Re: [Goanet] At 13, Ivana is Asian junior chess champ

[Mervyn Lobo]

Goanet Sports wrote:
> At 13, Ivana is Asian junior chess champ

> TNN | Jun 8, 2012, 03.55AM IST
> PANAJI: You can now say that Ivana Furtado has truly come of age.
> Goa's chess prodigy is just 13 years old but the "silent assassin" did the 
> unthinkable as she won the Asian Junior Chess Championship at Tashkent 
> in Uzbekistan to, quite remarkably, help Goa produce back-to-back Asian 
> champions.
---



My congrats to Ivana and to all who have supported her on her journey.


This is truly is a great achievement for her.

Mervyn201

[Goanet] Force Airlines to make Konkani announcements on landing in Goa!

[MD]

Message: 9
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 19:49:16 -0400
From: Silviano Barbosa 
To: goanet goanet 
Subject: [Goanet] Force Airlines to make Konkani announcements on
   landing in  Goa!
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Kindly let us have your version of the Konkni announcement,
then we can think about it.
MD

Re: [Goanet] Goans in sports: a new book...

[Jose Colaco]

If a slight addendum could be made to the info infra

Wallis Mathias (born Karachi) played Test Cricket for Pakistan 1955-1962; is 
still remembered as Pakistan's  star slip/gully fielder

Antao D'Souza (born Goa) played Test Cricket for Pakistan 1959-1962; bowled 
alongside Pak greats like Fazal Mohd and Mohd Hussain.

Antao's brothers Marshall and Paul are also known to have played 1st class 
cricket in Pakistan around that time

jc

On Jun 8, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Frederick FN Noronha *  फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * 
فريدريك نورونيا  wrote:

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/7167326187/in/photostream
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/7352534822/in/photostream
> 
> Excerpt from PAKISTAN section:
> 
> FIELD HOCKEY
> * Peter Paul Fernandes (Berlin 1936 Olympics, undivided India), 1948
> Olympics (Pakistan)
> * Jack Britto (Helsinki Olympics, 1952, capped eight times, excellent stick
> work)
> * Milton D'Mello (toured in 1948, 3 caps, magnificient right half)
> * Gerry Barboza (toured East Africa, NZ, very intelligent left half,
> excellent cricketeer)
> * Gordon Vaz (international, crafty dribbler on the left wing)
> 
> BADMINTON:
> * Menino Soares (represented the country in 1954)
> 
> CRICKET
> * Wallis Mathias (played for Pakistan, 1955)
> * Antao D'Souza (played for Pakistan, 1959)
> * Charlie D'Souza
> 
> TABLE TENNIS AND ATHLETICS
> * Maria Fernandes
> 
> Source: *Goans in Sports 1936-2011* by Avitus D'Cruz, +91-83089 96601
> aviop...@yahoo.co.in Published in Mumbai, 2012.
> 
> Post your feedback and comments to goa...@goanet.org
> Story tips? Contact me at phone/SMS below.
> --
> FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org
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[Goanet] Goa's Ivana Furtado gets rousing welcome

[Sandeep Heble]

Goa's Golden Girl Ivana Furtado reached home to a rousing welcome
after she won Gold at the Asian Junior(Girls) Under 20 Chess
championship held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Her family members,
relatives, friends and other sports enthusiasts were there at the
Dabolim Airport to welcome her as she arrived with her father Eli.

SAG Executive Director Elvis Gomes, SAG Asst. Secretary Navin Acharya,
Goa Chess Association President Asheesh Keni, Chess Coach Srikant
Barve, Sports Promoter Sandeep Heble and members of the Press were
among others who were there to greet her.

Ivana, at 13, is the youngest Indian to achieve the incredible feat.

Pics at:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4060871278611.172762.1187066172&type=1&l=52bf6dd671

[Goanet] India Court Summons Google, Facebook, Microsoft Executives Sept 22

[Goanet News Service]

India Court Summons Google, Facebook, Microsoft Executives Sept 22

-- Court Also Issues Summons To Executives Of Yahoo and Other Websites

-- Websites To Face Criminal Charges For Hosting Objectionable Content

-- Trial Court Says Executives To Appear On Sept. 22

(Adds details of court's order in 3rd and 6th paragraphs; background in 4th, 
7th, 11th and 12th paragraphs)


By R. Jai Krishna


NEW DELHI--A trial court in India Friday moved ahead with a criminal case 
against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Google Inc. (GOOG), Facebook Inc. (FB), 
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) and some other entities, by issuing summons to the global 
executives of these companies for allegedly failing to censor objectionable 
content from their websites.


The criminal case against these global firms follows a complaint from 
journalist Vinay Rai, who alleged offenses such as defamation, obscenity and 
promoting enmity among different groups on grounds of religion and race 
against these sites.


Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja, who is hearing the case, issued the 
summons to the executives through the federal home ministry, asking them to 
appear in person or through their counsels before the court on Sept. 22.


India's home ministry will pass on the summons to its U.S. counterparts, who 
in turn will send them to the companies.


India and the U.S.--where the companies are based--are signatories to an 
international treaty for mutual legal assistance, which requires summons to 
companies or individuals facing criminal charges to be sent through 
diplomatic channels.


