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

[Gabe Menezes]

Emmylou 
Harris
:
Half As Much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qqh2ttLnmI

g



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Goa Church demands beef

[floriano lobo]

Alfred Chacha, dear,

I have gotten in touch ( already)  with my ex-Italian shipping company with 
whom I worked for 17 years out of 25 total sea service, telling them that I 
would want to charter  one of their newer  'cattle transporters' to ply 
between Brazilian/ Argentinian ports  and my home port Mormugao at Goa.


Will revert soonest I get a favourable response ( which is assured 
considering my long & impeccable service with the company where at least one 
ex-Captain I sailed often with visits me every year around X'Mas). Pls stay 
in touch with Senhor Ignacio in the meantime and oblige.


Also, I have plans to set up chains of  BBQ joints here in 'Amchem Goem' on 
lines with the Argentinian model where the centre of the hub will be the  10 
ft radius round BBQ pit wherein entire carcases of lambs and hinds of young 
robust bulls will be turning around their own axis and around the wood 
stoked fire in the centre to be carved out and served to the beer guzzling - 
bubbling guests until 5 in the morning to go the Argentinian-Brazilian way.


I can see your mouth watering, already. Rest assured, you will be my special 
on-the-house-guest.


Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
PS: I am assigning the Marketting Manager's [ CEO's] post to my daughter in 
Vienna who lives hop-skip-n-jump's distance form the Company's Head Office 
at 9500-Villach in Austria and easy cruising distance by road from Venice in 
Italy.




- Original Message - 
From: "Alfred de Tavares" 

To: "GOANET Lists" 
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Goa Church demands beef


Cheers GOANS,

We can safely damn the ban and leave Parrikar holding the aging, diseased,
sorry beasts that pass for source of beef on Goan tables

In fact he may, inadvertently, doing Goa and Goans a great service by 
witholding

from us meat souced from these miserable beasts.

EasyI am not barking obsteperously at anything at allnor am I drunk 
on new

wine.nor old one.

I was discussing our looming tribulations with Ignacio, a visiting 
Brazillian economist
here. He heard me out, all of it and went on to explain that under the 
circumstances
Goans should not bother at all...rather consider themselves as beneficiaries 
of the

Goa goverments misanthropic action.

He bade me follow him to a supermarket and pointed out prices of beef, 
choice cuts,
imported from Brazil: sirloin, entrecote, saddle and so on and computed the 
prices
relative to Goan purchasing power of the comodity and it turns out that, at 
no loss at

all to our pockets we may import all the beef we need from Brazil.

Though I missed the gist of his copious computations it seems viable as he 
maintains.


Could'nt an economicaly qualified Goan delve into the matter and come up 
with an

aqppraisal of what Ignacio assures me is absolutely viable?

If Brazillian contacts required please contact me and I will happily broker 
the introductions.


Mmmm to eat a ox-fillet for the equivalent cost of what we pay for a bunddle 
of scraggy

meat-and-bonesis'nt it exhilerating in'it?

Get going chaps!

[Goanet] JOLLY ROGER AHOY !

[eric pinto]

       Pirate ships posted 'death warrants' on high masts across ocean-wide 
HIGH COMMANDS.
       Credibility ahoy, too.    eric.
--

assurance given by the Union  Defense Minister of the country that Civilian 
airport at Dabolim will continue,  as the signed and delivered 'death warrant' 
to MOPA proposition, 

in Goa's so called 'liberated' history of past 52 years, since 1961. 


 Goans repose their faith in Goa's own  'Regional High Command in Goa'  rather 
than with the alien 'High Commands' from elsewhere outside Goa,  who care a 
damn as to  what happens to Goa and Goans




    

Re: [Goanet] How Goa subsidised China's Ladakh incursion

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

By this argument, China is also subsidising environmental campaigners in
Goa. After all, the Chinese buy ore from  mineowners who then publish
papers like the one below, no? FN

On 5 May 2013 01:39, Constantino Xavier wrote:

> Subsidising China's incursion
>
>
> http://www.thegoan.net/View-From-Afar/Subsidising-China%E2%80%99s-incursion/Column-Post/00205.html
>
> It’s been two weeks now that some fifty Chinese soldiers crossed the
> Line of Actual Control and set up a few tents in Ladakh’s Depsang
> valley. As usual, India’s ever sensationalist media accused the
> government of being unable or unwilling to counter the incursion. And,
> once again, India’s relations with China fell prey to
> hyperventilation, shouting matches and finger pointing on TV, missing
> the bigger, long-term picture.
>
>
> http://www.thegoan.net/View-From-Afar/Subsidising-China%E2%80%99s-incursion/Column-Post/00205.html
>

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan (Eugene Correia)

[J. Colaco < jc>]

On 13 May 2013 06:48, Eugene Correia  wrote:

1: JC's questioning mind never stops,

2: though one cannot answer his rhetorical question with certainity.

3: In the context of Special Status, it would be pertinent to read
Ramakant  Khalap's piece He mentions Jammu and Kashmir's case
under Article 370 amd the BJP has demanded that the Article be
abolished and J@K be not given this special status.

4: The demand for statehood for Puducheery (former Pondicherry) is growing.

5: Like Goa, Puducherry too has unique culture,

6: However, I am not sure if migrants flood the territory as is the case of Goa.


RESPONSE:

Ai Saiba Bhogos, Eugene!

Anyway, allow me please to say the following, and then just 'rest my
case' wrt your post (excerpted supra)

re: #1: Only a mindless 'potted plant' stops asking reasonable and
relevant questions.

re #2: Forget "with certainty", rhetorical questions, ipso facto, do
not expect answers.

re #3: Let alone the fact that BJP and Khalap when in power at the
centre did ZIP about Kashmir, please be advised of this point:  A
contract is a contract. One side cannot unilaterally violate the terms
without facing penalties. So, Khalap et al can pass all the gas they
want about it NOW. Just remember that they did nothing THEN 
precisely because they could NOT do anything.  I'd further add that
ONLY potted plants would read that Khalap article without asking
questions.

re # 4&5: Irrelevant to the point re the NON NEGOTIATIONS by the
alleged Goa FFs prior to 1961.

re # 6: You may wish to visit the place and talk to the residents. You
will find the answer to your (surely) non-rhetorical question.

jc
a non- journalist

[Goanet] Goa news for May 14, 2013

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Go Goa Gone, Gippi, SAW weekend collection at Box Office -
Oneindia Entertainment
eRnqBT3EiJa7ijY_zoCTZ5Q
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHWRhfxQg7yX8sJLXLrXxBIj-6SoA&url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/box-office/2013/go-goa-gone-gippi-saw-weekend-collection-box-office-109616.html

*** Transport vehicles to stop plying to Goa over entry tax row
- The Hindu
ndia Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has decided to stop
operation of all transport vehicles (goods as well as tourist)
into Goa from midnight on Monday in protest against the entry
tax being levied on non-Goan vehicles. AIMTC president G.R. ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHB2JZZf4l0hfOxfryv4O3O7ljwCg&url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/transport-vehicles-to-stop-plying-to-goa-over-entry-tax-row/article4709256.ece

