[Goanet] XCHR - JAN 30
PRESS RELEASE It gives us great pleasure to announce the launch of a collaborative called the Monsoon Grey Centre for Design supported by the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Porvorim, Goa which will offer courses on film appreciation, film making, digital storytelling and visual literacy to start with. The Centre will also start a membership based Film Study Circle and an Art History Club. The Film Study Circle will critically study films where each film that is viewed will be discussed for its technical and artistic content. Similarly the Art History Club will discuss the various aspects of the visual arts. A wide range of possibilities exist in the form of courses, workshops and seminars in the area of Film, Media and Art and our focus will be the design elements of the various forms. The courses will be designed to suit the requirement of the audience in terms of both duration and content, whether it is a documentary film making course or a workshop on poster design. The programs of Monsoon Grey will be organised at Xavier Centre of Historical Research and other locations like colleges, schools, art galleries and cultural/educational institutions. Seven, a series of events spread over a week - January 30, 2010 to February 5, 2010 will launch the collaborative. The events to be held at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research are open to all. The events are informal and very interactive and include mini sessions on visual and film literacy, digital storytelling, etc. to give you a taste of what is to come. To kick start the launch we have planned an event inspired by a novel written by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006. Titled My Name is Red, the book is both an intense meditation on and a labyrinthine journey into the nature of art, miniature painting in particular. Set towards the end of the sixteenth century in Turkey, the novel as one critic put it is a scintillating fusion of murder mystery, postmodernist fable and historical romance. The inaugural event is called I am Red (the title of one of the chapters) and intends to celebrate red in every way possible. Several people from diverse backgrounds have been invited to participate by contributing artworks in a medium of their choice: words (an essay, a story, a poem, a performance), images (photographs, drawings or paintings), objects (pottery, sculpture, assemblages) or informal performances involving music and action, audio-visual presentations and digital stories, but all revolving around the theme of red. The associates of Monsoon Grey, Apurva Kulkarni, Salil Konkar and Gayathri Rao Konkar invite you to attend the launch event Seven, beginning with I am Red on January 30, 2010. 5:30 pm. For more information about Monsoon Grey, our programs and schedule of all the launch events please visit us at www.monsoongrey.com or call +91-9423316395 (Gayathri) Gayathri Rao Konkar, Monsoon Grey monsoongrey.com Email: monsoong...@gmail.com Phone: +91-9423316395 4C/Fi-2 Models Millennium Vistas Caranzalem, Goa, India 403002 22 January, 2010
Re: [Goanet] Opportunity for Non Resident Goans to help Local Goanssave goa
Dear RG NRG Goans, Taking the queue from Arwin's post I called Orlando to tell him this: Quote You don't need to file a Writ Petition in the HC paying thousands of rupees and engaging costly lawyers who ultimately will screw you by compromising your case with the mega builders for money. That I have never relied upon any lawyer and have not paid a single paise to them in all my 7 successful PILs in the HC. I got the HARA project decimated even before they started digging in the Calapur salt pans through a simple letter to the HC. YOu put your Public Interest Petition on the paper, plead with the HC for justice and you will get it, Raheja or no Raheja. If you file a Writ Petition, you will bleed and Rahejas will buy most of your people and the genuine ones will be left holding the baby. I am in contact with Ms (prof) Savia and my services are available to you Carmonkars any time if they can help you and help Goa. Please go for PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION where it has to be a Litigation in real Public Interest. Any hint of personal interest in this will destroy the petition. I assure you the HC will come to your rescue for absolutely free if this is the case. Therefore you must take care how you draft your petition. You must make sure the Justices get tears in their eyes when they read it. Unquote Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org PS: If this Petition is fought on the strenght of money from citizens and NRGs, it will certainly stink as there will be accusations of misappropriation of the funds. Therefore , this route must be avoided at all costs. PS: Let us GOANS fight Dirty Politics and Dirty Politicians. Let us change the OPERATING SYSTEM. Let us join the 'PPS' brigade. Let us adorn our 2/4-wheelers with 'PPS' stickers. Let us show solidarity with the movement with conviction that ' We Shall Overcome ' PPS: PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY Goa's Need of the Hour [Note: Stickers now available at CHAMPS Sports Shoppe - MAPUSA (Clinic Road) - PANJIM (Opp. Municipal Garden) - MARGAO (New Market) - VASCO (Tourist Hostel) - Original Message - From: Arwin Mesquita arwinmesqu...@gmail.com To: Goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 2:04 PM Subject: [Goanet] Opportunity for Non Resident Goans to help Local Goanssave goa Dear Non Resident Goans, This is an opportunity for Non Resident Goan to help Local Goans to save Goa; please read below. Orlando and others were amond the very first activist toare fight against Powerful Builders and thier political backers; powerful yes but if more Goans join the effort, we can overcome!! Should you want to help, kindly contact Orlando directly Arwin Mesquita -- Forwarded message -- From: Orlando Silva orlandodasi...@rediffmail.com Date: 2010/1/22 Subject: To: arwinmesqu...@gmail.com
[Goanet] Goanet] Why Indians Get Attacked Abroad
Hats off, Jim F. for this wornderful anecdote! samir
[Goanet] Abortion is first degree murder?
