[Goanet] Big builders mould pliant Panchayats
Excerpt: That the TCP has fallen foul of the law is evident, not just in this project but in so many others. Its record in cases filed in the High Court stands testimony. But however much the Rahejas may have got the Panchayat and the TCP wrapped around their little finger, they still have to reckon with the people. And activists from Carmona have now resolved to knock the doors of the judiciary to challenge the decision of the village Panchayat approving Raheja's plan for sub-division of plots. More power to them; may the people of the village continue to stand strongly by their side. [end of excerpt] Mario responds: Memo to Tony D'Sa Samir Kelekar Here is an illustration of a REAL problem going on right under your RG noses that can be addressed before it is too late. === So finally the big DADA of the NRGs has fnally proved my point. Only we RGs can solve Goa's problems. And Mario, I prefer to spell my name de Sa and not D'Sa -- \\\ = \\-00 Tony de Sa C u tonyd...@gmail.com \ ~/ M : +91 9975 162 897 --|| Ph. : +91 832 2470 148 = / | ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
[Goanet] STT: Devache Munxamche ami umao ghetat gai?
STT: Devache Munxamche ami umao ghetat gai? I remember those days while kissing the priests’ hands. we said ‘Deu boro dis dium tuka pativ’ Ami ou amchim bhurguim azunui oxem kortat gai? Kiteak na? Antam vas eta kitem? Ou tanchim fottim ou mellim kortumbam tumchea dolleam samkara etat? Why this is not happening now? Is it because.. Tempa pormonnem mathiar kurponnem? Yes ? You mean to say they were like God before? If yes, who are they like now? joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Super Chess Housie III on Republic Day at Hotel Miramar
Super Chess Housie III Hotel Miramar and Chess Activity Centre is organizing Chess tournament for Primary School students in two groups. Group I : KG, 1st and 2nd Standard. Group II : 3rd and 4th Standard Venue : Hotel Miramar, Near Goa Science Centre, Miramar, Goa Date : January 26, 2010 Time: 3.30 to 7.00pm *Maximum 24 entries will be accepted in each group. (total 48) *Number of Rounds 5 (First two rounds will be of Pawn Game last three rounds full chess game) All participant will get chance to play all five rounds. Entry forms are available and accepted at Hotel Miramar, Near Goa Science Centre, Miramar Beach End, Nomoxin, Caranzalem, Goa Phone : 2461765 Mobile (Fausto) 9822290738 For more details contact S. Barve at 2451143, 9403175973, 9326132702, 9403176657 Shrikant Vinayak Barve The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Antioxidant-rich fruit and veg may cut lymph cancer risk
Antioxidant -rich fruit veg. may cut lymph cancer risk. New study. More here. C http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Antioxidant-rich-fruit-and-veg-may-cut-lymph-cancer-risk/?c=KlYnp4hkqTBeULHYPBkgrg%3D%3Dutm_source=Newsletter_Subjectutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=Newsletter%2BSubject
[Goanet] Moira - The truth
MD appears to be a man or woman after our own hearts. Us Moidecars that is. I will be proposing at the next sabha of the Communidade de Moira that a rare honour be accorded unto him. I will suggest that MD be made an honorary Moidecar. Subject of course to his accepting the accolade. I have to warn him however, that as always, great privilege has great responsibility. On his acceptance, within their ranks as one of them, by the most famous of the villagers of Goem, his life and that of his family and progeny will change forever. No more mere normalcy. Everywhere he goes he will be hailed and his connection to Moira sung out loud and clear. In short he will become familiar with what the likes of Brad Pitt and others touched with fame have had to put up with. The upside naturally far outweighs the cons. So welcome, brother MD, into the ranks of the Moidecars; for whom fame is as familiar and recognition perennial. As for the ‘kamlins’, my friend, let us keep this quite for the moment. Once you are one of us, all will be revealed. Xanno Moidecar Xanno Moidecar
[Goanet] From one NRG to another an open letter
Tony writes: I have been asking Mario to put his money where his mouth is and do something similar. But the man does not get the message. Hi Tony Mario has openly declared on Goanet ( you should be able to find that post if you search the archives) that he doesnt intend to do anything for Goa. Getting into a dialogue with such a person is a waste of time. So, it is best he is ignored. regards, Samir
[Goanet] Chess for Everyone on Friday 22, 2010
Press Note Chess for Everyone Every Friday at International Centre Goa, Dona Paula January 20, 2010 Schedule for On Friday January 22, 2010 4.00to 5.00 pmPeople from all ages will play chess and participate in some simple chess tricks under the guidance of Shrikant Barve and Shravan Barve 5.00to 6.00 pmShravan Barve will explain few comprehensive chess endings 6.00to 7.00 pmA chess DVD on Comprehensive ending by Grandmaster will be screened. Chess for Everyone is organized by Chess Activity Centre and International Centre Goa on every Friday where in people from all ages can participate. Chess helps elders to release mental stress for children it is a learning tool. For Chess Activity Centre Shravan Barve The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
Re: [Goanet] GBA member seeks Rahul's intervention to save Goa - Comments
GBA member seeks Rahul's intervention to save Goa Herald Reporter Panjim, Jan 19 The youngest member of Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) Aaron Pereira today sought the intervention of MP Rahul Gandhi to save Goa from destruction which is going on through reckless mining, land acquisitions with hidden agendas, playing with land - the scarce- resources of Goa. I have faith in you vision, I beg you not to abandon Goa to thoughtless policies, surely encouraging discontent and naxalism. The people will be with you if you help stop illegal mining and disempowerment through Government Gazetted land-grab in the name of pubic interest Aaron said in his letter he handed over to Gandhi during the latter's interaction with the students in the Goa University campus, Taleigao. He said as a young Goan he is desperately helpless and frustrated to see the accelerated lawlessness and plunder Goa's land is going through, with rampant mining and mindless land acquisitions with little public interest at heart. I have seen successive Governments arbitrarily acquiring land and promising employment, with little or no thought behind them, housing projects disguised as SEZs, five star resorts disguised as Food Parks And what of the IT park? How do we trust this when the first heavily advertised building was a super mall in the shape of a ship? Aaron asked. Elaborating further, he said that just as our beaches prove to be our lifeline in terms of fishing and tourism, there's another secret to our well being - the richly forested Western Ghats. Passing through the spine of Goa, he pointed out that they are part of the top twelve bio-diverse hotspots in the world, and are responsible for fresh water springs, crucial to the well being of people. New species and medicinal plants are being discovered regularly in these regions. if Goan people are known for being peaceful, it's because they have lived in harmony with everything that nature provides the letter says. However, this world's hotspot is being destroyed at an alarming rate, with its people and secrets locked in plants that we are yet to find uses for, Aaron said. Giving an example, he said like Switzerland has kept its beauty leveraging chocolate, banking and natural beauty as its industry, why can't Goa make an industry in export of medicinal plants unique to the Ghats, of Feni, of managed forestation in denuded areas that serve the Indian plywood industry and increase green cover at one stroke. Why can't Goa be the jewel in India's crown, a successful experiment in a small place, brought about by the will of a forward thinking Government? he asked. If you help swing policy for equitable distribution, making Goa a rich and sustainable state you will be forever etched in our memory as the politician who did the right thing. COMMENTS: Dear young man, Aaron, Your sentiments for Goa are well meaning but a trifle misplaced in the hands of Rahul Gandhi. Yes, we know that you have written to him understanding fully well that he will, one day, sit on the Prime Minister's Chair of India, like his father. I think, by that time comes, your sweet little Goa will be another Dharavi of Mumbai. No, I am not being pessimistic., but this is a fact. Look at us, a forward looking mini State which cannot take care of its wastes and garbage. You talk of beautiful Switzerland of Chocolate, watches, international banking system and natural beauty. Most of your corrupt ministers have hoarded their loot of your tax money in those Swiss banks and rightly so. What the Swiss have kicked out, your MPs and Ministers and your Delhi Governments have rehabilitated in Goa's Santa Monica Estate belonging to your Church, to poison Goa and to kill its people with pesticides. What you have written to Rahul is accepted with utmost respect because these are sentiments coming out from a young bleeding Goan heart. But instead of telling him our Goa's woes, you could have told him to kick these corrupt political players in their backsides while giving the TICKETs to contest Goan elections, sacrificing the big fat suitcases with currency notes packed into them as the price of those tickets. Naturally, those tickets would go to youngsters like you so that Goa's Land, Wild-life, Forests, rivers, mountains et al would be saved. But is this going to happen with the Mafia culture of the 'Kangress' Party of India? The Good INC took a turn for the worst when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru condoned the sins of corruption of his Minister, V.K. Menon in the Jeeps Scandal of yore. But Krishna Menon was Nehru's blue eyed boy. He was even given Goa to march into, to bolster his alter ego. Today, India has hundreds of Krishna Menons if not in thousands who are sucking India dryer than the dry baby's nappy. And if neo baby faced Rahul Gandhis go against these mafiosi, they will vanish in thin air just like Rajiv Gandhi did. No. Rahul Gandhi will never be
[Goanet] Panjim's Garcia-Da-Orta - Progress status
Panjim Garden - Status as on 19/1/2010 Garcia-Da-Orta Municipal Garden, near Church Earlier, it was said, it was going to be ready just in time for the Church feast i.e. before 8th December 2009. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4288364430/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4288365516/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/428834/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4287627051/sizes/l/ the whole area is enclosed http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk23/4287628161/sizes/l/ for earlier pics Nov. 10, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/4093469530/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Attacks-on-Indians-are-racist-Australias-ex-Army-chief/articleshow/5478936.cms Wonder what argument our resident NRGs have this time. Ex-Army chief has lost his civic consciousness ? :-) regards, Samir
[Goanet] Indian students targettied in OZ: Victoria police chief
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/Indian-students-targeted-in-Oz-Victoria-police-chief/articleshow/5479169.Icms This further bursts the NRG bubble. NRGs stand exposed now. regards, Samir
Re: [Goanet] Citizenship issue...