*** 'Go Goa Gone' Box Office Collection: Saif's Zom-Com Earns
‚¹12.80 Crore in ... - IBTimes India
omedy "Go Goa Gone" starring Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das
and Anand Tiwari did poor business in the opening weekend at the
domestic box office. Go Goa Gone Poster (Credit: official
twitter page of Go Goa Gone movie) ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGxSO2qZc_h_be07ZhKWlK4jayr7g&url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/467146/20130513/go-goa-gone-box-office-collection-saif.htm

*** India Horror Goa Gone Is Ready To Bite - HorrorMovies.ca
gbqNiTmqib_847Bhp7PA
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGdZJvd3aHRT-uvhpcq1-gaHSRmow&url=http://www.horror-movies.ca/2013/05/india-horror-goa-gone-is-ready-to-bite/

*** No licenses for new liquor shops in Goa till June end -
IBNLive - IBNLive
7dw
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEPy4eOeEGpz-r2OOWVILDJa2p1QA&url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-licenses-for-new-liquor-shops-in-goa-till-june-end/391364-3-253.html

*** Petrol costs less than diesel in Goa - Hindustan Times
n-Goa-Petrol-cheaper-than-diesel/articleshow/20038970.cms">Only
in Goa: Petrol cheaper than diesel
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGBCh4z8jyvUo9YHUDGzL7KgiJCuQ&url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Petrol-costs-less-than-diesel-in-Goa/Article1-1059247.aspx

*** Goa tourist bus operators threaten to go on strike from
Tuesday - Daily News & Analysis
oa border, and bus operators made alternate arrangements to
ferry passengers into the state. Kadamba had put up public
notices in Goan ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFau4bCuUwL6obvraa1zHk_aYuNsw&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1834138/report-goa-tourist-bus-operators-threaten-to-go-on-strike-from-tuesday

*** Churchill keeps Goa in the ascendency - Fifa.com
eague crown. Mariano Dias' side finished with a three-point
margin at the top after Sunday's final match as the state
continued its run of securing every ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH_CrNRM4ql0sJNX-NrZsgEbJ3wxw&url=http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=2078259.html

*** Interview: Goa sees iron ore mining resuming by December -
Reuters India
Goa expects court approval to resume by year-end the production
and export of iron ore from mines with a capacity of about 40
million tonnes as it has taken steps to rectify problems that
led to a mining ban eight months ago, a ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFxq6N4BWKTu3s6Mt0oAnXcG0WVIg&url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/05/13/india-ironore-goa-idINDEE94C06W20130513

*** HC rejects probate plea for will in Goa - Times of India
mes of IndiaMUMBAI: Declining a plea for probate of a will made
in Goa, the Bombay high court has said that it has no
territorial jurisdiction to grant probate for wills executed
there. Justice Roshan Dalvi ruled on individual testamentary
suits by two brothers to ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFGqizQs2ttgGR9Hnc9YxQ4-hlIlg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/HC-rejects-probate-plea-for-will-in-Goa/articleshow/20039053.cms


Compiled by Goanet News Service
http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Goa Church demands beef

[Alfred de Tavares]

Cheers GOANS,

We can safely damn the ban and leave Parrikar holding the aging, diseased,
sorry beasts that pass for source of beef on Goan tables

In fact he may, inadvertently, doing Goa and Goans a great service by witholding
from us meat souced from these miserable beasts.

EasyI am not barking obsteperously at anything at allnor am I drunk on 
new
wine.nor old one.

I was discussing our looming tribulations with Ignacio, a visiting Brazillian 
economist 
here. He heard me out, all of it and went on to explain that under the 
circumstances 
Goans should not bother at all...rather consider themselves as beneficiaries of 
the 
Goa goverments misanthropic action.

He bade me follow him to a supermarket and pointed out prices of beef, choice 
cuts,
imported from Brazil: sirloin, entrecote, saddle and so on and computed the 
prices 
relative to Goan purchasing power of the comodity and it turns out that, at no 
loss at 
all to our pockets we may import all the beef we need from Brazil.

Though I missed the gist of his copious computations it seems viable as he 
maintains.

Could'nt an economicaly qualified Goan delve into the matter and come up with an
aqppraisal of what Ignacio assures me is absolutely viable?

If Brazillian contacts required please contact me and I will happily broker the 
introductions.

Mmmm to eat a ox-fillet for the equivalent cost of what we pay for a bunddle of 
scraggy
meat-and-bonesis'nt it exhilerating in'it?

Get going chaps!  




> Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 09:41:42 +0100
> From: gabe.mene...@gmail.com
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet] Fwd: Goa Church demands beef
> 
>   [image: Logo]
> Know More. No Less
> 
> Dear,
> 
> Click on the link below to check selected article on business-standard.com
> 
>  Goa Church demands beef from BJP government
> 
> 
> For any kind of assistance with your business-standard.com account kindly
> email the details with your user name to ass...@bsmail.in
> 
> Warm Regards
> 
> Team Business Standard
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> DEV BOREM KORUM
> 
> Gabe Menezes.
  

[Goanet] IPL to discuss addition of tenth franchise

[Naguesh Bhatcar]

Just read that IPL was to discuss an addition of the tenth franchise.How about 
a Goan franchise? -- Goan Sunbathers. :-) Any takers?
Before the advent of IPL, there was once a discussion on 
soc.culture.indiawherein, there was a lively discussion on how Indian sporting 
teams could be named.The names that came forth then - Kerala Simplies , 
Bhagalpur Blinders.
Naguesh Bhatcar


  

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (14May13)

[alexyz fernandes]

  ~  Rampant Deforestation in Goa  ~
  ~  News: Mother's Day  ~

"Why do Politicians have no feeling for Mother Nature?"

"Maybe they were not bred on Mother's Milk!"


To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com
Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan (Rose Fernandes)

[Jose Colaco]

My dear Rose,

My apologies for not having renamed the thread as you now have. It would have 
separated the threads appropriately.

When I tried in the past, my posts have been rejected by Hon. moderator ( often 
nameless ). So, I did not rename the thread (albeit partially), but used the 
opportunity to suggest to FN that he was being unfair and unreasonable in some 
of his actions. This, again, would not have been the first time FN has heard it 
from me nor would I have been the only person to say it to him.

That having been noted, I do have a number of points ( in your post ) to 
comment upon / seek clarification about from you. 

I will try do that later this evening when I am done with my daily Mazdoori and 
bread.. 

Your renaming of the original post will help readers to sift my response to you 
from the other responses.

Best of wishes for a great day.

jc



Pardon any Typos. This IPad does some curious auto- corrections


On May 13, 2013, at 6:44 AM, Melvyn Fernandes  wrote:

> Trying to follow the FN and JC latest goanet fire thread proved tricky until 
> finally I gave in and read Roland Francis's "Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a 
> Toronto Goan

[Goanet] Kerala Christian Church on the Gadgil report

[U. G. Barad]

I am enclosing an article that I came across on the subject of the Gadgil
report.  I think the views expressed by the Church are in line with that of
the Kerala State government.

