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Re: [Goanet] What does your school PTA say about admitting kids with HIV?

[J. Colaco < jc>]

On Jul 14, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Mervyn Lobo  wrote:

It is pure ignorance that fuels the fear of some parents towards kids
who are HIV+..
The following is from the National Aids Trust (UK) Perhaps it will
alleviate the fears of those who are not up to date on HIV.
Mervyn



Dear Mervyn

I agree with what is done in the UK and in Canada where (based on what
I know) HIV infected children are rigorously followed up by the
pediatric Infectious disease specialists and administered the
necessary therapy...often by DOT (direct observation treatment) esp
wrt TB

Are you absolutely certain that the same prevails in the case of these
HIV+ve orphans?

Are they TB free? Do you know for sure?

Are the children who presently attend that school TB free?  Do you
know for sure?

WHO exactly is willing to be liable IF either the HIV orphans or the
other school children contract TB from the other? You Mervyn?

BTW: Have the orphanage children been cleared for other disease
asymptotic (carrier) states?

Do you know the story of Mary? (As is Typhoid Mary?)

DO you really have a complaint about the parents being extra-cautious
wrt their own children?

I hope you understand that the RISK is NOT for HIV transmission
(unless one child bites another) BUT for the other infections which
are found in "orphanage children' and in HIV infected individuals.

jc





National Aids Trust (UK)

It is important to remember:

Having a child living with HIV in school poses no risk to staff or
pupils. There is no known case of an HIV transmission occurring at
school.

Virtually all children living with HIV are completely healthy for the
majority of their school career. With appropriate treatment and care,
they can live a long and healthy life.

Children living with HIV have regular clinical check-ups and those
that need medication may take it at home once or twice a day.

HIV suppresses the immune system so children living with HIV have to
take care not to catch childhood illnesses, such as measles or chicken
pox as these can have severe health implications for them.

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[Goanet] Goa news for July 17, 2014

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

*** 'Financier' of 7/11 Mumbai blasts held at Goa airport -
Indian Express
ear-old in police custody for 14 ...
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*** Goa to get projects worth Rs 1 crore from Centre:
Manohar Parrikar - Economic Times
o-get-projects-worth-rs-1-cr-from-centre-manohar-parrikar-1483801.html">Goa
to get projects worth Rs 1 cr from Centre: Parrikar
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFqHPp1ChAQKKEjwDqlhLKF9yfJOw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778558872914&ei=_ArHU5i_EoTzggfcroCIDw&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/goa-to-get-projects-worth-rs-1-crore-from-centre-manohar-parrikar/articleshow/38475640.cms

*** Now, BJP mahila wing decries pub culture in Goa - Times of
India
fficials-getting-drunk-at-work-bjp-wants-alcometers-559075">Goa
Officials Getting Drunk at Work? BJP wants Alcometers
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNG3RHzcDqNhfumVVnz44IywoRxjSg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778558722208&ei=_ArHU5i_EoTzggfcroCIDw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Now-BJP-mahila-wing-decries-pub-culture-in-Goa/articleshow/38442291.cms

*** Goa school won't expel 23 orphans, parents withdraw 18
students - Indian Express
ositive orphans from a school in Rivona village in south Goa
last week, parents of other students on Wednesday withdrew their
18 children from the school. The parents have been pressuring
the school to ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHXvACeJUDtMj_AcLyziPHfWRCHnQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778560008503&ei=_ArHU5i_EoTzggfcroCIDw&url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/goa-school-wont-expel-23-orphans-parents-withdraw-18-students/

*** After bikinis, mini-skirts and pubs, it's spas in Goa on
moral radar - Times of India
ing politicians and sections of the media of serving as
camouflaged abodes for prostitution, fuelling trafficking of
women and promoting Goa as a destination for sex services,
leading spa and salon promoters in ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFKMd3k6aMIEAeA53iahVdbvD_dQQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778559554664&ei=_ArHU5i_EoTzggfcroCIDw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/After-bikinis-mini-skirts-and-pubs-its-spas-in-Goa-on-moral-radar/articleshow/38490722.cms

*** Goa PSC announces job vacancy - India Today
dia TodayIn case, the candidates belong to SC/ST category, they
are required to pay an application fee of Rs 200. The fee is to
be paid in the form of Indian postal order or demand draft to be
drawn in favour of "The Secretary Goa Public Service Commission
...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHPd3GGgtse4XSOA0U-FFdwqMn5Fw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=_ArHU5i_EoTzggfcroCIDw&url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/goa-psc-recruitment-at-12-posts/1/372623.html