Abortion has been always been a very contentious issue. A more facile statement I would be hard pressed to concoct. This practice has been going on since the beginning of mankind. Varied people in different situations have reacted in diverse fashions to the practice. Those in society, seen as its pillars, outwardly at least, have almost always reflexively frowned. Seeing it, in all circumstances, as murder with all the moral baggage that this awful act entails or a sign of the mother’s immorality and hence deserving of condemnation and punishment. Those guided by a moral compass will almost always admit no mitigation in their stance for the sanctity of life and hence are in favour of an automatic abrogation of any rights of the mother to be. The ‘pillars of society’ type are rarely swayed by the question of morality but are almost always driven by societal perceptions of good and bad and damn the consequences. Almost always. There are people of course who want to ensure that society does not fall prey to sexual immorality et al and think that abortion will loosen the bonds that maintain cohesion and tradition within society. This categorisation will I think broadly cover the most significant proportion of those amongst the anti-abortion lobby. In the pro-abortion lot, I believe, there are those who reflexively react adversely against any restraint or restrictions imposed on individual liberty. Then there are those for whom the foetus has no human rights as they do not consider it human till birth or very late in the pregnancy. There are obviously finer differences amongst the pro-abortion lobby, but generally the camps defined in the preceding paragraph cover the gamut of the group. The argument has become more heated and pertinent as science has advanced the borders that permit us to delve into the mysteries of blossoming motherhood: to chart the journey of a foetus and monitor its physical and emotional development with a mind blowing precision. I am no man of science. I must however, admit to being a fan of scientists. I believe they are a part of the human race, endowed with the ability, to increase our perception of the workings of the ALMIGHTY. Which brings me neatly to admitting that I believe in the a religion that will not accept the killings of the un-born, except in extreme exigency. To make another facile declaration: there are personal axe grinders in both camps, as there are hypocrites. In both camps there are people who when the shoe is on the other foot or when placed in a situation that would test them severely will change their preferred stance. All that I’ve written above is accepted wisdom. The reason I’ve reiterated it is because in all the heat and hullabaloo we seem to forget that our beliefs, all our beliefs, held with fervour and faith and inspired by religion or rationality, makes us lose sight of the others point of view. I will not judge, in this posting, either camp. I will however, use this opportunity to condemn, any extremist school of thought that prompts violence and unnecessary vitriol. To those who do not have any religious allegiance I would urge tolerance of their fellow beings who are inspired by their faith that allocates spirituality to GOD’S creations at every stage of their development. Those amongst us driven by religious precepts should, I believe, place their faith in the ALMIGHTY we worship and bank on HIS wisdom and glory to take care of his own. As for the state backing either camp, I think its neutrality is essential in this debate. And more importantly it will prompt less acrimony. There is however, one position of the pro-abortion lobby that I feel I cannot support. I cannot support the backing of the state for sponsored abortions. Unless the life of the mother is in jeopardy or some such extreme exigency. And the reason I take this stand is simply because: if we call for neutrality from the state, than the views of all its taxpayers must be respected. Just as the pro-abortionists want their taxes to sponsor their viewpoints; the anti-abortionists find this practice an anathema. In fairness to both camps, abortions not compelled by extremely unusual circumstances should not be available in state sponsored health services. Sincerely Xanno Moidecar Xanno Moidecar
Re: [Goanet] Abortion is first degree murder
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Cyril D'Souza cyril43deso...@gmail.com wrote: The sad part is that the article has come from least expected quarters and should serve as a wake up call to the church authorities in Goa who now should aggressively try to strive to promote the right values especially amongst our youth. Is he saying that the church authorities should impose their values and laws on people of other religions in a secular country? What punishment should these authorities give to people of other religions who undergo these medical procedures? ***The Catholic Church proposes, does not impose. The Catholic Church will not punish now the people for abortion with Inquisition, but with the consequences that follow the culture of death, if we do not endorse culture of life... Truth speaks for itself, whatever may be the class of the people: Catholics, non-Catholics, Christians, non-Christians, theists, atheists, agnostics, communists, secular, humanists, followers of any other religion or non-religion... Abortion is a murder, it is against human values, scientifically it is an evil, precisely because it is against human life (innocent children), attested by medical science and protected by medical ethics. Forensic medicine can show what is a murder... Physicians are to be guardians of life, not butchers in a secular country and world... Let Dr.Santosh learn it from the Catholic Church and medical science... Regards. Fr.Ivo
[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (23Jan10)
Flying Back? Yes...The Report of Goa Stinking of Garbage is TRUE!! To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org
[Goanet] Book Release: The Sting of Peppercorns - Antonio (J. Anthony) Gomes
Antonio (J. Anthony) Gomes, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University and Broadway Book Centre, Goa's largest bookshop together with Goa,1556, the alternative publishers from Goa, India, cordially invite you to the launch of Dr Gomes' first novel THE STING OF PEPPERCORNS at Clube Vasco da Gama, Panjim, Goa India on January 30, 2010 (Saturday) at 5 pm The book launch will be preceeded by a book discussion on Goan Writing In English: How Vibrant, How Relevant. Participants: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, eminent author (including of Tivolem); Maria Aurora-Couto (author of Goa, A Daughter's Story); Damodar Mauzo (prominent Konkani author and short-story writer); Margaret Mascarenhas (author of Skin); Norma Alvares (advisor to the Other India Bookstore and Press, Goa); Vidyadhar Gadgil (journalist, translator and assistant editor). The author, Dr Gomes, will be present for the event. [Two other books will also be released at the function, Modern Goan Literature (Peter Nazareth, University of Iowa, Ed.) and Mirror to Goa (Donna Young of Arizona.] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Antonio (J. Anthony) Gomes is a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University and Director of the Cardiology Consultative Services and Senior Consultant in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He is the author of several poems published in anthologies, books, and magazines; a book of poetry entitled Visions from Grymes Hill (Turn of River Press, Stanford, Connecticut, USA, 1994); and a text book of cardiology, Signal Averaged Electrocardiography: Basic Concepts, Methods and Application (Kluwer Academic Press, London/Amsterdam, 1993). He lives in Manhattan and Staten Island in New York. ABOUT THE NOVEL: The year is 1961, the month of May: In Portuguese Goa, in the village of Loutolim, on the west coast of India. Dona Isabella prepares for the unexpected return of her eldest and favorite son Paulo, who is studying law in Coimbra, Portugal. On the very day of his return to Goa, Paulo barely escapes execution by a group of masked guerrillas seeking the overthrow of the colonial Portuguese regime. Paulo's life, and that of his rich and traditional Brahmin family, takes a tragic turn with the military takeover of Goa by India after 451 years of Portuguese rule. The integration of Goa into India disentangles the socio-economic foundation of the Albuquerque family. Paulo's sister falls in love with a man of lower caste. Dona Isabella laments the loss of her culture and the unraveling of her children's lives. Haunted by nightmares, and daydreaming of his return to Portugal, Paulo takes to drinking, drugs, and sex orgies on the Baga beach with the hippies. This story unfolds like a canvas, suffused with a profound sensibility, and a sense foreboding. In *The Sting of Peppercorns* Gomes takes on history, love, death, the conflicts of assimilation, and the cultural mores of a people -- the people of his native Goa. SOURCE: Frederick Noronha, Goa,1556 Goanet A~C~E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment
[Goanet] Goa news for January 24, 2010
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Venkat's Goa gets 'A' certificate? - Sify fyBy Moviebuzz http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14928564usg=AFQjCNHCbBIa8GaJjxdI9xiauyoQzV4xqw *** 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 *** Rahul meet non-political: GPYC - Times of India andhi-goa-university-visit-sparks-off-a-row.htmlusg=AFQjCNHdE0VvkljZwzli_r_EikwEEuOEjgRahul's Goa university visit sparks off a row http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/CCIS-2301-Rahul-meet-non-political-GPYC/articleshow/5493277.cmsusg=AFQjCNGqjSK2IuHy2yUDnT8lOFkzdmXUTg *** Commodities or commodity stocks... Which is the better choice? - Hindu Business Line old, while copper prices on the ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/iw/2010/01/24/stories/2010012450850900.htmusg=AFQjCNGahIK6W4-VVHogeYBtuZ22HWhxpw *** Goa: rumbles in the Indian jungle - The Guardian hemed Big Brother. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/jan/24/beach-house-goa-jane-dunfordusg=AFQjCNFvHHEO1A3LtyabDX91Bzv8rV6_wg *** Monte music fest at Old Goa from February 5 to 7 - Times of India entury-goa-chapel-host-music-festival.htmlusg=AFQjCNEbdl3QFqLvc8RDQnH5a2RAGVQ7ZQ16th century Goa chapel to host music festival http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Monte-music-fest-at-Old-Goa-from-February-5-to-7/articleshow/5486518.cmsusg=AFQjCNHE3MJvbFylNhMCKY2ZhsmfxykF4Q *** Goa Dairy chairman rules out milk price hike - Times of India unday-et/companies/Milk-prices-Dairies-are-beyond-the-pale/articleshow/5493598.cmsusg=AFQjCNHqQPxyZ4hVbxiSvsb7lhe-vjbInwMilk prices: Dairies are beyond the pale http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-Dairy-chairman-rules-out-milk-price-hike/articleshow/5490826.cmsusg=AFQjCNF8z9Jlm58-yLMRNoNmUl_F4MmsNw *** Goa villagers go to court against DLF, builder says all above board - Indian Express dian ExpressOver the last month, Vera Varghese, 65, has had brushes with a leopard and a python close to her hillside home in Goa's Alto Dabolim village. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Goa-villagers-go-to-court-against-DLF--builder-says-all-above-board/570804usg=AFQjCNF4n8reyJZV5Si7a_W2MsFeNRTM6g *** GU registrar's resignation put on hold - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Goa University registrar MM Sangodkar's resignation has been put on hold and a decision will be taken by the authorities only after the governor, ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/GU-registrars-resignation-put-on-hold/articleshow/5493865.cmsusg=AFQjCNH5EglS48GBqSmOwVIrEzbco7EIog *** Dischordian Gillian Grassi: UTV World Movies and Music @ Cafe Goa - Metroblogging.com (blog) troblogging.com (blog)By ideasmith I was at Café Goa this Wednesday (20 th January) for the UTV World Movies Music event organized by the Bombay Elektrik Projekt. ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Rsa=Turl=http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2010/01/23/dischordian-gillian-grassi-utv-world-movies-and-music-cafe-goa/usg=AFQjCNEO9qP1QxDuJyMYTqesBOejF42S3g Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Talking Photos: What's KMZ?
Talking Photos: What's KMZ? CRZ? No, it’s KMZ Kaka making zone http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/4295702068/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/4295700818/sizes/l/ A selction of KMZ (archive) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/3992973561/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3789673552/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3792248621/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/3795489381/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2543033452/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/4039629749/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2193163483/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3772874108/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2193169723/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/3964435293/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/3795486563/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/4040375678/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/3965208838/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/3795487379/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim3/3796307786/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3793066298/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2394950426/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2183809005/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2446181699/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2447007834/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2333894203/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3530845864/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2193168415/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2193163145/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/2093590555/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3295737940/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3288324446/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/2093590793/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk6/2093580639/sizes/l/ 2in1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3375646277/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukdirtypanjim2/3789674668/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2184586412/sizes/l/ cc to CCP/MLA/H 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] Preview of my Book on GOAN MUSIC
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[Goanet] Tiatr Academy Goa's Konkani Song Music Awards 2009
TAG’s Konkani Song Music Awards 2009 1. Tiatr Academy of Goa has instituted ‘Konkani Song Music Awards’ to be awarded every year. The aim of TAG is to give encouragement to producers, lyricists, singers, and musicians to improve the quality of Konkani Audio Albums which are produced in great number every year. This year these awards will be called ‘TAG’s Konkani Song Music Award 2009’. The awards, which consists of a Memento and cash amount will be given in the following categories:- a) Male singer of the year b) Female singer of the year c) Lyricist of the year d) Music composer of the year e) Best Konkani audio album of the year 2. Audio albums produced between 1st January 2009 and 31st December 2009 will be eligible to participate in this competition. 3. Interested producers, singers, lyricists, musicians, etc. may apply for the award in the prescribed form available at the office of the TAG, at S-1/S-4, Block –A, 2nd Floor, Campal Trade Centre, Opp Kala Academy, Campal, Panaji Goa during the office hours. 4. Incomplete application forms will not be accepted. 5. The audio albums will be adjudged by eminent personalities experienced in the field of song and music. 6. The decision of the judges will be final and binding on every participant. 7. The last date to submit the entries to the Office of TAG is on or before 3rd February, 2010 at 4.30 p.m. The producers of Konkani Album or singers and music providers are requested to participate in this competition and make it a big success. Tomazinho Cardozo President – TAG Application Form TIATR ACADEMY OF GOA S-1/S-4, Block –A, 2nd Floor, Campal Trade Centre, Opp Kala Academy, Campal, Panaji Goa. TAG’s KONKANI SONG MUSIC AWARDS 2009 APPLICATION FORM 1. Name of the album :-__ 2. Name of the producer :-__ 3. Address of the producer :-__ 4. Phone number :-Landline___Cell 5. Date of release of the album :-__ 6. Names of three songs the lyrics of which according to the producer/lyricist are the best. (i) _ (ii) _ (iii) _ (N.B Attach separate copies of the lyrics of the three songs.) 7. Names of three songs and three male singers which the producer/singer considers as their best rendered songs. Name of the song Name of the male singer (i) __ (ii)___ __ (iii)___ __ 8. Names of three songs and three female singers which the producer/singer considers as their best rendered songs. Name of the song Name of the female singer (i) __ (ii)___ __ (iii)___ __ 9. Names of three songs and the composer of the music which the producer/musician considers as his/her best music composition. Name of the song Name of the music composer (i) __ (ii)___ __ (ii)___ __ - I/We hereby state that the information given above is true to the best of my/our knowledge. - I/We have attached three typed copies of the lyrics of the three songs for considering them for the best lyricist award. Place- ___ Name of the applicant/s-_ Date-___Signature-_ N.B: Three CDs must be submitted to TAG along with this application.