Does anyone know if the Church in Goa has taken any view on the subject?

Incidentally, the church is making serious allegations about the source of
funding of some of the NGOs.

Best regards,

U. G. Barad


Western Ghats: Church body to move UNESCO
Deccan Chronicle, May 6, 2013

The Laity Commission of the Syro Malabar Church has urged the government to
dismiss the 2012 Madhav Gadgil committee report on Western Ghats as the
Kasturirangan panel has recently given another set of proposals.

In a statement, Laity Commission secretary V.C. Sebastian said the Gadgil
report had been submitted to the world heritage committee that met in St
Petersburg in June, 2012, much before it was made available to the people
here.

“The WHC would meet in Cambodia from June 16 to 27, and it should reverse
the earlier decisions based on the recommendations of the Gadgil report in
view of the fresh development. We will also submit a petition before the
UNESCO,” the statement said.

Sebastian said people would oppose any move by the government to impose the
recommendations of the Kasturirangan panel without further discussions. “The
Green Tribunal has no right to issue orders based on the reports submitted
to the government.  

There is proof that the environmental organisations that approached the
tribunal are on the payrolls of various US agencies and they have accepted
money from foreign agencies. The government should look into this as well,”
the statement said.

Re: [Goanet] PRESS STATEMENT FOR KIND FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION - Dr. Jack de Sequeira International Airport Dabolim Goa V/s Proposed Mopa Airport

[floriano lobo]

Bhou mogall  Alfred Chacha,

You  make me proud, and  to make me understand that there are antique Goans 
like yourselves who will goad on those of us who move for Goa and Goans.
With your help, we Goans shall not leave a stone unturned until we have Dr. 
Jack de Sequeira's name inscripted on our Golden Dabolim International 
Airport of Goa. Because, indeed, if it was not for him and his endeavours to 
hold Goa from being mightily pushed into Maharashtra, it would be some Tipu 
Sultan or Tilak Talak or some Tagore or the common Shivaji Maharaj the 
bandit or Ambedkar who would be put on the pedestal at our sacred Dabolim.


This, I assure you, will never happen, PROVIDED our GOANS do develop some 
sense of honouring themselves and think with not the brains but with their 
GOAN  HEARTS.


I thank you profusely for this wonderful injection of encouragement.

With best regards

floriano
goasuraj

- Original Message - 
From: "Alfred de Tavares" 

To: "GOANET Lists" 
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] PRESS STATEMENT FOR KIND FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION - Dr. 
Jack de Sequeira International Airport Dabolim Goa V/s Proposed Mopa Airport




Mogal Floriano Irmao,
I am with you all the way. I, whole-heartedly endorse, support your great 
proposal

that we have the JACK de SEQUEIRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT at Dabolim, Goa.

Let us drive this campaign with might and main and without further loss in 
time
before some one comes up with Tipu   Tilak or Tagore, very great men each 
and all of

them but with but with no chords straining Goan hearts.

Please let us road map a multi-pronged campaign: A formal letter to the 
President of India,
the Parliament, the Goa Legislative Assembly, the Civil Aviation Ministry, 
the Airports Authority

of India and all other relevant entities.

It is imperative that motions towards this initiave be table in the Houses 
of Parliament and in

the GLA, preferable multiple bills, table simultaneausly.

Alongside we begin an intense signatures drive in Goa and globally.

I will be at your beck and call in this noble venture.

From the sorry smithereens of erstwhile Goa glory let us salvage what we can 

while we can.

Let Nossa Senhora de Fatima be the Patron of our movement.

Giddy up...attaboy, I already feel the spirit of the Opinion Poll that, 
under Jackieboy's empowerment

we steamrolled into an unequivocal victory...all the way...

Zallach Paije

Most dedicatedly Yours,
Alfred de Tavares,
Maltesholmsvagen 83,
SE-165 55 Hasselby,
Stockholm, 2013-05-13.




From: floriano.l...@gmail.com
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@zapata.dreamhost.com
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 17:30:23 +0530
Subject: [Goanet] PRESS STATEMENT FOR KIND FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION - Dr. 
Jack de Sequeira International Airport Dabolim Goa V/s Proposed Mopa 
Airport




May 13, 2013

**
CIVILIAN AIRPORT TO STAY AT DABOLIM - ANTONY
http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Civilian-airport-to-stay-at-Dabolim-Antony/74385.html

[Goanet] COLIN GONSALVES, on “Human Rights Excesses in Democratic India”

[Venantius J Pinto]

via SAI:

You are cordially invited to attend
*a talk by leading Indian human rights lawyer *
COLIN GONSALVES
Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Founder of the Human Rights Law
Network (HRLN)
on
“Human Rights Excesses in Democratic India”
Followed by Audience Q&A
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Reception 5:30 PM
Program 6:00 PM
*The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College *
*47-49 East 65th Street (btwn. Park and Madison Avenues) *
To RSVP, please email rhr...@hunter.cuny.edu or call 212.650.3174.

Colin Gonsalves is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, and the
Founder of Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), India’s leading public interest
law group. Under his leadership, HRLN developed into a national
organization with over 200 lawyers and paralegals operating out of 28
offices throughout India, and has brought over 200 public interest cases in
the Indian courts.

Gonsalves has himself argued many precedent-setting cases regarding
economic, social and cultural rights. His assertion of a constitutional
right to food led the Indian Supreme Court to direct unions and
state governments to implement several food security schemes. In addition,
he has developed the Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human
Rights (IPT), an independent organization directed by retired Supreme Court
and High Court Judges that investigates human rights violations and
environmental degradation.
Gonsalves won the 2004 International Human Rights Award of the American Bar
Association, and the “Mother Teresa Memorial Award” for Social Justice in
2010. The Roosevelt House Institute for Public Policy is honored to have
Colin Gonsalves in residence for the week of May 12-18, 2013.

++
vjp

Re: [Goanet] PRESS STATEMENT FOR KIND FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION - Dr. Jack de Sequeira International Airport Dabolim Goa V/s Proposed Mopa Airport

[Alfred de Tavares]

Mogal Floriano Irmao,
I am with you all the way. I, whole-heartedly endorse, support your great 
proposal
that we have the JACK de SEQUEIRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT at Dabolim, Goa.

Let us drive this campaign with might and main and without further loss in time
before some one comes up with Tipu   Tilak or Tagore, very great men each and 
all of
them but with but with no chords straining Goan hearts.

Please let us road map a multi-pronged campaign: A formal letter to the 
President of India,
the Parliament, the Goa Legislative Assembly, the Civil Aviation Ministry, the 
Airports Authority 
of India and all other relevant entities.

It is imperative that motions towards this initiave be table in the Houses of 
Parliament and in
the GLA, preferable multiple bills, table simultaneausly.

Alongside we begin an intense signatures drive in Goa and globally.

I will be at your beck and call in this noble venture.

>From the sorry smithereens of erstwhile Goa glory let us salvage what we can 
>while we can.