The judge also issued summons to executives of Youtube LLC, Orkut, and 
Blogspot, three entities owned by Google.


Youtube is a popular video-sharing service, while Orkut is a social 
networking website, and Blogspot is a web-based publishing portal.


Facebook declined to comment, whereas Google, Microsoft and Yahoo weren't 
immediately available for comment.


The case is the highest-stakes example yet of the controversy in India over 
what role Internet companies should have in policing content on the Web. If 
convicted, executives from the companies could face jail time and the 
companies could face fines, lawyers following the case said.


The local units of these Internet firms have argued that they shouldn't be 
held liable for objectionable content posted by users and also that their 
Indian subsidiaries can't be held liable because their services are operated 
by parent companies in the U.S. Some of them have been dropped from the 
case.


Google and Facebook have moved the Delhi High Court to quash the ongoing 
criminal proceedings at the trial court, and that appeal will be next heard 
Aug. 7.


The web entities also face a civil lawsuit filed by a citizen, with almost 
identical accusations to the criminal case. They also face pressure from 
India's information technology ministry to monitor their sites proactively, 
with an eye toward removing content deemed "offensive" in the country.


Write to R. Jai Krishna at krishna@dowjones.com

 (END) Dow Jones Newswires
 06-08-120810ET
 Copyright (c) 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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[Goanet] Communicare Cultural Central at Dona Paula announces its new batches

[Communicare Trust]

Communicare Cultural Central at Dona Paula, announces its new batches for:

PORTUGUESE courses for adults for beginner level, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm on 
Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays. The course will commence on 18th June and 
will end 19th September in Dona Paula.


Attention students: PORTUGUESE tuitions for std.VIII to std. XII.

On Mondays from 3-4 pm std. X; 4- 5 pm std. IX ; 5-6 pm std.VIII in Dona 
Paula.


On Saturdays from 2-3 pm std.XII; 3-4 pm std.XI in Campal Panjim

SPANISH weekend course for adults for the beginner level A1. Saturdays from 
3:30-6:30 pm and Sundays from 10am to 1 pm. The course will commence on 9th 
June and will end on 12th August.


Also enroll your kids for a full year SPANISH course starting from 25th June 
2012. Classes will be held twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) from 5 pm - 
6 pm in Campal, Panjim.


Attention students: HINDI tutions for students answering std. VIII to std. 
XII. On Tuesdays,Thursdays and Saturdays in Dona Paula.


HINDI basic course for Adults , from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm on 
Tuesdays,Thursdays and Saturdays. The course will commence 19th June and 
will end on 25th August in Dona Paula.


Improve your  ENGLISH speaking skills at Dona Paula on Sundays from 10 am to 
1pm. Course will start on 17th June and will end on 11th November.


Learn GERMAN in our 2 months course starting soon.

Kindly enroll yourself before 11th June.
For further details please contact at:
At Communicare Cultural Centre, Vivendas Goesas Row house no.2
La Citadel Colony,(opposite resort Cidade Goa),Dona Paula,Goa

For registration please contact:
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Facebook: Communicare Trust; www.communicare.in

Re: [Goanet] Hind-Christian dialogue (was: Sanal Edamaruku trial)

[marlon menezes]

This is what you said:
"Protestants often spread misinformation about the Catholic Church, as can be 
seen now and then on this forum" . Sounds like stereotyping to me!



From: Gabriel de Figueiredo 

AFAIK, there has been no attempt by any Roman Catholic Church missionary to 
make a statement that converting to Catholicism would cure them of diseases and 
ailments. I also understand that this claim (of a cure) is made by certain 
cults purporting to be Christian. Although the Pope has full responsibility for 
the Roman Catholic Church, he is not responsible for the behaviour of the 
missionaries of the protestant churches and cults. Protestants often spread 
misinformation about the Catholic Church, as can be seen now and then on this 
forum. 
 
Gabriel.

 
Marlon



 From: Gabriel de Figueiredo 
Marlon,
 
I am not sure how you came to the conclusion that I had "elevated Catholics 
over other "trouble making" christian groups". 
 
Gabriel.

[Goanet] Exposing false god men and quacks in India

[Mervyn Lobo]

Folks,
Check out this video from the BBC.
It was sent to me from an African group.
Mervyn


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Kz8FzruvQ

Re: [Goanet] Hind-Christian dialogue (was: Sanal Edamaruku trial)

[J. Colaco < jc>]

On 8 June 2012 01:03, Gabriel de Figueiredo  wrote:

Marlon, I am not sure how you came to the conclusion that I had
"elevated Catholics over other "trouble making" christian groups".



jc COMMENT:

Mogal Gabriel,

Please note: You have no right to question Marlon (of the elevate Mt
Abu school) (Not connected to the Mt Abu link provided by Santoshbab)
(I hope).

As far as I am concerned, once Marlon rules on any matter, the ruling
stands .in the appropriate corner.