M. Gouveia: No one with more than half a brain works hard and invests money primarily for someone else's benefit.? When people help themselves economically, they automatically help others around them when the money is spent on purchases and starts circulating in the economy. - This is typically the sarsaparilla that Gouveia specializes in. So parents, husbands, wives, relations who invest money or goods or services for their children/ spouses/ relations have half brains by the reckoning of the 'economist' from Jamshedpur's Tata Industries? Philanthropists who invest millions by this reasoning must be having atomic brains. Imagine a father saying, Bostiao, yi panch lakhchi policy tujea navan kortao. Yem korun, amchea deshache borem ponn vaddtelem. Bull sh1t Kitem re mario? Bezo fry zala, kitem? -- \\\ = \\-00 Tony de Sa C u tonyd...@gmail.com \ ~/ M : +91 9975 162 897 --|| Ph. : +91 832 2470 148 = / | ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
[Goanet] Talking Photos: Another magnificent Chapel spotted at Neura-o-Pequen hillock
Another magnificent Chapel spotted at Neura-o-Pequeno hillock Possibly 17th Century Chapel (?) It’s St. Sebastian Chapel up on the hill. It looks like there was a big city or port town? in 17th/18th Century.. It also, appears that this chapel served there as a small Church with it’s own cemetery situated in front of it (according to the locals). May be the city was abandoned for some reasons. The place was like a jungle and the chapel almost hidden in it. Now, slowly- slowly, the area is once again developing, few houses/bungalows already come up and the entire area is now fully developed into residential plots and sold. There is also news making round that recently, when one contractor digging up for construction, he found an ancient ‘anddo or handdo’ (a box/container with precious metal like silver gold etc) which lied buried underground. The lucky migrant contractor left Goa overnight and never came back. The area Neura Pequen is mostly inhabited by Hindus and there is a temple there too. Inside the chapel, on the main altar, the is a life size image of Jesus Christ (see pic) which is usually seen on Good Friday in all churches. We were told, every first Friday, there is a Mass at this Chapel (pl Confirm). At Pilar junction take right towards old Goa. After about 2 kms, you enter the Neura-o-Pequeno, then Neura-o-Grande, followed by Dogrim, Mandur, Carabolim, Old-Goa. From the main Neura-O-Pequeno Road, the chapel is towards your left. Several roads/access through the developed areas. The chapel is up on the hill about 400-500 meters from the main road. I like to know more about this chapel please with brief history of the area ranging possibly from Kadamba period (?). Thanks. the pics The Chapel (facing) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches2/4290394967/ facing with side http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches2/4290395969/ Side from the road http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches2/4290396893/ inside/ Main Altar http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches2/4291138516/ with part ceilings http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches2/4290397525/ Top Ceilings http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches2/4290506259/ the chapel on wikimapia http://wikimapia.org/1608905/ST-SEBASTIAN-CHAPEL Note: we spotted the chapel last year and we visited today being St. Sebastiao Feast. joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
[Goanet] Goa news for January 21, 2010
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Reduce Sesa Goa target of Rs 344 Angel Sec - Moneycontrol.com Mhzdd5MH15tNPvJwtYwSesa Goa to Mine 8 Million Tons of Ore in 4th-Quarter http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/recommendations/reduce-sesa-goa-targetrs-344-angel-sec_436889.htmlusg=AFQjCNFuOd817CidJ4L3hbhjSXdPEjx2cg *** Goa issues take Rahul by storm - Herald Publications omplaining-start-working-Rahul/articleshow/5478157.cmsusg=AFQjCNHewKDjAZw0gBVgWDal2_7C_O_k1gStop complaining, start working: Rahul http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/Goa-issues-take-Rahul-by-storm/32460.htmlusg=AFQjCNGf8IdvezarRGaijoMi1kVZzNeoSQ *** Goa on January 29 - Oneindia _UcopRVwXzAPremji as hero http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/goa-movie-release-200110.htmlusg=AFQjCNGSwUmmmYJu-an-9Gdn4fjPOIFRog *** Performance audits in Goa's minority-dominated areas - Thaindian.com ppointed state ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/performance-audits-in-goas-minority-dominated-areas_100306769.htmlusg=AFQjCNGejoBGzHoaJm0SdHJudScqLukvrw *** Chirag, Dempo draw 1-1 in I-League - Sify with Goa's Dempo SC in an I-League encounter here Wednesday. Peter Carvalho put the visitors ... http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://sify.com/news/chirag-dempo-draw-1-1-in-i-league-news-national-kbuwuchhcih.htmlusg=AFQjCNHXzpYPvW4jPjSMGxVk49YPpnZNaQ *** Goa carnival to begin without Brazilian Samba float - Thaindian.com ays-no-bikini-yes-bottle-23859usg=AFQjCNE3NdwbXjveNDpP8tfnrE2y-PYk2QGoa says no to bikini, yes to bottle http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/goa-carnival-to-begin-without-brazilian-samba-float_100307026.htmlusg=AFQjCNHN9xLDnCQJZ9QvkB39EpwQ5zR6dA *** Karnataka opposes Bt brinjal - Mangalorean.com ngalorean.comKarnataka government t is ready to hold talks with the Goa government for amicable settlement for implementing a scheme for diversion of 7.56 tmcft of water ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcastbroadcastid=165422usg=AFQjCNFGuOrInVl2jgCPKYNz5FLVXNjLeg *** 'Goa' and 'TVP' out from Pongal race - Calcutta Tube (blog) lcutta Tube (blog)Soundarya Rajinikanth's 'Goa' and 'Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai' are not releasing on Pongal. It's final now, as film distributors have decided not to ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://calcuttatube.com/%E2%80%98goa%E2%80%99-and-%E2%80%98tvp%E2%80%99-out-from-pongal-race/51165/usg=AFQjCNGRjHIOC56mg7596r5k1odLvWC4Pw *** North Goa guest houses slash room rents by 40-50% - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: It's the peak tourist season, but North Goa beaches are missing the regular hustle and bustle this time round. There is a perceptible lull in ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/North-Goa-guest-houses-slash-room-rents-by-40-50/articleshow/5482174.cmsusg=AFQjCNFEv_FbLQUz5ZuyI7aO-tl-f9B4oA *** Funds keep flowing, citizen's role in planning goes for a toss - Times of India mes of IndiaClefacio Dias, chairperson of the South Goa Zilla Panchayat, who is also the chairperson of the South Goa DPC, said he had received draft developments plans ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Funds-keep-flowing-citizens-role-in-planning-goes-for-a-toss/articleshow/5482707.cmsusg=AFQjCNGd51IKNAo0EuL5bni6QTyXXSLPmw Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
Re: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo
Xannea, I withdraw my petulant dedd xanno remark in the response to Alfred Tavares. If that upset you, I sincerely apologise. Regards, v - Original Message - From: Xanno Moidecar xanno_moide...@yahoo.co.uk To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:58 PM Subject: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo My apologies to Alfred de Tavares, Socrates Valmiki Faleiro and all Goemcar Catholics offended by my silly and flippant rant. And Socrates the prefix should be the more appropriate Homer – esque D’OH! A bout of juvenile petulance is the only excuse I can offer. I join the rest of Goemcar-dom in praying that our Church be blessed with the two prime candidates going through the process, reaching the goal soon. And yes even if it is unfair to fair Kerala, I’m hoping both will be bestowed the ultimate honour before long and before any other. Sincerely Xanno Moidecar
Re: [Goanet] From one RG to another
Please chedk this out: Message: 10 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:42:10 -0800 (PST) From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Dinesh D'Souza Message-ID: 23977.4989...@web80508.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:01:48 -0800 (PST) From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca I picked up this article from The Goan Voice, UK. It mentions stuff about the most embarrassing (to me) Goan in the USA. Warning: This is not for the feint of heart. This is also a primer on how far a person can go in the good ol' USA when he is extreme right-wing. http://www.alternet.org/workplace/145181/do_obama_and_geithner_have_the_same_flaw:_accommodation_instead_of_moral_action/ Please read the article in the link given by Mervyn: We can infer: 1. That corruption exists in high places in America and in such magnitudes that would put some of the third world parties to shame. 2. Racism exists in America contrary to what the running dog lackeys of the white imperialists (some of them on this forum) would have us believe. -- \\\ Tony de Sa tonyd...@gmail.com M : +91 9975 162 897 Ph. : +91 832 2470 148 ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
Re: [Goanet] ABORTION AND PERSONHOOD