*** Hefty bill awaits Brazil-returned Goa MLAs - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: The Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) is waiting
for the revised bill from an agency in Mumbai to recover the sum
from four MLAs who travelled to Brazil for the Fifa World Cup
2014. Fisheries minister Avertano Furtado, besides MLAs Benjamin
Silva ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGRzg3WbkXSMZlqulXBsMkXD15lsA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=_ArHU5i_EoTzggfcroCIDw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hefty-bill-awaits-Brazil-returned-Goa-MLAs/articleshow/38442989.cms

*** Goa school expels 13 HIV  orphans, some parents say expel 23
others too - Indian Express
ositive children, all orphans living in a children's home called
Nitya Seva Niketan, were expelled from a school in Rivona
village in South Goa following protests by parents of other
students. The school is now under pressure to ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEJ4Urf7TK0qo9jraRE2hN5ChZ7bQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778558157347&ei=_ArHU5i_EoTzggfcroCIDw&url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/goa-school-expels-13-hiv-orphans-some-parents-say-expel-23-others-too/

*** 'Time football became a culture in Goa' - Times of India
he-record, conversation, Elvis Gomes s cellphone buzzes several
times at the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA)
office in the city. Many of those are calls and an equal number
of messages ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNH3jXJ2fumnw4zwKXwitxv5RPtzlA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=_ArHU5i_EoTzggfcroCIDw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Time-football-became-a-cultu

[Goanet] Litter picker

[Melvyn Fernandes]

Dear all

As promised, images of a litter picker that can assist everyone without 
breaking their back to "Keep Goa Clean" and unchoke the soil of Goa that is 
filled with litter breeding rats and mosquitos and taken for granted.   It is 
everyone's responsiblity.

Failing any initiative by manufacturers in Goa can I take this opportunity to 
invite the people in the back slums of Mumbai airport who manufacture and 
distribute the trolley frame and wheels for suitcases around the world to look 
into this as a job creation and revenue industry.

The link is as below:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=litter+picker&client=firefox-a&hs=MGT&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=i5_GU9H3EayM7AaAqYDABA&ved=0CFkQ7Ak&biw=337&bih=211

Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom

16 July 2014

[Goanet] Litter Management (Response to Dr Ferdinando Dos Reis Falcao)

[Melvyn Fernandes]

Dear Dr Ferdinando Dos Reis Falcao

Your question A:  If you get a guest at your home, and if he is invited by you; 
you would surely clean up the mess he creates in your house because you invited 
him.

My reply A:  Invited guests would normally be within a social class and be 
expected to behave as in a civilised society.  Any mess created would be joint 
and after the visitor has left whatever that can be recycled is placed in an 
appropriate recycled bin provided by the local authority and based on the 
German model i.e. seperation of plastics, metal, paper, etc.   This recycled 
waste brings in an income to the local authority that subsides our rates bill 
for the fire, police and general taxation.   General rubbish is placed in 
wheelie bins and collected by dust carts similar to the ones in Margao.

Your question B:   But if you get an uninvited guest and he messes up your 
home, would you clean up the mess or tell the guest to behave and clean up his 
own mess?

My reply B:  An uninvited guest would not be a guest and would be entering at 
their own risk to be dealt with appropriately leaving no mess.   

However litter from neighbouring streets and gardens blown in by the wind 
cannot be helped and just like in Goa can be seen everywhere unless swept 
overnight.   It does not have to be back breaking work and a little effort from 
every individual using a litter picker and bagging it for collection and 
disposal by the local authority.   I will send an example of a litter picker in 
my next posting.

General:  People in general are educated to bag their litter and take it home 
with them.   Those responsible will then put it in their recycling bins as 
above.   New arrivals are easy to spot as they thoughtlessly drop litter on the 
street or from their cars on to the road.   Very soon street cameras will be 
able to identify them and levy them with penalty fines that can be as much as 
GBP 80 per incident.

Habits of a lifetime are hard to break.   However, can I urge everyone for the 
sake of advancement on planet earth to follow the Goa Tourism theme as 
announced in Goa Today July 2014 issue "If there is anything that we need to 
dump, its our bad habits" "Naarlu Bab says, "Let's keep Goa clean! "If Goans 
won't do it for Goa, who will?"    

