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Ontario's economy sinks deeper
into recession, says RBC
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/15/c6207.html?view=print
TORONTO,
June 15 /CNW/ - Amid
difficulties in the manufacturing
sector, weak external demand for
products and continued job losses,
Ontario's economy is projected to
contract by 3.4 per cent this
year, one of the biggest economic
drops in Canada, according to a
report by RBC Economics.
"In Canada, the global recession
has hit Ontario especially hard,"
said Craig Wright, senior
vice-president and chief
economist, RBC. "Activity fell the
most in nearly 18 years in the
final three months of last year
and evidence so far this year
indicates that, far from regaining
its footing, the province's
economy likely sank even deeper
early in 2009, dragged down by the
collapse of the auto manufacturing
sector."
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Gloomy Canada data show crisis
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090610/business/cbusiness_us_economy_wrapup
Wed Jun 10, 10:52 AM | By David
Ljunggren
OTTAWA
(Reuters) - Canada
unexpectedly posted a trade
deficit in April on slumping
exports while new house prices
fell by the most in almost two
decades, showing the economic
crisis is still biting despite
talk of a recovery.
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Anti-Indian Race Violence
Spreads To Canada
Source:
http://www.timesnow.tv/articleshow/msid-4319195,prtpage-1.cms
10 Jun 2009,
Close on the heels of Indians
being attacked in Australia, six
members of the community were
racially assaulted by a group of
young Canadians while playing
tennis on the outskirts of
Vancouver. Police have arrested
four Canadians, including a woman,
in connection with the assault for
shouting racial slurs at and
robbing a group of tennis players
in Aldergrove on Friday last.
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Five Stabbings at St. Joseph's
Secondary (Catholic) school in
Mississauga 2 students arrested
http://www.canada.com/News/injured+after+stabbing+Toronto+suburb+school/1704894
Excerpts from article by: Megan
O'Toole, National PostJune 17,
2009
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Two
youths have been arrested after a
knife fight at St. Joseph's
Secondary School sent four
students to hospital along with a
teacher who intervened. Peel
Regional Police said Wednesday
afternoon that the youths, aged 16
and 17, face one count of
attempted murder and several other
weapons-related charges. They
cannot be identified under
provisions of the Youth Criminal
Justice Act.
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Bishop Mylo Vergara, Visiting
Toronto From The Philippines,
Calls On Filipino Youth To
Evangelize
http://www.catholicregister.org/content/view/3160/849/
Written by Carolyn Girard, The
Catholic Register, Friday, 05 June
2009
Filipino Catholics have a great
responsibility for evangelization
and they should embrace their
culture in the faith context,
Bishop Mylo Vergara told a group
of 540 youth and young adults.
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Group Calls for 'Renewed
Vision' for Schools: Report
http://www.cfra.com/?cat=1&nid=65725
Josh Pringle | Monday, June 8,
2009
The group People for Education is
calling for a "renewed vision" for
public schools. A report
released today says students are
being forced to pay out of their
own pockets for art supplies,
sports equipment and materials in
core learning classes such as
science or French. The group
says 63 per cent of secondary
schools charge fees for labs and
course material. More than 50 per
cent of schools charge fees for
arts classes. The report
shows in the 2007-2008 school
year, schools and parents raised
$595 million through fundraising
and corporate and charitable
donations. Executive
Director Annie Kidder says the
government needs to find new ways
to look at education by focusing
on the creation of community hubs
for parents and children.
Kidder also wants the government
to address the issue of donations
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Japan urges Sri Lanka to engage
global community
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hNU7QNvrsRC9k
COLOMBO (AFP)
— Japan on Thursday
urged Sri Lanka to develop closer
ties with the international
community as Colombo tries to
rebuild the war-battered north of
the island after decades of bloody
ethnic conflict.
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The Indian Elections
Letter in New York Times
It is truly the greatest show on Earth, an ode to a
diverse and democratic ethos, where 700 million + of
humanity vote, providing their small part in directing
their ancient civilization into the future. It is no
less impressive when done in a neighborhood which
includes de-stabilizing and violent Pakistan, China,
Bangladesh, Lanka and Burma.
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One For The Road - Aussie Pride, Xenophobia & The
Changing World
Anand Soondas | Saturday June
06, 2009
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/onefortheroad/entry/aussie-pride-xenophobia
Many Indians have been taken aback, shocked and
dismayed by the attacks against them in the land they
either had made their own or were in the process of
doing so. Unknown to them, patriotism had
metamorphosed into ultra-nationalism, morphed into
racism and then mutated into plain xenophobia.
