[Goanet-News] STUTI (Goa) presents Brahms' Requiem. 14 Oct 2023

[Frederick Noronha]

STUTI presents Brahms' Requiem. Oct 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1WJkP1U7pI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzexiHU_zWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-e3-nCHt4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz3YL-orlXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbQRSxX5Zgg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkoX2LywNVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brxczf2ClWo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=err3mCGjK5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcvDIBurL1M

ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH
Series of three concerts held in October 2023 by Stuti Choral and String
Ensemble. The shows were held at Loutolim, Anjuna and Old Goa. This is from
St Michael's Church, Anjuna on Saturday, Oct 14, 2023 at 7 pm.

STUTI is directed by Parvesh Java. Concertmaster is Eshvita Menezes.
Pianists are Nadine Jo Crasto and Smit Shah. String ensemble leaders are
Judyline Fernandes, Chernoll Mendonca, Shannon Fernandez, Joy Peter,
Saranga Cooray and Jasiel Peter. Vocal soloists were Farah Ghadiali, Oscar
Castellino, Rahul Bharadwaj and Subin Mathai.

See stutigoa.com for more details The pieces are quite simply called
“Requiem” by Brahms.  "Not 'German Requiem' as people like to think,"
conductor Parvesh Java told this channel.  "There is a history to the name,
but it wasn’t Brahms’ own choice." The soloists this evening were Farah
Ghadiali (Movt 5) and Rahul Bharadwaj (Movt 3, 6). See stutigoa.com for
more details.

Recorded by Frederick Noronha (FN).

PERFORMERS
SOPRANO
Alyssa Maria Vas
Ana Smriti Paes
Anija Luis
Beverly Mary Dale Vaz
Crystal Mitzie
Delnavaz Jijina (guest)
Ishana Maria de Souza
Janet Juanith Mascarenhas
Jennaya Pereira
Karen Fernandes
Kay Marlynn D'Souza
Lara Condillac
Lorraine da Costa Frias
Malaika D'Mello
Melita D'mello
Meryl Fernandes
Minelli Pinto
Monica Rocha e Fernandes
Nicole Fernandes
Nina da Gama
Ornella Menezes
Osleen Ann Pinto
Patricia Sequeira
Queena Regina Araujo
Rebecca Johns
Renina Coelho
Sara Christina Barneto
Sarah D'Souza
Sarena Coelho
Shanaya Vas
Sheena Pereira
Tanya Noronha Buthello (guest)
Veronica Araujo
Yvette C F Pinto

ALTO
Ameeta Mascarenhas
Andrea Dominica Faria
Anjali Ticlo
Anoushka Chatte
Archan Vaz
Arlène Coelho do Amaral
Astrid Monteiro
Ayesha Andrade
Bina Datwani
Bindu Vaz
Corina C. Soares e Fernandes
Elaine Colaco
Elaine da Costa
Gloann Carvalho
Gorette Vas Pinheiro
Josephine Carvalho
Kate D'Souza
Lima Barreto
Maria de Lourdes Coutinho
Maria Snaysha Fernandes
Natasha da Costa Fernandes
Nolana D'Mello
Patricia Correa Colaço
Rukminee Guha Thakurta
Shaila Aranha
Vanessa Gracias

TENOR
Amit Dias
Archie Michael Fernandes
Asher Fernandes
Ben Ferrao
Cavin D'souza
Ethan José Pinto
Eufemiano Miranda
Gerard D'Mello
Glenn Angelo Dias
James John Afonso
Jonathan Marques
Lowell F. A. Fernandes
Navroze Godrej
Nishant Saldanha
Orlando Vaz
Roshan Roymon
Rudolf Ludwig Kammermeier
Sergio Martires
Stanford Julio Dias

BASS
Agostino Fernandes
Alyque Antonio Andrade
Antonio Bosco Dias
Antonio Nathan De Souza
Constancio Diniz
George de Souza
Kevin Mascarenhas
Leander Vaz
Len Noronha
Marc Gary Vaz
Mathew Almeida
Melroy M. Pinto
Noah Pinheiro
Rowan Serrão
Sameer Guha
Vernon Aranha

CONCERTMASTER
Eshvita Menezes

VIOLIN I
Judyline Fernandes
Atasha D'Mello Shetty
Natsalene Estrocio
Jeanne Ribeiro
Chris Harris Sam E