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:57:18 -0800 (PST) From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca Abortion is only the proxy for the real issue which is believers v/s non-believers. Mario responds: This makes no sense whatsoever, at least as far as I am concerned for whom abortion has nothing to do with believers and non-believers. Mervyn wrote: The group of people who have a religious book or guidance to depend on will always be firm believers on what they are told. If the book says no to abortion, then it is so. Any other opinion becomes that of 'the anti-God.' The group of people who simply refuse to believe every word in the religious books have the opportunity of finding out from science when life begins and when it ends. Mario responds: Perhaps Mervyn wrote his comments before he saw my post in response to Venita Coelho's column in the Herald, where I provided my perspective on abortion without referring to any religious book or any religious teaching: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188843.html I made no references to God or anti-God, and only used science and common sense as my guide. Mervyn wrote: It is not unusual to read in the Canadian papers of a person being revived after spending 15 minutes at the bottom of a lake. Science is pulling people back from what used to be know as the 'dead.' Mario observes: Though modern medical technology can do a lot of wonderful things, it still cannot bring back people who are dead, i.e. brain dead. The people referred to above were not dead. Mervyn wrote: While it seems that the drive of every scientist is to expand scientific knowledge, the drive of every religious person seems to be to repeat what he is told to believe. Mario responds: Poppycock. I am a practicing Catholic and no one has told me to simply repeat what someone has told me. Many scientists also practice a religion and are able to tell the difference between science and faith. Mervyn wrote: There are thousands of websites devoted to the debate on believers v/s non-believers. I ask all here that are interested in debating beliefs, to take their arguments to those sites. Mario responds: Thanks, but Goanet is fine for any discussion that Goans are interested in.
Re: [Goanet] Scrapping the Mining Bandwagon - Carmen Miranda - Herald Opinionated 20 Jan, 2010 - Comments
That is a great and informative article, Carmen. Am looking forward to tomorrow's 2nd. part. Goans can learn a lot from the write-up I fully agree with you when you say that we are 'stupid' not to see beyond our feet. We need to invest in the FUTURE, the future that is not just a hole in the ground is a great line. And you will agree with me when I say Let our mineral resources lie there untouched whether the Central or State Governments like it or not, if the extraction of the same are not beneficial to the people of Goa PS1: I am overwhelmed with the offer of sponsors for the 'stickers' from the NRGs. PS2: Fight Dirty Politics and Dirty Politicians. Join the PPS Brigade. Adorn your 2/4-wheeler with the PPS sticker. Show solidarity with the movement with conviction that ' We Shall Overcome ' PPS: PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY Goa's Need of the Hour [Note: Sticker now available at CHAMPS, MAPUSA - PANJIM - MARGAO]
[Goanet] Fwd: PES Programmes to save forests
Please publish widely as we in Goa are distressed to see the drastic reduction of forest cover these last five years-due to unregulated growth of buildings and poor infrastructure to take in all the real estate boom and muck. Thanks. Anita mathew. Alto Torda, salvador-de Mundo,Bardez taluka. -- Forwarded message -- From: Pamela Gale-Malhotra saisanctu...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:15 PM Subject: PES Programmes to save forests To: sunbo...@gmail.com Dear all,This is an example of what can be done around the world to save our forests, including here in India. The concept is easy, and the results are often dramatic both in forest protection AND in raising the standard of living for rural people. Please pass this info on to others, especially those who may be in positions of power to implement such programmes. Thanks enough for caring to act! Pamela http://www.care2.com/causes/global-warming/blog/what-may-halt-deforestation-in-central-africa-s-rainforests/ What May Halt Deforestation In Central Africa’s Rainforests Payments for environmental services (PES) may be a key component for stopping deforestation of Central Africa’s tropical rainforestshttp://news.mongabay.com/2010/0115-congo_basin.html, according to a report released Thursday. Titled State of the Forest 2008, the report was released at an event hosted by the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The report looked at forests in the six member countries of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership: Gabon, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. The reporthttp://www.observatoire-comifac.net/docs/edf2008/EN/SOF_08_Payments%20for%20Environmental%20Services.pdfdefines PES schemes as taking into account the environmental functions of ecosystems and assigning a price to be paid to those who benefit from functions. The rationale behind PES schemes is to “make a direct, contractual, and conditional payment to the owners or users of the sites if they adopt practices to secure the conservation/restoration of the ecosystem and thereby generate environmental services.” There are three types of PES schemes, according to the report: - Schemes based on area—contract is for a particular space in which all or certain uses are prohibited - Schemes based on products—where consumers pay a “green” premium in addition to the market price for a property that has been produced in compliance with environmental standards - Schemes based on use restrictions* *which compensate users for limiting their use of resources, without restriction to a particular area, such as preventing great ape hunting or sea turtle fishing. The Congo Basin is a poverty-stricken area. Two of the countries (the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic) are classified by the World Bank as being among the lowest income countries in the world with gross national income (GNI) per inhabitant of $935. The majority of people living in the Congo Basinhttp://www.observatoire-comifac.net/docs/edf2008/EN/SOF_01_regional.pdfdepends on “small-scale slash-and-burn shifting agriculture for subsistence,” and harvest forest products for food and energy, according to the report. Forests in general serve an important function in fighting climate change: sequestering carbon dioxide. Globally, forest destruction creates more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions a year than all the “trains, planes, and cars on the planet,” according to the Rainforest Foundation UKhttp://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/Rainforests_and_Climate_Change. Deforestation accounts for 20 percent of all global GHG emissions. Rainforests http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45586 in particular produce 20 to 30 percent of the world’s oxygen, and contain 80 percent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. -- Pamela Malhotra--Trustee, SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary Trust, Theralu Village Post, South Kodagu District 571249 KA India Tel: +91-(0)8274-238022/238036 Wireless in Sanctuary: 93419-75527 Mobile: 98803-59367 Email: saisanctu...@gmail.com Website: www.saisanctuary.com
Re: [Goanet] Why blame politicians in Goa?
Soter: I agree with you. It is the matter of lack of integrity, transparency and independence of the press. If the newspaper's editor can not even attribute credit to JoeGoaUK for use of his photography - a simple matter of journalistic ethics - will they have the spine to report the pervasive abuses by politicians and business in the state wide sale of Goa to the highest bidder? With their compromised interests, I think not. I. Nunes --- On Tue, 1/19/10, soter so...@bsnl.in wrote: I definitely endorse the view of JC that the media also has a significant role in abetting the crimes on Goa. The media dictates the agenda according to whose interests have to be served. But the media is owned by the very Goan industrialists who keep these political puppets floating. Goans prefer to buy and believe gossip every weekend which is produced by a keralite settler controlled by the pwoers that be. In Goa we do not need BJP to muzzle the press, the publishers themselves will do it. But again, like the rest of Goan society the press persons take all this lying down because they will say it is their bread and butter. If everyone is concerned about bread and butter who will be left to save Goa? You also asked whether these problems existed before. They could not exist because our ancestors were not greedy. They were producers not consumers. They had natural wisdom. I would say that the problems of today are a manifestation of what went horribly wrong politically, economically and socially from 1961 to 1990. Like drug addiction, materialism is a progressive disease. -Soter
[Goanet] NRGS and RGS
Dear all
I have been following this arguments as i call them with interest and
frustration.
Arguents are basically ego trips and no one is a winner.