Marlon can, of course, argue that THAT is his opinion; something which
does not necessarily have to be supported by facts.

jc
from Tongue-in-Cheek-a-Mangloor

[Goanet] At 13, Ivana is Asian junior chess champ

[Goanet Sports]

At 13, Ivana is Asian junior chess champ
TNN | Jun 8, 2012, 03.55AM IST

PANAJI: You can now say that Ivana Furtado has truly come of age.

Goa's chess prodigy is just 13 years old but the "silent assassin" did the 
unthinkable as she won the Asian Junior Chess Championship at Tashkent in 
Uzbekistan to, quite remarkably, help Goa produce back-to-back Asian 
champions.


Already a two-time world champion in the under-8 and under-10 category, and 
a Commonwealth champion in the under-12 category, Ivana's triumph in 
Tashkent is memorable simply because she was competing against some of the 
best players in the continent, and that too with double her experience.


"For someone as young as Ivana, winning the Asian junior championship is an 
incredible feat. You must remember that the championship is for under-20 
players and there were several players with plenty of experience at the 
highest level," Goa chess association secretary Arvind Mhamal said.


Interestingly, Ivana snatched the Asian title from another Goan, Bhakti 
Kulkarni, who finished 14th from a field of 23 hugely-talented players. 
Bhakti had won the title last year when she was 18.


Ivana, on the other hand, has six more years in the junior category.

On Thursday, she went for the kill in the final game against R Bharathi 
(2088) and collected 7.5 points to finish a point ahead of Rucha Pujari, 
also from India.


WIM Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam picked the silver while WFM Rucha had to 
settle for the bronze.


"With (defending champion) Bhakti out of form, Ivana stepped in ably and won 
the championship for Goa. It was a great performance and probably 
unprecedented by any other state producing back-to-back Asian champions in 
the recent past," said Dronacharya awardeee and Fide trainer Raghunandan 
Gokhale.


The title-triumph helped Ivana now become a Women's International Master 
(WIM). As per Fide title regulations, a player who wins the Asian Junior 
Chess Championship qualifies for the Women International Master title and 
also gets her first Women Grand Master norm. Ivana is now the second WIM and 
the youngest Goan after Bhakti to achieve that landmark.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/At-13-Ivana-is-Asian-junior-chess-champ/articleshow/13912789.cms


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[Goanet] COLUMN: Chief Minister adopts a different approach

[Nisser Dias]

Chief Minister adopts a different approach
By Nisser Dias
nisserdias at gmail.com
SMS to 9422437029


Election 2012 over, votes counted, Congress reduced to non-entity with just 
nine members in the 40 member house. The sun shone over the BJP and 
catapulted it to power with clear majority, people’s aspiration which are 
plenty have sky rocketed. The polity wanted an efficient and honest 
administration, they wanted corruption to be eradicated, they wanted smooth 
functioning government, people wanted illegal mining to stopped, they were 
looking for greener environment and Goa. Goans wanted good infrastructure, 
better connectivity between cities and villages. They wanted a stop to be 
put on constructions of buildings and mega housing projects. They wanted 
elimination of drugs and psychotropic substances from the touristic state of 
Goa. All these illegal activities had thrived under the regime of the 
government of the last five years and general public of the state wanted to 
see a change.


A change that we hope that chief minister Manohar Parrikar can turn into a 
reality. Having said that there is a big difference from the earlier rule of 
Manohar Parrikar as the chief minister and now. He has adopted a reverse 
approach – knowingly or unknowingly is impossible to say. In 2002 Parrikar 
was impatient man and in a hurry to undo the mess of the Congress government 
and do things for the betterment of the state and to a great extent for his 
party. The minority community viewed his party and his motives with 
suspicion, simply because to attain power he caused a divide in the Congress 
government and promoted Francisco Sardinha as chief minister and then got 
round him and made a back door entry to grab power.


However this time round it seems that the roles are reversed. The general 
public inclusive of all communities are showing signs of impatience for the 
chief minister to initiate action against ministers of the erstwhile 
Congress led coalition government who have indulged in large scale 
corruption and have facilitated rape and destruction of Goa. While Manohar 
Parrikar as chief minister is showing signs of maturity and have adopted a 
cautious and calculated approach. This could be seen in his stance of 
allotting party tickets to as many as six Christian candidates and getting 
them elected besides supporting two independents against Congress bigwig 
politicians. This coupled with his performance in the assembly as Leader of 
Opposition has endeared him to the minority community especially from 
Salcete – which till now was seen as the Congress’ pocket borough. Of course 
Parrikar would be much happier man if former chief minister Digambar Kamat 
had lost the election from Margao as he was the man who ultimately 
engineered his fall in 2005.


Then, this time the chief minister had taken on an entirely different type 
of Salcete mission as compared to his 2004 sojourn. One must not lose sight 
of the fact that minorities dominate Salcete unlike other talukas of Goa. 
At that time Manohar Parrikar landed in Salcete only to garner votes. But 
this time round his approach is to meet and interact with as many people 
during his fortnightly visits. And every time he visits the Christian 
dominated taluka he does something out of the book that endears him to the 
people. While carrying out inspection of the NaveIim-Benaulim bridge he was 
driven on a two wheeler by Benaulim MLA Caitu D’silva. I cannot recollect 
any of our former chief ministers or even ministers carrying our inspections 
travelling on a two wheeler. In fact Congress ministers refused to take a 
step without their official car. Worse still their drivers even took the 
official vehicles home after dropping the ministers to their houses. Such 
was the abuse of the official vehicles during the Congress regime.