Re: [Goanet] PONNOS (JACKFRUIT)
how long does a jackfruit tree takes to grow. On 1/21/10, Domnic Fernandes domval...@hotmail.com wrote: 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.)
[Goanet] Installation of new Parish Priests in Kuwait
Fr. Gaspar Fernandes Fr. Andrew Francis, Congratulations and Prayerful Wishes on your new assignments as Parish Priests in the Vicariate Apostolic of Kuwait. Gaspar Almeida, Ulysses Menezes, Gasper Crasto, Lino B. Dourado the goa-world.com Team in Kuwait
Re: [Goanet] From one RG to another
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:28:05 +0530 From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com Please refer to your earlier posts. You stated that in the west, criminals are caught and put behind bars. Why then is this Geithner character running loose? Mario responds: Because he has not been accused of any criminal activity. You cannot be caught and put behind bars simply for being an unethical moron. Tony wrote: But then a running dog lackey of western imperialism can only see a mote in another's eye when there is a beam his eye Mario responds: As we can see above, there are no beams in my eye. Sorry, Tony. Try again. Tony writes: What I am trying to say is that if you condemn mining, condemn illegal mining. Now I am sure (you and) I will be treated to a lecture on how to stop illegal mining by our resident armchair solution finder aka voice of truth, reason, blah, blah aka Goebbels Mario. Mario responds to Pinocchio Tony: I have never condemned legal mining in any way shape or form, but you never let any facts get in your way. Others have alleged that the mines are illegal, and I would oppose any illegal mines. Now, your lecture for today so that you can keep up with the conversation. The problem is not with mining per se but with the environmental destruction and de-forestation caused by open faced mining. In the western countries, such open pit mines are required to be re-landscaped and rehabilitated as a business expense after they have depleted the mine of its ore. Please continue to refer your confusion to me and I will be happy to straighten you out. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:19:32 -0800 (PST) From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com [Goanet] Australian govt. ignores advice on Indian students : report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Australian-govt-ignores-advice-on-Indian-students-Report/articleshow/5491009.cms Mario observes: Still no evidence of any racism as alleged by the Indian media.
[Goanet] New Indian Visa rules
Dear all This is to inform all those persons of Indian who need Visa to Visit India that there is a new regulation in Force since this year and many have ben caught by srprise when they went for vias application. All those Indian whose passports are being cancelled and returned to the owners after they have changed their nationality,
Re: [Goanet] Bombay Colony - The Truth.
Sorry guys, it is a Real Estate Trust to us folks in NAmerica when a business exists to own and profit from rental property. The entity pays no corporate tax, shareholders pay a personal income tax on dividend income. Britain has a similar setup, I think the legal term there is Society. Latest on Willingdon : 75% of the tenants have accepted a cash offer from the builder of 30,000 a square foot and will move. The bonanza is 2.5 crores for 2 bed places, 1.5 for one bedroom. The big fight is over ! eric. From: Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Mon, January 18, 2010 1:35:52 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Bombay Colony - The Truth. 2010/1/8 eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com: Willingdon is NOT a Society, it is a Trust/Business. It was incorporated sixty years ago as a for-profit business, when scores of the local Catholic middle-class subscribed to the issue, and were promised a 8% return on the investment. Eric, Just out of curiosity, since when is a Trust a business? From what I understand, these two are as different as chalk and cheese! Earnings of a Trust cannot be privatised, and have to be deployed back into the entity, to support its (usually) educational or charity goals. Trusts in India are governed by the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, and are quite similar to (with some differences) societies in their nature and scope, not at all like businesses. Society secretary Frederick Noronha said, “There are 764 members in the society and majority have agreed to sell the land. As far as the legal dispute is concerned, the matter is in court and I would not like to comment on it.” And, just by the way, in case anyone was wondering, the above is an amazing case of someone whom I'm not met (and, afaik, not related to except through Adam) who shares both a name and surname with me :-) Leave alone not being the secretary of that society, I've not even been to the place where it is located! But, from a wholly disinterested (and academic perspective), I think Eric is mixing up the unfair rent-control we have had for decades in India (doing away with them overnight would be equally unfair) with the manner in which those controlling community property have been rampantly privatising the same these days! The coors/kudds of Bombay are another example! So are the religion-controlled properties in Goa, which was why we saw the recent debate raised by Eduardo Faleiro (and others). FN -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography :: blogging
[Goanet] Go Goa- Children's Cultural Festival
Dear all, JCI Santa Inez is a socio-cultural organization affiliated to JCI India and Junior Chamber International. Over the past several years, we have been organizing various events and activities for the service of the community. Some of our past events are River Cruise Programme for Physically and Mentally challenged children, Science center visits for the under-privileged, Old age home visits, Blood Donation Camps, Medical Camps, etc. International Year of the Youth and Republic Day Celebrations 2010 has been declared as the International Year of the Youth. Knowing the importance of promoting environmental issues among children and providing opportunity for them to effectively participate and learn, JCI Santa Inez will mark the Youth Year and the occasion of Republic Day by organizing a Children’s Cultural festival entitled “Go Goa”. During the festival, a series of events and activities, primarily on the theme of ‘Nature and Environment’ will be organized along with other social issues concerning Goa. Various Schools from across Goa will participate in an Inter-school format. Around 1000 to 1500 children are expected to be a part of this Festival. Event Brochure available at: http://tinyurl.com/gogoafestival Vision The idea behind this event is that as children hold the key to the future, we need them to be aware about environmental problems. Our vision is: • To provide the Children with the opportunity to perform and exhibit their creative and artistic talents. • To inculcate in the children the spirit of discipline and environmental friendly habits. • To develop in children the love for Nature and to help create awareness of Natural Conservation in the society. • To raise children’s awareness about environment and to let them lead their families in promoting environmentally considerate behavior in their homes. Venue The event shall be held in the Children’s Park at Campal, Panaji, on Republic Day, i.e 26th January 2010, from 8.30 am onwards. Children and schools from across Goa are invited to participate in a series of events that will be organized during the Festival; namely: Child Art Competition (Categories: Pre-Primary, Primary, Middle School, Secondary and Differently Abled. Theme Scenery of Goa or any Environment Issue), Poster Competition (Theme: Road Safety), Quiz Competition, Debate Competition, Banner Competition and Essay Competition. Following are the Event details and Timings 1. Inaugural (9.30 am to 10 am) - Inauguration of “Go Goa” Children’s Cultural Festival. 