life of Blessed Joseph Vaz Apostle of Kanara and Sri Lanka (1651-1711) 1651 Born in Benaulim, Goa, India, on April 21. 1676 Is ordained a priest. Shortly after, volunteers to go to Sri Lanka where the Dutch were persecuting Catholics and had banned all priests from entering the island. The Chapter of Goa refuses his offer because the mission would have meant certain death for him. 1681 Is sent to rescue the almost extinct mission in Kanara, present-day Karnataka in India. Rebuilds the Church in Mangalore and Kanara, establishes missions, tends to the sick, ransoms prisoners. 1684 Returns to Goa and joins a band of native Indian priests who formed a community. 1685 Founds the Indian branch of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, on September 25. 1686 Leaves Goa secretly and sets out for Sri Lanka. 1687 Arrives in Jaffna in the Tamil region of Sri Lanka, with a servant, John Vaz, both disguised as coolies. He works with a price on his head.1691 Is almost captured by the Dutch and is advised to go to Kandy. Is brought into Kandy in chains and imprisoned as a Portuguese spy by the Buddhist King, Vimaladharma Surya II. 1693 Works a miracle of rain during a severe drought. The King releases him and gives him protection and freedom to preach in his kingdom. As in Goa and in Mangalore, is often seen in ecstasy in prayer. The people call him Sammana Swami or Angelic Father. 1697 Is joined by three of his Indian Oratorians from Goa. During a small-pox epidemic in Kandy, the King and the people flee the capital. Fr. Vaz and Fr. Carvalho, tend to the dying and abandoned victims for almost two years. 1705 Dedicates the Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu. 1711 Dies in Kandy on January 16, after 23 years of arduous missionary work in Sri Lanka. The Work of Blessed Joseph Vaz His missionary work was not colonial, not helped, authorized, associated with conquest by a colonial power. He gained the protection of a non-Christian King, Vimaladharma Surya II of Kandy, a devout Buddhist. He used inculturation as a missionary method. He founded a Catholic para-liturgy and literature using the two languages and cultures of Sri Lanka, Tamil and Sinhalese; he practiced and taught Meditation. He educated his servant John Vaz, a member of the Indigenous tribe of Kunbis, and sent him back to Goa with a letter of recommendation to the priesthood. At that time, the Portuguese Church Councils reserved the priesthood only for the two higher castes in Goa. He founded the miraculous Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu, one of the five officially crowned Marian Shrines of the Church, crowned in 1924, before Fatima. He is the first non-European native in modern times to found a Mission and Church in a Third World country; to found a fully native Catholic Religious Congregation; and to be given the official title of Apostle (of Kanara and Sri Lanka) by the Church, for his work in rescuing the Church there. His Indian Oratorian Mission is the only fully native, non-European Catholic Mission of our colonial era. The Church he re-founded in Sri Lanka was persecuted and survived isolation from Rome for 140 years: Here is a country in which the faith was first preached, and a Church founded with great success to flourish for over a century, by missionaries who, being afterwards forced by the political failure of their nation to abandon the field, left this island for good and their converts... without churches or priests and under the heel of a persecutor; and a single priest (Joseph Vaz) from another country, came here of his own accord..and laboring heroically with a price upon his head, revived the faith and made many conversions in the teeth of persecution, imprisonment and hostility..(no) subsequent political, social, and ecclesiastical changes in the country were ever able to undo his work;it must be stated with caution and subject to correction, but no other instance of such an achievement is known in Christendom. Sri Lankan historian, Fr. S.G. Perera, S.J., from his book, The Life of the Venerable Father Joseph Vaz Novena Prayer for the Canonization of
[Goanet]Life on the planet... and Vishwas Chavan
Those who have been early Goanetters would surely find the name of Vishwas Chavan familiar. When hardly anyone else had a net connection in Goa, he played a key role in sending across news summaries -- that was sometime in 1994 or early 1995. Vishwas subsequently went to the CCMB (molecular biology centre) and just today made news with this large article in the Indian Express, which is copied below. Enjoy, as they would say then on the Internet! FN Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=109819 Home Pune Page One Friday , December 10, 2004 CITY-BASED NCL PLAYS HOST TO TOP AMERICAN AND INDIAN SCIENTISTS TO CHART A MAP FOR CREATING ELECTRONIC CATALOGUE ON BIODIVERSITY Imagine: life on the planet, a complete history on the web! Kartyk Venkataraman Pune, December 9: IMAGINE a future where a global warning system alerts farmers on a possible invasion by crop-killing pests, an ecosystem is saved before a super-highway is constructed, an