[Goanet] NEWS: Foreign airlines bend backwards to woo Indian travellers
Foreign airlines bend backwards to woo Indian travellers By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Weeks after standardising air tariffs in tune with global norms, international airlines operating in India are bending their own rules to attract the whimsical Indian traveller. Indians don't like to plan much in advance, and they like to change their mind at the last minute. Naturally, new airline rules imposed in April led to a storm of protests from customers because they entailed booking tickets in advance and a heavy penalty for eleventh hour changes. In an earlier era, passengers could book tickets two hours before the flight at almost the same ticket price and get away with rebooking or cancellation by paying a meagre Rs 500 or Rs 1,000. Now West bound foreign airlines have decided relax the stringent fare structure for advance purchases and penalties to woo more travellers. A category of passengers for which ticket purchase was stipulated 21 days before the flight can now buy tickets 10 days before departure and still pay only 60 percent of the published International Air transport Association (IATA). Passengers of the category that could buy tickets for 70 percent of the published fare for purchase seven days in advance can now make the purchase only five days before flying. Although it is still not as accommodative as the pre-April system, airlines hope this will appeal to their customers somewhat. The penalty on unutilised tickets has been reduced from 50 percent of the ticket price to 25 percent. The rebooking fee for outbound sectors also has come down from Rs 5,000 to Rs 3,000. The earlier tariff structure was enforced April 1 by several airlines including Lufthansa, Emirates, Air France, Cathay Pacific, Swiss Air, Alitalia and British Airways. The standardised tariffs meant the fare published on the ticket would be the amount the traveller paid the airlines and any discount would be factored into the printed fare. Before this, the fare printed on the ticket was much higher than the amount paid by the customer. Gauging a very adverse response from Indian travellers, most airlines started bending their own rules barely two weeks after setting the rules, travel and tourism expert K. Joshi said. Joshi pointed out that while the system was functioning very well abroad, its success in India would depend on whether customers were willing to cough up too much money just to change their mind. Besides, foreign carriers are already trying to cope with the problem of low flight bookings and too many empty seats. Airline industry officials said the amended rules would customise the fare structure keeping in mind the special needs of Indian passengers who were prone to be erratic and whimsical about travel plans. Indians have always been used to a more accommodative regime of air tariffs compared to the strict norms in other countries imposed specifically for transparency and accountability in customer services. The new regime was also introduced by India's flagship carrier Air-India (A-I) for flights to New York and Chicago via London. However, A-I has also been forced to relax norms according to customer needs. --Indo-Asian News Service =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
goanet-digest V1 #4021
goanet-digest Sunday, May 26 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4021 - In this issue: Re: [Goanet] Observation ? [Goanet] TEJ PRASARINI: BIOGRAPHY ON BL. JOSE VAZ THROUGH STORM AND TEMPEST [Goanet] LPG CONSUMERS BENEFIT FROM A UNIQUE MELA IN MAJORDA . Re: [Goanet] NEWS: BJP tries to enchash war fears; EC seizes video (Devika Se... [none] [Goanet] 27 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 23:48:35 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Observation ? In a message dated 05/24/2002 8:21:37 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is more of a stupid card trick. All cards change so no matter you pick it will not be there. Tim de Mello Toronto http://www.webshots.com/sp/card_trick Tim: You're a real genius :-) Thanks. Pat -- Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 23:48:39 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] TEJ PRASARINI: BIOGRAPHY ON BL. JOSE VAZ THROUGH STORM AND TEMPEST Dear Netters: I am sharing below some good work on Goa's first aspiring Saint, Bl. Joseph Vaz from Fr. Darryl D'Souza, sdb: I would like to inform you that we have produced a well researched biography on Bl. Jose Vaz called Through Storm and Tempest by Fr. Michael Mascarehnas, sdb. It is available for sale in our Bookshop: Tej-Prasarini, Don Bosco Communications, Matunga, Mumbai 19. Price=$5 Postage extra. Tel: 4154118/4154106. E-mail: A HREF=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A Could you put this information on your site. It could help in reaching out the book in many more families and making Bl. Vaz known to many more people. You are invited to visit the website: www.catholic-goan-network.net and view this and other useful information. Tej Prasarini's book features in the ARTICLES link. Thanks and best wishes: Pat de Sousa Maryland, USA -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 09:33:18 +0530 From: Goa Desc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] LPG CONSUMERS BENEFIT FROM A UNIQUE MELA IN MAJORDA . * Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * - -- LPG CONSUMERS BENEFIT FROM A UNIQUE MELA IN MAJORDA. - --- For the first time the residents of Majorda, Calata and Utorda witnessed a unique Mela in the village on Sunday morning. Organized by the Majorda, Calata and Utorda Residents and Consumer Forum in association with Bharat Petroleum through their distributor, M/s Salcete Gas Agencies, Benaulim the Gas Mela saw LPG consumers in large numbers avail of home delivery booking, new connections, additional cylinder, mechanic services, replacement of regulator and rubber tube etc. Some of the unique features at the Gas Mela was the free discount coupons being distributed to the Bharat Gas Consumers who now can draw benefits from numerous restaurants in South Goa. Also an exchange program of old stoves/ gas burners for new stoves at a discounted price. The highlight of the Gas Mela