Let Nossa Senhora de Fatima be the Patron of our movement.

Giddy up...attaboy, I already feel the spirit of the Opinion Poll that, under 
Jackieboy's empowerment 
we steamrolled into an unequivocal victory...all the way...

Zallach Paije

Most dedicatedly Yours,
Alfred de Tavares,
Maltesholmsvagen 83,
SE-165 55 Hasselby,
Stockholm, 2013-05-13.



> From: floriano.l...@gmail.com
> To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@zapata.dreamhost.com
> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 17:30:23 +0530
> Subject: [Goanet] PRESS STATEMENT FOR KIND FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION - Dr. Jack   
> de Sequeira International Airport Dabolim Goa V/s Proposed  Mopa Airport
> 
> 
> 
> May 13, 2013
> 
> **
> CIVILIAN AIRPORT TO STAY AT DABOLIM - ANTONY
> http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Civilian-airport-to-stay-at-Dabolim-Antony/74385.html
> 
> **
> 
> The Goa Su-Raj Party,  which is in the forefront in it's demand that Naval 
> operations at Dabolim be shifted to Seabird base at Karwar,  to free Goa's 
> Civilian airport at Dabolim for expansion to International standards,  thanks 
> the Union Defense Minister A.K. Antony in no uncertain terms for going on 
> record to publicly announce that Civilian Airport will stay at Dabolim and 
> shall not go to the Navy once Mopa airport becomes a reality, if at all. His 
> other statement that there are no plans to shift the naval aviation wing from 
> Goa,  is  of no concern to Goans at this time, as this will be determined 
> automatically if the  future ' Dr. Jack de Sequeira International  Airport at 
> Dabolim will co-exist with limited naval operations with no scope whatsoever 
> to expand.  
> 
> This Party considers the above assurance given by the Union  Defense Minister 
> of the country that Civilian airport at Dabolim will continue,  as the signed 
> and delivered 'death warrant' to MOPA proposition, and therefore, this Party 
> demands that any further advancement on this project must come to an 
> immediate halt before Goa blows up in the face of it's proponents like never 
> before in Goa's so called 'liberated' history of past 52 years, since 1961. 
> 
> The fact that two civilian airports are not feasible for a small state like  
> Goa, economically,  as well as physically, within a distance of 150 km, makes 
> the reasoning all the more valid, now that all doubts are cleared by the 
> Defense Minister about the futuristic status of  Dabolim to continue as a 
> civilian airport. The MOPA project was heretofore advancing on the basis that 
> when it goes into operation, Dabolim will lose it's civilian status and the 
> Navy will gobble it as a naval or defense  airport, therefore defeating the 
> 'two civilian airports'  theory for Goa. 
> 
> Goa thanks the Defense Minister for making it easy for the Anti-MOPA 
> proponents  to concentrate their  fight against MOPA alone, without diluting 
> it with 'NAVY GET OUT' , now that the expanding civilian status of Dabolim's 
> Jack de Sequeira International Airport will take care of the Navy at its own 
> time.
> 
> Needless to say that when Goans repose their faith in Goa's own  'Regional 
> High Command in Goa'  rather than with the alien 'High Commands' from 
> elsewhere outside Goa,  who care a damn as to  what happens to Goa and Goans, 
> it will not take more than 3 months for the Navy to be on 'NOTICE' to move 
> out from Dabolim to make space for one of the best in the world International 
> Airport at DABOLIM, GOA.
> 
> Sd/-
> Floriano Lobo
> Gen. Secretary/Spokesperson
> GSRP
> Mob: 9890470896
> email: floriano.l...@gmail.com
> website: www.goasu-raj.org
> Twitter@flory29
> f...@floriano.lobo
> Skype@florydada
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ONLY DABOLIM - WITH NAVY OUT
> SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOA IS A MUST
> VIVA GOA - VIVA GOEMKARS 
> 
> Amchem Goem
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHvEkxLCmc


  

[Goanet] Eco friendly green burials in US - firstpost.com

[Camillo Fernandes]

Eco-friendly green burials catching on in the U.Sby FP Staff May 12, 2013
GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – After a two-year battle with cancer, Joseph 
Fitzgerald was determined to leave his final resting place to Mother Nature.On 
a quiet February day in rural Florida, Fitzgerald’s body was carried through 
the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery on a bamboo stretcher made by family 
members.In an ecologically approved “green burial,” he was laid to rest on a 
plot of land surrounded by oak trees and Spanish moss he picked out just months 
before his passing in a grave that was dug by hand just two days prior.Green 
burial options have become a small but growing trend in the U.S. funeral 
industry, with an increasing number of funeral homes offering eco-friendly 
services and about 30 green cemeteries across the country, according to the 
Green Burial Council, or GBC, a non-profit organization operating in the United 
States, Canada and Australia.The most recent survey conducted by funeral 
industry publishers Kates-Boylston Publications in 2008 found that 43 percent 
of respondents said that they would consider a green burial. That was a 
significant increase from the 21 percent who expressed curiosity about green 
burials in an AARP study conducted the previous year.“There is a movement 
toward it, but it’s gaining traction very slowly,” said Jim Ford, vice 
president of operations at Neptune Society, the largest cremation-only funeral 
company in the United States. The firm also offers green burials at sea on a 
reef off Miami.At Prairie Creek, there have been 43 whole body natural burials, 
14 cremated remains burials and 10 pet burials since it opened in late July of 
2010, with another 197 future burial bookings.“It’s so much more natural and 
simple,” said David Gold, 64, a dental hygienist who plans to be buried at 
Prairie Creek. “It’s harmonious. It puts things (funeral plans) back in 
people’s control.”Freddie Johnson, the executive director of Conservation 
Burial, the non-profit organization that runs Prairie Creek, says he has 
noticed an increase in interest.“The biggest hurdle is getting the awareness of 
these choices and having choices in the proximity of where people are,” he 
said.People who choose green burials don’t use concrete vaults, traditional 
coffins with metalwork or any embalming chemicals. Instead, the body is wrapped 
in biodegradable shrouds or placed in a pine coffin and laid to rest where it 
can decompose and become part of the earth.Other options are available for 
green caskets, often called ecoffins. These coffins can be made of bamboo, 
pine, woven willow, recycled cardboard and even cord from dried banana plants. 
They range in cost from $500 to $1,000, depending on the material.It is 
estimated that more than 60,000 tons of steel and 4.8 million gallons of 
embalming fluid are buried each year. That is enough steel to build eight 
Eiffel Towers and fill eight Olympic size swimming pools, according to Mary 
Woodsen, a science researcher and writer for Cornell University and research 
director for the GBC.At a half-dozen fully certified “conservation cemeteries” 
around the country, the GBC performs ecological surveys of the grounds and sets 
rules that include hand-digging the grave site, markers, replacement of the 
same soil removed and no vault or cement grave liners. Only biodegradable 
material is allowed to be buried with the body.“Even the grave sites themselves 
have no conventional memorial stones,” said Johnson. “What you see is 
nature.”Green burials can be less expensive than conventional funerals, where 
costs can run between $6,000 and $10,000, because they do not incur the costs 
of embalming and metal caskets.But a green burial is still a more expensive 
option than cremation, which remains the fastest-growing funeral preference. In 
2011, cremation was chosen instead of burial in 42 percent of U.S. deaths, up 
from 30 percent in 2003, according to the Cremation Association of North 
America. It predicts the cremation rate will jump to nearly 56 percent by 
2025.In a green burial ceremony at Prairie Creek, Johnson attends to every 
detail to ensure it is environmentally friendly. From removing all 
non-biodegradable objects to placing a branch in an open grave site to allow 
critters an escape before the soil is replanted, the result is a cemetery that 
resembles a typical Florida hiking trail more than a final resting place.At the 
Fitzgerald burial, the family asked the funeral director to place the ashes of 
their deceased son, Kyle, in the pillow that was to be buried with his 
father.“There is a real sense that ‘from dust you were made, from dust you will 
return,’” said Michael Fitzgerald, Joseph’s brother.Fitzgerald chose to be 
buried in a University of Michigan shroud, a final gesture to his devotion to 
all things Michigan football, which began after his father took him to his 
first game when he was in middle school.After friends and fam