Best regards.
  
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom

16 July 2014

[Goanet] Baina seahore slums, a dangerous place to live - a video report

[JoeGoaUk]

 

Baina Beach shore slums
The problem is lot bigger than we thought
Only a small section of the dangerous dwellings is demolished
Majority of the slums on the shore still exist.
Just because nothing happened all these years ...
does not mean it will never happen.. 
The Govt. or South Goa Collector was right in its action
The place is dangerous to live

 Today's video
(I was fully wet while shooting..)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyEZbPS1e2M


Pics
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 Previous pics and video
http://joegoauk-pointofview.blogspot.com/2014/07/baina-beach-illegal-slums-demolition.html



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[Goanet] The Dabahwallahs of Mumbai

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[Goanet] Re- Goanet - Beginning of Good days ? True ?

[Vivian A. DSouza]

[Goanet] world-cup-2014-by-the-numbers

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[Goanet] GSRP ALLEGES PARRIKAR IS MINE OWNER'S PUPPET ON STRINGS' - PRESS RELEASE FOR KIND FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION

[floriano.lobo]

Date: July 16, 2014


GSRP alleges Parrikar is Mine Owners 'Puppet on Strings'

In a scathing attack on Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for his repeated 
U-Turns on the Goa Illegal Mining Scam, Goa Su-Raj Party (GSRP) alleged that 
the Chief Minister is nothing but a 'puppet on strings' of the powerful mine 
owners in Goa.


Speaking on the issue, Floriano Lobo, General Secretary, GSRP stated, 
"Parrikar is a liar and has been fooling the people of Goa on the issue of 
the Rs 35000 crore illegal mining scam as exposed in the Shah Commission 
Report. First it was irregular mining instead of illegal mining; now it 
appears that he plans to absolve all mining companies from the illegal 
mining scam by making ridiculous statements such as " Those who mined the 
minerals during 2007-2012 didn't know that it was illegal to do so. It was 
decided that it is illegal in the year 2014 (with reference to the recent 
Supreme Court judgement on illegal mining scam)"
First it was Digambar Kamat, now its Parrikar who is nothing but a puppet of 
the mine owners.


In a recent media briefing Parrikar stated that the new Goa State Mining 
Policy will regularise iron-ore mined between 2007-2012, which Supreme Court 
termed as 'Illegal' mining. GSRP Secretary & President (Youth Affairs), 
expressed, "I challenge Parrikar to prosecute the companies such as 
Fomentos, Sesa Goa, Chowghule and others from the powerful mining lobby; or 
prosecute politicians such as former Chief Minister & Mines Minister 
Digambar Kamat and others mentioned in the Shah Commission Report. But, I 
know Parrikar cannot accept the challenge because it is not his will to 
prosecute the big sharks in the illegal mining scam,   just small fishes."


Rodrigues further added, "Forming state-owned corporation for mining is an 
idea Parrikar will never put into action and  will find excuses to implement 
it because,  being a puppet of the mining companies, he has to ensure that 
the benefits go to the mining companies and not the people of Goa. GSRP in 
its party manifesto has clearly advocated the need to run mining operations 
in a state-owned corporation so that every Goan gains from the revenue 
earned through this natural resource and not just a few mining families. "


Parrikar termed the setting-up of a corporation for mining as a logistical 
nightmare. Rodrigues slamed Parrikar saying, "For an IITian Chief Minister, 
he appears to forget that all business are nightmares if they do not get 
their operations systems in place. Therefore, making such a lame excuses, 
is a  shame."



Sd/-
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Goa Su-Raj Party
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[Goanet] Fwd: FW: Jennifer Lopez duet with Andrea Bocelli - Quizas , Quizas , Quizas .

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Jennifer Lopez duet with Andrea Bocelli - Quizas ,Quizas ,Quizas .

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[Goanet] Doctors in Goa and other matters (delayed response to JC and FRF)

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

Melvyn Fernandes melvyn
at orange.net  on Tue Jul 15
07:15:46 PDT 2014 wrote:

Even in Goa today where our people of all ages can
be seen to drop litter and choke the soil.   The magazine Goa Today
in March 2010 documented this.   In their issue of July 2014 there is
an announcement from the Government of Goa, Department of Science, Technology
& Environment with guidelines to "Keep Goa Clean".   On
the back page of this same issue there is another announcement issued in public
interest by Goa Tourism.   The slogan reads "If there is
anything that we need to dump, its our bad habits" "Naarlu Bab says,
"Let's keep Goa clean! "If Goans won't do it for Goa, who
will?" So come on everyone pull your finger out and get on with it.