Different people have different ways of solving a problem and nobody
can claim that their solution is the best. In the time of crisis,
different people will come with different solutions and some may have
radical one. That does not mean they have less interest than others. It
is just different way of doing things.
The situation in Goa is critical and people like Rajan think it needs
drastic solution as he is very blunt and emotional about things. On the
other hand, people like Arwin are doing things in a different way which
others find more compatable with their thinking.
But the fact is, time is running out and Goa needs urgent radical
surgery. Who and how it is done is immaterial. It has to be done
somehow.Since it is not easy and complex, we need input from as many
surgeons as possible.So, instead, all the brilliant surgeons who have
burning desire to save Goa, should put their heads together, accept
disagreements,dissent,criticism, and agree on a plan of action.HULITY
Is the mum WORD.
Rajan, Samir, Floriano and all others who are having emotional debates
about Goa are doing so because they LOVe Goa FIRST. It does not matter
who is a NRG,RG, GRG. Infact, every person who have been living in Goa
for sometime and have made Goa as their home {Ghatis who are squating
on free land and Politicians vote banks and the Destroyers of Goa who
include our own Goans, are exclude) should join in to save Goa.
The need of the HOUR is- UNITY, CO-OPERATION, COMBINING FORCES WITH
EVERY TALENT AND PUTTING UP A UNITED FRONT!
UNITED WE STAND, DEVIDED WE FALL!
GOD SAVE GOA!
Cheers
Anesimo
[Goanet] Bicholim locals vow to stop mining trucks indefinitely
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM JAN 19: The Bicholim MLA, Rajesh Patenkar and the people from Bicholim today vowed to indefinitely stop mining trucks plying from the city. It may be recalled that the Bicholim MLA and the BMC councillors earlier through a press conference had called a meeting today at the BMC hall of all the people who were against mining trucks plying in the city. Since last four years, there has been constant agitations in the taluka in protest against the mining transportation. Besides trucks from Sirsaim, trucks proceeding from Maharastra, which enter the State, use the roads in Bicholim. The agitations have been sparked off mostly due to accidents, pollution, overloading of mining trucks and police authorities’ incompetence in keeping a check over mining. The agitations only led the traffic to stop for some time, which would resume after about two to three days. In view of this the Bicholim MLA had told that the problem should be solved once for all and a meeting to this effect was called today. About 100 people attended the meeting and expressed their displeasure over the mining traffic in the city. Some also suggested alternative suggestions while others asked to carry out a massive agitation involving all the people from Bicholim. The Bicholim MLA later told that the meeting was called to chalk out a final action plan and an action committee was formed to stop the mining plying from Bicholim. Speaking to media persons later Patnekar told that on Thursday they would submit a memorandum to the Deputy collector to this effect and would give an ultimatum of five days and from Tuesday all the mining trucks plying from Bicholim city would be stopped. We have formed an action committee and have decided to stop all the mining trucks plying from Bicholim as it is posing danger to the life of the general public Patnekar told. The BMC councillors, panch members of various panchayats and prominent persons from the city were present for the meeting.
[Goanet] Staying on the messenger is more 'releasing' than staying on the message
Tony D'Sa: So parents, husbands, wives, relations who invest money or goods or services for their children/ spouses/ relations have half brains by the reckoning of the 'economist' from Jamshedpur's Tata Industries? JoeGoaUK: Earlier, it was said, it was going to be ready just in time for the Church feast i.e. before 8th December 2009. Samir Kelekar: One of the seniors at Herald, who routinely publishes my articles specifically told me that I liked your yesterday's article particularly. Why such different feedback from others compared to Josebab? ==RESPONSE: Dear Samirbab, The comment of the 'senior' at the Herald having been duly noted, I am convinced that one day soon, you will commence writing in English, instead of this Ingraji you routinely put out? I am also convinced that, in the not too distant future, when Samir Kelekar writes in to say that he is presenting an Outline of a Road map, there will at least be an outline and a road map, NOT the 'promise' of a 'Map Lying out on the Road'. In your zeal to attack the messenger instead of the message, it appears that you have conveniently, or perhaps intentionally, ducked the issue of your own participation in corruption. Did you or did you not bribe a 'lineman' when you were trying to get get a telephone connection - and then gripe about it in cyberspace? JoeGoaUK writes about the Panjim Garden which is now ?aiming for a Dec 2010 completion. Perhaps, the CCP or another entity will approach the 'senior' at the Herald or the good Samirbab for a roadmap. Never mind what JC or any other NRG has done or not done for Goa, Samirbab has definitely a lot for Goa. He will certainly list what he has done. Tonybab's statement is interesting. Wonder how the following will sound to the great (but yet to be discovered) benefactor i.e. Samir Kelekar (These NRGs are totally useless. What have they done for Goa?) Tonybab's statement (modified): So, sons who invest(gift) money or goods for(to) their parents (or in Old Age Homes for unrelated individuals, or computer labs for primary schools for the poor) have half brains by the reckoning of the 'economist' from IIT? I do understand that eating channa and onion bhajia causes 'gas' in some individuals, and that Gas must to be released, somewhere. But, Why here? In any event, good luck with the SOP and the Damocles matter. from the bootlicker's front jc ps: I would be very disappointed if Samir did not abuse me - instead of just abusing my views. He did that to Rajan Parrikar, who BTW is no amigo of the 'senior' at the Herald. So, Samir - Please do your thing. Abuse. If possible, in English. Nothing less is expected from your keyboard.
[Goanet] Goan Konkani drama 'Mahanand - Monis vo Soitan?
“Mahanand Monis vo Soitan?” charms Kuwait’s Konkani Audience By R. Rodrigues More pictures at the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/kalamoguikuwait/MahananadMonisvoSoitaninKuwait?authkey=Gv1sRgCMTiq7-4ooq2jQE# Francisco Gonsalves alias Franky meticulously enacting the role of the serial killer received admiration and applause from a capacity crowd at Kala Mogui Kuwait’s presentation of Tony Dias’ Konkani drama “Mahanand Monis vo Soitan?”. The audience were engrossed to the story which had Bushka, Jane, Jessica, Shruti in role of the victims, Jaju as Police Inspector and Manohar Bhingue as the Home Minister. Filu Dias, Trindade, David D’Costa, Conny M, Filipe Almeida and Socorro de Santa Cruz playing their part to perfection and flawless clarity in unfolding the story with sound, scenes, and captivating performances to everyone’s delight. Equally the singers both within the visiting troupe as well as Kuwait-based singers entertained on varied latest subjects relating to the Goan community and two of the actors did dual roles with equal flair and modulation camouflaging themselves. Comedians Janet Almeida, Aurelio and Ambe added to the funny bone with their timely interjection of humour delighting the crowd. H.E. Shri Ajai Malhotra, the Ambassador of India was the chief guest and prominent Goans and KMK well-wishers Albano Pinto, Gaspar Almeida, Fr. Lionel Braganza, principal of IEAS (Don Bosco) accompanied him on stage along with Fr. Teo Fernandes who welcomed the large gathering. The Ambassador, In his brief introductory speech congratulated the organizers and also greeted everyone on the occasion of Pongal - the colourful festival of India. Kala Mogui Kuwait felicitated Socorro de Santa Cruz, a prominent singer and actor who has contributed for nearly three decades on professional circuit; well known singer, writer-director-producer Rosary Ferns for his artistic talents on Konkani stage in Kuwait and Tony Dias for his