was the Home Delivery Booking service available to Majorda, Calata and Utorda LPG consumers as 380 LPG connections were transferred from Goa Gas Service Margao to the Benaulim based Salcete Gas Agencies thereby bring the LPG cylinders to their homes free of transport cost. The free home delivery issue demand was successfully settled by the Consumer Forum in a well coordinated campaign among the consumers, Petroluem Company officials and the Directorate of Civil Supplies authorities. The Co-ordinators for the Gas Mela from the Consumer Forum were Mr. Stephen C. Dias, Roque Pereira and Pavel Braganza and Ms. Leisha Pimenta of M/s. Salcete Gas Agencies. The Consumer Forum plans to co-organise more such Gas Melas in the area in the near future to promote the free home delivery service of LPG cylinders. Alvaro Braganza (Convenor) MAJORDA - UTORDA - CALATA RESIDENTS AND CONSUMER FORUM - -- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 00:39:31 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:
[Goanet] BOOK ON FLORAL IDEAS by Jacinta Pinto
Please advise where can I purchase this book. BOOK ON FLORAL IDEAS: Step-By-Step Floral Ideas, a book published by Jacinta Pinto is a simplified guide to create flowers using simple waste items such as fruit peels, calyxes, coir, seeds, etc. (GT) Thanks Ann =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] GoaNet UK (Edited by Eddie Fernandes) May 24 issue
COMMUNITY NEWS: Rudy Otter has a 'must read' article about the Asian Chaplaincy, London which appeared in The Universe, 28 Apr. Excerpts: I wish, said Fr Oliver Antao of the UK's Asian Chaplaincy, that we could have a place of our own. I'd like to set up an advice centre -- this is our most pressing need. The contributions of Fr Arthur Moraes, Fr Andrew Fernandes, Olga Carvalho, Michael Lobo and Francisco D^ÒSouza are acknowledged. The 814 word article has been archived at http://www.goacom.com/news/news2002/may/msg00045.html Join in the celebrations at the Asian Chaplaincy this Sunday (see the Events section). From Norma Menezes-Rahim: For all details on World Goaday - UK - celebrating our Goan Heritage for the month of August visit website www.goadayuk.com Internationally renowned opera soprano Patricia Rozario, 44, is an example of the determination that all the winners share. Excerpt from Daily Mail. 17 May. Re. Death of Roldao Menezes on 19 Mar. Terezinha, Carol and Brian write: Many thanks to all Roldao's friends / ex-students who have sent their kind sympathies to us. We appreciate your support, prayers, Masses and caring words conveyed at this sad time. From John D'Souza (Toronto): G.O.A. Toronto is holding a Career Fair on Sun. May 26. Contact: Noella de Souza 416 412 2896 or check http://www.goatoronto.com/events/careerfair02/careerfair.html From Nick DeMello (Toronto): The GOA Toronto hockey teams proved that they are the best in Canada. Last weekend at the Adidas 6-a side Hockey Festival the Women team beat the Boston Field 5-2. In the Men's Final, GOA Toronto beat Toronto Field Hockey Club 5-2.(Junior Star Wayne Fernandes 4; International forward Ken Pereira 1). *** DEATHS: 13 May: Guirim: ARCHANGELA F D'SOUZA, wife of late Joseph, mother of Maria/Neville de Souza (UK), Mercy/Peter Fernandes, Merlin/Salvador Pinto, Myra/Parag Shetkar. 15 May. Cortalim. JOSE MARTIN DOURADO. Husband Of Late Visilda, Father of Mario/Ancy, Late Flavia/ Larry (England), Renato/Jane (England). 18 May: Agassaim: JOSE MARIA SEVERIANO FERNANDES, husband of Tomacina, father of Celestino, Veriano, Alberto, Trindade (London), Menino, Roberto, father-in-law of Maria, Inacina, Reina. *** NEWS HEADLINES mainly from Joel D'Souza in Goa, courtesy of GOACOM, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Despite Goa having more than 100 inches rain annually, there is always inadequate and irregular water and power supply. I had lived in Mombasa, Kenya, for 20 years from 1946 to 1966. Mombasa is an island with a population that is more than a lakh. It used to get hardly 20 inches rain per year, yet we had never experienced any shortage of either water or electricity. There was always abundant water and power supply round the clock. In fact, we never ever stored any water or used any emergency lamps as we do here. Martinho J Fernandes, Goa Velha, in a letter to the Editor, Herald, 22 May.) A report on Ageing in Goa was published on 16 May. It studies the conditions of the elderly that prevails in Goa and gauges the changes in the status of senior citizens The report also surveys the conditions of retirement homes in Goa which is dismal. Copies, price Rs. 150, can be ordered from the Research Institute for Women, Goa, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa Assembly Elections -- May 30. Hectic canvassing continues. The Gujarat violence is expected to dim the BJP's hopes of winning but their apparent success in tackling corruption and improving bureaucracy may swing it for them. Mr Parrikar released a statement alleging that the Congress planned to incite communal violence in Goa after Sonia Gandhi's visit of May 23. Fred Noronha reports on that visit at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goanet/message/21357 Excerpt: Sonia lambastes BJP's misguided ethos at Campal rally. She said, There are many from Goa who live abroad, either as NRIs or as businessmen. They are doing extremely well. They could make a tremendous contribution to Goa. But this needs systematic planning. For an assessment of the position, check: Church holds key in Goa elections. Hindustan Times, 23 May 2002, 412 Words, http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/230502/detNAT12.asp and Margaret Mascarenhas: The lesser of two evils http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goanet/message/21367 ** IN THE NEWS: The May issues of GoaNow is at www.goacom.com/goanow/ and Goa Today is at www.goacom.com/goatoday Interhash Goa 27-29 September 2002. Hashing is a fun run combined with a lots of beer drinking. Goa has been selected as the venue for the next International Hash and thousands will descend from all over the world. There will be a special train and planes from Bombay. Full details at: http://www.goa2002.com/ On 13 Sept. there will be London prelude to Interhash Goa 2002.
