[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Goa Taco

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Goa Taco'

Indo-Mexican collaboration.

Always feels good to be reminded of my home, Goa, in the unlikeliest
of places. Seen this evening in downtown Santa Barbara, California.


You may view the latest post at

http://blog.parrikar.com/2018/05/11/goa-taco/


Warm regards,

Rajan Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Trees Have A “Heartbeat” ?

[Fidibus]

https://www.riseearth.com/2018/05/scientists-discover-that-trees-have.html

--
Rebellion against the norms is Love for the Creation

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homepage: www.fidibus.info



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[Goanet] GSPL Full Match Report: Match 11 Dempo SC beat Panjim 4-2 via tie breaker

[goa sevens]

Greetings,



Kindly find below the *full match report* of GSPL 2 Match 11 between Panjim
Footballers and Dempo SC at Ambelim Sports Complex, Ambelim.

* Dempo SC beat Panjim 4-2 via tie breaker*

*Both sides played tough 1-1 draw *

___



*MAY 11, AMEBLIM: *Dempo SC beat Panjim Footballers 4-2 via the tie breaker
in the Goa Sevens Premier League, organised by Goa Sevens and Ambelim
Sports Club in association with Goa Football Association (GFA) at Ambelim
Sports Complex, on Friday.

Suraj Hadkonkar scored early on for the Dempo side while Akeraj Martins
made it levelled in the second half.

Panjim Footballers brought in one change to their starting seven that won
to Vasco SC with star player Akeraj Martins starting in the team. On the
other hand, the Dempo side kept the same line up that won 6-1 to Vasco SC.

The Golden eagles were the first side to strike at post with Suraj
Hadkonkar’s shot being cleared at goal line by the Panjim back.  The
initial minutes both sides try hard to find the opening gola but it was the
Dempo side that came close to scoring yet again. This time Vineet Bugde ran
inside from midfield only to find his pass missed by Desmon Pereira.

The Panjim side were strong with Akeraj Martins and Clifton Fernandes but
the Dempo team kept pressurising the capital post and their attempts
finally paid off as Suraj Hadkonkar shot off a free kick that landed
straight into the nets, 1-0.

The capital side had a couple of chances In the midfiled with Clifton
Fernandes and Akeraj Martins moving deep but Nickson Castanha cleared the
danger as the Dempo side went into the break with a tender 1-0 lead.

On resumption, the Panjim side kept trying hard to find the equalizer as
the coach brought in new feet to boost the sides strength as Darryl Costa
and Stendly Costa kept the Dempo back strings working hard.

And their hard work finally paid off as Akeraj Martins made it 1-1 after
receiving a perfect curling cross from Darryl.  Young Desmon Pereira of the
eagles proved to be a threat at the wings for the Panjim team. Substitute
Jaison Vaz’s powerful shot from inside the box hit the top bar denying the
Dempo side a lead.

The Panjim side should have taken the lead as they missed two clear goal
scoring opportunities. First Clive Miranda’s long ranger was misjudged by
the Dempo custodian but substitute Snedden Rodrigues failed to tap it in,
while later Snedden failed to tap in off a hand throw amidst a blank Dempo
defence.

In the tie breaker, Naveen Mendes, Beevan D’Mello and Nickson Castanha
scored for the winners, while Clive Miranda scored for the Panjim side.



Kindly find enclosed pictures of today’s game.

*Pic Caption*: Players of Dempo SC and Panjim Footballers in action at GSPL
2 Match 11 at Ambelim Sports Complex, Ambelim on Friday.





*Tomorrow's Fixture: (May 12)*

*GSPL Women’s Football Festival*: Euro Connexion v. Skyla Strikers at 7pm.

*GSPL 2*:  SESA FA v. Churchill Brothers SC at 8pm, at Ameblim Sport
Complex, Ambelim.





Thank You



Regards

GSPL Media

[Goanet] GSPL Half Time Update: Match 11 Dempo SC lead 1-0 at half time

[goa sevens]

Greetings,



Kindly find below the *half time match report* of GSPL 2 Match 11 between
Panjim Footballers and Dempo SC at Ambelim Sports Complex, Ambelim.

* Dempo SC lead 1-0 at half time *

*Full report to be sent soon after final whistle*

___



*MAY 11, AMEBLIM: *

Panjim Footballers brought in one change to their starting seven that won
to Vasco SC with star player Akeraj Martins starting in the team. On the
other hand, the Dempo side kept the same line up that won 6-1 to Vasco SC.