2. Child Art Competition(10 am to 12 pm) Categories: Pre-Primary, Primary, Middle School, Secondary and Differently Abled Topics: Pre-Primary (Any Topic) For all others, i.e. Primary, Middle School, Secondary School and Differently Abled children (Either Scenery of Goa or Any Environment Issue) Paper will be provided. Get your own colours and other material. 3. Poster (for children up to Std X) Poster Theme: Road Safety (Choose your own slogan) Submit the Posters to the organizers before 26th January or on 26th before 9 am. To be displayed at the Venue by 10 am. May be prepared at home/ school Posters must be on A3 size paper. Posters must be hand drawn and coloured. Posters will be judged on the basis of concept, artwork and originality. 4. Banner (for Schools) Submit the Banners to the organizers before 26th January or on 26th before 9 am. Banner Theme: Environment (Choose your own slogan) To be displayed at the Venue by 10 am. May be prepared at home/ school Banner must be of cloth material and must be hand drawn and coloured. Banner size must be 2 meters x 1 meter. Banners will be judged on the basis of concept, artwork and creativity. 5. Debate (from Std VIII to X) 10 am onwards Languages allowed: English, Hindi, Konkani, Marathi Team of 2 participants per school, one to speak for and one against. Both to speak for 2 minutes each on any one chosen topic from the list below followed by one minute of questions from the jury. One School may send a maximum of 2 Teams with each Team choosing a separate Topic. Topic (Choose any 1): 1. That economic development must not be at the cost of damaging environment. 2. That animals must be allowed as objects of sport and entertainment. 3. That high-rise housing must be encouraged in Urban areas. 4. That Loud music must be banned after 10pm. 5. That Helmets/ Seat Belts must be made compulsory. 6. Essay (for children up to Std X) 2 pm to 3 pm Languages allowed: English, Hindi, Konkani, Marathi Topic will be given on the spot. (Hint: Topics will be related to the theme of Environment) 7. Quiz(for children up to Std X) Team of 2 participants Written Preliminaries - 12 pm to 12.45 pm Quiz Finals - 2 to 3 PM Quiz will be on: Environment Topics- 50 percent General Knowledge – 50 percent 8. Science Magic Show by Somu Rao - (3 pm to 4 pm) An Interactive Workshop and Live demonstrations on the Magic of
Re: [Goanet] Abortion is first degree murder
The information provided in the post appended below by Fr. Ivo is completely bogus. In India medical abortion or medical termination of pregnancy is completely legal. It is NOT regarded as murder. Contrary to what is claimed in the bogus post, the details of the legality of this medical procedure in respect of medical practitioners can be found in any textbook of Indian forensic medicine. The law in question is called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971, with amendments in 1975 and 2002. I give the pertinent section of this law at the end of my email. The other falsehoods in the bogus post are: 1. The implication that science tells us what is evil. 2. The suggestion that medical science attests to the author's personal religious values. 3. The implication that medical science agrees with the teachings of one particular (the author's) religious establishment. This is clearly another chauvinistic attempt to mix science, which is universal, with the author's own religious sect, which is only applicable to followers of that sect. I have already stated the fact that most other religions do not regard medical abortion as murder. They recognize the diversity of beliefs concerning it, and/or the fact that its legal status is necessary to save the life of the mother and preserve her health in difficult medical circumstances. They also recognize that human embryonic stem cell research is necessary to save human lives in future. Most medical professionals are in full agreement with these pluralistic and secular ethical principles. Please see the following regarding the settled medical abortion law in India: EXCERPT from MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT 1971 (Please see: http://www.medindia.net/Indian_Health_Act/medical-termination-of-pregnancy-amendment-act-2002-amendment-of-section-3.htm) QUOTE When pregnancies may be terminated by registered medical practitioners - (1)Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), a registered medical practitioner shall not be guilty of any offence under that Code or under any other law for the time being in force, if any pregnancy is terminated by him in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2)Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), a pregnancy may be terminated by a registered medical practitioner, - (a) here the length of the pregnancy does not exceed twelve weeks if such medical practitioner is, or (b) Where the length of the pregnancy exceeds twelve weeks but does not exceed twenty weeks, if not less than two registered medical practitioner are, of opinion, formed in good faith, that - (i) the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health; or (ii)there is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities to be seriously handicapped. Explanation 1 - Where any pregnancy is alleged by the pregnant woman to have been caused by rape, the anguish caused by such pregnancy shall be presumed to constitute a grave injury to the mental health of the pregnant woman. Explanation 2 - Where any pregnancy occurs as a result of failure of any device or method used by any married woman or her husband for the purpose of limiting the number of children, the anguish caused by such unwanted pregnancy may be resumed to constitute a grave injury to the mental health of the pregnant woman. (3)In determining whether the continuance of a pregnancy would involve such risk of injury to the health as is mentioned in sub-section (2), account may be taken of the pregnant women’s actual or reasonable foreseeable environment. (4)(a)No pregnancy of a woman, who has not attained the age of eighteen years, or, who, having attained the age of eighteen years, is a lunatic, shall be terminated except with the consent in writing of her guardian. (b)Save as otherwise provided in clause (a), no pregnancy shall be terminated except with the consent of the pregnant woman. UNQUOTE Cheers, Santosh --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Ivo da C.Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: Abortion is a murder, it is against human values, scientifically it is an evil, precisely because it is against human life (innocent children), attested by medical science and protected by medical ethics. Forensic medicine can show what is a murder... Physicians are to be guardians of life, not butchers in a secular country and world... Let Dr.Santosh learn it from the Catholic Church and medical science... Regards. Fr.Ivo
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: To, Mahanand Nhoi!
