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Filomena Conde

"Doing what I can to stop transgenics www.stopogm.net"

Coimbra, Portugal
female
single
Speaks: English, Portuguese, French, studied Italian for one year, I can read Russian, I can't understand it though
Joined Dec 23, 2006
What I Want to Do: Take it SLOW to do it right


 
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My first name is pronounced: FEE-LOU--MEN-NA and not FILL-OH-MEAN-A, if you know what I "mean"?

My family has called me "Mena" since I was a little girl so friends call me "Men-na", too.




I'm a Portuguese-Canadian from Toronto, but I have been living in Coimbra(Portugal)for years. I was born in Nazaré (Portugal), a beachtown photographed in the 1940s by Stanley Kubrick.




http://www.freguesia-nazare.com




http://www.anttisarkilahti.blogs.sapo.pt




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FOR THE RECORD: 2008 news piece. POTATOES ROT IN PORTUGUESE STORE HOUSES (Alto Tâmega/Chaves area).
There is enough food in the world for everyone.
We do not need transgenics.

www.cna.pt

AOS ÓRGÃOS DE INFORMAÇÃO





BATATA APODRECE NOS ARMAZÉNS DOS AGRICULTORES DO ALTO TÂMEGA


Convocados pela FAGRORURAL, com o apoio da CNA, reuniram-se hoje na cidade de Chaves, cerca de 100 produtores de batata deste Concelho, com o objectivo de analisar a situação do escoamento da batata e propor ao Governo as medidas necessário à resolução deste problema. Da discussão efectuada, estima-se só no Concelho de Chaves existir cerca de 3 mil toneladas de batata por escoar. A acrescer a este facto, regista-se uma desvalorização em termos de preço à produção (7 cêntimos/Kg), havendo ainda um volume considerável de batata a ser comercializada sem preço. Constatou-se ainda a existência de um fluxo de batata a granel, vinda da vizinha Espanha a preços verdadeiramente imbatíveis, que está a ser embalada como batata proveniente de IGP (identificação geográfica protegida de Trás-os-Montes).





Face a esta situação, acresce ainda os problemas provocados pelo atraso no pagamento das Ajudas Comunitárias – Indemnizações Compensatórias; Medidas Agro- Ambientais e RPU/Leite, situação verdadeiramente dramática para muitos agricultores que não conseguem já assumir os compromissos com o pagamento das prestações mensais para a Segurança Social.

Assim sendo, o Plenário de agricultores decidiu eleger uma Comissão com o apoio da FAGRORURAL/CNA e composta por alguns Presidentes de Juntas de Freguesia e agricultores. Foi ainda, decidido diligenciar hoje mesmo junto da DRAPN e do Ministério da Agricultura, para que estas duas Entidades intervenham na parte da fiscalização junto à Fronteira e na adopção de medidas para o escoamento da batata a 0,20 cêntimos/kg à produção.

Finalmente foi avançado, de que não havendo a adopção de medidas por parte do Governo e Direcção Regional da Agricultura, seria marcada uma concentração de produtores, como forma de protesto para a resolução destes graves problemas.

Chaves, 5 de Março de 2008


A FAGRORURAL




Armando Carvalho 











                                  [Posted around April 30th, 2009.]





KUDOS to young politician Fábio Salgado from the town where I was born. I cast my votes in Coimbra and I vote for the CDU / PCP (http://www.cdu.pt/), I explained that to him, but he is really doing an excellent job of alerting people about the ecological disaster planned for Nazaré, Portugal. A CDU e PCP da Nazaré não estão a conseguir passar a mensagem sobre as grandes desvantagens desta mega-marina, o que me deixa muito chocada, confusa.

Read the text. Study the map. Listen to the audio of the press conference. 

Ó Nazaré! «Não te deixes assim vestir» as my favourite (Portuguese) singer Sérgio Godinho says in one of his songs about the whole country but I have adopted the line here because it is so fitting when I think of this Nazaré XXI Project...

Click on the link please and see the Google Map. 
http://leiria.bloco.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=45
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Quarta, 14 Janeiro 2009

Aves Raras.








A Câmara Municipal da Nazaré anunciou que a Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves visitou o concelho para fazer uma contagem de pássaros.

Ainda bem para podermos começar a fazer as contas do crime que será destruir toda a paisagem desde o porto de abrigo até S. Martinho na construção da Nazaré XXI .

Novidades estão a caminho na denúncia dos atropelos cometidos para forçar a Nazaré a construir algo que não precisa e que ninguém quer.








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MY JUNE 2009 RESOLUTION
Dear Care2 members,

As of today (02-06-2009) I will ONLY be accepting as friends, Care2 members who contact me
with an introduction.







I will not be able to write regularly to those who request links. There is just too much to do here at Care2. Signing petitions is the main reason I joined this community. Of course I do not sign everything and anything. I have to study petitions/texts first.