area is identified by forest officials as a wildlife sanctuary before it's too late. And all this done by accessing a comprehensive, globally interoperable online electronic catalogue on biodiversity -- one that lists hundreds of thousands of flora and fauna species, geographically with complete data on each and every entry. In a bid to convert this vision into reality and bring IT to the taxonomist (biodiversity researcher) the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) played host to an Indo-US joint international workshop on Biodiversity Informatics. Attended by 45 Indian and eight American delegates specialising in IT and biodiversity, as well as NCL scientists, the three-day meet, which ended on Thursday, looked at identifying various areas of collaboration. John Mosesso, US Geological Survey (biological resources discipline), is upfront when he says it's a little too early to say a solution has been reached in collating the huge volumes of taxonomical information. ''Our data would be useful to experts in identifying endangered species and invasive ones. ''We are in the process of digitising information on biodiversity in North America and in other parts of the world. These three days in Pune has seen a lot of information and idea exchange,'' Mosesso told Pune Newsline. Though largely a scientific endeavour, Mosesso said some corporates were being involved in the US to create awareness. His co-US delegate Michael Ruggiero, director, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), USGS-Smithsonian Institution hit the nail on the head. ''It's been almost 200 years of naming species all over the world, but the data wasn't digitised. The same species are identified by different names in various parts of the world. Our's is a standard checklist for North American biodiversity, providing authoritative information.'' In India, the NCL Centre for Biodiversity Informatics (NCBI) has since 2001 put together a comprehensive website -- www.ncbi.org.in -- where the section on Indian fauna alone contains over 90,000 entries alongwith 48,000 synonyms and 15,078 common names. Apart from this are exhaustive entries on flora, fungi, viruses, microbes, threatened and invasive species. Vishwas Chavan, scientist at NCL who is coordinating work at NCBI, says most of the data has been sourced from the Kolkata-based Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), as also from printed research papers. ''There is a lot of information, but it's locked up in cupboards all over the country. The challenge is to open these cupboards. This website would make biodiversity researchers' job much easier,'' he said. [It's a longer article, but I can't seem to find the links... -FN]
Re: [Goanet](no subject) Re Ribandar
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Salus Correia wrote: If the priest is really guilty, then surely our good man Joel will give us the news off the local papers as he has faithfully been doing so far. I may point out here that the main English-langauges papers seem to be avoiding this issue. While persistent repetition of allegations could lead to a mistrial at this stage, likewise a blackout on any issue is no solution in itself. This is a complex issue. As Goanetters we have to make sure that an innocent man's name is not tarished by ceaseless repitition of allegations. On the other hand, if anyone was guilty he should not be let off the hook simply because everyone ganged up. Once again, an appeal to everyone's good sense. FN
[Goanet]RIBANDAR THREAD
After the Goanet Admin team announced in its wisdom its decision to partially close the discussion on the Ribandar Church molestation case, two posts have filtered through. It would be unfortunate if partially closed would mean to allow only posts that favour the accused priest. As reference is made to me directly I wish to clarify some of the points that have been made by the two fellow netters and I hope the Admin team is fair enough in not blocking this post. Regarding the post by Avelino D' Souza form Kuwait, I agree that the Ribandar issue is getting complicated by the day. If you are able to speak to any Ribandarite in Kuwait you will get the real picture. Nobody believes that they can judge and condemn the accused on this forum. You are right that the victim and the mother are not interested in pursuing the case. We need to know why they have made a volte-face. It is clear that they are doing so under severe pressure from the Church. Months after themselves filing the complaint they have tried to withdraw the complaint but these offences are not compoundable or cannot be compromised alike a property dispute. This the victim and the mother have been told by the police. Above all an offence against a minor cannot be withdrawn by anyone. It has to be resolved by the Courts. This safeguard has been incorporated in our legal system. Otherwise everyone committing a crime would use pressure and high-handed tactics to use monetary and other pressures to go scot free. . Avelino D' Souza all says that the people of Ribandar should get together and look at the possibility of apology from