mind-blowing innovative work specially grooming and encouraging young actors and talents. Mementos were also presented to the Carmelite priests, Fr. Melwyn D’Cunha and Fr. Teo Fernandes in appreciation of their services in Kuwait who will bid farewell soon. Speaking to this reporter, KMK President said “ We thank all those who have contributed and coordinated to have this show in a short time’s notice”, watching fabulous Franky in the title role “Mahanand Monis vo Soitan?” he said we are human, must not become devil in our daily life. Jet Airways-sponsored KWI-GOI-KWI air ticket was won by Manuel Goes for a housie game whereas two lucky winners won Coolpex-sponsored products. Al-Yasra Food Co. served free snacks to the audience. KMK’s President Domingos Araujo and Event Co-ordinator Felix Fernandes (de Merces) together with their members main sponsor: Kuwait Continental Hotel, co-sponsors: Jet Airways, Coolpex, Al-Yasra Food Winners Restaurant, sponsors: Bombay Masala, Goa Textiles, Rock Music Center, Royal Plaza Catering Co., General Printers, Expressions-The Flower Shop www.Weddingsetc.com contributions added extra dimension. Sincere thanks was voiced to Da’iya Fencing Club Management, visiting and local artistes, supporters: Agnelo Rebello, Benny Rebello, Benny Vaz, Nicholas Rodrigues, Thomas Fernandes, Anand D’Souza, Rorry Miranda, Joaquim Rodrigues, Lawrence Cardozo, Laurie Miranda and Manuel F.X. Fernandes, the press and news media: Arab Times Publications, Kuwait Times Publications, The Times English Weekly, Al-Watan English Daily, www.goa-world.com, www.Indiansinkuwait.com, www.Kuwaitsamachar.com, www.Mangalorean.com, www.Daijiworld.com, www.Goanet.org, Goa’s widely read Gulf-Goans e-Newsletter, The Goan Forum www.colaco.net, Lino B.Dourado, William Fernandes, Gaspar Crasto, Agnelo Fernandes, Tony Coelho, Sunoj Nambiar, Dr.Jose Colaco, O’Heraldo, The Navhind Times, Gomantak Times, V-Ixtt all Goan Internet Forums Goan Magazines for the wide publicity given to all their events in Kuwait. On Saturday, a farewell dinner to the Tony Dias’ complete troupe at the Kuwait Continental Hotel where they stayed before their onward journey to London to present two shows in Wembley Swindon. In Doha-Qatar, the finale show will conclude the troupe’s tour according to latest information. Congratulations to KMK for successfully organizing the event and giving a head start marking the commencement of the cultural activities for 2010 for the Konkani loving people. “KMK continuously endeavour to strive to entertain and participate along with other Indian organizations. A number of events are presently in the final conceptual stages and more details will be announced through the press and internet media”, a spokesman for KMK mentions. “Sao Francis Xavier” a maiden Konkani audio CD album by Luis Vincente de Ribandar Micky Fernandes was released at the hands of Fr. Teo Fernandes and KMK President Domingos Araujo in
[Goanet] PONNOS (JACKFRUIT)
This is an updated version of my article first posted on Goanet on April 17, 2005. PONNOS (JACKFRUIT) The jackfruit originated in India at the foot of the Western Ghats, and is now very popular throughout South East Asia. The tree is handsome and stately, 30 to 70 feet tall, with evergreen, alternate, glossy, somewhat leathery leaves which are oblong, oval or elliptic in form, 4 to 6 inches in length; juvenile leaves are lobed. All parts contain pank (sticky white latex.) Short, stout flowering twigs emerge from the trunk and large branches, or even from the soil-covered base of very old trees. It cannot tolerate 'wet feet.' If the roots touch water, the tree will not bear fruit or may die. A good yield is about 150 large fruits per tree annually, though some trees bear as many as 250 and a fully mature tree may produce 500, these fruit are probably of medium or small size. A jackfruit tree is said to live as long as 100 years. However, productivity declines with age. Almost everyone in Goa grows jackfruit trees and they can be seen in every compound/backyard in villages as well as in towns. The fruit is unusual as it is borne on the main branches and trunks; occasionally even from surface roots of the tree. It is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world, weighing from 10 to 60 or even as much as 110 pounds, and up to 36 inches long and 20 inches in diameter. The rind or exterior of the compound fruit is green or yellow when ripe and is composed of numerous hard, cone-like points attached to a thick and rubbery, pale yellow or whitish wall. The interior consists of large edible bulbs of yellow, banana-flavored flesh, massed among narrow ribbons of thin, tough undeveloped perianths and a central, pithy core. Each bulb encloses a smooth, oval, light brown starchy seed covered by a thin white membrane. The seed is 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long and 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick and is white and crisp within. There may be 100 or up to 500 seeds in a single fruit. The aroma of the ripening fruit is extremely sweet, with a distinctive flavor reminiscent of banana and pineapple. Once the aroma spreads, it cannot be controlled; hence, the good old Konkani saying: Ponnos lipovn dovrunk zait punn tacho pormoll lipovnk zainam! (You may hide a jackfruit but you cannot hide its aroma!) Jackfruits mature 3 to 8 months after flowering. The fruit is covered with numerous hard points, is pale green in color and changes to a yellowish-brown during ripening. Fruit is mature for harvest when the single small leaf above the stem withers and the first color change occurs. Ripening continues post-harvest and with experience is ascertained by tapping the fruit. When ripe, the fruit softens a little and the rind will give in when pushed. Jackfruits turn brown and deteriorate quickly after ripening. If a person is fat and has a round stomach, people remark: Polle taka, to ponnos koso zala! (Look at him, he has become like a jackfruit!) Sometimes, people jokingly tap his stomach and question him: Ponnos pikla re? (Is the jackfruit ripe?) Jackfruit is a summer fruit of Goa. It ripens principally from March to June. It is one of those delicacies which once you begin to eat ends only when the stomach is full. Many people at first hesitate to eat it because of the pank but once they get the hang of eating it, then there is no looking back; jackfruit fondness grows with familiarity. This is how the good old Konkani saying originated: Vokol ghore khaina mhunnon bingttamnim varn bhorlem khuim. Roughly translated, it means the bride pretended not to eat jackfruit and yet the rice husking pit was filled with seeds. Similarly, many despise things when they have had too much of them or had them for too long. Here again, we have yet another jackfruit-related Goan saying: Pott bhortuch ghore ambott! (When your stomach is full, the carpel is sour.) There are three types of jackfruits in Goa: (1) Rosall Ponnos - having a pale-brown or occasionally pale-green rind and containing small, fibrous, soft, mushy, but very sweet ghore (carpel;) the rind of these jackfruits can be broken open with bare hands. Some women, when their husbands are aged, refer to them as Rosall Ponnos; (2) Capo Ponnos - usually having a light-green rind, occasionally brownish and containing crisp and almost crunchy ghore of high quality though not quite as sweet; a knife is needed to cut open the rind; and (3) Capo-Rosall Ponnos - also having the same rind as that of Capo but its ghore are a mixture of both - they are neither hard nor soft but they are sweeter than Capo Ponnos; this one also needs a knife to cut open the rind. The char (perianth) of the Type 3 jackfruit is quite thick and as tasty as the fruit. As children, we ate it as well. Jackfruit trees of Type 1 mostly bear fruits at their lower trunks, whereas Types 2 and 3 bear fruits high above on the tree. To remove jackfruits from
[Goanet] NRGs
With a handful of gnetters objecting from time to time about what NRGs can write or cannot write about with regard to Goa, I strongly suggest that they set up a high-level committee and draw up a list of topics of what can be discussed and what is off. And, while they are at it please also include NRIs and foreigners. With the caste system breaking down faster than the BJP could have ever imagined we need a new system to replace it. After all, who can tell what people will do next?
[Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief
To All among Us on Goanet, I would like to know whether any Goan, NRG or resident on Goanet explicitly said that the attacks in Australia, were in any way not racist. Was it even implied that the attacks and deaths must not be seen as racist. When one assigns the term racism, it is prudent to note that very often calling actions racist but not doing anything about them, at the level of individual being and institutionally, does not as a matter of wish fulfillment stem any urge towards rancour, baiting, harassment, attacks and deaths. That change of consciousness and awareness is indeed desired in any being, and often simultaneously a change in collective mindsets---in-groups, out-groups, communities, cultures, sub-cultures, to overlap further towards a broader visible change in the national mindset; to wit, as Amilcar Cabral says ...…national liberation is necessarily an act of culture. In this case it is liberating ones mind. venantius j pinto
[Goanet] StyleSpeak: New Decade Resolutions
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:04:32 -0500 From: manuel tavares duk...@bell.net To ensure that all eligible Goans are registered to vote and also ensure that on election day, they turn up and vote out all corrupt, selfish, and dishonest Members of parliament and vote in honest, courageous and selfless MP's who know that it is an honor to represent the people in parliament and ensure that it is the people's business that they are elected to conduct NOT their own and that they are there to do the Peoples work not to enrich themselves at the people's expense. Mario adds: Amen. Even I could not have said it any better:-)) I hope Wendell, Floriano, Venita, Tony, Samir and all RGs will take this to heart and do whatever they can to make this happen. BTW, the last two need to put down their stones and quit thumping their chests. Whatever else you do will not go very far if the local citizens cannot be riled up to throw the bums out. They showed what they could do by opposing the inappropriate SEZs and CRZs, and this would be another step in the right direction. In the meantime, the Village Panchayats who caved in to the Rahejas need some attention. Wendell told us of the relations he had developed with his own Panchayat and Sarpanch, and there is no reason why the villagers affected by the Raheja developments cannot do the same. 2010/1/19 soter so...@bsnl.in wrote: Sometimes it just baffles me as to why people blame politicians for Goa's miserable state. It is just like the parents of a drug addict blaming the friends, police and government for not doing enough to curb the drug menace. We simply deny that we are also part of the problem. When it suits us the politicians are good and when it does not they are bad. Mario asks: Soter, While you are right that the citizens are ultimately to blame for electing and re-electing corrupt politicians, are you saying that it is the average citizens who are allowing the destruction being caused by open pit mines being left un-landscaped and un-rehabilitated after the useful ore has been extracted? Is it average citizens who are approving ugly building developments without regard to the surrounding ambiance, history and architecture? Is it average citizens who are allowing the Rahejas to run roughshod over the desires of the rest of the village? The citizens are responsible for electing legislators who they think will benefit them, and the legislators are then expected to exercise wise judgment and decision making in order to do so. If they do not they should be replaced at the next elections instead of being re-elected time and again. It only took ONE MAN's courage and vision to turn the mammoth Indian economy around after 50 years of going in the wrong direction. While he had help from others who believed as he did, they were unable to do what was necessary until he came along. That ONE MAN was Manmohan Singh, who is quiet and unassuming and the opposite of a chest-thumper. Neither does he throw stones at NRGs. In fact, he is doing everything he can to encourage whatever NRGs can do to help India, unlike a couple of stone-throwing chest-thumpers roaming around Goanet looking for NRGs to attack. Manmohan Singh is a great example of what ONE good politician can do. Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:23:35 -0800 (PST) From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com [Goanet] Our future meeting with Goa CM regarding tax sops Guys, I dont need to do this. I am quite comfortable in Bangalore. Mario responds: I know you don't. I know you are. Perhaps you haven't noticed, but I have included you in my commendations of those who are doing positive things for Goa. The only aspects of your approach I find deplorable are your wholesale and often incoherent personal attacks on NRGs other than yourself, who is also an NRG as you have admitted above, some of whom have done at least as much as you for Goa and others who are interested in doing more. At the very least, unless they are physically impeding something positive for Goa, leave them alone and mind your own business. They are not your adversaries, even though YOU have chosen to make them so. There is plenty for all the chest-thumpers to do in Goa, in case you haven't noticed. There is enough limelight for everyone. Tell Savio to contact someone like Victor Menezes who is an advisor to an investment group that invests in India: http://nsrpartners.com/team_victor_menezes.html
Re: [Goanet] Indian students targettied in OZ: Victoria police chief
I suggest you read most of the answers at http://qna.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/?ref=permalinkquestionquestion_id=195490 rather than having me to supply what is what. As my son said to me when he paid us a visit at the weekend - every student (not necessarily Indian) coming into the country ought to be given orientation not only about university life, but also by: 1. Police, regarding personal safety (what routes to avoid) 2. Fire fighters, regarding safety within the premises, especially how fires can occur easily caused by carelessness with cigarettes, lighters and cooking appliances (houses here are mostly wooden-framed, have wooden-floors, the external brick, if any, being just a facade - aka brick-veneer). 3. Surf life-guards, regarding safety on the beach. A number of foreign students in Melbourne come from land-locked areas, and they think the sea is just another swimming pool, not knowing that there are under-currents and rips that can draw one out to sea in an instant. What I have said above is not a criticism of people coming in to Australia (or even going to Europe, for that matter), but something to be aware of when one moves to a place one is not familiar with. BTW, some 14 years ago, when I went to Canberra, the taxi-driver in Canberra asked me where I came from - I told him Preston, where upon he said ooo a dangerous place for us taxi drivers. On enquiring, he told me about a couple of attacks on taxi drivers that had occurred in the area. Those drivers were white. Then it was the Somalis who were the taxi drivers, and they too suffered at the hands of some idiots who were too drunk to know what they were doing. Nowadays, nearly all the taxi drivers happen to be Indian. And it is now they who are being addressed improperly, worse now due to prevalence of drugs such as GHB, ice and what have you, in addition to alcohol. I hope you get what I am saying. Gabriel. - Original Message From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com To: Goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wed, 20 January, 2010 4:40:26 PM Subject: [Goanet] Indian students targettied in OZ: Victoria police chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/Indian-students-targeted-in-Oz-Victoria-police-chief/articleshow/5479169.Icms This further bursts the NRG bubble. NRGs stand exposed now. regards, Samir __ See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now: http://au.movies.yahoo.com/session-times/
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (21Jan10)
*** Rahul tells Youth to Revolt *** The First Point on our Agenda: All Senior Politicians go to the 'Home for the Aged' To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] UNWARRANTED BURDEN ON THE STATE EXCHEQUER
We all know that with every Goan Minister having his own agenda, we virtually have 12 Chief Ministers (mis)governing this State. But the government has to explain why we need two Secretariats. With the Government Secretariat having officially moved to Porvorim why is it that the national flag continues being hoisted at the Old Secretariat in Panaji. In a way it is a dishonour to our national flag being unnecessarily hoisted over a vacant building undergoing renovation. The old Secretariat premises are being renovated to house the proposed museum but it is still being guarded by a half dozen police constables thereby causing a further unwarranted burden to the State exchequer. A few years ago when the Bombay High Court at Goa had sought police security for the bungalow of the visiting judge at Altinho it was told that police provide protection to individuals and not vacant premises. Will this government look into this major lapse now on the part of the authorities? And perhaps when that building is ready for a museum the scandal ridden skeletons of our politicians should be displayed as a priority for the viewing pleasure of the Aam Aadmi. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Any arguments against sops for IT ?
Jose Colaco as usual beats around the bush, but fails to give a single argument against sops for small entreprenuers in Goa. I assume Jose as usual has no arguments, other than the fact that he doesnt want his imagined status quo of Goa of 1960 not to be changed, unless of course it is done by non-Indian citizens. Josebab, now that as per you I declared on the net that I am involved in corruption, why dont you file a case against me as per the law of the land and bring me to task? You anyway have enough evidence, and besides you are a lawyer. I rest my case. regards, Samir
Re: [Goanet] NRGS and RGS
I believe there is sweet music flowing in through my window, sweet enough to make me open my windows wide. Let this sweet music keep on invading the sound bandwidth and deafen the ears. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org PS1: Incidentally, the sweet music does not move my feet but makes my eyes misty. PS: Fight Dirty Politics and Dirty Politicians. Join the PPS Brigade. Adorn your 2/4-wheeler with the PPS sticker. Show solidarity with the movement with conviction that ' We Shall Overcome ' PPS: PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY Goa's Need of the Hour [Note: Sticker now available at CHAMPS, MAPUSA - PANJIM - MARGAO] - Original Message - From: anesim...@aim.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:43 PM Subject: [Goanet] NRGS and RGS Dear all I have been following this arguments as i call them with interest and frustration. Arguents are basically ego trips and no one is a winner. UNITED WE STAND, DEVIDED WE FALL! GOD SAVE GOA! Cheers Anesimo
Re: [Goanet] ABORTION AND PERSONHOOD
This new installment on the above-referenced subject from Shri Averthanus L. D'Souza appears to be a rambling diatribe meant to deflect attention from the serious scientific and philosophical points made in my earlier responses. The use of “we”, “our” and us in this screed makes it appear that he is speaking on behalf of his political constituents, co-religionists or his organization. This new harangue is a sophomoric reaction to substantive statements, using such frivolous gimmicks as to ridicule non-human primates by anthropomorphizing them, as if such a thoughtless response could ever make a dent in the scientific observation that these animals are self-conscious beings. What is worse is that the author does not have the courage of his religious convictions. He flatly denies the transparent fact that his claims are derived from his own religion. Instead, he wants readers to believe that science is the basis for his morality, which he believes is synonymous with legality. He wants to sell the whopper that his received wisdom regarding “intrinsic evil”, and his self-righteous pronouncements of medical abortion and medical use of human embryos being murder, are dictated not by his priests, but by scientists. One would surely like him to answer the following question in this regard, so hopefully one can find out how much credibility he is willing to expend in order to test the gullibility of his fellow primates (In case of unfamiliarity with basic biology, please note that humans, like monkeys and apes, are primates): Which branch of science defines murder, and gives these medical procedures as examples of murder, and based on what scientific justification? Furthermore, despite my attempts to explain as clearly as I can, the new installment betrays a persistent lack of understanding about the distinction between the term human person used by theologians and the notion of personhood defined by secular philosophy as the state of being self-conscious. My explanation that science has discovered facts that define the latter concept with precision, and by virtue of this definition, rejected its exclusive confinement to humans (which is implied by the former theological term) does not seem to have registered in the author’s mind. He projects his confusion on to me. I wonder what such a mentality would do if we ever encounter technologically advanced sentient and self-conscious non-human extraterrestrial beings in the future. Would it deny them personhood? Would it be morally unconcerned about killing them? Above all, in the new installment there is a complete lack of recognition of the self-inflicted fact-free confusion that has led to the following superficialities, absurdities and calumnies: 1. The blatantly false charge that I would like people to believe that the act of destroying “a person in a coma, or a patient suffering from Alzheimer’s disease is not necessarily an act of murder.” Indeed, I have stated exactly the opposite, bolstering my argument that lack of personhood is no grounds to dismiss the charge of murder. 2. Gratuitous suffixing of a question mark after “Dr.” to question my undeclared credentials. 3. The absurd claim that science must have something to do with defining murder because “doctors are ‘morally’ responsible for ‘all’ the actions performed by them in their professional capacity”. By this simplistic logic, I guess, public transportation is also responsible for defining murder because a bus driver is clearly morally responsible for all his professional actions, which involve the responsibility for the lives of his passengers. The obvious question to ask the author is the following: Which human being is not morally responsible for all his/her actions in his/her professional capacity? 4. The imposition that the author’s own religious morality regarding medical abortion and medical use of human embryos equals legality. 5. The absurd claim that science is grounded on faith, using pure gibberish about objective truth and epistemological relativism to ostensibly justify that claim. The author evidently believes his personal faith is based on objective truth. This mixing of religion and science is at the heart of the apple and mango confusion in which he finds himself. He is completely oblivious of the fact that faith is the exact opposite of objective evidence, and that other people’s faiths prescribe different moral dictates. 6. The faith-based claim that Ruchika is Ruchika “despite physiological, sociological, cultural and psychological changes” because of “mysterious design”, which science has not been able to decipher. An individual who was guided by objective evidence rather than his personal parochial faith would have been aware or receptive to the universally applicable scientific knowledge on the biological basis of constancy and variability of the human body and mind, and would have avoided making such a gaffe.