The Golden eagles were the first side to strike at post with Suraj
Hadkonkar’s shot being cleared at goal line by the Panjim back.  The
initial minutes both sides try hard to find the opening gola but it was the
Dempo side that came close to scoring yet again. This time Vineet Bugde ran
inside from midfield only to find his pass missed by Desmon Pereira.

The Panjim side were strong with Akeraj Martins and Clifton Fernandes but
the Dempo team kept pressurising the capital post and their attempts
finally paid off as Suraj Hadkonkar shot off a free kick that landed
straight into the nets, 1-0.

The capital side had a couple of chances In the midfiled with Clifton
Fernandes and Akeraj Martins moving deep but Nickson Castanha cleared the
danger as the Dempo side went into the break with a tender 1-0 lead.







Kindly find enclosed pictures of today’s game.

*Pic Caption*: Players of Dempo SC and Panjim Footballers in action at GSPL
2 Match 11 at Ambelim Sports Complex, Ambelim on Friday.



*Tomorrow's Fixture: (May 12)*

*GSPL 2*:  SESA FA v. Churchill Brothers SC at 8pm, at Ameblim Sport
Complex, Ambelim.





Thank You



Regards

GSPL Media

[Goanet] Karnataka

[Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا]

Fifth, it is only in three of the state’s 30 districts that Hindutva
politics has taken deep roots. These three districts, with 19 assembly
seats, form the coastal Karnataka region. The districts of Dakshin Kannada,
Udupi and Uttara Kannada have seen Kerala-like internecine political
violence. The BJP has made exaggerated claims of 23 BJP workers having been
killed by extremist Muslim groups. One of them was even found alive

.

https://theprint.in/politics/karnataka-elections-2018/why-hindutva-polarisation-hasnt-worked-in-karnataka/57613/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[Goanet] The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute: Science outreach

[George Pinto]

PRESS RELEASE, see  http://josephnaikvaz.org/archives/556
The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute continues to celebrate our 40th year of existence 
under the leadership of Filomena Sarawati Giese. We are continuing to reach out 
to others in keeping with Saint Joseph Vaz's (a Goan) positive interaction with 
various communities and his service to the poor. 


Our Board member, George Pinto had dinner in the Bay Area on May 6, 2018 with 5 
Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry/Physics in the hope that we can spread the 
love of learning and Science in particular among youth (the Joseph Naik Vaz 
Institute's focus is on low-income students)   
http://josephnaikvaz.org/archives/556  These giants in their field who have 
followed in the footsteps of Albert Einstein, all share a life-long passion for 
science and want to encourage young people to consider taking up the subject. 
They have also joined with other Nobel Prize winners around the world to 
further the study of Science. 

The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute invites everyone to volunteer and serve the needy 
in their local communities, to help the homeless and disadvantaged, and to work 
on today's social justice issues like education for the poor, children issues, 
environmental protection, housing, health care, etc. 
Sincerely,
 
Joseph Naik Vaz Institute

http://josephnaikvaz.org/archives/556

Re: [Goanet] Surviving The Tourism Tsunami

[Roland Francis]

An excellent article by VM.

But Goa polluted? NOOO...
The start of the solution is having the authorities admit that Goa IS polluted. 
Who in power is going to admit that when the track record of mouthing the truth 
has a poor record in Goa where the boss of the state is said to have a kidney 
ailment when in fact he has Stage IV cancer, just as an example.

So on to the goal of 35 million tourists a year and the happy drowning of 
residents from the garbage and faeces therefrom.

Goa should have a Mayor of Venice.
Of course - And I should be the King of Great Britain.

Roland Francis
Toronto

[Goanet] TRAVELOGUE: How a German City changed how we Read.

[Con Menezes]

   Mainz.  
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180507-how-a-german-city-changed-how-we-read

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[Goanet] AI predicts your personality based on eye movements.

[Con Menezes]

   
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/227022/20180507/ai-predicts-your-personality-based-on-eye-movements.htm

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[Goanet] PIO issues ?

[Rui Nuvo]

Hei,

I understand that the PIO card will no longer be accepted *as a travel
document by airlines* other than Air India after August 2018. PIO's were
handwritten cards which the airlines will no longer accept after Oct 2018.

However, the PIO card is valid for life. For those with property an other
issues while in India this will be of interest.

One can change a PIO card to an OCI which will be accepted by airlines for
travel. One has to pay for the conversion as the deadline for free
conversion was Dec 2017 and the PM of India has refused to extend the date,

I understand that there is the Indian X Visa option which provides a neat
solution to the problem of travel. Apparently it is valid for life and
acceptable to travel agents.

