[Goanet-News] Goa's Monte Music Festival 2010 (Nigel Britto, in TOI)

2010-02-10 Thread Goanet News
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goas-Monte-Music-Festival-2010/articleshow/5542313.cms Goa's Monte Music Festival 2010 Nigel Britto, TOI Crest, 6 February 2010, 01:38pm IST It's that time of the year again when people make their way to a forgotten chapel on a hill for an annual

[Goanet-News] NEWS IN PICS: Goa's media listing... Girish Karnad ... Goa's R-Day float ... Dr Sydney Pinto do Rosario... etc

2010-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
The Media in Goa (courtesy: official directory of the Dept of Information, 2009) Part 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4345883262/ Part 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4345884504/ Part 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4345142851/ Part 4:

[Goanet-News] Goa news for February 10, 2010

2010-02-10 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** India holds two over Goa 'assault on Russian child' - BBC News C NewsPolice in the Indian city of Mumbai have arrested a second man over an alleged sexual assault on a Russian girl aged

[Goanet] Question about Met(UK) office

2010-02-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Read this comment: B, the thinking on climate is frozen solid http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/dominic_lawson/article6982310.ece Quote: In fact, the Met still asserts we are in the midst of an unusually warm winter — as one of its staffers sniffily protested in an internet

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Concretisation of Curca hills

2010-02-10 Thread JoeGoaUk
Concretisation of Curca hills   View from Siridao bridge http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk24/4340666302/sizes/l/   http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk24/4339909189/sizes/l/   http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk24/4340653224/sizes/l/   Close up

[Goanet] The media in Goa...

2010-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
If anyone would like a 2009 list of the media in Goa (phone numbers and names), please send me a private mail off-list. This list is made up of eight JPG images and I can send it as an attachment. FN -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography ::

[Goanet] The yawning lion should be confined to the cage

2010-02-10 Thread Ignatius Xavier
Dear Freddy, As usual you got a good pen. Have you ever noticed what is happening in our neighbouring country. If somebody like SRK has to say the same words in that country, he would have been excommunicated or even cut into pieces. To some extend we should appreciate the patriotism of Bal

[Goanet] 7 Steps for a Healthy Heart

2010-02-10 Thread Con Menezes
Seven steps for a healthy heart From WebMD..better info.better health. Here. C. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20100120/7-steps-for-a-healthy-heart

[Goanet] NEWS IN PICS: Goa's media listing... Girish Karnad ... Goa's R-Day float ... Dr Sydney Pinto do Rosario... etc

2010-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
The Media in Goa (courtesy: official directory of the Dept of Information, 2009) Part 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4345883262/ Part 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4345884504/ Part 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4345142851/ Part 4:

Re: [Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (10Feb10)

2010-02-10 Thread joelds
Hi, Difficult to see the cartoon. Cheers. On 2/10/10, alexyz fernandes alexyzha...@yahoo.com wrote: Today 11-2-10 is the 20th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from Prison after 27 years! The Greatest Human alive who Forgave the brutal apartheid Govt of South Africa and gave his

[Goanet] Multiply Your Time: 4th Dimension Time Management - Spirituality Blog on Balanced Life Center

2010-02-10 Thread Con Menezes
Fourth Dimension method of Time management. Simple tips here... C http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/310-multiply-your-time/

[Goanet] AISI: The Church, the priest and the CD Producer

2010-02-10 Thread JoeGoaUk
The Church, the priest and the CD Producer    It looks like our traditional or devotional view on the ‘Priests’ is divided now. Why it should not be? Everything else is changing as per the generation gap. If they can change why not us?   As said earlier, people thinking is not the same as it used

Re: [Goanet] Goa Telephone Directory

2010-02-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
I have found http://210.212.176.226/namesearch.php?selssa=GOA to be a good improvement on the past.   Having said that, perhaps it requires a few filters and/or increase the size of its displayed page, as there are too many Noronhas :-)  in the list ... Gabriel. - Original Message

[Goanet] Can big bottoms boost health?

2010-02-10 Thread Con Menezes
Can big bottoms boost health??? Yes or NO? More here. C http://healthrevelations.com/2010/02/04/big-bottoms/

[Goanet] TV now an accused killer

2010-02-10 Thread Con Menezes
Couch potato syndrome may shorten your life! Avoid itkeep reading. C http://healthrevelations.com/2010/02/05/TV-killer/

Re: [Goanet] Goa Telephone Directory

2010-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
Gabriel, Some problems get solved with time! Like India's telecom woes. Once it took us four hours to make a trunk call to Bombay. Today, India's adding the largest number of mobile phones each month compared to any country in the world. Listen to Shashi Tharoor talk about it here:

[Goanet] Pinocchio is alive and well in Moira, Was Another Goebbelsian lie nailed

2010-02-10 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:09:45 +0530 From: Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com 1. I never lived in Goa during Portuguese times except for a brief visit when I was a toto. Mario responds: OK. I stand corrected. The point is that you have somehow developed an unhealthy respect for playing second