accused. We had sought the intervention of Goa's Archbishop in the matter. But the Bishop has chosen to be silent and allowed the matter to drag on. There is no obsession with the case. An offence against a child in particular is very serious. We should not wait till it happens to our own kin. Regarding the points raised by Salus Correia I could reassure him that throughout I have given sheer facts and developments as they have evolved. At no point have I used Goanet for my personal ends. Why should I. Salus may feel sick reading about this saga. Truth is sometimes sickening. Joel's news clippings are from Goa's three English newspapers. The powerful and mighty church has been able to blank this issue from these papers since long. So Joel is not to be blamed. It is only the local Konkani and Marathi newspapers and some of the national English dailies that have had the spine and courage to highlight the issue. In closing the thread on this issue I don't understand as to how the Goanet Admin team has come to a conclusion that MOST of our fellow netters are tired of hearing about the Ribandar case. And we have not been told what PARTIAL CLOSING means. The case is yet to begin. The proceedings of the main case will start only when the chargesheet is filed. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
[Goanet]News Clippings
YOUTH MUST BE SENSITIVE TO GOAN CULTURE: PARRIKAR: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, said that there was an urgent need to create sensitivity among the local youth to preserve Goan identity and rich culture of the State. Mr Parrikar was speaking as the chief guest at the 10th Goa Yuva Mahotsav. (NT) RESPONSE: C.M. You too, should be sensitive to the feelings of Goan Catholics and withdraw the VCD forthwith. -- Cheers, Gabe. Wimbledon - London England.
[Goanet]New rules should reduce air fares ?
BBC News online http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4176671.stm Saturday, 15 January, 2005, New rules should reduce air fares Plane tickets are expected to become substantially cheaper as ticket sale rules are relaxed from this weekend. Travel agents in one country will be allowed to issue tickets in another, the international body which regulates air fares, IATA, has decided. In many cases, buying two single tickets to and from one destination will be cheaper than a return ticket. First-class and business travellers will save the most, with economy travellers not seeing much difference. That is because the rise and rise of low-cost airlines has already made economy fares in Britain among the cheapest in the world. The liberalisation of the rules, which should knock several hundred pounds off the price of many tickets, has been prompted by the growing volume of ticket sales on the internet. Undercut IATA has acknowledged that in the internet age, identifying the country in which customers book their tickets online is almost impossible. It has therefore decided that air fares should no longer be based on the country of sale. Until now, travel agents in one country could not issue tickets in another, even though that would have meant savings for their customers, simply because people usually pay less for tickets issued in their own countries. To ensure that passengers would not undercut the price of a return trip, one-way fares from their destination back home would never be less than the fare in the reverse direction. By scrapping this rule, IATA has effectively allowed the price of a one-way business class ticket from Hong Kong to London to fall from #2,600 to #1,900, fare experts say. Similarly, a business one-way ticket from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to London will drop from #3,300 to #1,300. Flights starting and ending in cities outside the country where the booking was made will become cheaper, too. The new rules will not apply to flights to, from or via Japan. == rene barreto =
[Goanet](no subject)
I am sure that most of the Goanet readers are already tired of the Ribandar debate. I could understand it if a sincere attempt was made by Aires Rodrigues to give us the facts, but the way he has chosen to use Goanet to meet his own personal ends surely disgusts me. I feel sick reading every post of his detailing what he has accused the priest of doing. While at no stage am I confirming or denying what the priest has done, please, do not portray him as guilty while the matter is still sub-judice. It is high time the admin team steps in and stops this so called debate because it is no longer a debate, but a mud slinging activity. If the priest is really guilty, then surely our good man Joel will give us the news off the local papers as he has faithfully been doing so far. I am sure that majority of Goanet readers will agree with my point of view on this subject. I am looking forward to a confirmation from the admin team that this so called debate has been closed with immediate effect. Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone I met yesterday in Panjim said, This Ribandar debate is going on too long at Goanet. ...the general member also has a responsiblity to speak up