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Open Letter to Overseas Goan Organizations
Posted on
www.goanet.org
| By Arwin Mesquita , UAE | June, 16, 2009
Dear Overseas Goans,
Goan Organizations worldwide are involved in many
goodwill services to our Community. To each
Organization; we need to address a priority on an
urgent basis i.e. to mobilise a mass awareness among
overseas Goans to protect Goa's Identity; else we will
no longer have a place to call home.
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Fight against the Taliban on ideological
battlegrounds poses a grave challenge for Pakistan
http://blog.dawn.com:91/dblog/2009/06/12/the-lahore-blast-and-taliban-ideology/
June 6, 2009
The fight against the Taliban on ideological
battlegrounds poses a grave challenge, writes
Dawn.com’s Huma Yusuf.
Scan newspapers and blogs in recent months and you’ll
see that the fight against the Taliban in north-west
Pakistan has been framed as a ‘war against terror’ or
an ‘information war’ over the ‘hearts and minds’ of
residents of the Frontier province. Op-eds have argued
that the Pakistan Army is fighting the Taliban to
restore territorial integrity, safeguard human rights,
ensure good governance and establish the writ of the
Pakistani state. Books and articles point out that
Taliban foot soldiers are young men, lured to
militancy by hefty cash dole-outs in the absence of
other job opportunities. Indeed, one aspect of the
fight against the Taliban has almost been forgotten in
recent months – its ideological underpinnings.
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Avelino Da
Silva and Esther De Souza among
Group of 24 Immigration Canada co-workers sharing
$24 million - in LOTTO 6/49 jackpot win
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/17/c7709.html

Group Of 24 Share $24 Million Immigration
Canada Co-Workers Celebrate LOTTO 6/49 Jackpot Win.
(CNW GROUP/OLG)
TORONTO, June 17 /CNW/ -
Monday, June 15, 2009 is not a day Avelino Da-Silva
will soon forget. It was on this day, he shared the
good news with 23 of his co-workers that they had
all become millionaires overnight.
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TEGSA SPRINGS
INTO SUMMER
WITH A “HOT & SIZZLIN’ DASH OF PIZZAZ
FRIDAY 12TH JUNE, 2009
by Muriel Lucas
Well,
here comes Summer, one of the four temperate
seasons, occurring between spring and autumn. What a
trendy way to celebrate the best season of all, and
with it, the warm summer air, accompany the long
awaited, most anticipated season of all. As nature
takes its course, spreading its lush greenery around
that’s when the time is ripe to grasp the moment &
capture nature at its best!. The official day of
Summer begins on June 21st, marking the warmest time
of the year, with the longest days ahead, but before
you know it – you wonder where its gone!
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The WINNERS with Prez. Charles Fernandes & Social
Sect.Martha Menezes |
One that flew over the Coocoo's nest |
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Report says
climate change is adding to migration
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4641716,prtpage-1.cms
10 Jun 2009
BONN, Germany:
Global warming is uprooting people from their homes
and, left unchecked, could lead to the greatest
human migration in history, said a report released
Wednesday. Estimates vary on how many people are on
the move because of climate change, but the report
cites predictions from the International
Organization for Migration that 200 million people
will be displaced by environmental pressures by
2050. Some estimates go as high as 700 million, said
the report, released at UN negotiations for a new
climate treaty.
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Vernon Lobo of Cyberplex shakes off dot-com doldrums
Exerpts of article from
Globe & Mail News | By Fabrice Taylor | Friday, Jun.
05, 2009 12:00AM EDT
It's recent success is based on a new business
model: matching advertisers with electronic
publishers
Fabrice Taylor is a
chartered financial analyst.
Once
upon a time, not that long ago, Vernon Lobo was a
very rich man. Now he's a lot less rich, but he's
also blessed because he's got a healthy second
chance at the big payday, and things are looking up.
About 15 years ago, when you could count the number
of Internet addresses with images on your hands, Mr.
Lobo and his partners had an idea to build websites
and become leaders in cyber retailing. This was
vanguard thinking at the time.
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The Great Goan
Diet
The StyleSpeak column below
appeared in the May 2009 issue of Goa Today magazine
By Wendell Rodricks | Sent by Roque Cardoso.