Re: [Goanet] From one RG to another
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:22:44 +0530 From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com *A lie* well told and *repeated* constantly *becomes* a *truth* to credulous people. This is the tactic that Mario, a proponent of the only-NRGs can save Goa camp. Mario responds: Here what I said in the following post: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188522.html Quote: There are many good RGs doing their best and offering positive and constructive solutions for Goa, like Floriano and Venita for example. Unquote. Compare this comment with the false poppycock by Tony that I belong to some only-NRGs can save Goa camp. Actually, it is Tony who belongs to the two-person camp that only RGs can save Goa, as we can see from his following post, referring to NRGs: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188495.html Quote: But they forget, that it is we and only we that can effectively change what is happening in Goa. Unquote. Tony says, referring to RGs, we and only we. I think this shows that Tony should be re-named Pinocchio:-)) Actually, he should apologize for trying to impugn my integrity, and failing to do so. We'll see if he has the stones to do so, or whether we can expect to see more stones thrown at NRGs for trying to help we and only we. Tony wrote: We Goans are lotus eaters and we will never put down the bottomless glass of feni. Mario observes: Now we begin to see what Tony thinks of his fellow RGs and an indication of what he is capable of doing for Goa. Is it any wonder that Goa is in such a mess? Tony wrote: Arwin recognizes that RGs are also contributing towards Goa's progress. To blindly assert that only NRGs can change the ground situation in Goa by remote control is ridiculous. Mario observes: See what that bottomless glass of feni can do to a person? For one thing it makes it hard to understand the posts on Goanet, where I just showed where I had written, There are many good RGs doing their best and offering positive and constructive solutions for Goa, like Floriano and Venita for example. Tony missed this because he was so busy looking for his next stone to throw at NRGs. Other posts have shown that Rajan, George, Carmen, Arwin and Anil, among others, had made personal and very physical contributions to solving problems in Goa, and were not operating by remote control. Tony wrote: To blindly assert that only NRGs can change the ground situation in Goa by remote control is ridiculous. To believe that NRGs are our saviours borders on stupidity. Mario responds: Here we see that Tony is unable to comprehend who was sleeping at the wheel since 1987 while Goa was being turned into a bloody mess. Anyone who has been following these discussions know by now that numerous NRGs have not only done things for Goa but are looking to do more. In the meantime, Samir and Tony have taken it upon themselves to demonize ALL NRGs, including their citizenship and their motives and dismissing NRGs as some sort of interlopers when Tony says, But they forget, that it is we and only we that can effectively change what is happening in Goa. Here is what I wrote in the post referenced above: Quote: Unfortunately, there are also some RG and deshi NRG chest-thumpers who have decided that foren NRGs are a bigger problem than the corruption and mess in Goa, who are completely wasting their time and energy and deflecting attention from what needs to be done. Unquote. Tony wrote: Will someone explain to him what I am trying to say in a few simple words? But then he believes that he is the only voice of truth. peace and sanity on Goanet. And a lie oft repeated etc, etc. Tragedy is he believes it himself. Mario responds: If Tony will put down his lotus and bottomless glass of feni long enough to read what I have written above, perhaps he will see why I remain the lone voice of reason, peace and truth on Goanet:-)) However, based on what he has written so far, I am not holding my breath:-)) In the following post we see a compilation of stones thrown at Carmen and Anil, with threats against Rajan, by Tony and his NRG friend who pretends to be an RG: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188400.html I wonder what his next stone, ...er, post, will look like:-))
Re: [Goanet] Question MOPA Airport
The demands from all and sundry for Goan land is never ending. Here we go again...The Indian Navy now wants their pound of flesh (or more) in Mopa for a naval enclave!!! Could someone please expalin what exactly this naval enclave entails? Is it to host another Navy Ball now in Mopa? Well, Well! Everyone is jumping on to the bandwagon to get their share of the spoils. Our Goan Politicians, the builders, the Hotel nexus all have acquired land in the vicinity and are waiting like vultures to swoop down and feast on the area. You can already see the gleam in everyones eyes as they lie waiting, salivating and drooling for getting hold of more Goan land and the spoils. I'm sure the Russians and others too will now be waiting in line for their turn to claim they are entitled to Mopa land. After all they could claim like the Navy that they too are contributing to Goa's welfare by bringing in more Russians who will use this proposed airport? T Please note An assurance has already been given in the recently-concluded assembly session that the government would complete the acquisition of the maximum amount of land by March 31, 2010. You can rest assured that they will indeed go all out to acquire the maximum amount of land even more than what is required. From an earlier posting below on Goanet our Goan villagers stand to loose 90 lakh sq metres of land to this project!!! Does anyone know what is the real area of Goan land that is sought to be acquired in the guise of building this new airport? And for whom? Goans need some answers to these questions? This article below is from the Times of India on the Navy's demand for land in Mopa. * Navy seeks enclave at Mopa airport PANAJI: As a quid pro quo for allowing a civilian enclave at Dabolim airport, the Navy has asked for land at the proposed Mopa airport to set up a naval enclave. However, the seven-member Mopa airport steering committee chaired by chief secretary Sanjay Srivastava has not committed itself on the issue. Sources said the committee will call a representative of the Navy as a special invitee to its next meeting, which is yet to be scheduled. Sources in the committee confirmed the Navy’s request made at a meeting with the joint secretary of civil aviation, who is also a member of the committee, in New Delhi in October last year. The request was brought to the notice of the committee during its first meeting in Goa on December 11, 2009. The committee also comprises the state finance secretary, chairman of the Airports Authority of India and Nasser Munji, chairman of the Development Credit Bank of India. In its first meeting on December 11, the committee had discussed the appointment of consultants to prepare the documents for floating global tenders for the airport, land acquisition for which is under process. An assurance has already been given in the recently-concluded assembly session that the government would complete the acquisition of the maximum amount of land by March 31, 2010. * On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Arwin Mesquita arwinmesqu...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Goans, Please see below links for photos and below Press Note on the Proposed Mopa Airport. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cs2hRaUrNVF_IK63boYOZg?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CpeoS8A13FHHZKfb7Hm3Ww?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/45C412EN9efXDSgWueUdWA?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/v-1M41dMD4m4Jlp-OQx5GQ?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bYlVSxI3LjqfMjvoT4eElg?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ti0VxT8zOFb0Wj2CNbj_4w?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mlpQWZVQDUqxVnWg0wT9Tg?feat=directlink We need to strongly question and debate the same; is it really required for Goa/Goans or is it really required to satisfy the greed of Politicians who besises other vested interests; have made huge investments today in the area with the hope of reaping huge illegitimate profits should the airport come up?? Arwin -- Forwarded message -- From: Siddarth Karapurkar Date: 2010/1/7 Subject: Fwd: mopa vimantall+ photos of mopa To: arwinmesquita hi arwin, pl find photos of mopa villages which will be destroyed if airport is finalised. regards --- MOPA VIMANTALL PIDITT XETKARI SAMITI H. No 236, SHIMECHEA ADVAN - VARKHAND PEDNEM GOA PRESS NOTE REF NO . pn 011 Date : 29/08/2009 This is apropos the press note published on the 26th august in local daily lokmat issued by one mr Rupesh Parab claiming to be a member of so called “xetkari samiti “ of Mopa Pednem stating that the mopa villagers who will be affected are in support of the proposed airport. We like to inform that we strongly oppose the
[Goanet] Well Done Goan Youth
I commend and thank those Youth who spoke up for Goa at the Rahul Gandhi meet; I hope more youth join the effort to speak/act for the purpose of saving our beautiful land and our prized identity.The more people join the effort will only increase the chances for Goa's Survival from the cluthes, of those who want to destroy Goa!! Arwin Mesquita, UAE
[Goanet] SMILE................. IT'S WEEKEND (21/01/2010)
HOW DOES... Mogrem caught her husband Sakaram searching high and low all around his living room. Mogrem: What are you searching for? Sakaram: Hidden cameras! Mogrem: And what makes you think that there are hidden cameras here? Sakaram: That guy on TV knows exactly what I am doing!. Mogrem: How you can say so? Sakaram: Because every few minutes he keeps saying 'You are watching the Star World channel'. How does he know that? Cajetan de Sanvordem Kuwait.