TO, MAHANAND NHOI! TI:Bogum tanchem TO:Konanchem? TI:Voilea vaddeantlea Kamil ani Kelmetinachi dhuv, pollun gheli khoim TO:Zaum. Konna tori vangdda ghelea. Surokxit astoli. TI:Ek barikxi kes zal’lea vori uloile tumi. TO:Chorun vorunk na mhonnon, mhunnta hanv. Kitlim vorsam tika? TI:Konnank? TO:Pollun ghel’le choliek? TI:Ghelea mhoinean ikvisavem voros sompun bavisavem lagil’lem mhunn, sango ti mhaka. TO: Pollun vochpachea kaidean asat tim TI: Tumi ani tumgele kaide. Kitlim dev-bhogtti avoy-bapui. Atanchea porank kosli khas yeta ti ekleak Isvorak khobor. Pollun votana, ghorantlem bangar ani duddu mhollear panch lakancher pavtta khoim. TO:Konna vangdda pollun ghelea ti? TI:Tangelea ghora bazun baddean ravtolea, Bihari Apu vangdda. TO:Konn? To Apu? Yad asa nhi tuka? Amgelea, fattlea zolvache kompin baddean ravpak don vo tin pavtti tori amger ail’lo to? Kamil ek nivrut (retired) zal’lo tarvotti. Poise nant takodde? Borpur asat. Punn tagele bailek dudvanchi chodduch as. Funkot sol’lo (advise) dil’lo hanvem Kamilak. On-vollki lokak baddeak dovortana, to monis konn, khoincho, tagelo pot’to, ek pasport akaracho fotu, Goyan koslem kam’ korta ani khoinsor hi sogli zanvay ani mahiti ghetoch, baddeak dovorpak zai. TI:Asum tem. Churchure Kamil-Kelmetinchea. Choliechi sod korunk zai. TO:Mahanand-a bharim vochunk na nhi ti? Tache bharim polloun ghel’lea cholienchea avoy-bapayni, somazache lojek lagun apnnalea dhuvanchi topasni korunk na. Ani survatekuch toxem kel’lem zalear, az ghoddie tatuntleo thoddeo thoddi cholieo jivio urpacheo. Kamil lojek morpi monis. Odikh soro, ghontunk lagtolo. TI:Xistin vadleli choli ti. Tigelea angant ek tori vaitt gunn zolkunk na mhaka. Tiche hanstem mukhamoll mhojea dollea somor yeta. Konna tori ghavchea choleacho prem’ korun, logn korchem aslem tinnem. TO:Age, dolle dhampun ulounchi sonvoim ken’na somptoli tugeli? Disna tuka, amche vaddeantle Kristi kuttumbantle chole Purtugez passport korun videxeant votat te? Votat te bore asat, punn Goyant porot yetna dove khatichem bim ghevn yetat zalear, amgeleo cholieo koxeo kopteleo? Dha Mhoinea Uprant TI:Aikotat tumi? TO:Sanglear aikunk yetlem nhi ge? TI:Choli aili khoim TO: Konnachi? TI:Pollun ghel’li Kamilachi choli TO:Ektich ailea? TI:Tumkam koxem koll’lem? TO:Vokil hanv. Hea kaman onbhonvlam. Dha mhoinnem adim, rogttachea forsar pollun ghel’li choli ekti ail’li mhunn asa? Ghoddie, pollun ghel’lea bharim tinnem lognbandchem vo gorbest zaun vo zolman ail’lea porak ghevn yenvchem. TI:Apu, Biharacho nhi. Andracho mhunn atam koll’lam. Kazari bail ani dogam bhurgim asat bhi taka. Kamilache cholie koddlean, tannem sogot bangar-duddu ghetle ani tiche thaim zobordosten mog kelo ani bhurgem rochlem. Thoinchea hospitalan ek Goychi nors axil’li khoim. Tiche mozotin ti pollun Goyam pavli. Apu, bhouch dharun ani khorkos monis mhonnttat TO:Zaum! Pollun ghel’li hi tori choli salamot aplea kuttumbaxim pavli. Mahanand-a bharim pollun ghel’leo cholieo, porot surokxit ghora pavil’lo mhunn asat ge? Lino B. Dourado http://aitaracheokaskuleo.blogspot.com/
Re: [Goanet] Abortion is first degree murder
Cyril D'Souza wrote: Subject :Abortion is 'First Degree Murder'. Only the mother can protect the child thats in her womb and if the mother herself decides to kill her own? baby who has no means of fighting for its rights then such mothers who are? encouraged and misled by unscrupulous elements in society are committing an action which is not only murder - *it is first degree murder*. Mario responds: As everyone should know by now I oppose abortions of convenience in favor of adoptions, but murder is a legal term that does not correctly apply to most abortions that are conducted legally under the laws of the state. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:16:12 -0800 (PST) From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca I see no difference between the mother that aborts her baby in the first semester or the mother that abandons her baby as soon as it is born. I also see no difference between the mother that abandons her new born or the mother that abandons her 18 year old, just because the child has reached legal age. Mario responds: This is utter mindless poppycock of the highest order that equates the deliberate ending of a human life with abandoning a living child which will be taken care of by others. Mervyn writes: Finally, I the worst disdain I have is towards the mother that allows her child to join any organization whose main purpose is to kill other human beings. Mario responds: A mother has no legal control over the decisions made by an adult child, even if it does decide to join Al Qaeda.