Pre-lunch, whenever I visited my friend, the late
Lucio Miranda, he would be sitting Buddha like over
a bowl of Goan kanji. The first time I saw him with
his kanji I asked if this was a daily routine. Every
single day he replied. It's the best diet, our Goan
way of eating. Many years later and after
experimenting with many diets (in an attempt to
cleanse the system once a year) I have come to the
conclusion that Lucio is right.
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Brendan
Fernandes- Toronto Artist links
From:
www.goanet.org
| Sat Jun 2009
Here are some links to a Toronto contemporary artist
Brendan Fernandes
Pictures from his recent exhibit in Toronto,http://www.diazcontemporary.ca/Artists_Fernandes.html
His Bio, web site,
http://www.brendanfernandes.ca/artiststatement.php
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Curry powder
sparks airline fire alert: report
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090613/oddities/india_germany_aviation_food_offbeat
Sat Jun 13, 7:32 AM
MUMBAI (AFP) -
An Air India passenger jet heading to Frankfurt was
forced to return to Mumbai after a bag of curry
powder set off smoke and fire alarms, it was
reported on Saturday. Pilots on the Boeing 747-400
plane activated fire extinguishers after receiving a
cockpit warning about a fire in the cargo hold early
on Friday morning, the Mumbai Mirror newspaper said.
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BA asks staff
to work for nothing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8102862.stm
British Airways is asking thousands of staff to work
for nothing, for up to one month, to help the
airline survive. The appeal, sent by e-mail to more
than 30,000 workers in the UK, asks them to
volunteer for between one week and one month's
unpaid leave, or unpaid work. BA's chief executive
Willie Walsh has already agreed to work unpaid in
July, forgoing his month's salary of £61,000. Last
month, BA posted a record annual loss of £401m,
partly due to higher fuel bills and other costs.
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Air India
Fails to Pay Staff on Time on Cash Crunch
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=apL9qpbMA2fE#
By Vipin V. Nair
June 15 (Bloomberg) --
Air India, the national carrier, will pay 31,000
employees two weeks late as the carrier runs short
of cash because of falling travel demand. Employees
will get their salaries for June on July 15 instead
of the first of the month,
Jitender Bhargava, a company spokesman, said in
a phone interview today.
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Goa’s Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, urges
Goans to refrain from selling land to outsiders
http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=2009061934
NT NETWORK | Posted on 2009-06-19
He also urged that every Goan should start the work of
preservation of the Goan identity from him or her, and
refrain from selling the land and property to the
outsiders. One cannot sell his land and property to
the foreigners and speak about protecting the Goan
identity, at the same time, he maintained.
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Panaji Faces Severe
Garbage Crisis
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=61189&n_tit=Panaji+Faces
By: Special Correspondent | Daijiworld Media Network -
Panaji | Saturday, June 13, 2009 6:58:20 PM (IST)
Panaji, Jun 13:
Goa’s capital city of Panaji faces a garbage crisis as
increasing volume of rubbish has kept on accumulating
after the local civic body refused to lift it. The
city is filled with stink and the corporation of city
of Panaji has stopped collecting garbage from the city
streets after they lost the dumping site to a protest
by locals.
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Confusion in Goa over status of swine flu suspect
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jgmvkfbgfbd&title=_Confusion_in_Goa_over_status
Panaji: Confusion
prevailed in Goa over the status of a suspected swine
flu patient, with senior bureaucrats switching their
versions four times in a matter of two days. After
confirming Goa's first swine flu patient on Thursday
morning, state Health Secretary Sanjay Srivastava
Friday said that the state government was still
awaiting confirmation from the National Institute for
Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Delhi. "We will
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Sesa Goa to acquire Dempo's Goan mining assets for
$350M
http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/cnbc-tv18-comments/sesa-goa-to-acquire
Vedanta Group company Sesa Goa is shopping in Goa. The
company is set to acquire Goa’s largest industrial
group Dempo’s mining assets in Goa for nearly USD 350
million. CNBC-TV18’s Bureau Chief Sajeet Manghat
reports that Dempo has 19 mining leases spread over
1,800 hectares in Goa and that it plans to use the
sale proceeds to infuse capital into Goa Carbon and
other group companies.