On his second visit to Salcete so far, the chief minister visited Curtorim 
to get a firsthand knowledge of cultured fishing. He even tried and netted 
fish. And in it he saw fish farming potential in the state along with 
employment generation opportunity. If Manohar Parrikar continues these 
sojourns during his entire tenure, Salcete Congress political bigwigs may as 
well give up their dreams of getting elected in the next five years also.


This coupled with reduction in fuel prices has endeared the chief minister 
to the people. How he controls fuel being siphoned to bordering states is 
another matter but even then people are minutely watching how he will handle 
such a situation.


The people in Salcete are also closely monitoring how he is going to tackle 
the Medium of Instruction issue. It might be difficult for him to 
politically as well personally to endorse MOI in English, but he will have 
to play the minority commission card to give parents the choice.


It seems that the Congress has not realized the manner of his functioning. 
The recent statement of Dayanand Narvekar urging his party not to field 
candid

[Goanet] Force Airlines to make Konkani announcements on landing in Goa!

[Silviano Barbosa]

Force air hostesses to make Konkani announcement compulsory whenever an airline 
lands its plane in Goa like "Goem tumkam sogleank evkar dita! Dev borem korum!" 
I am fed up listening to Hindi and English announcements without the language 
of our soil welcoming travellers to Goa. Be proud of our Konkani! Goan 
Ministers, are you listening or are you not tired of taking an oath in Marathi 
or in English?

[Goanet] Goa news for June 9, 2012

[Goanet News Service]

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** Goa helpline to "save" regional language - indiablooms
WHTsDJHVgIho-zfdw
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*** Alina Saldanha inducted into Goa cabinet - IBNLive.com
NLive.comPTI 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHtaeK7UnDVI6Ienrb8oClsQ5bwbQ&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/alina-saldanha-inducted-into-goa-cabinet/1009312.html

*** Congress going through a 'lull' period in Goa: MP - New York
Daily News
ong-going-through-lull-period-in-goa.html">'Cong going through
lull period in Goa'
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGD_tSX6i7HqUV18w3p4wu_NnhabQ&url=http://india.nydailynews.com/article/273d2a1686ae76a1632639a882d02342/congress-going-through-a-lull-period-in-goa-mp

*** Convention in Goa to chart out path for Hindu nation - Daily
Pioneer
evel members of around 50 right wing Hindu organisations
participating in the deliberations, ...
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*** 5th Goa Marathi Film festival inaugurated - IBNLive.com
NLive.comPTI 
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*** Goa Governor targets 'self-styled civil society' - Zee News
e NewsPanaji: Legislators need to be conscious of "self styled"
civil society members questioning the role of the legislature in
India, Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo said Friday. Speaking at
the inauguration of an orientation programme for legislators the
...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFMOdVZxY2eCql0FsPRwEeS_IbZAg&url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/goa-governor-targets-self-styled-civil-society_780558.html

*** Sesa Goa valuations amongst cheapest in metals and mining
industry - Economic Times
onomic TimesWith a price to earnings multiple of 6.0 times, iron
ore mining major Sesa Goa is the cheapest stock on the BSE Metal
Index and the CNX Metal Index, which trade at 11.0 times and
11.2 times, respectively. While the BSE Metal Index and the CNX
Metal ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHGnJVrkX-QOjJ42wBt6HeiLf6_vQ&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/stocks-in-news/sesa-goa-valuations-amongst-cheapest-in-metals-and-mining-industry/articleshow/13932515.cms

*** Goa beaches head for makeover with shack policy - New York
Daily News
">and more »
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*** Sent to the wild: 300 frogs saved in Karwar - Times of India
ound bus at Karwar has alerted officials and activists in both
states to the possibility of an inter-state smuggling racket
catering to the eateries in Goa's tourism belt. Forest officials
in Karwar ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEhV0E-_tDULHdXsKTREPFfu4XWMA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sent-to-the-wild-300-frogs-saved-in-Karwar/articleshow/13942754.cms

*** Constables get judicial custody - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: The North Goa district session court at
Panaji on Friday remanded five police constables, who allegedly
planted drugs on David Driham alias Dudu, an Israeli national,
to judicial custody till June 14. The accused were produced
before the ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEDXjYU7vnAUR_qzSbjskqeGT2bVw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Constables-get-judicial-custody/articleshow/13942784.cms


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[Goanet] Goans in sports: a new book...

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/7167326187/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/7352534822/in/photostream

Excerpt from PAKISTAN section:

FIELD HOCKEY
* Peter Paul Fernandes (Berlin 1936 Olympics, undivided India), 1948
Olympics (Pakistan)
* Jack Britto (Helsinki Olympics, 1952, capped eight times, excellent stick
work)
* Milton D'Mello (toured in 1948, 3 caps, magnificient right half)
* Gerry Barboza (toured East Africa, NZ, very intelligent left half,
excellent cricketeer)
* Gordon Vaz (international, crafty dribbler on the left wing)

BADMINTON:
* Menino Soares (represented the country in 1954)

CRICKET
* Wallis Mathias (played for Pakistan, 1955)
* Antao D'Souza (played for Pakistan, 1959)
* Charlie D'Souza

TABLE TENNIS AND ATHLETICS
* Maria Fernandes

Source: *Goans in Sports 1936-2011* by Avitus D'Cruz, +91-83089 96601
aviop...@yahoo.co.in Published in Mumbai, 2012.