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Personal Professional Contact Singles
Joined Dec 23, 2006 Activist Aspirations undeclared 
Here for Support a Cause 
Group Host of none yet
Groups Animals Through Your Lens, Care for Chinese Animals, Care2 Feedback and Suggestions, DUO for World Peace, Defensores do Meio Ambiente, Songs for the voiceless, ThePetitionSite Center, Tobacco Free Kids, World Wide - Legal Action 4 Animal Rights
Hometown  
Homepage http://www.facebook.com/FogoDeArtificioNaoO
brigado
 
Birthday Jan 07  
Languages English, Portuguese, French, studied Italian for one year, I can read Russian, I can't understand it though  
About Me
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  Lifestyle
Pets Our mutt Penalty [1990-2001]  
Activist Aspirations
Political Leaning
Religions Baptized Catholic, Worth looking into:, Liberation theology, www.we-are-church.org  
Eating Habits pasteis de nata = Portuguese pastry, organic eggs when not sold out, pancakes, sometimes fish, sometimes chicken, peaches, sweet potatoes, chestnuts, I LOVE SOUP  
Wild Fact About Me I was a victim of mild bullying in primary school (Grade 5). J.R. used to call me "White Esther" because I was ugly and white, he said, as opposed to what the television comedy character Sanford (of Sanford & Son, played by actor Redd Foxx) called his neighbour Esther all the time. Sanford would constantly call her "ugly", black Esther. This just goes to show what television and even comedies can teach some kids (the Vice-Principal of my school put things in this perspective).
I wonder what J.R.( a white boy/person) is doing today?
My Philosophy I did not ask to be born, but seeing as I did come to be, why not make the best of this?
What Gives Me Hope Knowing Barack Obama & Michelle Obama are in the White House.
If only I had more time to write here:http://my.barackobama.com/
page/community/blog/Bemdaterra2009
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by Tourada é tortura. Não é arte nem cultura.
No financing/sponsoring of bullfights. Go knock on somebody else's door, buddies...
What/who changed my life and why Dr. Norman Bethune(1890-1939), Canadian doctor & humanitarian. Dr. Bethune was fearless. If "socialist" is a bad/dirty word today, imagine what it was like in the 1930's? He defended universal health. www.pc.gc.ca/bethune And thank you to my teacher Mr. Sutherland of Kent Public School, Toronto for showing our history class a National Film Board of Canada documentary about Bethune. This was in 1979. I realized at that point that I had discovered my hero.
What Bugs Me piercings, tattoos, men who don't take baths, car racing, food fights like The Tomatina, people who don't knock before entering, people who don't wash their hands, the Stock Market system, people who STILL smoke, people with low tobacco voices  
Passions My family, http://www.25abril.org, Elvis, dancing, American musicals, writing, Canada, Portugal  
Inspirations Elvis, Jim Henson, red carnation, www.wstar.org, Hans Ruesch, dads like David Goldman Baltazar Nunes, Architect Georg Gressenbauer, Architect Markus Haipl, daylight, the peacock, the snail, Albino Luciani, Oscar Romero, Giovanni Falcone, Christopher Reeve, Helen Keller  
What Scares Me Philippine crucifixions at Easter time, Pessoas que matam por dá cá aquela palha, poverty  
  Favorites
Role Models Norman Bethune, media specialist Felisbela Lopes, workers' rights lawyer A. Garcia Pereira, singer Teresa Salgueiro, Tommy Douglas www.dcf.ca, Humberto Delgado, www.humbertodelgado.pt, Jose Francisco Trindade Coelho, Antonio Maria Pereira  
Quotation «Jaws was never My Scene And I Don't Like Star Wars.» Queen, Song: Bicycle Race(1978)
Interests ecology, recycling, humour, music history, movie history  
Books 1st book that made me cry, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Portuguese poet Carlos Queiroz 1907-1949, Children's literature, Jean Little books for example, Theatre of the Absurd, www.hansruesch.net lit  
Music www.radiosim.pt, www.oldies1150.com, SQUEEZE, Blondie, Sergio Godinho, Christmas music, Elvis, Raquel Tavares, The Stone Roses, Bruce Cockburn, The Eagles, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Joao Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Ginette Reno, Jacques Brel, Judy Garland  
Movies Jerry Lewis, Le Combat dans l'ile, Laurel/Hardy, Frosty the Snowman, West Side Story, Oklahoma, Meet Me in St. Louis, Monsignor, Baxter, Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus, The Deer Hunter, Girl Happy, Ticket to Heaven, Voltati Eugenio  
TV Shows TV5 Monde game shows, The Situation Room, 21 Jump Street, Wings, Highway to Heaven, Os Contemporaneos, www.rtp.pt/contemporaneos, Gato Fedorento gatofedorento.sic.pt, Due South, The Carol Burnett Show, Bosom Buddies, The Doris Day Show, Friends, Camara Clara  
Favorite Foods non-transgenic foods  
Favorite Places certain movie scenes in my head, anyplace without a bullfighting ring, the ocean, home  
Can't Live Without My family, Water, water  
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Cancer donations. Where does our money end up?
(Nov 12) I have been meaning to show you this Forbes article since November, 2011. Here are some excerpts. The National Film Board of Canada mo... more »
10 Things Movie Theaters Won't Tell You
(Sep 4) I love movies and I love this type of discussion. Point number 9 is especially important. Thank you for your attention, Filomena C.&... more »
What's A Care2 Testimonial? (I) Analyze This
(Aug 27)   [The following opinion was written between August 12th and October 4th, 2009, then I thought about it some more on November ... more »
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    Jan 5, 2013 1:06 PM

    Gary G. (2475)

    Happy Birthday with much beauty!

    Cape Hatteras, NC; Oct 2012


    Sep 12, 2009 11:10 PM

    Filomena C. (8)

    Dear Care2 members and visitors,
    The site of Little Beatriz's family is now this one: http://beatrizcorreia.pt.vu/


    Apr 25, 2009 6:15 PM

    Filomena C. (8)




    The Official Elvis Fan Club of Portugal (www.cofebs.com) is trying to do what it can to help a little girl named Beatriz Correia. Her family site is www.beatrizcorreia.net  Little Beatriz has a rare disease. www.rarissimas.pt


    Apr 5, 2009 4:58 PM

    Filomena C. (8)
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