COMMENT:
Melvyn, If you get a guest at your home, and if he is invited by you; you would 
surely clean up the mess he creates in your house because you invited him.
But if you get an uninvited guest and he messes up your home, would you clean 
up the mess or tell the guest to behave and clean up his own mess?

Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.   

Re: [Goanet] What does your school PTA say about admitting kids with HIV?

[Roland Francis]

Sorry, you leave me unconvinced. Here's why:

Cecil:
I always question myself and my actions, reactions and motivations. It is
very easy to do armchair analysis from a distance. It is easy for me to
condemn the parents of the Rivona school sitting here in Panjim. What if I
was in their place? How would I have reacted if kids living with HIV were
admitted in my son's school. I ask myself such questions all the while.
Only after asking myself these questions, and sincerely analyzing my
reactions, can I then turn the scope on the Rivona parents. And
incidentally I passed my own test with flying colours. But yes one must do
a lot of introspection before being critical of what others do.

Response: Even if you disclaimed education, merely being informed and aware as 
you claim to be, should have convinced you of the correct stand without the 
necessity
 of self doubts on the subject of HIV infected children viz they have the full 
rights of all children including access to education without discrimination and 
harassment. There can be no second thoughts about this under the guise of 
"sincerely analysing my reactions". If you think like this, no wonder people 
with a little less than your level of "information and awareness" could do what 
they did in Rivona.






Cecil:
Your interpretation exposes your blinkered understanding of issues. "For
our kids and their kids" is a slogan I have used before when raising funds
or awareness for issues related to young people. It is a beautiful phrase
that encompasses everyone. Our children, their children, our children's
children.
 Only a convoluted mind could interpret it in the negative way you
have.

Response: If I am blinkered and negative than your phrase is extremely naive 
not to be termed divisive. Pity a "writer" could not have said it more clearly. 
No matter how you mask or spin it, the phrase could have been unambiguous with 
"Our Children, Our Children's Children", if that is what you meant.

My last word on this subject.

Roland.

Re: [Goanet] What does your school PTA say about admitting kids with HIV?

[Mervyn Lobo]

On Tue, 7/15/14, Cecil Pinto wrote:
Roland:
And I certainly hope that in your last sentence "For our kids and their
kids" you do not mean "for their kids with HIV and our kids without",
because it certainly lends itself to that interpretation, when one knows
you have skill in wordcraft and all.


Cecil:
Your interpretation exposes your blinkered understanding of
issues. "For our kids and their kids" is a slogan I have used before when
raising funds or awareness for issues related to young people. It is a
beautiful phrase that encompasses everyone. Our children, their children, our
children's children. Only a convoluted mind could interpret it in the negative 
way you have.

==

Folks,
This one reminds me of a quote from "Awareness" written by Fr. Anthony de 
Mello: 
"We see people and things not as they are, but as we are."

http://www.demellospirituality.com/

Mervyn

[Goanet] Job Offer Hoax Alert - India/Qatar

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

Cecil
Pinto cecilpinto at gmail.com  on Tue Jul 15 08:42:37 PDT 2014 wrote:

… The letter is very authentic looking with very lucrative terms and 
hasauthentic looking stamps of the Qatar Labour Department etc.It is a well 
planned con job. First they browse career sites and contactcandidates and ask 
them for an updated bio-data…. 





COMMENT:
These CON people are everywhere! Goans and all job seekers need to be shrewd.
Parents need to guide and supervise their children.
Some three years back, my daughter had uploaded her CV on internet job sites.
She got offers from renowned establishment with fantastic salaries.
When she told me so, I tracked the mails and found out that they originated 
from Singapore. I also contacted the establishments on their "contact us " mail 
ID, where I received their reply that it was a fake.
I sent a complaint to the Singapore cyber crime Dept. with all details.
They immediately responded advising me to make a police complaint in Goa and 
that the Goa police need to forward them a request to follow up the complaint.
But when I complained to the Goa police cyber crime branch, and forwarding the 
response from Singapore; there was no response at all from their end. The cyber 
crime police in Goa is just namesake!
I still have the correspondence with the Singapore cyber crime police as well 
as the complaint to Goa cyber crimes Dept.


Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.   