Anyone know what the latest take is on this issue.

rui.n...@gmail.com

Re: [Goanet] Ecuador’s new rules ban Assange from taking visitors and phone calls – WikiLeaks

[Gabe Menezes]

On 10 May 2018 at 21:29, Fidibus  wrote:

> https://www.rt.com/news/426406-assange-embassy-phone-visitors-ban/


RESPONSE: He should have been under these conditions from the onset. He has
cost the British tax payer millions in Police surveillance.

The trump was ecstatic when Assange released all that material which was
detrimental to Hilary, he said bring it on and he also said Russia if your
listening release all the Hilary emails!

Now that the heat and screws are slowly tightening, he wants the Mueller
probe to end, how charming?

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Fwd: Ben E King - Spanish Harlem - Lyrics

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffWqcoxlSEY



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Surviving the Tourism Tsunami (Times of India, 11/5/2018)

[V M]

https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIGO%2F2018%2F05%2F11=Ar01008=041AC347=text

Union commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu is a standout
performer in prime minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, but one part of
the vision he unveiled on Goa Startup and Innovation Day last week
sent chills down collective spines in India’s smallest state. He
promised his administration would make Goa a national logistics hub,
saying “there are four coastal states on the Western coast. After
Mumbai, the biggest airport that is going to come up is in Goa in
Mopa.” About this controversial “second airport” project which he
intends to become a major cargo transition point, Prabhu drew gasps of
dismay when he proudly declared it would be able to handle “30 million
tourists.”

These ruinously high projections aren’t new for the current
dispensation, which continues to ram through massive, highly dubious
infrastructure interventions on Goa’s limited land mass, despite
near-universal opposition from the existing population of the state.
Earlier this year, when his cabinet colleague Vijai Sardesai
colourfully denigrated the quality of many domestic tourists,
including saying “they are not bothered about Goa”, chief minister
Manohar Parrikar insisted the intolerable pressure felt by state
residents was actually due to existing facilities that could only
handle “50-60 lakh tourists.” He said “in the next two years, Goa’s
tourist footfalls will cross the ten million mark.” The solution? “We
will have to spread them across the state.”

The ancient, indigenous brilliance of the Jataka Tales includes a
classic story which Parrikar and Prabhu and the rest of India’s
planners would do well to keep in mind. It is about the father of a
gravely impoverished family who becomes reborn as a swan with golden
wings. Every so often, he revisits his brood to offers them a single
feather, which they can sell to live very comfortably, with the
promise to keep up this bonanza in perpetuity. But his descendants are
greedy and foolish. One day they entrap the beautiful bird and pluck
it clean. But now the feathers turn worthless, and all is lost, “They
seized the swan – but had its gold no more.” Such is Goa’s fate, to be
rapaciously denuded of its native bounty and character, and now
arriving perilously close to the point of no return.

Take even a cursory trip into what is now Tourism Goa, and it’s
evident the state is nowhere near being able to handle the annual
human onslaught that exists, let alone cater for exponentially more
millions. A sea of garbage chokes the coastal belt, with vast mounds
of plastic heaped as high as the dunes. Unchecked, egregious
construction spills up the hillsides and all the way down to the water
in many places. An unconscionable lack of treatment plants means
thousands of wells have become polluted, and the entire coastline is
awash in raw sewage. As far back as 2011, the National Institute of
Oceanography had already warned that all of the state’s beaches and
rivers are heavily contaminated with faecal coliform bacteria far in
excess of any national or international safety standard.

All this has done real damage to Goa’s once-stellar reputation as a
premium tourist destination, and its successful global brand. Survey
stakeholders of the top end of the marketplace, and every one will
tell you about visitors scared away by pollution, garbage, and crowds.
Parse the millions that the state tourism authorities keep boasting
about, and the majority are actually ultra-budget visitors from across
the state borders, who very often sleep in vehicles, cook on the
roadside, and use any patch of greenery as toilet facilities. The
impact of this kind of tourism on the state has been nothing short of
devastating.

There is a way forward for Goa, to keep the golden bird healthy for
future generations. It hinges on sustainability. Just this week,
Parra-based eco-tourism proponent Puja Mitra shared an article on
social media about what the fabled Italian destination of Venice is
doing with its own tourism tsunami. The World Heritage city will
strictly limit crowds in key attractions. Numbers will be monitored
and restricted using turnstiles at points of entry, and – something
that could work well elsewhere - vehicles will not be allowed access
when congestion is at its peak. One day, perhaps  an official in Goa
will speak and act as responsibly as Venice’s mayor, Luigi Brugnaro,
who says tourists are vital to the economy, but his first
responsibility is to state residents.