VIOLIN II
Chernoll Mendonca
Shannon Fernandez
Cayla Marie Rodriques
Velerio Mascarenhas
Yulah Noronha
Lia Maria Fernandes
Niah Noronha
Nicole Noronha

VIOLA
Joy Peter
Nicole Noronha
Jeriza Pereira

CELLO
Saranga Cooray

DOUBLE BASS
Jasiel Peter
Karen Coelho

PIANO
Smit Shah
Nadine Jo Crasto

VOCAL SOLOISTS
Farah Ghadiali
Oscar Castellino
Rahul Bharadwaj
Subin Mathai

CONDUCTOR
Parvesh Java
--

FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa

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[Goanet-News] XCHR Pre-Launch Book Review Photos and YouTube Video.

[XCHR Info]

Dear Friends,

XCHR organized a Pre-Launch Book Review on its latest publication, *The
Jesuits, Goa and the Arts *on the 12th of October, 2023. This book review
was presented by Dr. Kelli Wood, Dale G. Cleaver Asst. Professor of Art
History at the University of Tennessee. She is a Fulbright Scholar to
India. Dr. Anthony da Silva, S.J., the director of XCHR, moderated the
event.

Those who missed the event including the livestream, do not worry.

Our video is out in collaboration with the Goa Jesuit Province.
Click the Link to view the event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_HsfI0paMQ=2333

You can view some photos of the event in your attachment.

Thank You.

Regards.
Malcolm Barreto, S.J.
Administrator,
Xavier Centre of Historical Research
B B Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa 403521, India.
Tel: +91-832-2417772 (Office)

*www.xchr.in* 
*facebook.com/xchr.goa *

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[Goanet] Fw: NYTimes.com: The Secrets Hamas Knew About Israel’s Military

[Eric PInto]

 

Hamas gunmen surged into Israel in a highly organized and meticulously planned 
operation that suggested a deep understanding of Israel’s weaknesses. Here is 
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[Goanet] STUTI (Goa) presents Brahms' Requiem. 14 Oct 2023

[Frederick Noronha]

STUTI presents Brahms' Requiem. Oct 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1WJkP1U7pI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzexiHU_zWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-e3-nCHt4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz3YL-orlXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbQRSxX5Zgg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkoX2LywNVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brxczf2ClWo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=err3mCGjK5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcvDIBurL1M

ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH
Series of three concerts held in October 2023 by Stuti Choral and String
Ensemble. The shows were held at Loutolim, Anjuna and Old Goa. This is from
St Michael's Church, Anjuna on Saturday, Oct 14, 2023 at 7 pm.

STUTI is directed by Parvesh Java. Concertmaster is Eshvita Menezes.
Pianists are Nadine Jo Crasto and Smit Shah. String ensemble leaders are
Judyline Fernandes, Chernoll Mendonca, Shannon Fernandez, Joy Peter,
Saranga Cooray and Jasiel Peter. Vocal soloists were Farah Ghadiali, Oscar
Castellino, Rahul Bharadwaj and Subin Mathai.

See stutigoa.com for more details The pieces are quite simply called
“Requiem” by Brahms.  "Not 'German Requiem' as people like to think,"
conductor Parvesh Java told this channel.  "There is a history to the name,
but it wasn’t Brahms’ own choice." The soloists this evening were Farah
Ghadiali (Movt 5) and Rahul Bharadwaj (Movt 3, 6). See stutigoa.com for
more details.

Recorded by Frederick Noronha (FN).

PERFORMERS
SOPRANO
Alyssa Maria Vas
Ana Smriti Paes
Anija Luis
Beverly Mary Dale Vaz
Crystal Mitzie
Delnavaz Jijina (guest)
Ishana Maria de Souza
Janet Juanith Mascarenhas
Jennaya Pereira
Karen Fernandes
Kay Marlynn D'Souza
Lara Condillac
Lorraine da Costa Frias
Malaika D'Mello
Melita D'mello
Meryl Fernandes
Minelli Pinto
Monica Rocha e Fernandes
Nicole Fernandes
Nina da Gama
Ornella Menezes
Osleen Ann Pinto
Patricia Sequeira
Queena Regina Araujo
Rebecca Johns
Renina Coelho
Sara Christina Barneto
Sarah D'Souza
Sarena Coelho
Shanaya Vas
Sheena Pereira
Tanya Noronha Buthello (guest)
Veronica Araujo
Yvette C F Pinto