[Goanet] Rajgopalan Vasudevan - Plastic to Pavement

[roland.francis]

Goa breaks its head over plastic and garbage disposal, a melange of plastic 
bags, jerrycans, trash and rotting food - victim of India's consumer economy. 
But in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, a quiet, humble, 69 year old Dean of Chemistry at 
Thiagarajar College of Engineering near the city, calls this trash a "gift from 
the gods" and upto humans to use wisely. Instead of allowing it to sit in open 
dumps, leaching into the soil and contaminating groundwater, Vasudevan sees an 
opportunity. 

He insists that plastic gets a bad rap. He's devised a way to transform common 
plastic litter - not only thicker acrylics and bottles but also grocery bags 
and wrappers - into a partial substitute for bitumen in asphalt. Known as the 
Plastic Man, he travels throughout India instructing engineers how to apply it. 
Show me a garbage dump he says and I'll build a road to the airport. 

The college holds a patent for his technique but often licenses it for free. In 
recent years his method has been gaining recognition. Almitra Patel one of 
India's leading experts on garbage who has advised several state governments on 
waste policy, calls Vasu's technology a win-win-win. It is an absolutely 
transformational technology that could clean up India overnight. No mean feat, 
considering that it is diifficult to exaggerate India's (and Goa's) garbage 
problem. Jairam Ramesh the country's former Environment Minister says that if 
there was a Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would win it.

Another advantage of Vasu's technology (the raw material is free), is its 
simplicity. It requires no significant technical knowledge or no large 
investments or changes to road-laying procedures. His whole operation is a good 
example of the Indian method known as "jugaad" or frugal innovation. I do it 
all the Indian way Vasu says, why spend big money when you can do it for little?

Move over, Manohar Parrikar and German technology.

Note: Information used in this article is rearranged and condensed from 
Bloomberg Businessweek's "It's A Future Highway".

Roland.
Toronto.






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[Goanet] "Beginning of Good Days?" - True?

[Marshall Mendonza]

Tim de Mello:

A friend sent me this. Can anyone verify its authenticity?

Response:
My views:
1. This is a dhobi list of intent. Only when it is translated on the ground
can one safely verify with evidence.

2. I am almost certain that this info has emanated from the sangh parivar.
They are pastmasters in this field. This will spread false rumours if they
want to denigrate any person and they will spread such 'good news' mails
when they want to boost their government/ organisation. They will spread
disinformation and obfuscate issues when they are cornered. The late V N
Gadgil who lived in Pune in the heart of hindutva land (Sadashiv Peth -
home to Vir Savarkar and Nathuram Godse) and who was a brahmin himself and
therefore knew all such characters first hand, used to call the RSS the
'Rumour Spreading Society".

3.There will always be some half-truths among the many lies so that it will
establish credibility.

4. I would advise that you treat the info received by you with a bucketful
of salt.

5. As of now nothing much has changed. 30% of the BJP MP's have criminal
records. One minister accused of rape continues in office. Governors are
being eased out to make way for sangh parivar cronies.An RSS man with no
creditable record of an historian has been made head of ICHR(History
Congress). Land and funds are being dished out to the likes of Baba Ramdev
and Indresh Kumar. There is interference in the judiciary with persons of
high integrity being denied positions in the SC. Judges who have passed
adverse orders against Amit Shah Being eased out. Inflation and price rise
continues unabated. Corruption continues unhindered.Laws for the protection
of farmers, tribals and weaker sections are sought to be tweaked to favour
big businesses who funded their election campaign and for whom it is now
payback time.

Regards,

Marshall

[Goanet] Goa mining policy to regularise "illegal" ores: CM

[Gabe Menezes]

*The mining lobby is indeed all powerful, full read @*

*http://tinyurl.com/no3tmjz *
-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day.....

[Gabe Menezes]

Natalie Cole- LOVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY4m0T8VrkY

G



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Kirche St. Cassian

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Kirche St. Cassian'

The railway line across the Bernina Range of the Swiss Alps is among the world's
great train rides, a singular feat of 20th C engineering. The route is owned and
operated by Rhātische Bahn (Rhaetian Railway) and has been declared a World
Heritage Site.

The journey begins in Chur, the oldest town in Switzerland, snakes [...]

