[Goanet] EMPOWER OUR YOUTH
The Goa Government as a matter of rule should ensure that there is a total ban on any extensions in service and contract appointments to the retired. Every extension in service or contract appointment given beyond the retirement age is a cruel and grave injustice to the Youth. It is also a severe prejudice to those unemployed aspiring to join the government service and to the young officers awaiting promotion. No one is indispensable and steps should be taken well in advance to replace those retiring. There are however some officers who just will not retire as they cannot live without feasting on government perks and freebies. All good things need to come to an end. And there is something known as “retired life” which many government officers unfortunately cannot come to terms with. We need to invest in our youth and give them a chance. The power, diversity, and potential of our youth could energize the bureaucracy into a vibrant engine to tow Goa out of the woods. The great American writer Robert Heinlein had said “Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin”. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com
[Goanet] Divar Bonderam pics and video 20.8.16
More Divar Malar Bonderam pics and video Sao Mathias Click here JoeGoaUk - GOA: Divar Bonderam 2016 (Malar) http://joegoauk.blogspot.in/2016/08/divar-bonderam-2016-malar.html Brass Band https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/28836929080/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090947986/in/dateposted-public/ Other musicians https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090995736/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090997996/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/28836978100/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/28836989170/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29091034706/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/28505279143/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/28502251104/in/dateposted-public/ Flag March etc https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090951146/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090953656/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090956296/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090959536/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090962536/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090965836/in/dateposted-public/ Dancing in the streets https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090969846/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29123742585/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29123745055/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29123747755/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk43/29090990716/in/dateposted-public/
[Goanet] Olympic off topic: Ryan Lochte and the Privilege Tree
Ryan Lochte and the Privilege Tree By Alexandra Petri The Washington Post August 19. 2016 The case of Ryan Lochte has reminded me of an old children’s book that I used to read growing up. So did the case of Brock Turner. Actually most cases remind me of this book. It was a little on the didactic side, but, well, what children’s book is not? With apologies to Shel Silverstein. Once there was a Privilege Tree and it loved a little boy. And the boy played under the shade of its thick canopy, and the tree protected him. One day the boy was hungry. “Tree,” said the boy, “I am hungry.” “I know what to do,” the tree said. “Go to the corner store and steal some candy and run back here to me.” And the boy did. He filled his pockets with candy and ran back to the tree as quickly as he could. The man who owned the store chased after him, but when he saw the boy beneath his tree he shrugged and said, “Boys will be boys.” And there were no consequences, and the tree protected him, and the theft did not go on his permanent record. (For, after all, he was just a boy.) The boy grew older. “Tree,” said the boy one day, “I am bored.” “I know what to do,” the tree said. “Pluck one of my branches and carve it into a toy gun and wave it around. That will amuse you.” And the boy did. And the tree sheltered him under its thick leafy canopy of privilege and everyone who saw him shrugged and said, “Boys will be boys.” And there were no consequences, and the tree protected him, and no one even thought to telephone the police. (For, after all, he was just a boy.) And the boy grew older still. “Tree,” said the boy, “I must leave for college soon, but I am bored.” “I have an idea,” said the tree. “Pluck my fruit and ferment it and drink its juices.” And the boy did, and while he was under the influence of this fermented fruit he did something terrible. He ran to the tree. “Oh no,” the boy said, “what have I done? Do you hear what she is accusing me of? I will surely have to face consequences now.” “Nonsense,” the tree said, ruffling his hair with its leaves. And from its thick canopy of privilege the tree produced a lawyer and a big pile of paperwork to discredit the boy’s accuser and point out what a shame it would be for the world if the boy’s promising athletic career were to be derailed in any way. And the judge in the case saw the boy sitting under his tree and shrugged, “Boys will be boys.” (For the judge himself had once been a boy with a Stanford tree of his own.) And there were no consequences, and the tree protected him. And the boy played beneath the tree and had all kinds of glorious adventures. He rolled up the leaves of the tree and put funny things in them and smoked them, and he drove his car twenty miles above the speed limit, and as long as he took shelter beneath the tree, everyone shrugged and said, “Boys will be boys.” And there were no consequences, for the tree protected him. “What a wonderful world this is!” the boy cried. “How wonderful I am!” He tore off several of the tree’s leaves and began to write a novel, which was very well received. And the boy grew older and taller still. He went away to a far-away land and made merry and urinated in a gas station and tried to claim that he had been robbed at gunpoint. And the boy ran for his tree as fast as he could, but its thick canopy was very far away and without the shelter of the tree everyone could see that he was not a boy but a 32 year-old man and they wondered why they had allowed things to go on for so long. But when he reached the shade of the big tree he looked so small and pitiful that they shrugged and said, “Boys will be boys.” They apologized to him, and there were no consequences, and the tree protected him. And many years passed and the boy committed a white-collar crime. And the tree was still there, although it was beginning to rot from within and several people with sharp axes had come and stared at it in a dubious manner. “Boys will be boys,” the tree whispered, “and besides the details of this crime are quite boring and technical.” And the boy faced no consequences — or very few. And the boy grew very old and so did the tree. One day the boy heard his tree creaking in the wind. “What is the matter, tree?” the boy asked. “Are you all right?” “No,” the tree said, and shivered. “I am not. Trees like me should be for children, not grown men. Look.” And the tree pointed, and the boy saw for the first time that there were not many trees like his still standing. “I ought to have been cut down long ago.” “Cut down?” the boy asked, and for the first time in his life the boy was frightened. “But then what will happen to me if I do something wrong?” The tree shrugged. “The same thing that happens to everyone else,” it said. And the tree groaned and fell. And the boy saw that the world was not quite so wonderful when you could not shelter anywhere better than a Reasonable Doubt Shrub (which is nice, but nothing like a Privilege
[Goanet] The Gift of Time to give ...