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St Anthony, A Testimony Of Strong Faith
http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=200906121
NT NETWORK |
Posted on 2009-06-12
PANAJI- Come June
13 and we have the feast of the glorious St Anthony,
all over the world, more especially in Portugal where
he is a popular saint and in Goa, a testimony of
strong faith of the people in the saint though
sanctuaries. The festivities are held on a grand scale
at Siolim where he is the Patron Saint of the main
Church at Deussua, a hamlet of Chinchinim village,
where a Chapel of St Anthony stands for last four
centuries, and at Goa Velha located at the historic
Raj Biddi below the Pilar hillock.The following
churches dedicated to St Anthony also celebrate the
feast: Vagator, Tiracol, Cabo de Rama, Galgi-bags,
Pachvaddi and Veroda and so do the chapels at Praias
(Anjuna), Cavorim (Chandor), Durgavaddo (Chinchinim),
Simoesvaddo (Guirim) and Monte (Benaulim) where St
Anthony is the Patron.
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Goa scraps SEZ policy, at last
Finally,
the controversial Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy
2006 is scrapped.lnterestingly, the Cabinet decision
on this comes one¬and-a-half year after the Goa
Government officially said 'No' to SEZs in Goa. "The
Cabinet today has decided to withdraw SEZ policy
2006", Clief Minister Digambar Kamat announced at a
post-Cabinet press conference here. Kamat, who was
accompanied by Home Minister Ravi Naik, claimed that
his Govemment would continue its opposition to setting
up SEZs in the State as they were opposed by the
public at large. He said that the State has not given
any thought for compensating the SEZ developers
although the money paid by them in purchasing land
would be reimbursed. [H] |
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Israelis mistake Goan's 'teeka' for
bomb button!
A Goan
couple on a tour of Jordan, Egypt and Israel had a
very unpleasant time entering Israel, as Israeli
soldiers at the border crossing mistakenly thought
that the vermillion mark on the woman's forehead - a
symbol for married Hindu women - was a button to set
off a suicide bomb! They also made her untie her
large, typically Goan hair bun, suspecting it might
contain explosives, says an IANS report by Mayabhushan
Nagvenkar. Shrirang Narvekar, a popular humour
playwright and former President of the United Goans
Democratic Party (UGDP), and his wife S S Narvekar had
gone on the tour in May. AIl went well till they
reached the Jordan-Israel border on May 14.
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Goa beat Bengal, win Santosh Trophy
CHENNAI: Captain,
Felix D'Souza may have failed to equal the 25-year-old
record set by his state-mate and legendary goalkeeper,
Brahamanand Sancoalkar .. winning Santosh Trophy
without conceding a goal. But the pony-tailed 'keeper
had more than a lion's share as he led Goa from the
front to pull off a 4-2 victory against nemesis Bengal
to win the National Football Championship. Felix, with
his heroics under the bar, saved two penalty kicks to
ensure Goa won the final via the penalty shootout
after 120 minutes of goalless play on Sunday. It was
Goa's first win against Bengal in six meetings in the
final and their fifth title triumph and fourth
outright (they were joint-winners once). In the
penalty shootout, Climax Lawrence, Beevan D'Mello,
John Charles Dias and Fulganco Cardozo converted for
Goa. Felix brought off two grand saves as Bengal were
successful with only two attempts by Snehashish
Chakraborty and Pachau Lalam Puia. It was another
heart break for Bengal who last won the trophy for the
29th time 10 years ago while Goa regained the cup
after a lapse of three years.
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Govt mulls tiger conservation
project
A wildlife
conservation project for tigers in the state could be
a possibility, the Forest Minister, Mr Filipe Neri
Rodrigues said, but added that the final word on
whether to have it or no was with the Centre. "We can
explore the possibility to start something on the
lines of the national tiger project" the Forest
Minister told media during his trip to inspect beach
conservation works at Candolim beach. His comments
were sought on the regular sightings and pugmarks of
tigers and even elephants and leopards in the state.