[Goanet] PRESS STATEMENT FOR KIND FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION - Dr. Jack de Sequeira International Airport Dabolim Goa V/s Proposed Mopa Airport

[floriano lobo]

May 13, 2013

**
CIVILIAN AIRPORT TO STAY AT DABOLIM - ANTONY
http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Civilian-airport-to-stay-at-Dabolim-Antony/74385.html

**

The Goa Su-Raj Party,  which is in the forefront in it's demand that Naval 
operations at Dabolim be shifted to Seabird base at Karwar,  to free Goa's 
Civilian airport at Dabolim for expansion to International standards,  thanks 
the Union Defense Minister A.K. Antony in no uncertain terms for going on 
record to publicly announce that Civilian Airport will stay at Dabolim and 
shall not go to the Navy once Mopa airport becomes a reality, if at all. His 
other statement that there are no plans to shift the naval aviation wing from 
Goa,  is  of no concern to Goans at this time, as this will be determined 
automatically if the  future ' Dr. Jack de Sequeira International  Airport at 
Dabolim will co-exist with limited naval operations with no scope whatsoever to 
expand.  

This Party considers the above assurance given by the Union  Defense Minister 
of the country that Civilian airport at Dabolim will continue,  as the signed 
and delivered 'death warrant' to MOPA proposition, and therefore, this Party 
demands that any further advancement on this project must come to an immediate 
halt before Goa blows up in the face of it's proponents like never before in 
Goa's so called 'liberated' history of past 52 years, since 1961. 

The fact that two civilian airports are not feasible for a small state like  
Goa, economically,  as well as physically, within a distance of 150 km, makes 
the reasoning all the more valid, now that all doubts are cleared by the 
Defense Minister about the futuristic status of  Dabolim to continue as a 
civilian airport. The MOPA project was heretofore advancing on the basis that 
when it goes into operation, Dabolim will lose it's civilian status and the 
Navy will gobble it as a naval or defense  airport, therefore defeating the 
'two civilian airports'  theory for Goa. 

Goa thanks the Defense Minister for making it easy for the Anti-MOPA proponents 
 to concentrate their  fight against MOPA alone, without diluting it with 'NAVY 
GET OUT' , now that the expanding civilian status of Dabolim's Jack de Sequeira 
International Airport will take care of the Navy at its own time.

Needless to say that when Goans repose their faith in Goa's own  'Regional High 
Command in Goa'  rather than with the alien 'High Commands' from elsewhere 
outside Goa,  who care a damn as to  what happens to Goa and Goans, it will not 
take more than 3 months for the Navy to be on 'NOTICE' to move out from Dabolim 
to make space for one of the best in the world International Airport at 
DABOLIM, GOA.

Sd/-
Floriano Lobo
Gen. Secretary/Spokesperson
GSRP
Mob: 9890470896
email: floriano.l...@gmail.com
website: www.goasu-raj.org
Twitter@flory29
f...@floriano.lobo
Skype@florydada






ONLY DABOLIM - WITH NAVY OUT
SPECIAL STATUS FOR GOA IS A MUST
VIVA GOA - VIVA GOEMKARS 

Amchem Goem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHvEkxLCmc

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan Eugene Correia eugene.correia at gmail.com

[Eugene Correia]

JC's questioning mind never stops, though one cannot answer his rhetorical
question with certainity.
In the context of Special Status, it would be pertinent to read Ramakant
Khalap's piece in yesterday's Navhind Times or on Goanews, where it
appeared much before.
He mentions Jammu and Kashmir's case under Article 370 amd the BJP has
demanded that the Article be abolished and J@K be not given this special
status.
The demand for statehood for Puducheery (former Pondicherry) is growing.
The Af After the cession of French colonies in India, which included Yanam,
Mahe, Karaikal and Pondicherry in 1954 and the signing of the Franco-Indian
treaty in 1956, Pondicheery has been an Union Territory as Goa. However,
Goa got a statehood while Puducheery hasn't yet.
Fears are that the colonies such as Yanam and Mahe, where are
geographically in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, makie be lost to to
Pudducheery, as did Daman and Diu to Goa.
Like Goa, Puducherry too has unique culture, Indo-French, and French is
also official language of the Union Territory.Goa lost out on making a
demand for Portuguese and blame in on the divisiveness of the leaders of
that time because the leaders were on either Marathi or Konkani sides.
Tf Puducherry gets statehood, one can be sure it would also demand Special
Status. However, I am not sure if migrants flood the territory as is the
case of Goa.

Eugene

Re: [Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan

[Jose Colaco]

Re this from Eugene Correia, here are some points I invite us to Ponder upon:

1: Can an article of the constitution be 'tweaked' in favour of Goa in 
violation of another section of the very same  Article

2: Assuming that "tweaking" is equivalent to 'Amending' the Constitution, WHO 
will do it and WHY will THEY do it? 

3: One could argue about the precedent set by the Kashmir accession. OK, so 
where are the similarities with Goa for any precedent to be applicable?

4: Would anyone like to qualify the alleged Freedom Fighters as being 
Incompetent and Not very bright in the head? IF NOT, please advise why they did 
not negotiate like the Kashmiris did BEFORE accession / annexation?

5: What foolishness is this Maha-Con aka ' Special Status'?

6: IMHO this 'vehicular tax' is not only a Smoke Screen, it is an unworkable 
JOKE.

7: Some (many) years ago, a Chacha (not amcho Alfred Chachacha Tavares) 
blockaded Goa hoping that Goans would 'feel the pain' and throw the Purtuguez 
out.  The Purtuguez FLEW in subsidized supplies to Goa (some of which ended up 
in Poona and Bombay courtesy . (;-). )

8: Trust me, ain't NO ONE flying in any subsidized supplies into Goa now. 

9: Goans be prepared for higher prices for basics while the Strip and Rip 
continues.