Hi Everyone, I hope it will touch your heart reading through these lines, particularly this verse: >The best present that you > can give to your family and friends is your > TIME. > May you be granted with > plenty of TIME, to share with All. I remember we had a poem in high school by Thomas Gray entitled: "An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" - only these words stuck to my mind: all 'the paths of glory lead but to the grave.' the following abstract will give the depth of the poem: An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, first published in 1751. Gray may, however, have begun writing the poem in 1742, shortly after the death of his close friend Richard West. In this poem Gray has changed the form of writing an elegy; it is the first elegy that mourns the death not of great or famous people, but of common men who remain unknown and unrecognized. Gray also attempts to show that all 'the paths of glory lead but to the grave.' By implication, the futility of all human ambition and aspiration is hinted at. The contrast between the lives of the rich and the poor, or the privileged and the unprivileged is also highlighted in the poem. He shows how the poor are not in a position to enjoy the luxuries and joys of life in this world. Their poverty proves an obstacle in the path of their progress. But this poverty is a blessing in disguise. If it does not allow people to rise higher, it also restrains them from doing evil, by limiting their power to do so. The rich, on the other hand, possess the power and means to do well to themselves and the world, but they also have powers to do mischief and bring destruction on innocent people. God Bless. Tom Subject: .The Gift of Time to give ... Very good... > > He had amazingly great > wisdom! > > "The Gift of > Time" > >Something to think > about! > > The last wishes of > Alexander the Great > > On his death bed, > Alexander summoned his army generals and told them his three > ultimate wishes: > > 1. The best doctors > should carry his coffin... > > > 2. The wealth he has > accumulated (money, gold, precious stones) should be > scattered along the procession to the cemetery... > > 3. His hands should be > let loose, so they hang outside the coffin for all to see! > > One of his generals who > was surprised by these unusual requests asked Alexander to > explain. > Here is what Alexander > the Great had to say: > > 1. "I want the best > doctors to carry my coffin to demonstrate that in the face > of death, even the best doctors in the > world have no power to heal." > > 2. "I want the road > to be covered with my treasure so that everybody sees that > material wealth acquired on earth, will stay on earth." > > 3. "I want my hands > to swing in the wind, so that people understand that we come > to this world empty handed and we leave > this world empty handed after the most precious treasure of > all is exhausted, and that is: TIME. > We do not take to our > grave any material wealth. > TIME is our > most precious treasure because > it is LIMITED. We can > produce more wealth, > but we cannot produce more time. > When we give someone our > time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will > never take back. > Our time is our life!" > > The best present that you > can give to your family and friends is your > TIME. > May you be granted with > plenty of TIME, to share with All. > > We all forward jokes and > other messages. > Every person you know > should read this.