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CCP begins mission garbage
The
Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) began lifting the
garbage with the help of a private contractor after an
escalation of the garbage crisis was feared. “We have
employed a private contractor who has began lifting
the garbage since last night,” CCP Commissioner Melwyn
Vaz told reporters this morning. The nagging issue had
crippled the city with stink and foul smell polluting
few parts in the city like market and other city
lanes. The CCP had caught itself in a tricky situation
after Campal residents refused to allow dumping of
waste on the parade grounds. The corporation went
through difficult moments for almost a week. “The
garbage lifting will continue in the days to come,”
Vaz stated. The CCP, which is being targeted for
mismanagement by certain factions including the
Bharatiya Janata Party, is now waiting for its meeting
with Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao to find
out a permanent solution. [H] |
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Tempers run high over mega project
at Siolim
The Oxel
(Siolim) gram sabha on Sunday witnessed noisy scenes
over panchayat’s decision to approve mega project in
Visapur, Gobliwado. Speaking to reporters, Subhash
Virnodkar of Siolim said that the panchayat has
approved the mega project without obtaining the
consent of gram sabha. “The project, which will be set
up on an area of 22,000 sq mtrs of land at Visapur,
Gobliwado, will create problems for the residents of
the area,” he added. Digambar Sangelkar said even
though all the 53 residents from the area had
submitted their objections to the panchayat on
November 28, 2008 stating that there was no proper
road to the property and the project would create
garbage and water problem for them, the housing
project was approved by the panchayat. “In the
panchayat meeting, ward members Deepak Dhargalker and
Ranganath Agarwadekar have objected to the project,”
said Sangelkar. [H] |
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When price rise is good news
Horticulture Corpn makes Rs 44lakh profit selling
vegetables When prices of essential commodities
started increasing last year the state government took
a decision to supply these commodities at controlled
prices and the Horticulture Corporation was entrusted
with the task of supplying the goods. Said Orlando
Rodrigues, managing director of' the Corporation, "The
government bore the transportation cost as we had to
get vegetables from Belgaum. This helped reduce the
selling price." Consequently the turnover of the
Corporation increased from Rs 1 crore in the year
2007-08 to Rs 6.3 crore in the year 2008-09,"
explained Rodrigues. [GT] |
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Five state rivers interlinked
The Goa
government, with an aim to integrate the state water
resource connectivity through overall planning of
interlinking of rivers, has succeeded in connecting
five rivers at the cost of Rs 24 crore. Highly placed
officials at the department of water resources
informed that presently Mhadei and Khandepar rivers at
Ganje have been interlinked, as also Zuari and
Khandepar rivers, at Kalay as well as Mandovi and
Chapora rivers, at Assanora. These rivers have been
linked through installation of pumps and gravity flow
to ensure availability of drinking water in the
region. [NT] |
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Church is here to serve the poor: Rev. Thomas Dabre
– New Bishop of Pune
http://www.indiancatholic.in/news/storydetails.php/12334-1-11-Church-is-here
One of the most important contributions of the
Church in India was practice of equality and creation
of a caste-free society.
Indian Catholic
PUNE: Bishop
Thomas Dabre, who was installed as the new bishop of
Pune Diocese on Sunday, says the church does not
believe in caste or any kind of division. "The church
is privileged to serve the poor, those who are
suffering and the marginalised,” he said.
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Bigotry alive for Christian Dalits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8090009.stm
By Sunil Raman | BBC News,
Eraiyur
Centuries
ago, as their forefathers faced social and economic
deprivation, many low-caste Hindus embraced
Christianity. But in one corner of southern India,
their hopes for equality remain unfulfilled hundreds
of years on. Called "pariahs", hundreds of Dalit
Christians continue to face discrimination - not from
Hindus but fellow Christians. More than 200km (124
miles) from Chennai, the capital of the southern state
of Tamil Nadu, is the village of Eraiyur. Home to
about 3,000 Dalit Christians, mostly farm labourers
and migrant workers, the area witnessed violence last
year when Dalits demanded equal treatment.
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Silicon Valley mourns Rajeev Motwani's death
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jgimOidabfi&title=Silicon_Valley_mourns
2009-06-08 12:50:00
Washington:
'Today, whenever you use a piece of technology, there
is a good chance a little bit of Rajeev Motwani is
behind it,' wrote Google co-founder Sergey Brin on his
mentor's death. 'Officially, Rajeev was not my
advisor, and yet he played just as big a role in my
research, education, and professional development,' he
wrote in his blog Friday hours after Motwani, 47, a
Stanford University Indian-American computer science
professor, was found dead in his swimming pool at his
California home.
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How choir led Sikh to vocation in Catholic Church
http://www.indiancatholic.in/news/storydetails.php/12278-1-9-How-choir-led-Sikh
By Beth Griffin | Catholic News Service
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS) --
Imagine that the youngest child in a religiously
observant family comes home from high school and
announces to his prominent father that he is
converting to a minority religion he heard about from
his principal. Predictably, the reaction is shock,
disbelief and resistance.