10: And then we will have the DREAMERS continuing to amend Art 19 by way of 
wishful thinking.

jc


On May 12, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Eugene Correia  wrote:

> It is primarily because of the constant pouring of migrants into Goa that
> the NGOs, one old but revived and the other new, are pushing for Special
> Status. With all 40 members of the Assembly having approved the
> government's proposal, there is a at least a chance of making the centre
> hear Goa's plea.
> However, what mechanism will be  place to block the migrants from crossing
> over into Goa and resettling there would have to be seen. With less land
> available for housing in the cities and with builders moving into villages,
> Goans are already witnessing socio-economic problems.
> How much the government will tweak Article 19 to accommodate Goa, if at all
> the government wishes to grant Goa's plea, to make it near-impossible for
> outsiders to settle in Goa is to be seen.
> The Goa government's decision on entry tax for vehicles has created an
> adverse reaction from neighbouring states. Now comes the news that Pune bus
> operators will not come to Goa. Can be say safely that there would be no
> blacklash against Goans in neighbouring states if natives of both Karnataka
> and Maharashtra are prevented from settling in Goa?
> The union government would have to take a hard, closer look and the Goa
> government would also be doing itself good if it takes into consideration
> the risks following getting Special Status that would impinge impose
> restriction of movement of outsiders into Goa.
> There's no validity in basing Goa's case on the erosion of Goan identity
> because it's expected that with intergration into the Indian union, new
> migration and economic change, Goan identity would be running the risk of
> change.
> Outsiders who have assimiliated into Goan society, though retaining a few
> of their distinct traditions and characteristics, should not pose any
> problems  and cannot be said to be  agents in the perceived devolution of
> Goanness. Goenkarponn is what we are and what should remain now and in the
> future.
> 
> Eugene

[Goanet] 'Goa leads with highest colon cancer cases'

[Gabe Menezes]

'Goa leads with highest colon cancer cases'TNN | May 13, 2013, 03.25 AM IST
PANAJI: While there has been an overall increase in gastrointestinal
diseases in
Goa, the state has also registered highest number of colorectal cancer --
commonly known as colon or bowel cancer -- cases in the country. About
80-100 cases of colorectal cancer cases are reported in the state every
year, a trend which gastroenterology experts attribute to eating habits a
la western countries, where incidences of colorectal cancer are high.

Shekar Salkar, Vice-chairman of Cancer registry in Goa, says Goa tops the
list in the country in colorectal cases, primarily because of the dietary
habits which he claims is similar to the western dietary habits. "A large
part of Goa's population eats red meat which is a contributory factor for
high cases of colorectal cancer," says Salkar. He further adds that the
cancer registry is in the process of gathering data about different kinds
of cancer cases reported in the state. The cancer registry will submit its
report along with added recommendations to the state government in the next
six months.

Other major contributing factors to colorectal cancer and other
gastrointestinal (GI) diseases are consumption of tobacco products and high
level of alcohol. Diseases of colon, rectum and stomach have increased by
25 % in the last two years. While breast
cancer
surgeries
in the state have gone up by 30%, surgery for cancer of stomach and
colorectal increased by 20 % and of cancer of liver and pancreas went up by
15 % during the same period.

Dr Vinayak Deshpande, a Porvorim-based GI specialist, says that with change
in our lifestyle - such as eating fatty and spicy food including red meat,
smoking and drinking - more cases of young people suffering from colorectal
cancer are now coming to the fore. The increase in reported cases of GI
malignance  can
also be attributed to availability of better detection facilities in the
hospitals today. "Almost all hospitals today perform laparoscopy and
endoscopy which was not the case of some years ago," says Deshpande.

In the past Dr Deshpande, said patients either came for treatment at a
terminal stage or died even before they could be diagnosed. Awareness has
to be created among general public about healthy lifestyle and right eating
habits. Dr Salkar said, they would give their suggestions as to what could
be done to bring about lifestyle change as cases of breast cancer in the
state have also increased.

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Cortalim Fiesta 2013 with Sonia Dias

[JoeGoaUk]

Cortalim Fiesta 2013 with Sonia Dias

 
Beautiful song on suicides 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxW-nrPPLiA


For Goan Video Clips 
http://youtube.com/joeukgoa

In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 
For Hospital, Police, Fire etc  

Re: [Goanet] Young boys and girls of Verna sing Maria Pitache etc

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا]

On 13 May 2013 04:03, Gabe Menezes  wrote:

> RESPONSE: Made your day? I too had to join them and hit the cop!


Makes the point strongly: all culture is derivative.
http://www.*free-culture.cc*/remixes
http://questioncopyright.org/minute_memes/all_creative_work_is_derivative
FN

FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org

[Goanet] 84.73% cast vote for Sanquelim municipal elections

[samir umarye]

-- 
Samir Umarye

BICHOLIM: The Sakhali municipal council (SMC) recorded a voting percentage
of 84.73% in elections which were held in a peaceful manner on Sunday, said
the presiding officer for the elections NarayanGaad.

The voter turnout was good despite the extreme heat. Most of the voters
preferred to come in the early morning due to the extreme heat in the
afternoon, as a result of which the voting in the morning hours was brisk
with 70% of voters exercising their franchise by the afternoon. Elderly men
and women voters were brought to the polling booths, as a result of which
voting percentage was high.

The highest voting percentage was recorded at ward no 11 which was 97%
while, lowest percentage was recorded in the ward no 2 which was 77%. The
ward wise percentage is as follows: 91% (Ward-1); 77%(W-2); 78%(W-3);
85%(W-4); 88%(W-5); 78%(W-6); 80%(W-7); 83% (W-8); 88%(W-9); 91%(W-10); 97%
(ward- 11).

The counting will be held on Monday at 8pm onwards at BMC hall, Bicholim,
informed Gad.

[Goanet] Mahaquizzer 2013

[Rajiv D'Silva]

Hi all,

 

MahaQuizzer 2013, the ninth edition of the National Solo Quiz Championship
conducted by the Karnataka Quiz Association   will
be held in 15 cities across India on the last Sunday of this month.

Date: 26th May 2013
Time: 9.30 am. The quiz will begin at 10.00 am sharp, latecomers will have
to go back dissapointed.
QMs: Urmila Lakshmanan, Sujata Sharma, Vivek Karthikeyan, Rajagopal PS &
Mitesh Agarwal
Proctor: Tallulah D'Silva 
Flavour: General
Format: Written. 150 questions to be answered in 90 minutes.
Venue: Hall No. 3, Goa College of Pharmacy, Near Caculo Island, 18th June
Road, Panaji.
Participation: Open to all, entry free. Prizes will be awarded in 4
categories - Open, Ladies, College & School (upto Std. X). Pre-registration
is essential. To register, use this link
 . Call 9823362217 in case any
clarifications are necessary.