You may view the latest post at
http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2014/07/15/kirche-st-cassian/

Best regards,
Rajan Parrikar
ra...@parrikar.com

[Goanet] CM MUST GET HIS PRIORITIES RIGHT

[Aires Rodrigues]

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s so called surprise visit to the Mapusa
government offices this week was more of a publicity stunt to divert the
attention of the people from the alarming and sordid state of affairs that
the State is going through. Having himself lost track of all that he has
promised, Manohar Parrikar should stop fooling the people of Goa with any
further promises and deadlines which will simply add to the pending
pile-up. It is high time he got his priorities right by first focusing on
reining in his erring ministers and control their rampant corruption. In
March 2012, Manohar Parrikar had promised a Parivartan but Goa has landed
from the frying pan into the fire.



The role of monitoring the bureaucracy is not that of the Chief Minister
but of the Chief Secretary who is the Chief Executive Officer of the
State.  It is another matter that by way of Mr. B. Vijayan we have a lame
duck Chief Secretary who has been bowing, bending and crawling to the
delight of the Chief Minister by being an absolute Yes-man.   Vijayan, who
is due to retire this September is reportedly planning to make Goa his home
and is frantically lobbying for a hefty post retirement nest. With the
Chief Minister’s blessings he will manage a three month extension as Chief
Secretary and then hope to be Goa’s next Chief Information Commissioner
when Leena Mehandale retires on 31st January next year. So Vijayan has his
future plans meticulously carved out.. One more migrant to Goa’s census.
Special Status for Goa a la Manohar Parrikar !

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[Goanet] Link: Islamic law holds no legal sway in India. Supreme Court

[Albert Peres]

(The Supreme) Court: Islamic law holds no legal sway in India
By Associated Press July 7

NEW DELHI — Islamic courts have no legal authority in India, the 
country’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, saying Muslims cannot be legally 
subject to a parallel religious authority.


Individuals may abide by Shariah court rulings if they wish, but cannot 
be legally forced to do so, Judge C. K. Prasad said.


“No religion is allowed to curb anyone’s fundamental rights,” he told 
the court, giving the decision of a two-judge bench. Indian law does not 
recognize Shariah court rulings, he said.


Full article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-supreme-court-will-not-recognize-shariah-law/2014/07/07/483aba58-05c0-11e4-a7ef-9ed5d8510e81_story.html

--
Albert Peres

afpe...@3129.ca
416.660.0847 cell

[Goanet] Cyberwars- the internet way of the future?

[Con Menezes]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2013/07/18/how-does-cyber-warfare-work/

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[Goanet] .huffingtonpost.co.uk Video of mosque invasion.

[Con Menezes]

   
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/15/britain-first-mosque-video_n_5587353.html?ncid=newsletter-uk

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[Goanet] CONTROVERSY: Goa-related post on Wikileaks (1970s)

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

1. MEA DEPUTY SECRETARY ON SEPTEMBER 24 TOLD AN EMBASSY OFFICER THAT INDIA
IS RECEPTIVE TO PORTUGUESE OVERTURES ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. DODAMANI SAID
THAT INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SWARAN SINGH EXPECTS TO DISCUSS THE MATTER
THIS WEEK WITH HIS PORTUGUESE COUNTERPART AT THE UNITED NATIONS. THE MEA
OFFICIAL ADDED THAT, ALTHOUGH INDIA HAD NOT RESPONDED TO SIMILAR PORTUGUESE
OVERTURES TWO MONTHS AGO, THE GOI BELIEVED THE TIME NOW OPPORTUNE IN VIEW
OF THE PROGRESS MADE BY PORTUGAL IN FREEING ITS AFRICAN COLONIES. 2.
DODAMANI INDICATED TWO INDIAN DESIDERATA FOR THE RESUMPTION OF RELATIONS:
-- PORTUGAL MUST RECOGNIZE THE INCORPORATION OF GOA AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF
INDIA AND TERMINATE THE STATUS OF THE TWO DEPUTIES WHO OSTENSIBLY REPRESENT
GOA IN THE PORTUGUESE ASSEMBLY; LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02 NEW DE 12787 241445Z --PORTUGAL MUST RECOGNIZE THE CLAIMS OF INDIAN
CITIZENS EXPELLED FROM MOZAMBIQUE AND ANGOLA FOLLOWING THE "LIBERATION OF
GOA". INDIA WOULD IN TURN BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER PORTUGUESE CITIZENS'
CLAIMS PERTAINING TO GOA. SCHNEIDER LIMITED OFFICIAL USE NNN

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974NEWDE12787_b.html