goanet-digest V1 #4022
goanet-digest Monday, May 27 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4022 - In this issue: [Goanet] QUERY: Why are mangoes costly this year... [Goanet] NEWS: Foreign airlines bend backwards to woo Indian travellers [Goanet] BOOK ON FLORAL IDEAS by Jacinta Pinto [Goanet] GoaNet UK (Edited by Eddie Fernandes) May 24 issue See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 11:55:14 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] QUERY: Why are mangoes costly this year... My friend, Dr Ajit Shirodkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] a senior former manager in pharma concerns, ex-Purdue, who has now shifted to horticulture, explains why mangoes are costly this year round: Fred, No need to apologise for a genuine QUERRY. General Answer : 1. Current year is an OFF year.Last year was ON year. Fruit yield is expected to be 60% of Normal anyway 2. Unprecedented showers not only in Western Coast but also in Andhra Tamilnadu have brought down further this OFF year yield to just 25% in Konkan region and likewise in states mentioned. 3. But the perrenial problem of high cost to consumer is the involvement of too many middle men, who still want their pound of flesh even on smaller yields in OFF Years. 4. Finally Govt.of Maharashtra is taking note of this GREED of the 'Dalals' and creating facilities for direct links between growers and consumers. To get a glimpse kindly visit Aamba Mahotsav at S.N.D.T. grounds, Juhu, Mumbai from 3rd to 6th May 2002. Ajit Shirodkar -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 11:55:42 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Foreign airlines bend backwards to woo Indian travellers Foreign airlines bend backwards to woo Indian travellers By Deepshikha Ghosh, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Weeks after standardising air tariffs in tune with global norms, international airlines operating in India are bending their own rules to attract the whimsical Indian traveller. Indians don't like to plan much in advance, and they like to change their mind at the last minute. Naturally, new airline rules imposed in April led to a storm of protests from customers because they entailed booking tickets in advance and a heavy penalty for eleventh hour changes. In an earlier era, passengers could book tickets two hours before the flight at almost the same ticket price and get away with rebooking or cancellation by paying a meagre Rs 500 or Rs 1,000. Now West bound foreign airlines have decided relax the stringent fare structure for advance purchases and penalties to woo more travellers. A category of passengers for which ticket purchase was stipulated 21 days before the flight can now buy tickets 10 days before departure and still pay only 60 percent of the published International Air transport Association (IATA). Passengers of the category that could buy tickets for 70 percent of the published fare for purchase seven days in advance can now make the purchase only five days before flying. Although it is still not as accommodative as the pre-April system, airlines hope this will appeal to their customers somewhat. The penalty on unutilised tickets has been reduced from 50 percent of the ticket price to 25 percent. The rebooking fee for outbound sectors also has come down from Rs 5,000 to Rs 3,000. The earlier tariff structure was enforced April 1 by several airlines including Lufthansa, Emirates, Air France, Cathay Pacific, Swiss Air, Alitalia and British Airways. The standardised tariffs meant the fare published on the ticket would be the amount the traveller paid the airlines and any discount would be factored into the printed fare. Before this, the fare printed on the ticket was much higher than the amount paid by the customer. Gauging a very adverse response from Indian travellers, most airlines started bending their own rules barely two weeks after setting the rules, travel and tourism expert K. Joshi said. Joshi pointed out that while the system was functioning very well abroad, its success in India would depend on whether customers were willing to cough up too much money just to change their mind. Besides, foreign carriers are already trying to cope with the problem of low flight bookings and too many empty seats. Airline industry officials said the amended rules would customise the fare structure keeping in mind the special needs of Indian passengers who were prone to be erratic and whimsical about travel plans. Indians have always been used to a more accommodative regime of air tariffs compared to the strict norms in other countries imposed specifically for transparency and accountability in customer services. The new regime was also introduced
[Goanet] NEWS: 'Unconventional' candidates liven Goa polls
'Unconventional' candidates liven Goa polls By Shiv Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service Panaji (Goa), May 26 (IANS) After years of funding politicians, Goan mining magnate Anil Salgaoncar decided to plunge into the election battle himself. Over the years, I have spent enormous amounts of money on politicians of different parties who have done nothing for the mining industry, says Salgaoncar, head of Goa's biggest mining company and a candidate in Sanvordem, a rural area where he has his mines. Salgaoncar is one of 15 unconventional candidates in the race for the 40-seat Goa assembly that goes to the polls Thursday. The others include a beer baron, a singer, a recruiting agent who has sent scores for jobs in the Middle East, alleged operators of illegal gambling parlours, moneylenders and builders. Most of these candidates are contesting as independents. The regional United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) are backing some of them. Beer baton Monte Cruz is making a comeback in politics after 10 years. The break was well spent consolidating his Belo brand of beer and obtaining a bottling deal with United Breweries. Contesting under the UGDP-MGP banner, Cruz hopes to defeat the incumbent Congress legislator Luis Alex Cardoz. All the boys in the area are working for me, says Cruz, who is plying his dedicated ban of 200 campaign workers with chicken biryani and Belo beer. In the same constituency singer Ulhas Buyao is entertaining