 

Regards,

Rajiv

[Goanet] Goa news for May 13, 2013

[Goanet News Service]

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

*** Go Goa Gone: Film Review - Hollywood Reporter
roducer-distributor Eros ...
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*** Fuel hike makes petrol cheaper than diesel in Goa - Times of
India
ed government slashed VAT to 0.1 percent as part of a promise
made in the party's 2012 election manifesto. At that time, the
decision resulted in petrol prices dropping ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG25I9jCPyn8i_I5UD7qep1C2UUgA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Fuel-hike-makes-petrol-cheaper-than-diesel-in-Goa/articleshow/1883.cms

*** Lukewarm response to 'Gippi', 'Go Goa Gone' - News Track
India - Newstrack India
oa-gone-gathers-rs-805-cr-in-two-days/391170-8-66.html">'Go Goa
Gone' gathers Rs 8.05 cr in two days - IBNLive
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEoxNG5gvhsOh_020MhQscgyOIJfg&url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/05/12/234--Lukewarm-response-to-Gippi-Go-Goa-Gone-.html

*** Entry tax protest: Transporters cannot threaten govt: Goa CM
- Business Standard
IMTC-prepare-for-showdown/74414.html">Govt, AIMTC prepare for
showdown
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEaXEfhNH3IZpuQ5fWb2203HTVBIg&url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/entry-tax-protest-transporters-cannot-threaten-govt-goa-cm-113051200553_1.html

*** Mopa will spell doom for Special Status: Dr Oscar - Herald
Publications
0-MLAs-should-go-to-Delhi-to-press-for-special-status-to-Goa/articleshow/20012161.cms">'All
40 MLAs should go to Delhi to press for special status to Goa'
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHzXPtnLU4yoEJ8fJCMabP9RsygXA&url=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Mopa-will-spell-doom-for-Special-Status-Dr-Oscar/74415.html

*** Anupama Chopra's review: Go Goa Gone - Hindustan Times
ndustan TimesAll three end up at a rave party in Goa. The drugs
being imbibed here are so powerful that they turn takers into
zombies. Enter Boris, the Russian mafioso played by Saif Ali
Khan, who throws the rave, supplies the drugs and then, of
course, kills dead ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGTpBSlB9F4Z_u4NyEWpZ4sL0MKpw&url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Anupama-Chopra-s-review-Go-Goa-Gone/Article1-1058279.aspx

*** Angry tour operators halt traffic to Goa - Times of India
fv4Bine8JVPwDWLKhkW6DbQ
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*** Goan nun's rare honour to have served three Popes - Herald
Publications
ime to travel to Vatican and catch a glimpse of a Pope, a Goan
nun has had the rare opportunity to work not with one but three
spiritual heads, of an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in
the ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHnZm5Byud7z7tTHRSzA4tLlfV9gw&url=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Goan-nun-rsquo-s-rare-honour-to-have-served-three-Popes/74417.html

*** Goa Municipalities Act to be redrafted - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Deputy chief minister Francis D'Souza has
said that Goa Municipalities Act 1968 will be redrafted. The
amendment bill will be tabled in the next session of Goa
assembly. D'Souza, while speaking to mediapersons on Saturday,
stated that the Act, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHmHxHmfhLDP9PT_MsJ1ipxxJ17dg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-Municipalities-Act-to-be-redrafted/articleshow/20021715.cms

*** Petrol costs less than diesel in Goa - Hindustan Times
ndustan TimesGoa has become the first state to sell petrol at
cheaper rates than diesel after oil companies recently announced
a hike of Rs. 1 per litre for diesel. This was the fourth such
hike this year. Diesel is now priced at Rs. 52.70 per litre in
Goa while ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGBCh4z8jyvUo9YHUDGzL7KgiJCuQ&url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Petrol-costs-less-than-diesel-in-Goa/Article1-1059247.aspx


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[Goanet] Roland Francis: Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan (Rose Fernandes)

[Melvyn Fernandes]

Dear goanet readers,

Over the last few weeks, I have to admit not reading Roland Francis's stray 
thoughts. His articles tend to tax my grey cells like Sudoku and these days I 
am all for a quiet life in front of the fire. Yes, fire  in the United 
Kingdom we may once have had four seasons winter, spring, summer and autumn but 
we are now down to one winter gloom to match our economic doom. 

Trying to follow the FN and JC latest goanet fire thread proved tricky until 
finally I gave in and read Roland Francis's "Gulf Goans - Stray Thoughts of a 
Toronto Goan".   What he wrote in his last paragraph was fascinating: Quote: If 
there is one 'take-away' from all this, it is that someone up there has always 
taken care of the well-being of Goans. The Portuguese didn't do it and the 
Indians are certainly far from doing it as well. Unquote

Roland Francis is not the only one who feels about the Portuguese this way. 
Recently, in conversation with a Goan Catholic priest, he implied much the same 
until I reminded him that if it had not been for the Portuguese he probably 
would not have been a Catholic nor a Catholic priest! If the Portuguese didn't 
do a good job taking care of our well-being, they certainly did a good job in 
converting a number of us to Catholicism. The argument put forward by most 
Catholic Goans I speak to is that we were "forcibly" converted by the 
Portuguese but if they feel this way. I see no evidence of them rushing to 
re-convert back to their original religion. In fact, evidence shows that those 
of Goan origin in Goa and around the world who are Catholics are probably among 
the most devout on planet earth which has undoubtedly led to "someone up there" 
looking after us. That's our first precious "take-away" from the Portuguese - 
Catholicism.

Many Goans today probably feel the Portuguese did and are still looking after 
them, granting them their Portuguese Passport with which almost three entire 
villages from Goa have managed to uproot and move to Swindon, United Kingdom 
over the last few years and certainly another half a village from Goa has moved 
and is living near to me. How do I know this, for the first time in over 40 
years I can hear Konkani being spoken on the 250 red bus route. Exciting, as I 
can understand them but soon I will be able to respond in our mother tongue, 
watch this space. Therefore for many the second most important "take-away" from 
the Portuguese is their "Portuguese Passport". Roland Francis may have 
forgotten this, three entire villages from Goa have not moved near to him, yet.

The third most important "take-away" from the Portuguese is our national dish 
of "sorpotel". A friend of mine living in the USA for over 40 years said that 
there is one dish that she and her entire family must have (I repeat must have) 
on their Christmas table, that is "sorpotel". This dish was eaten by Portuguese 
peasants who brought it over to us, we added spices and soro to it so the dish 
was renamed "sorpotel" to reflect this. But the origins of this dish remain 
Portuguese.

Then comes Roland Francis's comment about Indians, let us all remind ourselves 
our Goan freedom fighters fought for us to be part of India, until of course we 
were.

Now our war cry appears to be "special status", "special status", "special 
status".

With the number of goanet postings on toilets, you would have thought someone 
in Goa would have done something about it by now. Never mind the public 
toilets, even when I have been for weddings in "posh" venues, I am disgusted to 
find there is no soap in the toilets. Apparently this is because soap goes 
missing but what is there for these "posh" places to improvise and fit in soap 
dispensers on the walls and fill them with soap liquid like we have in the 
United Kingdom, is this so hard for them to do. What about their kitchen staff, 
do they have access to soap, is this not a real health hazard when handling 
food.