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[Goanet] New NRI Commissioner

[anesimo56]

Dear all

All this while I was wondering who would be the new NRI Commisioner and 
trying to guess some names and hoped that we will have someone who will 
be approachable and NRI/NRG friendly as lot of Goans worldwide are 
taking a keen interest in events unfolding in Goa and probably like to 
get more involved. It was a pleasant surprise and a good one too. He is 
Dr. Wilfred Misquita from Vasco. Wish him all the best in his new 
assignment.


Cheers

Anesimo

[Goanet] GSRP comments on vital issues reported in Goa's Newspapers - June 8, 2012

[floriano]

TOI
" 20 NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS ON PLANNING BOARD "

Comments:
Heartening to see GSRP's Road Map for Goa being resurrected again over it's 
Chapter II (5) General Policies -[CIVILIAN SERVICES BOARDS] . Along with 
GSRP's  Road Map for GOA, it's Vice  President (North)  Mr. Matias Vaz  has 
also been resurrected. Mr. Vaz is also the President of GOA FOUNDATION, 
President of ' GOEMCHEA RAKHONDARANCHO AWAZ' [GRA] and a  Member, 'GOA 
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GROUP [GEAG]Another very much appreciated name in 
this list is that of our very own Taget Goa's Bevinda Collaco's. We can only 
expect good things to flow out of this  otherwise 'conxeak marullem in 
Saligao' Planning Commission Board. Manohar Parrikar has definitely departed 
from his traditional thinking and we appreciate this very much.


In this context, it is pertinent to mention that Dr. Wilfred D'Souza was the 
Ex-Chairman of the Planning Board.


At the time when he was offered the post by Manohar Parrikar (BJP's last 
tenure), I happened to be visiting Dr. Wilfred at his residence where 
another esteemed visitor was Ex- Minister Alexio Sequeira. While sipping 
coffee and making small talk, Dr. D'Souza handed to me two letters and asked 
me to go  through them amid good humored protests by Aleixo Sequeira telling 
the good doctor that he is making a mistake, that flaws where there are no 
flaws will be pointed out. When I was done with the letters, I handed them 
back to the good Doctor who asked me what I thought of them. I told him that 
there were flaws in both the letters, when Aleixo butted in saying "I had 
warned you" . Incidentally, one was the letter written by Manohar Parrikar 
to Doctor D'Souza,  trying to convince him that  he should take-over as the 
Chairman of the Planning Commission. The other was the reply from the good 
Doctor.


FL:  Manohar Parrikar says - quote " Like you, I too have a vision of Goa " 
That is pattently  wrong, Doctor. The correct way of saying this should have 
been " like you, I too have a vision FOR Goa", and not OF Goa.

DR. Why?
FL: Because, even a beggar has a vision of Goa. He can see the garbage 
spreading around, roads in a mess, public transport in shambles etc.

DR. What is the flaw in my letter?
FL: You have said quote " If I take the post, I shall not 'expect' any 
remuneration"

Dr. So?
FL: Doctor, you should have said " If I take the post, I shall not 'ACCEPT' 
any remuneration"


Cheers

**

HERALD

"ALINA INDUCTION TODAY"

Comments:
GSRP is very happy that Alina has been elevated to the status of the 
esteemed Minister in the Goa Government. Whilst CONGRATULATING her, we wish 
her well AND, all the very best with her MINISTRY.
Though GSRP was officially invited for this oath taking ceremony at the Raj 
Bhavan, we regret that we were not able to be present in person to extend to 
ALINA our deepest appreciation, our Congratulations and our good wishes.



**
"DEFIANT MULE READY FOR A SHOWDOWN"
[[ KTC was given loan of Rs. 30 crores  even as four directore along with 
him had opposed the move while governemtn stod guarantor to the Bank. KTC 
failed to pay the loan amount  which has now accumulated to Rs. 46 crores - 
Chairman [Goa State Co-Operative Bank Ltd] Ramchandra MULE]]


Comments:
And they expected the creature to be docile???
Having a whole lot of tradition and history behind  being a MULE???

**

" STUDENTS REFUSE TO SET FOOT ON MIRAMAR FOOTBRIDGE"
[Collosal Waist - Sharad students cross the road as the footbridge lies 
unused]


Comments:
Seems to be a classic case of ' SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD'  
With the affluence and hype surrounding Sharda, looks like the 'rod' needs 
to be replaced with a 'WHIP'


**

" WILL MOTI DONGOR'S HOUSING MAFIA GET THE BOOT?"

Comments:
Not unless the boot is tried on the Moti Dongor's MLA first.