Re: [Goanet] Olympic off topic: Ryan Lochte and the Privilege Tree
Dude, that was awesome. Much appreciation. —vjp
Re: [Goanet] EMPOWER OUR YOUTH
This should be added to political platforms, particularly those who are promising serious change. It will be hard to counter with political bandaids, and taking into account that our peeps are pretty daft (and I mean the intelligent ones). Nothing like hearing off and on, that some ass piece is ones friends (after all the kaka that has gone down the “fouhi” / oops, nallah). No one says (or has said thus far to my knowledge): The person who I ardently saw my friend, and I still believe he/she is IS also a Prick, a POPOT, a PEEPEET, or a PERPET! Is it too hard to learn anything about ostracizing, or at least moving away from live wires. Of course we are not talking in Konkani in the Vavraddeancho Ixtt! Heh Bhagwaan! Keep hammering these thoughts in Konkani. Pull those heads out already from where the sun don’t shine. —Venantius J Pinto On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 2:25 AM, Aires Rodrigues wrote: > The Goa Government as a matter of rule should ensure that there is a total > ban on any extensions in service and contract appointments to the retired. > Every extension in service or contract appointment given beyond the > retirement age is a cruel and grave injustice to the Youth. It is also a > severe prejudice to those unemployed aspiring to join the government > service and to the young officers awaiting promotion. > > > > No one is indispensable and steps should be taken well in advance to > replace those retiring. There are however some officers who just will not > retire as they cannot live without feasting on government perks and > freebies. All good things need to come to an end. And there is something > known as “retired life” which many government officers unfortunately cannot > come to terms with. > > > > We need to invest in our youth and give them a chance. The power, > diversity, and potential of our youth could energize the bureaucracy into a > vibrant engine to tow Goa out of the woods. > > > The great American writer Robert Heinlein had said “Age is not an > accomplishment, and youth is not a sin”. > > Aires Rodrigues > > Advocate High Court > > C/G-2, Shopping Complex > > Ribandar Retreat, > > Ribandar – Goa – 403006 > > Mobile No: 9822684372 > > Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 > > Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com > > Or > >airesrodrig...@yahoo.com > > You can also reach me on > > Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues > > Twitter@rodrigues_aires > > > www.airesrodrigues.com
[Goanet] This music takes me back to 1981 and the idealism of being 18...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4LAAPNMVH4 Thanks to the Bomoicar network on Facebook for taking us down memory lane: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1506867029534593/ -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha | http://about.me/noronhafrederick | http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha _/ Goa,1556 CC shared audio content https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
[Goanet] FRIDAY BALCAO to focus on Suicide Prevention on 26th August
- Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO the fortnightly discussion event since 1999 fridaybal...@gmail.com Dear Cybergaonkars on Goanet, We continue with FRIDAY BALCAO on 26th August from 4pm to 6pm at Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11, Liberty Apartments, Feira Alta, Mapusa. TOPIC: Suicide Prevention: Need to take the campaign forward in Goa SPEAKER: Open Discussion We invite you to express your viewpoint by attending the FRIDAY BALCAO. If you cannot attend, then please send your views and action plan suggestions by email to fridaybal...@gmail.com best wishes, Roland Martins --- Don't miss out on the discussion. Information is power. Share it equitably. Lets make things happen in Goa !! --- Join the mailing list of FRIDAY BALCAO the fortnightly discussion event since 1999 -
[Goanet] Wanted: volunteers to complete profile of Goa writers
Dear all: Pls see the following writer-related Wikipedia profiles that require some working to be completed or undertaken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_ winners_for_Konkani The authors whose profiles are missing include: 1986 Prakash Damodar Padgaonkar Hanv Monis Asvat-Thamo (Poetry) 1987 Arvind N. Mambro Panaji Atam Mhatari Zalea (Short stories) 1990 Ramesh B. Veluskar Savul Gori (Poetry) 1991 Meena Kakodkar Sapan Fulam (Short stories) 1992 Nagesh Karmali Vanshakulachen Denen (Poetry) 1993 Mahabaleshwar Sail Tarangan (Short stories) 1994 Gokuldas Prabhu Antar ayami (Short stories) 1995 Dilip Borkar Gomanchal Te Himachal (Travelogue) 1996 Sankar Ramani Nilem Nilem Braham (Poetry) 1997 Sheela Kolambkar Bhuim Chafim (Pen-portraits) 1998 John Baptist Sequeira Ashim Asim Lharan (Poetry) 1999 Saratchandra Shenoi Antarnad (Poetry) 2000 Pandurang Rajaram Shenay Bhangui Champhel'li Sanj (Poetry) 2001 Madhav Borcar Yaman (Poetry) 2002 Hema Naik Bhogadandd (Novel) 2003 (Late) Shashank Sitaram Parigh (Short Stories) 2004 Jayanti Nayak Athang (Short Stories) 2005 N. Shivdas Bhaangarsaall (Short Stories) 2006 Datta Damodar Naik Jai Kai Jui? (Essays) 2007 Devidas Kadam Dika (Novel) 2008 Ashok Kamat Ghannaghai Niyatiche (Cruel blows of destiny). 2009 Jess Fernandes Kirvontt (Collection of Poems) 2010 Arun Sakhardande Kavlyanche Shradh (Collection of Poems) 2012[3] Kashinath Shamba Lolienkar Kavyasutra (Poetry) 2013[4] Tukaram Rama Shet Manmotayam (Essays) 2014 Madhavi Sardesai Manthan (Essays) In addition, the others might also need their profiles to be improved. If anyone is willing to undertake to help complete any, some or all of these profiles, I'd be happy to mentor and guide. It's simple to do (but the Wikipedia, being an encyclopedia, wants all information to be referenced carefully before it is included). There are also other profiles of Goa writers (English, Romi, Marathi) waiting to be completed. At another level, Prof Delfim Correia was searching for images of Goan authors who wrote in Portuguese. Do you have any? Are you willing to share? Contact me offlinst at fredericknoro...@gmail.com Regards, FN -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha | http://about.me/noronhafrederick | http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha _/ Goa,1556 CC shared audio content https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day...Michael Buble - You don't know me (with Lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWn0EMBvTsI&index=12&list=PL dakRkpsmtJHASl749igX8CUBGe0-DSH2 G -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Condolences