Garbage lying around is much more of an environmental hazard than anything 
else. On my last visit to Goa in January, the situation appears to have gone 
much worse. Locals blame this on the foreign and local tourists or the 
Government! How about themselves, aren't they living there and shouldn't they 
take personal pride and responsibility for their own environment? 

Rationing of gas cylinders used for cooking, etc. Apparently new measures had 
to be introduced by the Government because the previous measures in place were 
not stringent enough to stop some locals "cashing in".

Finally, a gem of a story, at a high level meeting held in London once, don't 
know how it came about but one of our learned gentleman was talking about a 
solution to a particular problem, moving the Mandovi River! When we came home, 
puzzled, I asked Melvyn if there was more than one Mandovi River in Goa because 
the one I was thinking about would need a few billion perfect (not cracked) 
claypots to be filled up in order to be moved. 

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Pentecost Sunday

[Jude Botelho]

12-May-2013



Dear Friend,

While we are busy with our daily routine, we all have something that we look 
forward to that breaks the monotony of life. For some of us it is an arrival or 
meeting with a friend, for others it is the prospect of a job/promotion, for 
still others it is moving into a new home or the birth of a new born! We look 
forward with excitement. Have we anything to look forward to in our faith life? 
At Pentecost we can look forward to God's Spirit bringing new life. Have an 
exciting weekend filled with His Spirit!  Fr. Jude

Sunday Reflections: Pentecost Sunday "I am going to put breath in you and you 
will live!" 19-May-2013
Readings: Acts 2:1-111 Cor. 12:3-7, 12-13John 20:19-33

The first reading begins with the apostles huddled in the upper room after the 
death of their Master fearful that His fate might be their own. Suddenly they 
hear what sounds like a powerful wind, it fills the whole room, they see 
tongues of fire resting on each of them and they receive the gift of speech. 
The coming of the Spirit breaks all barriers filling the world with God's 
presence. The tongues of fire remind us of the tongues of fire that were seen 
when God made a covenant with Moses at Mount Sinai. That was the first covenant 
made by God with his chosen people. Pentecost is the new covenant made by the 
Spirit with the new people of God, His Church. A sign of this covenant is the 
gift of speech, the gift of communication, the gift of being able to express 
oneself and be understood in one's own language. The language understood by all 
is the language of the spirit, the language of love. Whereas Babel was man's 
effort to reach God that led to
 confusion, Pentecost is God's initiative reaching out through one another 
leading to unity and understanding

Film: 'Being John Malkovich'
In the very strange 1999 surrealist movie "Being John Malkovich", someone 
discovers a portal into Malkovich's mind, enabling visitors to see and 
experience things through his body and to influence his actions. He becomes 
aware of what's happening and finds the portal himself. At the climax of the 
movie, there is a bizarre but powerful scene when he enters the portal, being 
swept down a dark tunnel with a roaring sound to emerge as a 
participant/observer in his own world. He discovers that everyone has his face 
and his voice, and every word spoken is his name. Connections with the 
Pentecost story: - the paradox of the creator entering his own creation by an 
unexplainable power; - the potential of the portal to connect people in an 
unprecedented kind of indwelling. - seeing the face of Malkovich everywhere 
reminds me of the Spirit making Jesus present through us in a new and 
all-encompassing way. We are recognisably Christ-like, though still ourselves, 
and
 all we say and do is 'in his name'. It's a frightening moment in the movie, 
because Malkovich has no wish to become omnipresent as a Christ-figure, but the 
image is powerful.
>From film insights by Marnie Barrel in 'The Text this Week'

In the Gospel Jesus reminds his disciples that while He is leaving them He is 
not abandoning them. While He was on earth He was their strength, their 
advocate with the Father. Now He is going to give them another advocate, 
another helper they can always rely on, the Holy Spirit. The gospel reading 
represents John's version of the birth of the Church. The disciples are to 
continue Jesus' mission from his Father and this mission will, as his, involve 
judgement. His mission was to bring humankind to the light and to the Father. 
In John's gospel there is a continuous process of confrontation with Jesus and 
self-judgement. The different attitudes of humankind to Jesus will continue in 
the reactions to his presence in the Church. It is significant that in John the 
Church is founded by the risen Lord. When Jesus breathes upon the disciples it 
shows that a new creation is taking place. Just as God made man by breathing 
life into him, so the life of the Church
 comes from the breath of the Spirit of Jesus. This is the new life Jesus came 
to bring. In a sense everything is already accomplished when Jesus breathes 
life into his disciples. The Holy Spirit is the advocate that never fails. We 
know of people who carry on living joyfully though they are suffering; we know 
of people who have been battered with one trial after another, who have not 
grown embittered by it all. We know of priests and religious sisters living 
constantly under fear of being attacked because they are Christian, who refuse 
to give up or retaliate. We know of people who have very little security and an 
uncertain future, people who can still radiate peace, the gifts of the Spirit. 
The Spirit is very much alive and very much needed in these demanding times.

Points System
There was this secondary school teacher who died and arrived at the gates of 
heaven. He was calmly walking in through the entrance, when Peter stopped him 
and said, "

[Goanet] ZAGOR - Our present day Tiatr originated from this

[JoeGoaUk]

This is somewhat Christian version of ZAGOR 
The men singing part is original
Our present day Tiatr originated from this ZAGOR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMooS42aDYM

joego...@yahoo.co.uk 



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

[Gabe Menezes]

Frank Sinatra: Love and Marriage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRDBvKGc1fE



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Young boys and girls of Verna sing Maria Pitache etc

[Gabe Menezes]

On 12 May 2013 21:34, JoeGoaUk  wrote:

> Made my day..
> Young boys and girls of Verna sing Maria Pitache etc
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-o29KFe2c
>
>
RESPONSE: Made your day? I too had to join them and hit the cop!
-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] On Roland's favourite music - Jazz !

[eric pinto]

    recounting the origins and evolution of Jazz. But the element that 
captures them is when I describe and demonstrate, via CDs of popular songs 
(Beatles, Sinatra, My Fair Lady, West Side Story and other show songs, even 
Clapton songs that they  know) played jazz style and playing the piano myself, 
how to decipher the "noise" and recognise it for the improvisational music it 
is.



They are surprised and fascinated when they discover Jazz adapted to Yiddish, 
Russian and other improbable folk songs. 


The Eureka moment for many who are most familiar with  Indian music, including 
Bollywood, is when I make and demonstrate the comparison between Indian 
classical music and Jazz - and how they are rooted in the same principles. John 
Coltrane's "My Favourite Things" absolutely seals it! That a high priest of 
jazz, Coltrane, was influenced by Indian music and Indian spirituality, and 
named his son after his friend Ravi Shakar, has them awed. 

Not a talk that can be recorded - because it moves along down different lanes 
and gullies,depending on how the audience responds. 

S

[Goanet] Oscar Rebello & Alina Sandanha join the save Goa revolution -goanvoice.org.uk

[Camillo Fernandes]

http://www.prudentmedia.in/news-videos.php?id=5&cid=6682&date=2013-05-12