the voters with spoofs on Goa's leading politicians. Like Salgaoncar, Buyao says: I had backed several politicians in Goa, but am now I'm contesting for myself. Recruiting agent Mickey Pachecho is using his business clout to the hilt in the campaign. Due to his formidable reputation acquired by sending hundreds of youths to the Gulf and the West for jobs, young people are flocking to his election meetings at Benaulim in south Goa. At his street corner meetings, the proceedings are sober. Only the hundreds of T-shirts distributed among voters thronging the meetings indicate the kind of money Pachecho -- who is taking on veteran politician Churchill Alemao -- has poured into the campaign. Campaigning has turned aggressive, with many candidates plying voters with food, drink and freebies. In a state where bars dot the landscape, watering holes in various constituencies have been earmarked exclusively for workers of different political parties. Some nights there is no beer available anywhere in parts of Goa, says a bar owner from Margao town, Goa's main business area. One candidate reportedly gave away 25 motorcycles in a constituency with less than 25,000 voters. A big landlord with enormous muscle at his disposal has been accused of distributing hundreds of mobile phones in his constituency. Another builder is reported to have repaired the houses of voters. Though every candidate can spend only Rs.300,000 on the elections by law, the limit is easily exceeded. Though there have always been such candidates, this is the first time so many of them are spending so much to make an impact, says a police officer. But Election Commission officials say they have not noticed any candidate exceeding the spending limit. The main battle in this tiny coastal state of 1.3 million people is, however, between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress. There are 210 candidates in the fray for the 40 seats. --Indo-Asian News Service =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] Preserving the Environment.
* Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * -- PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT --- THIS has reference to the proposed sports city in the open stretch between Santa Cruz and Panaji. The site proposed for the purpose is located adjoining the four pillars, popularly known as Char Khambe which are half way on the road to Santa Cruz. Physically, the site acts as a buffer between the hectic urban environment of Panaji and the serene village environs of Santa Cruz. The place, a part of the unique Goan landscape, is very fragile and irreplaceable in nature and any thoughtless human intervention can cause drastic and irreparable consequential damage in the long run. The site is a low-lying tidal flood plain and is part of the natural drainage pattern during the rains on account of the surrounding topography. The marshy wetland is a host to mangrove vegetation which plays a definite role in the maintenance of vital ecological balance. The place is also a popular habitat to a wide variety of local and migratory birds and is a bird-watcher's delight. It is quite common to find researchers and bird lovers from distant countries here, with their cameras trained. This place finds mention on the Internet along with the Karmali lake, Chorao, Mayem lake and others in Goa. The proposed sports city spread over an area of about 2.75 lakh square metres is supposed to house a multipurpose stadium and other facilities for indoor and outdoor games, parking plaza, club house, and so on. An activity of this scale would require the level of the area to be raised with mud filling and would disrupt the delicate environmental balance. With the natural tidal basin disrupted, water will be fed elsewhere along the river bank rendering other rich areas useless. A disruption in the natural drainage pattern will cause flooding during the rains in nearby settlements of Panaji, Santa Cruz and Merces. Furthermore, to raise the level by approximately 1.5 metre, almost 4,00,000 cubic metre of mud, which is about 80,000 truck loads, would be needed. This would obviously be met by cutting of hills leading to destabilisation of slopes, landslides and environmental damage on another front. Over the centuries, the place has co-existed with the needs of the villagers nearby. The place has been utilised beneficially through a very intriguing, complex and intrinsic system of sluice-gates to control the entry and exit of water. For generations the place has supported traditional human activities like salt-pans, prawn-farming and paddy fields which provide means for self-employment and livelihood today. Retaining and strengthening these traditional economic bases is a basic step towards self-suffficiency and prosperity. Any new alternate employment would provide only a temporary compensation and will create dependency for livelihood in the long run. The need of the day is self-sufficiency which only time-tested means will provide. The drastic change of land use involved will be like opening floodgates. It will take no time for the entire green area from Santa Cruz to Taleigao and Merces to be converted into a concrete jungle. The rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation will alter the micro-climate and ruin the ambience of the villages which will eventually have further adverse environmental, social and economic consequences. Finally, is a sports facility of such massive proportions really required for Goa? We already have a number of facilities around which could well be revived and maintained with the financial resources involved in this proposed project. It would be worthwhile to provide proper training at the existing facilities at a cost much less than that involved in the said activity which certainly is an unwanted strain on the public exchequer in terms of its construction and maintenance in the long run. Last but not the least. For the villagers of Santa Cruz, the Char Khambe with its beautiful surroundings, traditional salt-pans and green fields have become an inseparable part of our lives forming our identity. This short-sighted and ambitious project with its ecologically irreversible consequences and catastrophic effects is not justifiable in the name of development and certainly not acceptable. RAJESH KENKRE, Santa Cruz -- Listening Post THE NAVHIND TIMES 27/5/02 PAGE 8 -- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Goanet] HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM
PRESS RELEASE 'HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM The controversial 'banned' film allegedly proscribed by the State's Chief Electoral Officer Arvind Ray was today screened at the Multi-Purpose Hall next to the Women Police Station at Old GMC Complex at Panaji by Bailancho Saad. The Saad spokesperson Sabina Martins stated that this was done after it became clear that no written order, instructions or gazette notification has been issued by the Chief Electoral Officer prohibiting the screening of the Film. Saad activist Madhuri Rao stated that earlier this morning, a twelve member delegation of Bailancho Saad, a women's collective visited the CEO Office at Altinho, with a representation which representation had drawn attention to the fact that the casette promotes communal harmony and peace and that suppression of the same is a gross violation of the fundamental freedom of speech and expression. Discussions with Assistant Electoral Officer J. Pai revealed that no written orders regarding the Film HEY RAM and the Magazine Communalism Combat had been issued by the CEO. The Saad pointed out that in effect, this means that the screening of the Film and the circulation of the Magazine Communalism Combat is not prohibited in any way and the public were misled by the State at the instance of instance of the vested interests. Consequently, a screening was organised which was well-attended. Copies of the Special Issue of Communalism Combat titled Genocide 2002 were also sold at the screening. albertina almeida for Bailancho Saad =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
goanet-digest V1 #4023
goanet-digest Monday, May 27 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4023 - In this issue: [Goanet] NEWS: 'Unconventional' candidates liven Goa polls [Goanet] Preserving the Environment. [Goanet] HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM [Goanet] HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 15:41:57 +0530 (IST) From: Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: 'Unconventional' candidates liven Goa polls 'Unconventional' candidates liven Goa polls By Shiv Kumar, Indo-Asian News Service Panaji (Goa), May 26 (IANS) After years of funding politicians, Goan mining magnate Anil Salgaoncar decided to plunge into the election battle himself. Over the years, I have spent enormous amounts of money on politicians of different parties who have done nothing for the mining industry, says Salgaoncar, head of Goa's biggest mining company and a candidate in Sanvordem, a rural area where he has his mines. Salgaoncar is one of 15 unconventional candidates in the race for the 40-seat Goa assembly that goes to the polls Thursday. The others include a beer baron, a singer, a recruiting agent who has sent scores for jobs in the Middle East, alleged operators of illegal gambling parlours, moneylenders and builders. Most of these candidates are contesting as independents. The regional United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) are backing some of them. Beer baton Monte Cruz is making a comeback in politics after 10 years. The break was well spent consolidating his Belo brand of beer and obtaining a bottling deal with United Breweries. Contesting under the UGDP-MGP banner, Cruz hopes to defeat the incumbent Congress legislator Luis Alex Cardoz. All the boys in the area are working for me, says Cruz, who is plying his dedicated ban of 200 campaign workers with chicken biryani and Belo beer. In the same constituency singer Ulhas Buyao is entertaining the voters with spoofs on Goa's leading politicians. Like Salgaoncar, Buyao says: I had backed several politicians in Goa, but am now I'm contesting for myself. Recruiting agent Mickey Pachecho is using his business clout to the hilt in the campaign. Due to his formidable reputation acquired by sending hundreds of youths to the Gulf and the West for jobs, young people are flocking to his election meetings at Benaulim in south Goa. At his street corner meetings, the proceedings are sober. Only the hundreds of T-shirts distributed among voters thronging the meetings indicate the kind of money Pachecho -- who is taking on veteran politician Churchill Alemao -- has poured into the campaign. Campaigning has turned aggressive, with many candidates plying voters with food, drink and freebies. In a state where bars dot the landscape, watering holes in various constituencies have been earmarked exclusively for workers of different political parties. Some nights there is no beer available anywhere in parts of Goa, says a bar owner from Margao town, Goa's main business area. One candidate reportedly gave away 25 motorcycles in a constituency with less than 25,000 voters. A big landlord with enormous muscle at his disposal has been accused of distributing hundreds of mobile phones in his constituency. Another builder is reported to have repaired the houses of voters. Though every candidate can spend only Rs.300,000 on the elections by law, the limit is easily exceeded. Though there have always been such candidates, this is the first time so many of them are spending so much to make an impact, says a police officer. But Election Commission officials say they have not noticed any candidate exceeding the spending limit. The main battle in this tiny coastal state of 1.3 million people is, however, between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress. There are 210 candidates in the fray for the 40 seats. - --Indo-Asian News Service -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:14:10 +0530 From: Goa Desc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Preserving the Environment. * Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * - -- PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT - --- THIS has reference to the proposed sports city in the open stretch between Santa Cruz and Panaji. The site proposed for the purpose is located adjoining the four pillars, popularly known as Char Khambe which are half way on the road to Santa Cruz. Physically, the site acts as a buffer between the