Dear Frederick and Family Our condolonces and deepest sympathy on the sad news of your Dad,may his soul rest in peace. Melvyn & Rose Fernandes Thornton Heath England 21 August 2016
[Goanet] CHOGM to BRICS: Cautionary Tales for Goa (Times of India, 22/8/16)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/CHOGM-to-BRICS-Cautionary-Tales-for-Goa/articleshow/53800928.cms Two months to go before Goa hosts the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) summit, including presidents Michael Temer of Brazil, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Xi Jinping of China and Jacob Zuma of South Africa along with their foreign policy entourages. The state government led by chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar is busy dealing with garbage and road management, trying to ensure power supply and reliable emergency medical systems. Parsekar told the media earlier this week, "Goa has been selected because of its unique identity," that it was an opportunity to reach out to 40% of the world's population to project Goa tourism, especially to the immense Chinese travel marketplace. "If we can showcase Goa as the best tourist destination to the Chinese and get even a small number of them to visit, it will be a great achievement for the state," he had said. While Goa races to complete basic preparations for the summit like filling in potholes, and sweeping garbage from sight, it's useful to note each of the nations represented recently pulled off a giant global event to significant international acclaim. Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, and will host the 2018 football World Cup. South Africa hosted the 2010 football World Cup, Brazil hosted it in 2014 and is hosting the XXXI Olympiad. China hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Compared to that scale of achievement, are the officials accompanying Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping going to be impressed by having to bypass Miramar-Dona Paula because of "state of the art" roadworks still unfinished years after being promised, and millions of dollars flushed away with no accountability? Will the Brazilian delegation find Goa's haphazard, uncontrolled destruction of its environment admirable? Does anyone imagine Zuma's team is unaware of the racial tension in Goa, that the current tourism minister has had to apologize for using a racial slur against Africans? On one hand, it is justified and necessary to make a serious effort to host the BRICS summit to the best advantage for state and country. But it is also frustrating to observe officials scramble to provide momentary quick fixes to problems state citizens have a right to see addressed whether or not Vladimir Putin is visiting the state. Should it take the presence of a world leader to fix potholes in the highway? To ensure steady power supply? None of Goa's governments ever understood tourism. This administration is no different. The chequered success story of that state industry has mostly taken place despite the government. The sole exception to that general rule might, ironically, be the precursor to this BRICS summit, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) of 1983, when 39 heads of state (Margaret Thatcher, Canada's Pierre Trudeau, Australia's Bob Hawke, Tanzania's Julius Nyerere, Sri Lanka's Junius Jayawardene, others) retreated to Aguada for a few days. The difference between CHOGM and BRICS is that the government at the centre planned years in advance. It was a different India (and a vastly different, jewel-like and still-pristine Goa) without huge resources, but the road from Dabolim airport was widened, a new bridge across the Zuari was inaugurated, and the now-heavily-frequented 'CHOGM road' was cut from Saligao across the fields to Calangute. Photos from this summit showed the world a different India, where the Canadian prime minister could wind-surf, and leaders gathered for lunch in stunning Indo-Portuguese heritage surroundings of the governor's palace. These images had an impact: the first international charter flights to Goa (these were five-star travellers from Germany) started flying in the very next year. The world has changed dramatically since 1983, and Goa has gone from taking in just a few hundred tourists to perhaps three million per year. It was hugely important for the state to host CHOGM in 1983, but much less so for BRICS in 2016. For one thing, the entire world's attention switched to Goa back then but that will not happen this October. It is also a fact that the BRICS economic zone has itself become outdated - Russia and Brazil are in recession, China in a historic slowdown, and South Africa grew only 1% last year. But the chief minister is nonetheless quite right to consider the summit a great opportunity for Goa, even if the proposed emphasis on tourism might be misplaced. Instead, he can choose to invest in the best practices that can yield results for years to come, to initiate and purposefully build relationships that can develop to mutual benefit, to seek guidance to deal with common problems that plague all of our societies. Wise choices here will make all the difference.