[Goanet] Lusofonia FC wants to keep up with you on Twitter

2010-02-10 Thread Twitter
Twitter connects you with everything you want to know, right now. Short bursts of information are readily available from news organizations, corporate entities, politicians, celebrities, local businesses - even your close friends and family. Also, if you have something to share with the world,

[Goanet] Encroachments in Agonda (Goa Villages under attack)

2010-02-10 Thread James Monteiro
Hi My Name is James Monteiro, working in Bangalore and my native place is Agonda (Canacona). I read your Goanet emails online and have been in touch with you in the past. Hope you are doing good. I would like you to publish my below article in the Goanet news site. My article has reference

[Goanet] Former govenor S K Banerji

2010-02-10 Thread Bernado Colaco
I wonder what was there for Al to rob probably used tennis balls of Goan Leander Paes. As for Gen Rod it might have been some spent rounds of AK47. Now you even back the ghanti choram? BC A nice enough beating stick to air our traditional biases here. Were the Portuguese governors (may god

[Goanet] Press Statement for Kind Favour of Publication

2010-02-10 Thread floriano
The Goa Su-Raj Party believes that Rajendra Kerkar is being victimised in the Tiger Poaching probe for needling the sleeping Forest Department Officials. The credentials of Rajendra Kerkar as a staunch social activist are above rapprochement. This Party stands by Rajendra Kerkar and his

Re: [Goanet] Question about Met(UK) office

2010-02-10 Thread Santosh Helekar
Looks like this geology graduate gets his scientific information only from newspaper columnists and bureaucrats. For those who would prefer to look at real scientific data, instead, here are the actual monthly temperature anomalies for 2009 and all prior years since 1880:

[Goanet] THE English Premier League wants to hear from YOU and how you watch the matches.

2010-02-10 Thread armstrong augusto vaz
THE English Premier League wants to hear from YOU and how you watch the matches. Chelsea legend Marcel Desailly is the central figure in a move to highlight the different ways EPL matches are watched around the world, from beach bars in Goa to pubs in Australia. The number of fans who watch EPL

[Goanet] A possible breaking noose for Goa and Goans

2010-02-10 Thread floriano
Grapevines are abuzz that SESA-VEDANTA is about to open up it's Midas' vault to seat Dayanand Narvekar on the hot seat. After all Digu-bab has been soft in containing the fires against the mining in Goa in general with Bicholim-Panchwadi-Usgao et al rearing its ugly head against mining dust

[Goanet] S Korean asks for change, gets thrashed

2010-02-10 Thread Samir Kelekar
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/S-Korean-asks-for-change-gets-thrashed/articleshow/5554266.cms What ridiculous goonda giri is this ? The custom of giving chocolates needs to be stopped immediately. In fact, people who do this should be jailed for disrespecting the Indian currency.

[Goanet] God and You

2010-02-10 Thread Albert Desouza
Albert writes:- Has any one of us realised that we have a mighty God who wants to be our Father, that means we are His children ? Ask and you shall receive. But I cannot understand what prevents us from asking directly to the Father for all our needs including money that is needed to buy

[Goanet] TV now an accused killer

2010-02-10 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Con, I doubt whether the people who may benefit from this post are on Goanet. I really doubt that. But people are battling issues that one can only imagine and the TV becomes a release. I know this having seen people even in my family. I for one do not watch any TV, and rarely rarely even watch

Re: [Goanet] CACOPHANY IN A CAANSO

2010-02-10 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario wrote: Just like the Cockney Loudmouth, these impotent comments show no understanding of the discussion, which is pretty amazing coming f from foren NRGs who were the butt of the attacks from some RGs afraid they were losing the limelight on doing things for Goa. Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010

Re: [Goanet] CACOPHANY IN A CAANSO

2010-02-10 Thread Mario Goveia
From: Frederick Noronha Guys, some unsolicited advice: at some point in the debate, one or both (unlikely!) will have to give up on last-wordism :-) Mario observes: The last word in a public forum should always be some semblance of the truth. Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:58:22 -0500 From:

Re: [Goanet] Scientific herd mentality has egg on their face

2010-02-10 Thread Mario Goveia
From: Mario Goveia India has formally announced it has lost all credibility with the IPCC, which is the UN body that is a major believer and organizer in scientific consensus on climate change. Jai Ho, Jairam!:

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Sixth Sunday of the Year

2010-02-10 Thread Jude Botelho
7-Feb-2010 Dear Friend, All of us want to be happy and whether we admit it or not we keep trying out various paths which we hope will lead us to the happiness we seek. Is there a sure fix recipe for happiness? Can I rely on my efforts or on others to be happy? Or should I rely on God alone

[Goanet] The reality of outsourcing ---- funny

2010-02-10 Thread Samir Kelekar
http://www.mixx.com/videos/4353281/youtube_outsourcing_the_reality_of_it_all regards, Samir