[Goanet] Last night.... as it rained !......Fri Jun 2, 2000
Dear all, this is a post from 2 years ago. I had written it for The Goan Forum d-list. Wonder if it makes any sense today Your input is invited. good wishes to all jc for TGF = Election Day in Goa is nearing Get your Garlands from EXPRESSIONS - GOA No! NO!Garland NOT your favourite Hypocritus Corruptus Politicus Not at all But Rather...Garland your favourite person en casa(:-) = From: Jose Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] TGF d-list : Date: Fri Jun 2, 2000 3:22 pm Subject: Last night as it rained ! It was past 1am in the morning. I had just got in from seeing a sick little asthmatic child in the hospital. It was pretty late to get home but not unusual. One needs a little time to unwind before one falls asleep. So, I sat in front of this Dell and stared vacantly at the articles from the Goan Newspapers. It was disheartening to read the articles. Perhaps, life in Goa is a wee bit better than this. Perhaps, the newspapers give us the yellow side of life. Perhaps, I should buy some rosy tint for my specs! I thought. At that moment, it started pouring. I went over to the window to have a look. It's a fourth floor apartment. In the faintness of the beachside lights one could see that the seawaves were surfing up. It was getting rough. The rain got heavier and the visibility poorer. The crashing sound of the rain reminded me of the monsoons in Goa. My thoughts went over to Goa and to good people like Aires, Fred, MM, Tony, Joel, Emiliano, Alexyz, Bosco, RP and my own family members. I wondered how they were doing. Well..I hoped. Did Goans have to travel so far away from home to make a living? Why has Goa become so corrupt and dirty? Why are we so callous about the way we drive, and the way we treat the sick and elderly? Why are Goan Catholics helping to prolong the racist Caste System. Why are Goans finding it so difficult to find good governance? The story I was reading in the Navhind, last, was the unbelieveable Cricket Scam. Oh what a sham ! Is there nothing sacred anymore. besides money? Is Money ALL that matters? And what greed? about 100,000 US dollars per player to FIX a one-day match ? And what about our little Goa? The Portuguese cannot come back - never mind the daydreamers and the saudade for those days of classy functions and cleanliness. Even Governor's rule ( probably the only clean spot in the past 38 years ) cannot come as a long term solution. Who does one turn to? The Congress?, the MGP?, the BJP?, the NCP? They have ALL failed us Goans over and over and over again. It is probably a good idea for us Goans to leave the politicians to their politricks, DO NOT VOTE AT ALL, accept our fate at the mercy of the all-powerful and set up SELF-HELP programs for our people. Never mind the odds...but that might be the way forward. It was close to 3am. The area surrounding the apartment complex was soaking wet. It was wet too. by the window I was standing at. Did some rain come in ? or Was it Tears for my beloved Goa? Jose = Recommended Goan Sites in Cyberspace Goa-World at http://www.goa-world.net The Goan Forum is at http://www.colaco.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
goanet-digest V1 #4024
goanet-digest Monday, May 27 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4024 - In this issue: [Goanet] HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM [Goanet] HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM [Goanet] Last night as it rained !..Fri Jun 2, 2000 [Goanet] Pats-Choir (Karachi) [Goanet] do say a small prayer for our dear Alfredo's full recovery [Goanet] re: Induction Confirmation (Santosh) See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 10:59:20 +0530 From: albertina almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM PRESS RELEASE 'HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM The controversial 'banned' film allegedly proscribed by the State's Chief Electoral Officer Arvind Ray was today screened at the Multi-Purpose Hall next to the Women Police Station at Old GMC Complex at Panaji by Bailancho Saad. The Saad spokesperson Sabina Martins stated that this was done after it became clear that no written order, instructions or gazette notification has been issued by the Chief Electoral Officer prohibiting the screening of the Film. Saad activist Madhuri Rao stated that earlier this morning, a twelve member delegation of Bailancho Saad, a women's collective visited the CEO Office at Altinho, with a representation which representation had drawn attention to the fact that the casette promotes communal harmony and peace and that suppression of the same is a gross violation of the fundamental freedom of speech and expression. Discussions with Assistant Electoral Officer J. Pai revealed that no written orders regarding the Film HEY RAM and the Magazine Communalism Combat had been issued by the CEO. The Saad pointed out that in effect, this means that the screening of the Film and the circulation of the Magazine Communalism Combat is not prohibited in any way and the public were misled by the State at the instance of instance of the vested interests. Consequently, a screening was organised which was well-attended. Copies of the Special Issue of Communalism Combat titled Genocide 2002 were also sold at the screening. albertina almeida for Bailancho Saad -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 10:59:42 +0530 From: albertina almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM PRESS RELEASE 'HEY RAM SCREENED - NO BAN ON THE FILM The controversial 'banned' film allegedly proscribed by the State's Chief Electoral Officer Arvind Ray was today screened at the Multi-Purpose Hall next to the Women Police Station at Old GMC Complex at Panaji by Bailancho Saad. The Saad spokesperson Sabina Martins stated that this was done after it became clear that no written order, instructions or gazette notification has been issued by the Chief Electoral Officer prohibiting the screening of the Film. Saad activist Madhuri Rao stated that earlier this morning, a twelve member delegation of Bailancho Saad, a women's collective visited the CEO Office at Altinho, with a representation which