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New Model of Toyota Land Cruiser launched in India
Source:
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=61043&n_tit=Toyota

Toyota Kirloskar Motors vice president Vikram
Kirloskar along with its managing director Hiroshi
Nakagawa, on Tuesday June 9 launched the globally
acclaimed leader in the premium SUV segment, the
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ESMERALDA DE MELLO (nee DE SOUZA)
It
is with great sadness that the family announce the
passing of Esmeralda de Mello (ex- Kenya), in her 90th
year, in Goa, India, on Thursday, June 18, 2009. She
joins her husband Pascoal, her sisters Carmelina,
Rose, Benetina, and brother Manuel. She leaves behind
her sons Dr. Joe (Madeline), Tim (Jenny), Raymond
(Hyacinth) and Stan (Kathleen). Wonderful grandmother
to Robert, Stephen (Anna), James, Hazel, Jessica and
Thomas. Great-grandmother to Elliott, aunt to 8
nieces, 5 nephews and several great-nieces and
nephews. Funeral Service at St. Michael’s Church,
Anjuna, Goa on Tuesday, June 23 at 4:00 p.m. Messages
of condolence to the family can be left at
sons@demellovilla.com |
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Dubai
siblings die of suspected food poisoning
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/General/10322895.html
By Mahmood Saberi, Senior Reporter, and Kevin Scott,
Staff Reporter
Published: June 14, 2009, 23:02

Chelsea (left) became unconscious when medics
tried to revive her and Nathan was pronounced dead on
arrival at the hospital where he was taken after
suspected food poisoning.
Dubai: A Dubai-based
couple's life was torn apart over the weekend when
they lost both their son and daughter to suspected
food poisoning, a friend of the family said.
Ann-Sofia, a French expatriate, had ordered take-away
from the Lotus Garden Chinese restaurant in Al Ghusais
on Friday evening and several hours later, when the
children started vomiting, she rushed them to NMC
Hospital.
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2009 World Goa Day - Saturday,
August 15th
Message
from : Antonio Mascarenhas | Sun
Jun 14 10:26:23 PDT 2009
Chairman Alliance of Overseas Goan
Village Associations of Canada.
"WORLD GOA DAY"
To: All
President's and Villagers of the
Goan Overseas Village Associations
of Canada.
I wish to inform you all that the
Goan Overseas Association, Toronto
and the Alliance of Overseas Goan
Village Associations of Canada
along with our sister associations
from around the World, will be
celebrating "WORLD GOA DAY"on
Saturday, August 15th, 2009 by
hosting a "PICNIC" at Coronation
Park, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

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TORONTO EAST
GOAN SENIORS ASSOCIATION (T E G S A) - 2009
Events

Please mark you calendars for the following
exciting events:
All events will be held at Commander Hall Arena,
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Social |
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Friday, June
26th, 2009 |
Whist Drive /
Bingo
at
140, Commander Hall Blvd
Time: 6:30 to 10:30 pm
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Sunday,
September 13th, 2009
at 2 pm |
TEGSA's
6 Anniversary Dance
at
Qssis Banquet Hall
3474 Kingston Ro, Scar at Markham
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Trips |
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Saturday,
June 20th, 2009 |
Fallsview
Casino/ Magnotta Winery
Click for Flyer |
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September or
October 2009 |
Agawa Canyon |
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14th November
2009 |
Fallsview
Casino, Magnotta and Festival of Lights |
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Click to download form to join TEGSA or renew membership for
2009 |
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Goan
Events in World Wide & Canada - 2009
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Organization |
Event |
Links |
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Friday
July 3rd 2009 , 6.00-8.00 p.m. |
55PGA
in association with G.O.A, West-End Seniors Assn,
Toronto East Goan Seniors Assn, Can-Orient Seniors Assn
& St. Francis Xavier Seniors Club |
BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT Seminar
Christ The King Church3495 Confederation Parkway
Mississauga (South of Square One Mall) |
Click for Flyer |
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Saturday, July 11th 2009 |
Curtorim-Loutulim-Raia
Association (CLR) |
CLR (Curtorim-Loutulim-Raia
Association) Picnic
Thompson Memorial Park - Area C
Scarborough |
Flyer to follow |
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Sunday, July 19th 2009 |
Calangute
Association Canada |
2009 Calangute
Social
Celebration of the Feast of Patron St.