[Goanet] VERLA-CANCA IN DOLDDRUMS

[Aires Rodrigues]

If the Goa Lokayukta Justice P.K.Misra wants to probe the most Corrupt
Panchayat around Mapusa, the Verla-Canca Panchayat would be his best pick.



The current burly and very notorious Sarpanch,  the ever so  incorrigible
Milton Marques after all his CRZ violations in usurping land on the coastal
belt is now dumping all sorts of illegal land filling and unauthorised
trade in Verla- Canca.



With his unending glut for Power, no wonder he stooped so low to even
contest the earlier Panchayat Elections on a fabricated OBC Caste
certificate by claiming he hailed from the fishing community,  What a
travesty and sheer disgrace.



Time such dubious politicians are publicly and very ruthlessly castrated at
the ballot box. Verla - Canca deserves better.


Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

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Twitter@rodrigues_aires


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[Goanet] Good News, Bad News, Fake News, No News

[Joao Barros-Pereira]

Good News, Bad News,
Fake News, No News

Was it Einstein who spoke of relativity? Sometimes what I read in the
papers makes me wonder even more than Alice.

The other day, I read a report which said plastic bags should not be
banned because some Goans prefer them to cloth bags; so say the
vendors of plastic bags. I guess (hope?) the news report was
tongue-in-cheek although I could see neither tongue nor cheek, and I'm
still wondering ….

Maybe, better still, it could be a metaphor for Goa and Goans today.
Everybody does what they like and everybody else and everything else
can go to hell. Not least, the environment. If this news was about
Switzerland it would be undoubtedly fake news. No room for ambiguity.
But, in Goa, it is a different story.

Goa Medical College and Hospital is sick and a danger to public
health. While ministers wax eloquent about the need to get all kinds
of medical hi-tech equipment including special cardiac units as 30%
and more Goans die from heart attacks (not love affairs) they are made
to eat their words when the FDA informs the public of the closure of
three canteens as they are unhygienic!

The minister in charge wants to outsource the canteens so they become
quality canteens with regard to hygiene and nutrition. Not a bad idea
at all but I'm wondering why he didn't notice this unhygienic
situation a long time ago? Which reminds me of two of my school
friends who met accidentally in a dirty, unhygienic restaurant years
after graduating from school . Bob, the waiter, was surprised to see
Paul, the customer, and said to him, "Why, Paul, what has become of
you - eating here! "And, you?" "Me? I work here but I certainly don't
eat here!" his friend replied with a look of great pride on his face.

Is the government serious at all in its responsibility to provide high
quality health services to the public? Does "high quality health"
include only the buying of hi-tech medical equipment whose budget adds
up to crores of rupees? Has the Health Department checked the toilets?
If not, please do. Who knows what we might discover?

Recently I visited the Mathany Saldhana building when I needed to go
to the toilet. As is said often enough, when you have to go you have
to go. So I went bravely to the toilet only to discover there was no
electricity. It was darker than the inside of a pessimist mind, and no
way to see beyond one's nose; the stench, by the way, was enough to
give a healthy person a heart attack. All the toilets were locked
except for the special toilet for the physically-challenged. As I was
feeling physically - and - psychologically challenged I made use of
it.

If the government is serious, then it should start with the basics,
provide the public with a clean and hygienic environment everywhere.
Rocket science and beautification are welcome later! Now, although
this might look like fake news, it is not. It is good news. Keep your
fingers crossed for we might even have bad or worse news soon.

And, of course, who hasn't heard of the Tourism Minister who denied
all knowledge of the scheme to adopt heritage sites by corporates only
to have egg all over his face the following morning when it was
disclosed he had signed a letter of approval.

What is this: bad news, good news, no news, fake news? None of them.
Fake Tourism Minister!

[Goanet] Easy listening selection....I Got Rhythm...Gene Kelly from "An American in Paris"

[Con Menezes]

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvglHa_P9BA

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[Goanet] On-125th-anniversary-of-tiatr-a-caricaturist-looks-back-at-the-greats-of-goas-beloved-theatre-form.

[Con Menezes]

  
https://scroll.in/magazine/876964/on-125th-anniversary-of-tiatr-a-caricaturist-looks-back-at-the-greats-of-goas-beloved-theatre-form

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