Source: 15 March 2007: Boothbay Register, ME. Vol. 130 no.11. Excerpts: Bigelow Scientists Dr. Joaquim Goes and Dr. Helga do Rosario Gomes have received a $1.18 million grant from NASA to investigate the impacts of global warming on marine life in the Arabian Sea Goes and Gomes will team with atmospheric, ocean and fisheries scientists During the cruises, investigators will measure seawater properties along a transect from Goa, India to Muscat, Oman.
For full text, 492 words, see http://boothbayregister.maine.com/2007-03-15/bigelow_laboratory.html Both Joaquim and Helga were born in Nairobi, Kenya. Joaquim is the son of late Octaviano Goes and Idalina dos Merces Goes and studied at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Cortalim, Goa. Helga is the daughter of Jacinto Gomes and Aida Rocha Gomes and was raised in Verna, Goa. For more about the married couple, see http://goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/JoaquimGoes.html For the GVUK Dr Gomes Supplement see http://goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/HelgaGomes.html For more about Dr Goes see http://www.bigelow.org/srs/goes.html ** If the links do not work access them from http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Also in GVUK Daily Newsletter of 17 March: Feature article: Paradise, in Contract. 18 Mar: The New York Times Magazine: Real Estate. By Somini Sengupta. Excerpts: Roy Patrao imagined, a community of Indian-Americans like him might spend holidays in their Goan homes or eventually retire here. Patrao, veteran of the construction business in California and New York, is nothing if not an entrepreneur An acquaintance of mine in Delhi who owns a house in Goa put it bluntly: If you want to get out of India, come to Goa The makeover of Goa into an upscale vacation spot the Hamptons, if you will, for the upwardly mobile Indian began in the late 1960s 3327 words and photos. See http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/realestate/keymagazine/318Boom.t71602..htm l?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=keymagazine Win a cooking holiday to Goa or Italy Times Online has joined forces with Lloyd Grossman to offer one lucky reader and a friend a 7 night cooking holiday to the exotic Indian city of Goa or if pasta is more your dish, 7 nights in the beautiful Italian town of Toffia, just outside Rome. No purchase necessary. The closing date for the competition is April 5, 2007. For details check the link below. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/related_features/cook_india/ article1457865.ece Preetu Nair and Peter de Souza: Delicate task 16 Mar: Cybernoon (Bombay). The Gomantak Times deservers to be congratulated for giving space to two of its reporters Preetu Nair and Peter de Souza for reporting on those two subjects which have won them the UNDP-TAHA and HIV and Human Development Resource Networks (HDRN) Media Awards for 2006. Competing with over 300 reports in local and national dailies, Nair and de Souza won the Award for pinpointing the people involved in trafficking in Goa. HDRN congratulated the two reporters for going behind the statistics and zeroing in on the men and women who add to the traffic in Goas sex highway. No easy job, as any reporter can tell. Gomantak Times can justly be proud of its staff. http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection= editorials&xfile=March2007_mediawatch_standard184&child=mediawatch Goa glamour: Q & A 11 Mar: The Sunday Times (UK). Q: I'm going to a wedding in India that's being held on a beach in Goa. The dress code is Goa Glamour. What does that mean? And what on earth should I wear? A: Goa Glamour could mean anything from a full-on glitzy sari to a sequined bikini and matching sarong. Go for something bright and colourful. This coral shift from Matthew Williamson would be a good option but at £1,400 it's expensive Antik Batik is another label that would work at a Goan wedding. It specialises in ethnic-inspired beaded and embroidered pieces that tap into the boho-hippie vibe. 228 words. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/style/article1480662 .ece Update: Cluster of malaria cases from northern Goa 9 Mar: Health Protect Report (UK): Since the 26 January 2007 Health Protection Report, there have been four more reported cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in UK travellers returning from Goa. The current advice for travellers to Goa from the UK is given. 618 words. http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/news/default.htm#malaria ********************************* Goan Voice UK is now available in three formats: 1. A daily newsletter, updated at 23:00 GMT daily which can be viewed at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ Bookmark the site! 2. A weekly newsletter, updated at 13:00 GMT every Thursday which can be viewed at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/current 3. You can opt to have the weekly newsletter sent to your mailbox every Thursday - Sign up for the service at http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/submit_req/subscribe.php If you like it, tell your friends to pass on the word. If you don't like it, tell me only! Eddie Fernandes