representation had drawn attention to the fact that the casette promotes communal harmony and peace and that suppression of the same is a gross violation of the fundamental freedom of speech and expression. Discussions with Assistant Electoral Officer J. Pai revealed that no written orders regarding the Film HEY RAM and the Magazine Communalism Combat had been issued by the CEO. The Saad pointed out that in effect, this means that the screening of the Film and the circulation of the Magazine Communalism Combat is not prohibited in any way and the public were misled by the State at the instance of instance of the vested interests. Consequently, a screening was organised which was well-attended. Copies of the Special Issue of Communalism Combat titled Genocide 2002 were also sold at the screening. albertina almeida for Bailancho Saad -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 11:18:45 -0700 (PDT) From: The Goan Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Last night as it rained !..Fri Jun 2, 2000 Dear all, this is a post from 2 years ago. I had written it for The Goan Forum d-list. Wonder if it makes any sense today Your input is invited. good wishes to all jc for TGF = Election Day in Goa is nearing Get your Garlands from EXPRESSIONS - GOA No! NO!Garland NOT your favourite Hypocritus Corruptus Politicus Not at all But Rather...Garland your favourite person en casa(:-) = From: Jose Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] TGF d-list : Date: Fri Jun 2, 2000 3:22 pm Subject: Last night as it rained ! It was past 1am in the morning. I had just got in from seeing a sick little asthmatic child in the hospital. It was pretty late to get home but not unusual. One needs a little time
[Goanet] Sorry about repeat postings
Sorry about the repeat postings about the screening of Hey Ram. There was some problem with the e-mail which has since been set right. albertina =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] Is water found (correction, end of message)
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[Goanet] 28 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 28 May 2002 HSSC RESULTS TODAY: The results of HSSC examinations conducted by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Alto Betim, will be declared at the office of the Directorate of Education, Panaji, at 11 am today. The results will also be available on the internet at the same timing. A total of 11,451 students had appeared for the examinations held in March. (GT) CAMPAIGNING ENDS TODAY: Campaigning for the assembly elections which reached a feverish last stage pitch during the last few days, will come to a halt today at 5 pm. All parties tried to round up their campaign with a series of meetings in constituencies important to them as also use of loud speakers to reach voters in every nook and corner of the State. BJP, NCP and Congress Party had requisitioned the services of their veteran leaders, Union ministers, former ministers and some chief ministers of neighbouring states to add luster and punch to their campaign. (GT) ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: Despite the short time they got for campaigning, the BJP and the Congress Party have built up a good momentum in North Goa in their attempt to improve their tally. The campaigning ends in South Goa with quite a bit of suspense about the outcome of the May 30 elections. Candidates of all parties found the popular mood not very enthusiastic and as a result they had to use all the weapons in their baskets to attract them. (NT) SPORTS CITY IN SANTA CRUZ OPPOSED: Expressing their opinion at a Know Your Candidate meeting organised by the Voters Council at Santa Cruz on Sunday, six of the 11 candidates in the fray in the Santa Cruz constituency opposed the setting up of the sports city in its present location in the khazan land. (GT) D'SATISH TO PREDICT ELECTION RESULTS: The president of the Goan Magicians Guild, Magician D'Satish, and its secretary Magician Dandrake, will predict the results of the Assembly Elections to be held on 30 May. The prediction will be done today and sealed in front of the media and kept in the safe custody of a Bank. (GT) DEMOCRACY OR HYPOCRISY: I do not know if it is a sheer coincidence or deliberate decision of Election Commission to fix up the polls on the 15th anniversary of Goa's Statehood Day. Unfortunately, there is a general tendency in the people to ignore the importance of things, which are presented to them on a platter. No surprise, there are practically no planned celebrations on the fateful day. (Chandrakant Keni in GT) ZUWARKAR GETS CLEAN CHIT: Former chairman of Goa State Co-operative Bank and outgoing Taleigao MLA, Mr Somnath Zuwarkar, has received a shot in the arm on the eve of elections, with the Director of Central Registrar of Co-operation, Government of India, giving him a clean chit of having no liabilities of any sort in the affairs of the bank. (NT) BAILANCHO SAAD SCREENS HEY RAM: Bailancho Saad on Monday screened the controversial banned film Hey Ram in Panjim yesterday. According to a press release issued by Saad, the film has been allegedly proscribed by the State's Chief Electoral Officer Arvind Ray. The film was screened after it became clear that no written order, instructions or gazette notification has been issued by the Chief Electoral Officer prohibiting the screening of the film. (H) POMPOUS GOVT SERVANT: An over zealous Weights and Measures inspector confiscated a weighing scale of Robert Colaco, a prominent businessman from Tivim, for failing to verify and stamp the machine on time. Colaco, who is closely associated with the Nationalist Congress Party, had told the officer that he did not posses the certificate as on two occasions when he visited the Department's office in Mapusa, either the office was closed or the inspector was not in his place. (H) PORTUGUESE CONVERSATIONAL CLASSES: The Consulate-General of Portugal will hold conversational classes in Portuguese. Those interested should contact Instituto Camoes, LIC Bldg, 2nd Floor, Patto Plaza, Panaji. (NT) WATER SCARCITY: The locals of Tikhajan-Mayem has complained about acute water scarcity in the village. It is learnt that the area receives water through the public water system once every fortnight. (NT) RESTRICTED WATER SUPPLY: There will be restricted water supply for Bardez and parts of Bicholim taluka, due to the frequent power supply interruption at Assanora Water Works and Podocem, Sanquelim, till the improvement in power supply position. (NT) COPS ON LOOKOUT FOR RUDOLF: About 25 police personnel and central reserve police personnel on the lookout for former NSA detenue Rudolf Fernandes, stormed his residence at Santa Cruz on Sunday night, and later on Monday morning, but failed to nab him. DIG of Police, Karnal Singh, informed the reporters that the police have received oral complaints against Rudolf, alleging that he was threatening voters in Santa Cruz. (H) FREE EYE SURGERY: The cases of cataract will be operated upon by