ALTO
Ameeta Mascarenhas
Andrea Dominica Faria
Anjali Ticlo
Anoushka Chatte
Archan Vaz
Arlène Coelho do Amaral
Astrid Monteiro
Ayesha Andrade
Bina Datwani
Bindu Vaz
Corina C. Soares e Fernandes
Elaine Colaco
Elaine da Costa
Gloann Carvalho
Gorette Vas Pinheiro
Josephine Carvalho
Kate D'Souza
Lima Barreto
Maria de Lourdes Coutinho
Maria Snaysha Fernandes
Natasha da Costa Fernandes
Nolana D'Mello
Patricia Correa Colaço
Rukminee Guha Thakurta
Shaila Aranha
Vanessa Gracias

TENOR
Amit Dias
Archie Michael Fernandes
Asher Fernandes
Ben Ferrao
Cavin D'souza
Ethan José Pinto
Eufemiano Miranda
Gerard D'Mello
Glenn Angelo Dias
James John Afonso
Jonathan Marques
Lowell F. A. Fernandes
Navroze Godrej
Nishant Saldanha
Orlando Vaz
Roshan Roymon
Rudolf Ludwig Kammermeier
Sergio Martires
Stanford Julio Dias

BASS
Agostino Fernandes
Alyque Antonio Andrade
Antonio Bosco Dias
Antonio Nathan De Souza
Constancio Diniz
George de Souza
Kevin Mascarenhas
Leander Vaz
Len Noronha
Marc Gary Vaz
Mathew Almeida
Melroy M. Pinto
Noah Pinheiro
Rowan Serrão
Sameer Guha
Vernon Aranha

CONCERTMASTER
Eshvita Menezes

VIOLIN I
Judyline Fernandes
Atasha D'Mello Shetty
Natsalene Estrocio
Jeanne Ribeiro
Chris Harris Sam E

VIOLIN II
Chernoll Mendonca
Shannon Fernandez
Cayla Marie Rodriques
Velerio Mascarenhas
Yulah Noronha
Lia Maria Fernandes
Niah Noronha
Nicole Noronha

VIOLA
Joy Peter
Nicole Noronha
Jeriza Pereira

CELLO
Saranga Cooray

DOUBLE BASS
Jasiel Peter
Karen Coelho

PIANO
Smit Shah
Nadine Jo Crasto

VOCAL SOLOISTS
Farah Ghadiali
Oscar Castellino
Rahul Bharadwaj
Subin Mathai

CONDUCTOR
Parvesh Java
--

FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa

[Goanet] Old pension scheme

[Nelson Lopes]

Old pension scheme

Employes of central , state Govt are demanding return to OPS.The seniors
are forced to depend on children for their regular sustenance and are
considered a burden.Medical budget in Old age is heavy and children below
21 years only are covered for health schemes of parents  Majority opt for
miserable medical  allowance because of cumbersome procedure and delay in
reimbursement.Besides they had to pay income tax  on salary  , allowances
and now on pension too.Govt opines that about 1.1% of employees are a drain
on exchequer for OPS.Contrast it with honourable members of state and
central Govt. CM. PRESIDENT Vice President's ,PM, Governors et al who never
pay  any taxes, salary  being classified as emoluments and allowances as
freebies even after demiting office.These amounts are enormous and one
member dues may  be equal to 40 odd employees.Normal  full pensions
qualifying service is 33 years of qualifying service, without absence .The
honourable members hardly attend sessions for 2 months in a year  but are
drawiing  emoluents and freebies   for full 12 months. NO WORK NO PAY MUST
APPLY.
But in case of members even one day service is
enough to benefitted for pension . They can draw double pension as an MLA
MP and is subject to increase by  number of terms elected as the
member.Various other  freebies  are their legitimate  rights. They are also
entitled to free medical reimbursement even for trearment abroad  and is
not taxable.of course.Where as any reimbursement beyond 20K is.taxable..It
appears that public interest litigation are filed regarding pension  rules
to honourable  members  and non taxable emoluments Besides there is ademand
to appoint a commission for fixing emoluents so that they do not silently
acquiesce to self raise without any disent. Morarji Dessai was the lone
member to  publicly protest against emolumentsbut  quietly enjoyed  the
benefits till the. end .The honourable members are frequently increasing
demands and comparing  to the  standards of British MP's ignoring the
plight  of ordinary Indian..The definition of salary , emoluments,
allowances and freebies and tax free benefits must conform to the  tax laws
applicable to the citizens of India.These unreasonable  preferential
clauses must be striked  down as illegal gratification by lawmakers under
exceptional clauses.
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

