Goa Sudharop: May be the most famous pilot in the world

FINAL REMINDER - 

This Thursday, June 7, is the "Meet & Greet" meeting with Captain Sullenberger. All invited, no membership required. You do not have to be a COSTCO member to attend or to buy his book. 

Captain Sullenberger, who safely landed his US Airways plane on the Hudson River in New York on Jan 15, 2009 and saved 155 lives, has kindly agreed to "meet and greet" our Goa Sudharop supporters, well-wishers, volunteers and friends/family this Thursday, June 7, 2012, at 6:30pm.

Captain Sullenberger is an American hero, and has been honored by the US Congress, the US President, etc. He is working on airline safety and medical safety issues now and has just released his second book "Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders". He will personally sign your copy of his book (available at the COSTCO store) and also take a group photo with our Goa Sudharop group.

Funeral Announcement

MARGARET JESUS Born on: 10-06-1955          Died on: 3-06-2012 (Employee of: Al Babtain Group - Kuwait) (St.Therese Church, Salmiya)  Beloved wife of Theodomiro Jesus, Loving mother/mother-in-law of Savio Jesus and Sheryl/Joseph Mergulhao. Funeral mass will be held on Tuesday, 5th June 2012 at 3.00 p.m.  at the Holy Family Cathedral - Kuwait City, followed by burial at the Sulaibikhat Cemetery. Eternal rest, grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul rest in peace. Amen.

Relatives, neighbours and friends, kindly accept this as only intimation.

GOA SUDHAROP: May be the most famous pilot in the world

Captain Sullenberger, who safely landed his US Airways plane on the Hudson River in New York on Jan 15, 2009 and saved 155 lives, has kindly agreed to meet with our Goa Sudharop supporters, well-wishers, volunteers and friends/family on June 7, 2012, Thursday (next week) at 6:30pm.

Captain Sullenberger is an American hero, and has been honored by the US Congress, the President, etc. He is working on airline safety and medical safety issues now and has just released his second book "Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders". He will personally sign your copy of his book (available at the COSTCO store) and also take a group photo with our Goa Sudharop group.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Sullenberger

EVENT DETAILS:
Date: June 7, 2012, Thursday, 6:30pm. Meet in the Costco Food Court area.

Address: COSTCO, 2400 Monument Blvd, Concord, California 94520, United States. 
Map - http://www.costco.com/Warehouse/LocationTemplate.aspx?Warehouse=663

Cost: There is no cost to attend.

Captain Sullenberger wishes to convey to our Goa Sudharop group that he is looking forward to meeting the group on June 7. 

Please RSVP asap to Acaria at acariaalmeida@yahoo.com if you plan on attending. Bring your kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, etc. along so they may be inspired by an American hero.

Goa eyeing UAE, Iran tourists

Encouraged by the increasing number of tourists to Goa from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran, the tourism department has decided to participate in the Arabian Travel Mart to tap potential tourists to the state.
In the 2011-12 tourism season (October to March), the Dabolim airport received 13 charter flights from Iran, bringing in 1,700 tourists, while 1,000 tourists arrived from the UAE.
"We may participate in the Arabian Travel Mart in Dubai this year. We did not participate during the last two years. This year, there are many direct scheduled flights arriving in Goa from Dubai and that is why we want to tap the market," tourism director Swapnil Naik told STOI. Goa can attract tourists from the UAE and Iran, which has shown good potential now, he added.
Air India, Air Arabia and Qatar Airways have scheduled direct flights to Goa from UAE, Naik said.
The tourism department will also participate in major international tourist marts to attract tourists from various countries for the next tourism season. "We will participate in World Travel Mart-London, International Travel Bazaar in Berlin and FITUR in Spain," he added, while stating that the team will also go to travel marts in Poland, Hungary and Austria to attract charter flights from these countries.
This year, so far, Goa received 25 charter flights from Poland, which brought 2,700 tourists. As per the provisional figures, 2,185 tourists have arrived from Austria in 2011.
In all, Goa received 910 charters from various countries, bringing in 1.75 lakh tourists.

Goa CM mulls Wi-Fi in all schools, grouping of govt-run ones

Wi-Fi in all schools, bringing all government schools together and giving them quality facilities and, most importantly, taking all stakeholders into confidence are some of the initiatives that chief minister Manohar Parrikar has in mind while implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act in Goa. Briefing the media after the cabinet meeting on Friday, Parrikar admitted to one serious hitch in implementing the RTE. He said that several educationists have conveyed to him that due to the provision in the RTE that no student should be detained till Class VIII, there are several cases where students are giving blank answer papers to teachers during exams. The chief minister said that just because "you cannot detain a student in one class does not mean you cannot have exams". Stating that students are not attending classes because of the provision, Parrikar said the provision "does not give license not to study". He said there are misinterpretations about the RTE and that though there are solutions, he is not only taking stakeholders like teachers and parents into confidence, but he is also "checking the solutions legally". Parrikar, who is also the education minister, said that "there are no restrictions on the state government not to come out with something more than the RTE without loading the students (in implementing the RTE). Parrikar's idea is to make schools so attractive that children actually cry to go to school and not to stay at home. One idea is to install wi-fi in all schools. Another idea is get all government schools together. If there are two-three schools nearby, these can be brought together, better facilities and more teachers can be provided, he said. Parrikar however stressed that these are only ideas and not decisions. He said he has asked all stakeholders to "churn" their minds for new ideas, meet people to take their suggestions and meet him in 15 days. "Once we decide, the decisions will be put on the public platform for comments. And when the final decisions are made, it is my job to implement these with quality," Parrikar said. TNN

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