[Goanet] Daily Grook #611
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Re: [Goanet] Citizenship issue...
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:21:42 +0530 From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com This is typically the sarsaparilla that Gouveia specializes in. So parents, husbands, wives, relations who invest money or goods or services for their children/ spouses/ relations have half brains by the reckoning of the 'economist' from Jamshedpur's Tata Industries? Philanthropists who invest millions by this reasoning must be having atomic brains. Mario responds: We can see that Tony De Sa cannot even spell my name correctly. As the lone voice of reason, truth and peace, I am forced again to explain what I wrote to show that Tony is having a hard time following the conversation:-)) Tony previously wrote, I am no economist I confess, but I suspect that this money was primarily sent to alleviate the lot of their families and not specifically to improve the economy of the State. Here is what I wrote in response to Tony's bizarre notion that people invest their money specifically to improve the economy of the State: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188852.html Quote: No one with more than half a brain works hard and invests money primarily for someone else's benefit. When people help themselves economically, they automatically help others around them when the money is spent on purchases and starts circulating in the economy. Unquote. Obviously when parents, husbands, wives, relations who invest money or goods or services for their children/ spouses/ relations they are investing primarily for the benefit of their own family and not specifically to improve the economy of the State, as Tony wants NRGs to do. Only those with half a brain would invest specifically to improve the economy of the State. I wonder if Tony can grasp the difference. I wonder who he is talking about from Jamshedpur's Tata Industries. Must be like that Goan from Toledo. It's those pesky facts again that Tony has a problem with. Tony wrote: Philanthropists who invest millions by this reasoning must be having atomic brains. Mario responds: Once again I will be glad to teach Tony how this works:-)) Most American philanthropists like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were not born wealthy, i.e they did not have enough money to be philanthropists. They later became wildly successful in their businesses, investing for themselves, not for others. Once they had more money than they knew what to do with, they started giving money away to help others, i.e. became philanthropists. They never invested for others because not too long ago, they had no idea they would have so much money even for themselves. Tony wrote: Bull sh1t Kitem re mario? Bezo fry zala, kitem? Mario observes: I think this gives us all an insight into the kind of half-baked thinking we are dealing with here who joined Samir in launching a furious assault not on the corruption that is responsible for the real mess in Goa but on NRGs trying to help.
Re: [Goanet] Attacks on Indians are racisit : Australia's ex-Army chief
VP, Below are some extracts from the Times of India forum, on the question Why do you think Indians are being attacked in specific in Australia? as previous attempts to send the link did not work as expected: http://qna.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/?ref=permalinkquestionquestion_id=195490 ncomar Australia has so far been a very tolerant country with respect to letting all different nationalities come into their country and be a part of their society. Over the last 20 years, there have been so many Indians who have moved to Australia and are now citizens here. Common sense prevails, if there are more people of Indian origin in this country, they will surely be victims to the crimes that exist in this society. It's not like if someone is going to commit a crime, they look at your colour and your background. If you see the stats that prevail, white people are victims of such crimes as well. But hey ignorance is bliss! When it comes to getting on the streets and protesting without knowing facts, Indians are ace! I am an Indian by birth and I moved here 10 years ago. So far, I have never been discriminated against. It is a very fair country and I truly believe that people here are amazing. The 2 most recent cases that have been labelled as racist attacks are still under investigation. Nitin Garg was crossing through a park in one of the unsafe suburbs in Melbourne at 11.30 at night. Throughout the year there are incidents reported in that park. For the first time it was an Indian national - so what do we do - Label it as an racist attack. What about all the Caucasians that have died in that park. Again common sense prevails, when you know a park is unsafe and people don't walk through there during the day, why would you walk through there at 11.30pm?!? The other guy who died in Griffiths, he came to Australia on a contract marraige and owed people money... for all we know a fellow Indian could have killed him. Now calling Victoria Police names is not going to help the cause. There are procedures in place in this country and rationale exists. They don't operate like our Punjab police... thats right throw everyone in that neighbourhood in the jail and then people would go... 'OH WHAT A GREAT JOB THE COPS HAVE DONE'. Media has totally handled this situation in a BAD WAY! It's a shame to see that this baseless issue will affect the relations between the two countries. aughboy Lets gets the facts right, Indians are NOT being specifically attacked in Australia. There is violence in any big city and people get attacked and hurt, some unfortunately happen to be Indians, if you look at the actual reports you will find that more Australians are attacked than Indians. We (Indians) are NOT targets. While most Indians do very well, a small few resort to cheating and give the Indian student a bad repotation. Cheating includes, Providing false papers and qualifications so as to get Visas, Not attending class, not doing tier assigments and taking others peoples work. swarajdelhi If you are in a wrong place at a wrong time, irrespective of your nationality, gender, age etc, you will be the victim of violence. If you do not mix well with local culture and customs and keep pushing your own which may be deemed as anti-social, it will not be liked by the society and it can cause backlash which can be violent at times. After spending 10 years in Australia, I can say that majority of Australians are warm hearted, accept diversity in the society very well and our press and politician should rethink before labelling Australians as racist. shudai There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever, beyond the hysterical ranting of the Indian gutter press, that indians ARE being targetted. This is a pointless and foolishly leading question. Let's look at the last couple of attacks: Indian man stabbed: Indian press goes crazy. Later revealed that the attackers were other Indians and it was a business dispute. Deafening silence in Indian media. Man burned in car: Indian press goes crazy. Later revealed that the whole story was made up and that the man himself lit the fire. Deafening silence in Indian media. You are not served well by your media, but I guess that they are dealing to the needs of a horde of hysterical clowns who are over-eager to be stirred into a rabily howling frenzy. Honestly, this whole debate is based on so muc ignorance that it's just plain embarrasing. prabh1234 Well I am Indian and have lived in Brisbane for over 5 years, and am still here. I've never seen as many international students anywhere as I'm seeing here today. And let me tell you something, just because they're Indian doesn't mean they're innocent. A lot of these students (yes, a LOT) are Punjabi and lack basic manners and courtesy. They're very loud, have terrible hygiene and have no manners towards others. They also have a very bad habit of harassing girls over here, both Indian and Australian.
Re: [Goanet] Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing
People in NY, PA-- Here is something that may interest you. I plan on travelling to PA to see this. Any interested Goans may contact me. If I do go, will take the bus from Chinatown, or Amtrak. +++ Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing (excerpt) While Trisha Brown is best known for her innovative choreographies that revolutionized modern dance, she has for many years made drawings and other works beyond the stage that integrate the performing and visual arts. The exhibition presents a particular occasion to consider the lesser-known visual arts practice of one of the most acclaimed contemporary choreographers at a moment of increasing interest in the broad sweep of her work and its influence. Drawing has long featured prominently in Brown's maverick practice, shifting from a tool for schematic composition into a fully realized component of her broader investigation into the limits of her own body. January 20-March 14, 2010 *Special programs on January 27: Trisha Brown in conversation with John Killacky, 5:30 pm Opening Reception, 6:00-8:00 pm* http://www.mills.edu/campus_life/art_museum/upcoming.php venantius j pinto