**
"CONG NEEDS TIME TO BOUNCE BACK: SARDINHA"

Comments:
Sadly,  the bouncing matter in the CONG has leached away since the last 
March's humiliating defeat at the hustings. Further leaching of this 
bouncing matter in the CONG is underway  thro' fear of prison cages. Let us 
forget the CONG for the next 20 years or so and concentrate on size-up the 
KING, instead.






floriano lobo
Gen. Secretary/Spokesperson
GSRP
9422060347



GOA SU-RAJ PARTY - GSRP
Shall conduct Interviews with PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES for all 40 
Constituencies of Goa for
Elections 2017  starting from May-2012 [Saturdays Only] at Party's City 
Office, 2nd. Flr. Karekar Bldg,
Above Indian Overseas Bank, Angod-Mapusa. For further details call 
9422060347.

Let us endeavour to set up GOA'S effective High Command in Goa.
www.goasu-raj.org 

[Goanet] The power of the media-business losses

[Marshall Mendonza]

MD

Thank you for your post and the explanation. As a person with an accounting
and legal background, I fully understand and agree with what you say.
However, I was reading Barad’s post between the lines and what it
insinuated. Hence my queries to him. I am still waiting for the information.


** **

Regards

** **

** **

Marshall

** **

*I believe for any ongoing business an annual budget is set up, could be a*

*deficit as well.  But by the time the Auditors complete window dressing the
*

*budget and present it at the AGM, the picture could be different, depending
*

*on the current economic conditions, the revenue, cash flow picture could be
*

*quite different.*

* *

*The management in many large companies contracts are drawn when the*

*directors etc are appointed and their salary, perks or annual bonus depends
*

*on the contract and not the actual annual profit the company earns. So the*

*western phobia of balancing the budget does not make much sense.  Indian*

*Railways may have been incurring operating losses, but they are not closed*

*down!!*

* *

*This is what I feel.*

*MD.*

** **

[Goanet] Goan picnics in eastern USA

[Tony Barros]

Hi folks !
 
Just in case you are contemplating on visiting the USA or other U.S. residents  
folks are
not aware of the summer events, herewith is a list of the three picnics 
organized by the  
three Goan  associations  in  the eastern USA.
 
1)Goan Association of Maryland and Virginia- Sunday, June 17 at the Lake 
Accotink Park in
Springfield, Virginia. Contact Maria Paes- email address -paesfam...@gmail.com  
or
Onecia Ribeiro- tel # 301-760-7451.
 
2)Goan Association of New Jersey- Saturday, July 28 at the  Princeton Country 
Club in
West Windsor.  Website email address- goanj.com
 
3)New York City Goan Association- Sunday, August 12 at the Palisades Park in 
northern
New Jersey. website address - commit...@nycgoans.com
 
This list does not include the New England Belt  Group which incorporates 
Massachussetts,
Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire states. It is not a registered  Group and 
hence
information can only be sought thru friends and relatives living in the area 
and aware of
their activities. I do believe that they have a picnic.
 
P.S.  The New Jersey GOA picnic is open to members and their non-resident 
guests.
The Maryland and Virginia GOA  is also restricted to members; whilst the New 
York
GOA picnic  is open. The New  Jersey GOA and the New York City  GOA have  
seperate
rates for members and non-resident guests , and members and non-members
respectively. Please check these restriuctions with your contacts.
 
First World goanetters;Have a Great Summer !
 
Cheers.
 
Tony Barros.
New Jersey, USA

[Goanet] India’s slowdown

[Gabe Menezes]

Farewell to Incredible India Bereft of leaders, an Asian giant is destined
for a period of lower growth. The human cost will be immense

Jun 9th 2012 | from the print edition

   -
   -

   IN A world economy as troubled as today’s, news that India’s growth rate
has fallen to 5.3% may not seem important. But the rate is the lowest in
seven years, and the sputtering of India’s economic miracle carries social
costs that could surpass the pain in the euro zone. The near double-digit
pace of growth that India enjoyed in 2004-08, if sustained, promised to
lift hundreds of millions of Indians out of poverty—and quickly. Jobs would
be created for all the young people who will reach working age in the
coming decades, one of the biggest, and potentially scariest, demographic
bulges the world has seen.

But now, after a slump in the currency, a drying up of private investment
and those GDP figures, the miracle feels like a mirage. Whether India can
return to a path of high growth depends on its politicians—and, in the end,
its voters. The omens, frankly, are not good.


*In office but not in power*

Some of this crunch reflects the rest of the world’s woes. The Congress-led
coalition government, with Brezhnev-grade complacency, insists things will
bounce back. But India’s slowdown is due mainly to problems at home and has
been looming for a while. The state is borrowing too much, crowding out
private firms and keeping inflation high. It has not passed a big reform
for years. Graft, confusion and red tape have infuriated domestic
businesses and harmed investment. A high-handed view of foreign investors
has made a big current-account deficit harder to finance, and the rupee has
plunged.

The remedies, agreed on not just by foreign investors and liberal
newspapers but also by Manmohan Singh’s government, are blindingly obvious.
A combined budget deficit of nearly a tenth of GDP must be tamed,
particularly by cutting wasteful fuel subsidies. India must reform tax and
foreign-investment rules. It must speed up big industrial and
infrastructure projects. It must confront corruption. None of these tasks
is insurmountable. Most are supposedly government policy.