Nelson Lopes
Chinchinim
https://lopesnelsonnat.wordpress.com


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Chinchinim
https://lopesnelsonnat.wordpress.com

Re: [Goanet] Keeping tyhe memory of the SS TILAWA alive

[Darrell Sequeira]

 Hi Mervyn, 
Thanks for the missing part of the poem. 
I wonder whether you have one piece that tells the whole story of the life and 
death of Your Dad, stepmother and half siblings. 
I have bits and pieces that I can put together but I am not sure that it will 
tell the complete story.
One question is that: Dad told me that your Dad had retired and was asked to 
return to his post in Nairobi because of the war time shortage of staff but you 
say that he was in Goa on leave and was returning back to work. I feel that I 
asked you this question before and the answer must be in my records, sorry for 
the duplication but it is quicker than searching in my notes. 
Pole na kazi. 
Darrell.     
On Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 12:53:33 PM GMT+3, Mervyn Maciel 
 wrote:  
 
 Dear Darell and all,

My apologies for not checking that my original
poem was not reproduced in full. Here are the
missing verses - with apologies again!


Mervyn



“He smilingly said, “I’ll come back soon ,
But we knew not death would call so soon!

So soon God’s Summons,
So quick the deep sea
Did swallow them all, O Destiny,
No time to say, goodbye,
No time to say , Wait,
Death’s cold gatekeeper
Had  opened the gate!
  And now that he’s gone we can murmur not,
But trust in God for that’s our lot,
And trusting in Him who reigns on high
We’ll patiently wait till the end draws nigh.
  Then Daddy and Mummy
Soon shall we meet
When death has silenced our last heartbeat
 There shall we meet forever and ever,
In Heaven so beautiful, we shall part - No NEVER!
  

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[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} To migrate or not to migrate

[Dilip D'Souza]

Oct 14

Some of you have heard me tell the story of captive-bred whooping cranes at
the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin. In particular, how they
were taught to migrate. That story always leaves me awestruck: how do you
teach something that is essentially instinct?

Bird migration is a remarkable phenomenon any way you look at it. What
happens to it as the climate changes? My Mint column for Oct 13 considers
that question.

To migrate or not to migrate,
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/to-migrate-or-not-to-migrate-11697136127931.html

yours,
dilip

---

To migrate or not to migrate


There's something compelling about bird migration. The way birds return to
the same spot year after year, the distances they travel, how relatively
small bodies pack enough muscle for long flights, why such long flights at
all.

Some years ago I watched a short film about captive-bred whooping cranes.
Being so, they don't know how and where to migrate. So humans taught them,
by flying along the route in a micro-light aircraft, the eager bird
students trailing behind. Just thinking of the sheer human audacity of
teaching this (bird) life skill is a reminder of the how remarkable the
instinct to migrate is.

Then there's a bird that, in 2020, flew from Alaska to New Zealand.
Nonstop. We know it did because of the stellite tracking device fitted on
the bird. This is a distance of over 12,000km, and this little bar-tailed
godwit touched down 11 days after it took flight. So it kept up a steady
45kmph across a vast ocean with no land for hundreds of miles in any
direction. The 12,000km is a new world record, and it was set by a
relatively nondescript, relatively small (about 300gm) shore-bird.

All this might fill you with wonder, as it does me. How do you teach
something that is normally pure instinct, and teach it across species
boundaries? How does a small bird find the energy and strength for a 12,000
km flight?

But as interesting as those conundrums are, something else that migrating
birds do is possibly worrying. Simply because they travel these great
distances, they carry and spread micro-organisms across the world. Some of
those can be dangerous to humans. Of course this isn't new knowledge -
we've known it for a while. But now there's a phenomenon that even birds
might need to take into account: climate change.