goanet-digest V1 #4025
goanet-digest Monday, May 27 2002 Volume 01 : Number 4025 - In this issue: [Goanet] Screening of Hey Ram! [Goanet] Sorry about repeat postings [Goanet] Is water is found only on Earth? [Goanet] Is water found (correction, end of message) [Goanet] 28 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 05:58:09 +0530 From: Tony Correia-Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Screening of Hey Ram! Kudos to Bhailancho Saad for challenging the reported ban on screening the film Hey Ram! and distribution of the special issue of Communalism Combat by the Chief Electoral Officer by openly defying the supposed order which, apparently, does not exist! - ---Tony Correia-Afonso. == From: A. Correia-Afonso Address: 542 Pulvaddo, Benaulim, Goa 403716, India. 'Phone: 91-832-772063 Fax: 91-832-772062 (prior intimation) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] == -- Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 07:07:05 +0530 From: albertina almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Sorry about repeat postings Sorry about the repeat postings about the screening of Hey Ram. There was some problem with the e-mail which has since been set right. albertina -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 19:00:46 -0700 (PDT) From: J. Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Is water is found only on Earth? Dear Santosh, You write of NASA: They are not trying to falsify the hypothesis that there is no water on Mars. True. They are trying to falsify the dogma that life is found ONLY on Earth. That is the significance of their effort. Imagine an application for funds that reads something like this: This project will confirm that life is found only on earth. We propose to do this by travelling widely on earth and recording the occurence of living creatures. This will confirm that life is found only on earth. If I received such an application from a person free of learning disabilities, I would recommend that the applicant read and understand Popper. A lot of money, resources and effort are wasted on trivial inductionist/confirmationist research of that sort. Worse, induction and confirmation lock people into dogmas, whether or not these dogmas correspond to reality. Falsification leads to scientific discovery. Why not read Popper's books on the logic of scientific discovery? (His conjectures about mind and body are not designed to explain his ideas on scientific discovery. You haven't really read Popper on scientific discovery.) I'm confident you'll get it in the end. Until you do, you are likely to operate well within your potential as a scientist. I would hate to see such waste of talent. Regards, Joel PS A single black swan does NOT confirm that all swans are black. It falsifies the dogma that all swans are white. Think about it. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 19:03:43 -0700 (PDT) From: J. Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Is water found (correction, end of message) __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:09:22 +0530 From: Joel D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] 28 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS 28 May 2002 HSSC RESULTS TODAY: The results of HSSC examinations conducted by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Alto Betim, will be declared at the office of the Directorate of Education, Panaji, at 11 am today. The results will also be available on the internet at the same timing. A total of 11,451 students had appeared for the examinations held in March. (GT) CAMPAIGNING ENDS TODAY: Campaigning for the assembly elections which reached a feverish last stage pitch during the last few days, will come to a halt today at 5 pm. All parties tried to round up their campaign with a series of meetings in constituencies important to them as also use of loud speakers to reach voters in every nook and corner of the State. BJP, NCP and Congress Party had requisitioned the services of their veteran leaders, Union ministers, former ministers and some chief ministers of neighbouring states to add luster and punch to their campaign. (GT) ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: Despite the short time they got for campaigning, the BJP and the Congress Party have built up a good momentum in North Goa in their attempt to improve their
[Goanet] Re: BEWARE OF HEPATITIS B VACCINE.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], gLoBaL~E~LINKED [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But which brand of Hep B Vaccine are we talking about? The one presently peddled in Goa? The last one hawked by Lions Club International-Shanta Biotechnics? Who has certified that these brands are safe? Certainly not the Health Services of the Goa govt. How do we know that Goa is not being made a dumping ground for expired/sub-standard drugs like so many other products? I would like to congratulate you and others who are trying to look after the public interest in Goa. I have nothing but gratitude for your selfless efforts on behalf of all Goans - in Goa and abroad. All I ask of you is to be a little more circumspect in making public service announcements. Please try to state clearly and specifically what your concern is. A headline asking people to beware of Hepatitis B vaccine in general, and listing bogus side effects is hardly a way of addressing the issues you have now so eloquently raised. Cheers, Santosh =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