Why, then, does Mr Singh not act? Vacillation plays a role. But so do two
deeper political problems. First, the state machine has still not been
modernised. It is neither capable of overcoming red tape and vested
interests nor keen to relax its grip over the bits of the economy it still
controls. The things that do work in India—a corruption-busting supreme
court, the leading IT firms, a scheme to give electronic identities to
all—are often independent of, or bypass, the decrepit state.

Second, as the bureaucracy has degenerated, politics has fragmented. The
two big parties, the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), are losing support to regional ones. For all the talk of
aspirations, voters do not seem to connect reform with progress. India’s
liberalisers over the past two decades, including Mr Singh himself, have
reformed by stealth. That now looks like a liability. No popular consensus
exists in favour of change or tough decisions.

As a result, when the government tries to clear bottlenecks, feuding and
overlapping bureaucracies can get in the way. When it suggests raising fuel
prices, it faces protests and backs down. When it tries to pass reforms on
foreign investment, its populist coalition partners threaten to pull the
plug. It does not help that the ageing Mr Singh has little clout of his
own: he reports to the ailing Sonia Gandhi, the dynastic chief of Congress.
With a packed electoral timetable before general elections in 2014,
Congress does not want to take risks.

Is it time for a change at the top? Mr Singh has plainly run out of steam,
but there are no appealing candidates to replace him. Mrs Gandhi’s son,
Rahul, has been a disappointment. What about a change of government? The
opposition BJP is split and has been wildly inconsistent about reform. Its
best administrator, Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, is divisive
and authoritarian. If it formed a government tomorrow, the BJP would also
have to rely on fickle smaller parties.

Some reformers pray for a financial crisis that will shake the politicians
from their stupor, as happened in 1991, allowing Mr Singh to sneak through
his changes. Though India’s banks face bad debts, its cloistered financial
system, high foreign-exchange reserves and capable central bank mean it is
not about to keel over. A short, sharp shock would indeed be useful, but a
full-blown crisis should not be wished for, because of the harm that it
would do to the poor.

Instead the dreary conclusion is that India’s feeble politics are now
ushering in several years of feebler economic growth. Indeed, the
politicians’ most complacent belief is that voters will just put up with
lower growth—because they supposedly care only about state handouts, the
next meal, cricket and religion. But as Indians di

Re: [Goanet] Yogic Farming - There are hundreds of studies on yoga,

[Santosh Helekar]

MD  wrote:

> 
> Does santosh believe whatever is on this website is the truth but the whole
> truth?
> 
> http://www.brahmakumaris.info/
>

I am not sure how the above question to me relates to the confusing queries and 
random unsubstantiated thoughts below. But since the above question is 
addressed to me, I will answer that I have no reason to doubt the historical 
description of the Brahma Kumari cult given by its ex-members, especially the 
fact that it is a doomsday cult with a strongly held belief that the end of the 
world, resulting in the exclusive survival and prosperity of its current 
members, and annihilation of all the rest of humankind, is imminent. This 
description matches exactly that provided to me by its followers in the early 
70's when I visited an exhibition held by them in Menezes Braganza Hall in 
Panaji. At that time they believed that the world would end in 1976. I learned 
at that time that God to them was the abbreviation G.O.D., which stood for 
Generation, Operation and Destruction. Now as far as the allegations of murders 
and rapes are concerned, they have been
 reported in the mainstream press. Here is one such report in the Times of 
India:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-01/india/29370168_1_mount-abu-ias-officer-haryana-police


Unfortunately, in India, as in most other countries, when a crime is committed 
in the context of religion, a massive cover up is almost guaranteed. Religion 
like political power has always been a sure-fire way of achieving immunity from 
prosecution against crimes. 

Cheers,

Santosh

- Original Message -
From: MD 
> 
> What kind of Yogas are there and their purpose?  Is holding breath for a
> long trime is good for one's heart muscles or brain cells?  By squatting,
> we deprive blood circulation to lower limbs..a person with heart condition
> may feel giddy!! One can meditate with concentration in a church or market
> place, the main thing is concentration.  When gomateshwara stood in
> concentration, creepers began growing on him...can we accomplish this?
> Deep breathing exercise relaxes the body, provides much needed oxygen to
> the heart muscles and brain cells thereby one feels relaxed, the mood is
> elevated.
> 
> Old times, sages used to involve in this to attain 'nirvana'?..joining 
> the
> higher power ('veelena').  Even Vedas, the main concept of creativity is
> borrowed from Middle east.  Of course, then legends were built by
> interested community as  a tool of supression, compliance.
> 
> I am very interested in 'proven benefit' some examples please.
> MD.
>

Re: [Goanet] Hind-Christian dialogue (was: Sanal Edamaruku trial)

[Gabriel de Figueiredo]

Marlon,
 
I am not sure how you came to the conclusion that I had "elevated Catholics 
over other "trouble making" christian groups". 
 
Gabriel.
 