Re: [Goanet] ABORTION AND PERSONHOOD
From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca Averthanus wrote: Our fundamental disagreement with the stance (philosophy?) of our good doctor, is his insistence on disassociating personhood from human being... In the hope of sparing everyone here a boring debate, one that will last for at least five years, let me state the obvious. Abortion is not the issue here. Abortion is only the proxy for the real issue which is believers v/s non-believers. *** Dear Mervyn, You are absolutely wrong. The issue is not religion, but science. The beginning of human life is at the conception, as the science of Human Embryology has clearly stated (cf.http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kisc/kisc_01humanembryology.html): The corruption of the science of Human Embryology, American Bioethics Advisory Commission (ABAC) QUARTERLY, Fall 2002 C. Ward Kischer Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, Specialist in Human Embryology, University of Arizona College of Medicine (Tucson, Arizona) Reproduced with Permission I am a scientist, a human embryologist. I have spent a career in a publish or perish profession using a great deal of that time writing grants, hoping to get some funded to keep a research program going, as well as teaching, mostly medical students. But in 1989 I came to the conclusion that the science of Human Embryology was being rewritten according to political correctness. It was then that I decided to try to correct the revisions. Abortion, partial birth abortion, in-vitro fertilization, human fetal research, human embryo research, cloning and stem cell research are all core issues of Human Embryology. Yet, in all of the Supreme Court cases since 1973 and at all of the Congressional hearings on these issues, no human embryologist has been called as a witness and no reference to Human Embryology has ever been made. Further, among the NIH Human Embryo Research Advisory Panel, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, and President Bush's Council on Bioethics, no human embryologist was appointed as a member, nor called as a witness. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote in the Roe v. Wade decision: We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. Blackmun smeared the distinction between the biological (or embryological) meaning with the legal meaning, and conflated the two into his declaration. His inference was that he was talking about biological life without specifically stating so. From this source followed a science of Human Embryology that has been parsed and perverted, revised and redefined, changed and corrupted. In fact, the transcripts of President Bush's Council on Bioethics clearly show how extreme the adulteration of the science of Human Embryology has become. The media have especially ignored Human Embryology in their many articles on the core issues. The media have preferentially published a distortion of this science while totally ignoring the many references available for factual information. The impact of this on public policy has been staggering. Every one of the core issues identified above is ultimately distilled down to the question of When Does Human Life Begin? The answer is there in the textbooks of Human Embryology, that human life begins at fertilization, or conception, which is the same as fertilization. It has always been there, at least for 100 years. Yet this simple fact, without referencing Human Embryology, has been parsed and corrupted into questioning whether life even exists at that time, and to redefining conception to mean implantation, just to give two examples. Every human embryologist, worldwide, states that the life of the new individual human being begins at fertilization (conception). Yet, never does one see in the media, nor in the Councils identified above, such a reference, even though it is there in virtually every textbook. We exist as a continuum of human life, which begins at fertilization and continues until death, whenever that may be. Every Human Embryology textbook, and every human embryologist, not only identifies the continuum of human life, but describes it in detail; which is to say: At any point in time, during the continuum of life, there exists a whole, integrated human being! This is because over time, from the one-celled embryo to a 100-year-old senior, all of the characteristics of life change, albeit at different rates at different times: size, form, content, function, appearance, etc. Actually, the terminology of Human Embryology is important only in the taxonomic sense. It enables human embryologists to talk to one another. This terminology does not compromise nor change the continuum of human life... The continuum of human life was understood in generic terms even by the ancients. This is why it is dogma in Human Embryology that the fetus is a second patient, and why that dogma is an imperative in clinical medicine. Today, we know, because of observations of the damage done by environmental insults such as drugs and alcohol, that the
[Goanet] Daily Grook #612
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Re: [Goanet] Opportunity for Non Resident Goans to help Local Goanssave goa
With reference to Arwin's post and Orlando Da Silva's SOS for help for preserving the beautiful village of Carmona from the wicked scheme of the Raheja's and Floriano Lobo's comments - there is an urgent and growing need for all Goans to step up and take up the challenges that these builders who are in cahoots with corrupt Sapanch and Panchayat members, The Town and Country Planning dept and of course the politicians who need to be banished forever from Goa and sent in exile - who are racing against time to exploit Goa, our villages and the Goan people. It is evident that Goan villages and our villagers are in a fight for their survival and need the support from everyone to protect and safe-guard our very existence. Gram Sabha resolutions are being disregarded and as is evident from almost every Goan village - Carmona, Loutolim, Alto Dabolim, San Jose De Areal, Cansaulim and many others - there have been many cases of fudging of Gram Sabha minutes, fraud, deception and mis-representation that has been committed by many a Sarpanch and certain Panchayat members who are in total deriliction of their duties and responsibilities and need to be held accountable for these crimes and bought to justice. Below is an account from the Indian Express Jan 23rd about the fight that the Goan villagers of Alto Dabolim are engaged to stand up against DLF Floriano Bab - can a joint appeal under the Public Interest Litigation be made on behalf of all these Goan villages to have the High Court address all these issues and bring to book these criminals? You and others who take this up, will be doing yeoman service to protect Goa and Goans from these corrupt, unscruplous and devious thieves, rotters, thugs and criminals who are on the roll to make merry and destroy our Goan villages. A United Action among Goan villages needs to be initiated as there is a systematic abuse of powers in this regard. Goa villagers go to court against DLF, builder says all above board Indian Express - Jan 23rd Over the last month, Vera Varghese, 65, has had brushes with a leopard and a python close to her hillside home in Goa’s Alto Dabolim village. She says she has never had such experiences before in the 10 years that she has lived here, and she doesn’t think it is coincidental. Varghese and many others in the village blame the frequent leopard sightings in recent months on a massive real estate project promoted by DLF Ltd. “This project is stripping what was once dense jungle. We have been asking the wildlife warden to set up traps for leopards seen in the village over the last two months,” Varghese said. Protests by villagers have prompted local authorities to ask DLF to stop hill-cutting operations until an inspection is completed. Local people, along with the environmental action group Goa Foundation, have challenged the project before the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court. They have accused DLF of illegally cutting the hill, and have alleged that land-conversion norms were violated to grant crucial permissions for the project. The first hearing of the petition took place this month. DLF says its project — River Valley Project on a hill slope overlooking the Zuari river — is completely legal, and due care is being taken to ensure there is no damage to the local environment. Ravi Rajan, the company’s Vice-President (Operations), said any slope would require a certain amount of cutting in order