Alex
Mass @ 11.30 a.m.
Europa Convention Centre
7050 Bramalea Road
Mississauga, Ontario |
Click for Flyer |
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Sunday September 20, 2009 –12.00
noon-6.30 p.m. |
Railway
Goan Institute Centenary Celebration |
Railway
Goan Institute Centenary Celebration
Payal Banquet Hall
3410 Semenyk Court
Mississauga, On L6C 4P8
(905-281-8800) |
Click for flyer
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Saturday, October 3rd 2009 |
Curtorim-Loutulim-Raia
Association (CLR) |
CLR (Curtorim-Loutulim-Raia
Association) 10th Annual Social |
Flyer to follow |
Saturday October 17, 2009
from
5:30 p.m. to 1.00 a.m |
Cortalim
Association Toronto |
Celebrating The Feast of Saints
Phillip & James
at
CLAIREPORT Banquet Place 65 Claireport Cres, Etobicoke |
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Saturday, October 24th,
2009 |
SAM Productions |
Konkani TIATR "CHUK
KONNACHI"
An award winning Play full of COMEDY, LOVE, TRAGEDY &
DECEIT
DO NOT MISS the Opening Chorus on M.BOYER |
Click for flyer
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Sailing February 12, 2010 (9 Nights) |
Ex
Students in Toronto of ST. TERESA’s Boys’ & Girls’
School, Eastleigh |
St. Teresa’s School
First Global Reunion Caribbean Cruise from
Miami, Florida |
Click for flyer
&
Click for Booking information |
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Health & Wellness |
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Oily
fish 'can halt eye disease'
Story from BBC
NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/8088860.stm
People with age-related macular
degeneration (AMD) should eat oily fish at
least twice a week to keep their eye disease
at bay, say scientists.
Omega-3
fatty acids found in abundance in fish like
mackerel and salmon appear to slow or even
halt the progress of both early and late
stage disease. The researchers base their
findings on almost 3,000 people taking part
in a trial of vitamins and supplements.
The findings are published in the British
Journal of Ophthalmology. An estimated
500,000 people in the UK suffer from AMD,
which destroys central vision.
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Saffron can protect against eyesight loss
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5522063
Excerpt from article by: By Richard Gray,
Science Correspondent | 13 Jun 2009
Pilau rice and paella could hold the secret
to preventing eye sight loss in old age,
according to new research.

Photo: GETTY
Saffron and
saffron powder, close-up: Saffron can
protect against eyesight loss
Scientists have discovered that saffron can
protect against some of the most common
forms of blindness Scientists have
discovered that saffron, the spice which is
commonly used in Spanish, Italian and Indian
cuisine, can protect against some of the
most common forms of blindness.
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Cancer-fighting chemicals found in broccoli
Daily Mail
Health Section
Excerpts…
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Compounds isolated from broccoli could
provide a new weapon against bladder cancer,
new research has shown. A previous study
found that eating the green vegetable could
help protect people from the disease.
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Canadians lead cluttered lives, according to
new research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/10/c5015.html?view=print
Kijiji Canada enlists Clutter Wrangler
to help break messy habit
TORONTO, June 10 /CNW/
- Canadians are a nation of
clutter-collectors and we're unable to break
the bad habit. According to a recent survey
commissioned by Kijiji Canada, the
overwhelming majority of Canadians are
clutter collectors (nearly 80 per cent) and
the worst offenders are those who
participate in spring cleaning; the survey
found that Canadians who are spring cleaners
are more likely than non-spring cleaners to
consider themselves clutter collectors (78%
versus 59%). What's feeding the habit? The
survey, conducted by Leger Marketing, found
that most Canadians hold on to unwanted
items either because of the hassle or amount
of time it takes to get rid of them.
Unfortunately, fewer than three-in-10
Canadians feel that they can estimate the
value of their unwanted items.
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Get
rid of body odour !
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4635875,prtpage-1.cms
12 Jun 2009,
As the scorching heat is making it
tough for you to step out of your house, bad
body odour might be causing even more
troubles. Try these simple ways to get rid
of that stinking body odour...
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The most
common remedy is to use an antibacterial,
pleasant smelling soap and wear cotton
clothes to reduce sweating.
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Apply baking
soda on the arm pits to absorb sweat and
kill bacteria.
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