Think of the weather, just in 2023. Early last month, for example, Phoenix
broke a record of 53 days in a calendar year of temperatures over 110°F
(about 43.5°C) - that record set only three years ago. Extreme rainfall has
caused destructive flooding in Himachal Pradesh, Sydney and now New York.
There have been wildfires and hurricanes around the world.

If all this is really evidence that temperatures are rising and moisture
patterns are mutating around the world - that climate change is happening,
in other words - then surely birds' migratory habits will change as well.
In fact, there's evidence it's already happening. Bird scientists are
especially concerned about migration paths to or near the Arctic, because
no other part of our planet is warming as quickly. In 2006, for example, a
team of researchers reported that:

"Several bird species have advanced the timing of their spring migration in
response to recent climate change. ... [In fact] long-distance migrants
have advanced their spring arrival in Scandinavia ... We argue that this
may reflect a climate-driven evolutionary change in the timing of spring
migration." ("Rapid Advance of Spring Arrival Dates in Long-Distance
Migratory Birds", Niclas Jonzén et al, Science, 30 June 2006).

What these changes imply for the spread of pathogens is something
scientists are trying to find out. For example, there's a bird observatory
and preserve in Sweden called Ottenby. For a lot of migratory birds, it is
a temporary halt on their migratory routes. In the spring, they stop there
on their way to spending the summer in points further north. In the autumn,
they stop there on their way south, some flying on all the way to Africa.

During those stopovers, the birds do what birds (and maybe the rest of us)
must: they excrete. Their droppings contain the pathogens they have been
carrying. This contaminates the water bodies at Ottenby. In turn, other
birds who stop in Ottenby may pick up those infections and may carry them
to their final migratory destinations. Ottenby becomes, as a recent article
remarks, "a global relay system for transmission" ("Flight Risks", Science,
27 September 2023,
https://www.science.org/content/article/changing-bird-migrations-threaten-bring-new-infectious-diseases-humans).
One Swedish ornithologist reports having found all these pathogens in birds
in the 20 years he has been working at Ottenby: "influenza and Newcastle
disease virus, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Yersinia, tick-borne encephalitis
virus, Candidatus, Babesia, Rickettsia, and papillomavirus."

But what if migratory habits change? Some scientists think that there are

[Goanet] Keeping tyhe memory of the SS TILAWA alive

[Mervyn Maciel]

Dear Darell and all,

My apologies for not checking that my original
poem was not reproduced in full. Here are the
missing verses - with apologies again!


Mervyn



“He smilingly said, “I’ll come back soon ,
But we knew not death would call so soon!

So soon God’s Summons,
So quick the deep sea
Did swallow them all, O Destiny,
No time to say, goodbye,
No time to say , Wait,
Death’s cold gatekeeper
Had  opened the gate!
   And now that he’s gone we can murmur not,
But trust in God for that’s our lot,
And trusting in Him who reigns on high
We’ll patiently wait till the end draws nigh.
   Then Daddy and Mummy
Soon shall we meet
When death has silenced our last heartbeat
 There shall we meet forever and ever,
In Heaven so beautiful, we shall part - No NEVER!

[Goanet] {Dilip's essays} Twist in the tale of the Möbius strip

[Dilip D'Souza]

Oct 14

Who doesn't like Möbius strips? I think what fascinated me most about them
was that it was so easy to make something that is so full of surprises. Try
it and be surprised all over again!

There's a certain mathematical conjecture about them that has resisted
proof for nearly half a century. That changed only months ago, when a
Richard Evans, a mathematician at Brown University (hello, alma mater!),
found a proof. But what truly captivated me about this is that he could
have proved it, he says, three years ago. Except that he made, he says, an
"idiotic mistake" at that time - one any of us can easily comprehend. He
actually uses that phrase in his paper. I think it is remarkable to admit
to a mistake - it somehow increases my respect for him and his proof.

So this is what my Mint column of October 6 was about. Take a look and let
me know what you think: Twist in the tale of the Möbius strip,
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/twist-in-the-tale-of-the-m-bius-strip-11696532102567.html

cheers,
dilip

---

See the attached PDF file: there's some mathematical notation that's hard
to capture in plain text. (Which reminds me of PlaneText that I worked on
in the mid-1980s. Ask if you want.)


-- 
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Twitter: @DeathEndsFun
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