to construct on it, but “this would be offset by building retaining walls which will make the hill stronger”. DLF’s Web site says the project is “fully approved”, “with all permissions and licenses obtained”. Land acquisition fuelling Goa’s real estate boom has been controversial, but this project is the first example of a major project by a national builder running into trouble. The project, aimed at non-local buyers looking for a second home in Goa, is coming up on a 7.7 hectare plot less than 2 km from the international airport. It promises 580 sprawling holiday apartments priced between Rs 21 lakh and Rs 51 lakh, in a community equipped with clubs, gyms, restaurants, swimming pools and a shuttle service to the beach. A Forest Department report says the hill on which the project is coming up has an average slope of 30 degrees. Under Town and Country Planning (TCP) norms, a hill that slopes steeper than 14 degrees cannot be cut, because it may lead to soil erosion and an imbalance in the water table. “We have recently given verbal instructions to the developer to halt the hill-cutting until our committee carries out a physical site inspection to verify the slope,” Chief Town Planner Ahmad Morad told The Indian Express. The protesters say records obtained by them through RTI show that the conversion sanad (change of land use from agricultural to settlement) has not been obtained by DLF for the land in its present form. “As per a revenue department
[Goanet] Why? On opinion pieces
Why is it that we do not see such opinion pieces from Goan writers in Tehelka, Outlook, the Hindu, the Telegraph? Are they being ignored. Has anyone tried? http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op300110the_razor.asp http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op300110the_razor.asp venantius j pinto
Re: [Goanet] Opportunity for Non Resident Goans to help LocalGoanssave goa
Fernandes-bab, There is only so much that a person can do, especially when that person is a senior citizen. Basically, I am tired of fighting court battles where I have 7 PILs on record. However, making a joint PIL w.r.t. the land grab by Mega builders with the connivance of the MLAs, governemts agencies and Panchayats where the devastation that will be caused in general (for posterity) with these mega projects will have to be put on record meticulously with important instances of government/Panchayat collusion with the mega builders. If necessary, the gratification given to Panchayat members such as cars etc, if put on record will help tremendously. Yes, it can be done with minimum of Exhibits and maximum of the destruction that will be caused, especially when the governemt is hopelessly lagging with infrastructure such as sewerage, garbage, hygiene and sanitation, roads, water supply, power etc, besides getting into Goa a load of migrant labour where Goa does not have this class of people at all. Essentially, this joint petition must be drafted by lay people and not by advocates using high funda legalese Glad to say that my inputs are rest assured. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org PS: Let us GOANS fight Dirty Politics and Dirty Politicians. Let us change the OPERATING SYSTEM. Let us join the 'PPS' brigade. Let us adorn our 2/4-wheelers with 'PPS' stickers. Let us show solidarity with the movement with conviction that ' We Shall Overcome ' PPS: PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY Goa's Need of the Hour [Note: Stickers now available at CHAMPS Sports Shoppe - MAPUSA (Clinic Road) - PANJIM (Opp. Municipal Garden) - MARGAO (New Market) - VASCO (Tourist Hostel) - Original Message - From: A C Fernandes gscc...@gmail.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Opportunity for Non Resident Goans to help LocalGoanssave goa With reference to Arwin's post and Orlando Da Silva's SOS for help for preserving the beautiful village of Carmona from the wicked scheme of the Raheja's and Floriano Lobo's comments - Floriano Bab - can a joint appeal under the Public Interest Litigation be made on behalf of all these Goan villages to have the High Court address all these issues and bring to book these criminals?
Re: [Goanet] Abortion is first degree murder?
Xanno Moidecar wrote: There is however, one position of the pro-abortion lobby that I feel I cannot support. I cannot support the backing of the state for sponsored abortions. Unless the life of the mother is in jeopardy or some such extreme exigency. And the reason I take this stand is simply because: if we call for neutrality from the state, than the views of all its taxpayers must be respected. Just as the pro-abortionists want their taxes to sponsor their viewpoints; the anti-abortionists find this practice an anathema. In fairness to both camps, abortions not compelled by extremely unusual circumstances should not be available in state sponsored health services. Xanno Moidecar, I live in Canada. This is the place, in my mind, that comes closest to heaven on earth. The state spends an absolute minimum on sustaining an armed force and instead, concentrates on providing a decent life style for all its residents. My tax money goes to providing food, shelter and health services for those in need. My tax money also goes for providing free abortions for all. If not for this, I would be totally content with living here. In Canada today, one third of all pregnancies are aborted. If ever you are given the opportunity to watch a video on an abortion being performed, don't. That video will haunt you for the rest of your life. The foetus' face screams with agony during the procedure. Whenever I question medical professionals about abortion, the answer I get is always the same. They claim that once the woman has decided on an abortion, she is entitled to the best medical professionals available. The alternative would be for the pregnant woman to go down a back alley and find an old lady, dressed in black, with a coat hanger. Given these two choices, I would prefer the woman get state guaranteed services. This country is also one in which young people are quickly moving away from religion. They are more interested in a healthy debate on issues rather than to depend on the word from, unelected, religious figures. The demand for abortions tells us only one thing, the religious view that abortion is murder, is not working on the population that is of child bearing age. If you and me want to stop, or even reverse the tide of abortions, we have to come up with a reasoning/incentive that will encourage the pregnant woman to have her child. And if we are going to be truthful, the biggest pressure for an abortion today, is an economical one. Mervyn1091Lobo BTW, I believe that one can stop a lot of abortions by helping the mother out economically. However, most tax payers baulk at the idea when the realize that they will have to pay more taxes. __ Get the name you've always wanted @ymail.com or @rocketmail.com! Go to http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/jacko/
[Goanet] CHESS IN MESS ? Courtesy AICF
It saddens me to repeatedly read about bickering and maneuvering in all Indian sports by our Dwarpalas (Door guardians). More so since we consistently hear how good we are at this or that or planning, at strategy etc. I guess a lot of it has to do with positioning and nothing more. If someone succeeds, then one can share in the glory, and whatever else one can possibly squeeze at the edges (the gamut here is staggering). Anyway on the subject of chess: Here are some interesting perspectives (see analogies) that any strategically-inclined person would appreciate in the following review in The New York Review of Books. Garry Kasparov On 'Chess Metaphors': The Chess Master And The Computerhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/gary-kasparov-on-chess-me_n_432043.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/gary-kasparov-on-chess-me_n_432043.html Chess Metaphors: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind by Diego Rasskin-Gutman, translated from the Spanish by Deborah Klosky. MIT Press, 205 pp., $24.95 Please do share. venantius j pinto PS: I have never played chess Message: 4 Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:38:13 -0800 (PST) From: SHRIKANT BARVE shri8...@yahoo.com To: goa...@goanet.org, goanet-spo...@goanet.org,goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] CHESS IN MESS ? Courtesy AICF CHESS IN MESS ? Courtesy AICF Writer is editor of Chess IndiaMagazine darsha...@gmail.com When the guardians of the games starts damaging it, what will be the future of the game ? is a matter to worry and not to sympathize alone.