>
>From: marlon menezes 
>To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"  
>Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012 2:12 AM
>Subject: Re: [Goanet] Hind-Christian dialogue (was: Sanal Edamaruku trial)
>
>3) Note that the original poster (Gabriel) elevated Catholics over other 
>"trouble making" christian groups. It is a very common attitude shared by many 
>intolerant persons of any faith viz people of other faiths.
>
>
>
>
>Marlon Meneses wrote: "We catholics have our priorities right. We know that
>Protestants and other Christians have half a chance of attaining salvation.
>Cannot say the same about the non-christian heathens and migrants though!"
>
>From: U. G. Barad   
>
>If Marlon was not saying the above in jest, then I would like ask him  if he
>thinks that souls like that of Mahatma Gandhi are in
>hell.
>
>
>

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Legends of Silicon Valley: Donald Knuth

[Rajan P. Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Legends of Silicon Valley:
Donald Knuth'

The sage of Silicon Valley.

The legendary computer scientist and professor at Stanford University, Donald
Knuth, has spent his entire intellectual life searching for patterns in
theoretical computer science, making fundamental contributions in a wide range
of topics, and then clarifying them in his magnum opus, The Art of Computer
Programming, work on which began in [...]

You may view the latest post at
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/06/08/legends-of-silicon-valley-donald-knuth/

Best regards,
Rajan P. Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Song for the day

[Gabe Menezes]

Johnny Nash
-
I Can See Clearly Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w

g



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Crawling velvety creatures?

[MD]

Message: 2
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 03:58:45 +0100 (BST)
From: JoeGoaUk 
To: "goa...@goanet.org" 
Subject: [Goanet] Remember these small Crawling velvety creatures?
Message-ID:
   <1339037925.75362.yahoomail...@web171406.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Remember this Crawling velvety creatures ? Rain Related

Usually seen after first day of Rain

These beautiful velvety creatures are a wonder of nature.  I do not think
anyone has done any research on these beautiful, harmless creatures.  We
used to call them 'devachim gorvam' (God's cows). A blown up pic of a
single one would have been helpful.

Very interesting.  Thanks.

Another fascinating wild flower that used to be called 'tiger claws' (Vaga
Naxi ful) that blooms later during monsoon, the plant is a creeper.

Also the wild thorny bamboo  (KaNki) flowers once in 12 years, it's seeds
resemble 'black rice' and probably is edible. After flowering the plants
die and new ones are born from these seeds..mostly in thick jungles.

[Goanet] NEWS: To be minority is blessing in India: Fr. Sequeira (UCAN)

[Goanet News]

To be minority is blessing in India: Fr. Sequeira
Christians have a special task in India – to promote interfaith
dialogue at all levels, he said in an interview to ucanindia.in

By Ritu Sharma

New Delhi:
Fr. Thomas Sequeira, who recently stepped down as the deputy secretary
general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), says
being a minority is a blessing in India.

Christians should not entertain a minority complex but consider their
minority status as an invitation to join the majority community for
the nation building, said the priest who was part of the Catholic
Church’s interaction with socio-political and religious leaders for
the past six years.

At a function on June 1, Fr. Sequeira handed over the charge of the
CBCI Centre in New Delhi to his successor Fr. Joseph Chinnayayan.

In an interview with UCAN India a few days earlier, the 59-year-old
priest said he leaves for higher studies in the United States with a
note satisfaction that the Church has taken seriously its role in the
nation building.

Christians, he said, have a special task in India – to promote
interfaith dialogue at all levels.

For this, the Church has to engage all its pastoral structures to form
human communities where people of all religions work together for
common good.

He considered it a matter of pride and privilege to live in a
multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and multi-ethnic
country.

“We are proud fellow pilgrims in this cradle of many religions and the
only way forward for us is to engage in inter-religious dialogue,” he
added.

However, inter-faith dialogue should not become only occasional
meetings among religious leaders, but instead it should take place at
all levels.

The priest cited examples from his native state of Goa to show how
people in villages think beyond their religious consideration to work
together for the common good.

“Dialogue of life really takes place in panchayat (village council)
where people come together to resolve problems of electricity, water
and urbanization,” he noted.

Such efforts could be well harnessed if Church allows its parish
structures to form small human communities. A parish should think of
the welfare of all people under its area, he added.

“When we deal with people of other religions we have to respect and
accept whatever is truthful and noble in their traditions,” he
asserted

What he has seen from the national capital is a greater sense of
tolerance among India, despite occasional aberrations created by some
sections of people.

According to him, religious fanatics are found in all religions,
including Christianity.

Recent cases of Christian persecutions have not discouraged the Church
to carry on with its work among the poor and the deprived.

However, Christians have to work to remove the perception among
certain sections of Indians that the Church indulges in conversion
works. “No one will deny us the right to strengthen our country,” he
added.

Although the Church is in the forefront of education, healthcare and
social development, it has to improve the quality of its service and
commitment of its workers, he said.

“We have great potential and we have to utilize it for the welfare of
the national by joining hands with people of other religions,” he
added.

Fr. Thomas Sequeira , Catholic Bishops' Conference Of India , CBCI ,
Fr. Joseph Chinappan

[Goanet] Chant - The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos - YouTube

[Con Menezes]

Gregorian chants..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ela-Z7HqqS8