[Goanet] DONA PAULA - MORMUGAO SEA LINK

2010-02-10 Thread godfrey gonsalves
The Indian Concrete Institute,  Goa Centre,  under the stewardship of Chairman, Pascoal Noronha, President, Dr Jennifer   Kamat took a bold initiative  to organize a  “symposium / panel discussions on the proposed  Panaji – Vasco-da-Gama – Mormugao Harbour –Sea link project  Goa , at the India

[Goanet] S. Korean asks for change, gets thrashed

2010-02-10 Thread ignatius fernandes
when did this system come into being of giving chocolates instead of change.Does any other country have this tradition? I too was given chocolates in lieu of change in a restaurant I did not know how o react to this it is not a done thing in U.K. so I gave it to the waiter who served us.Later on

[Goanet] President's kin usurped land, says court

2010-02-10 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
For an interesting article, please click the link provided here below: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Presidents-kin-usurped-land-says-co urt/articleshow/5558105.cms

[Goanet] TAG’s New Office Premises

2010-02-10 Thread Tiatr Academy Goa
Date: 11th February, 2010. TAG’s New Office Premises Tiatr Academy Goa (TAG) will have its own office premises at the Campal Trade Centre, Campal Panaji Goa shortly. The new Office premises situated at 2nd Floor, Block A of Campal Trade Centre will be inaugurated by the Hon. Chief Minister

Re: [Goanet] S Korean asks for change, gets thrashed

2010-02-10 Thread J. Colaco jc
Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com wrote: What ridiculous goonda giri is this ? The custom of giving chocolates needs to be stopped immediately. In fact, people who do this should be jailed for disrespecting the Indian currency. It is high time these goondas from Calangute are nabbed.

Re: [Goanet] S. Korean asks for change, gets thrashed

2010-02-10 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
The Supermarkets  I go to never seem to have small change, and invariably give me some Maggi soup cubes instead.  Other Mom and Pop stores promise to give me the change tomorrow, or if I owe them a rupee or two, tell me to give it to them the next time I stop by. The Paise coins have long

[Goanet] Train travel in India... some links you might use

2010-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
Train travel in India, useful tips Quote: Goa: Goa isn't a town or city, it's a region. The main stations in Goa are Magdaon and Vasco da Gama, so use these when you check for train times. http://www.seat61.com/India.htm Travelling by train in India http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-travel.html

[Goanet] No staff to enforce domestic violence act, admits state - dnaindia.com

2010-02-10 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_no-staff-to-enforce-domestic-violence- act-admits-state_1346215 G'day Goanetters, So how many battered women and children have suffered/suffer/died because the Govt have not enforced the Domestic Violence Act? Jai Hind! rubygoes

[Goanet] Talking Photos: More on Siridao - Church, subway, shrine, village, KTC, Dempo, bridges, River etc

2010-02-10 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: More on Siridao - Church, subway, shrine, village, KTC, Dempo, bridges, River etc   Siridao Subway across NH17 ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4345997919/sizes/l/ Have not seen any nor seen any work in progress   A beautiful cross near Siridao Church New / Old

[Goanet] Freedom from Trap

2010-02-10 Thread SHRIKANT BARVE
Freedom from Trap A unique event titled “Freedom from Trap” is organised by “Chess Activity Centre of International Centre” on Friday 12, 2010 at International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. This program is part of ‘Chess for Everyone” activity . Former Law Secretary Mrs. Anuja Prabhudesai will

[Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (11Feb10)

2010-02-10 Thread alexyz fernandes
Chief Protector of Goa's Wild Life to Mischief Conservator of Wild Life No Teeth in your Accusations To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org

[Goanet] Cashew Feni piyeteleantchem kitem zatolem papia?

2010-02-10 Thread lino dourado
Drop in cashew yield affects Feni production PANAJI: Though the arrival of spring in Goa followed by hot and humid summer marks the return of the season of cashews and their by-product - Feni, of late, the drop in the production of cashew apples has seriously affected Feni manufacturing

[Goanet] Do you think the UK tightening visa rules is a genuine effort to check abuse of the immigration system? Or do you think Britain is insecure about the growing clout and influence of capable In

2010-02-10 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.dnaindia.com/speakup/message-board_do-you-think-the-uk-tightening -visa-rules-is-a-genuine-effort-to-check-abuse-of-the-immigration-system-or- do-you-think-britain-is-insecure-about-the-growing-clout-and-influence-of-ca pable-indians-in-the-uk-job-market_1345053 Goanetters, So U.K.

Re: [Goanet] Former govenor S K Banerji

2010-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
Thanks! You underlined my point! Just wanted to determine if you guys had a problem with the institution of the Governor, the ethnicity of Governors, or subscribe to we-Goans-can-do-no-wrong theologies. FN On 10 February 2010 18:02, Bernado Colaco ole_...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I wonder what was

Re: [Goanet] Former Goa Lt Governor Banerji

2010-02-10 Thread john menezes
Regarding Message 1 below and the comments of FN, there was never a scotched earth order from Dr. Salazar to Gemeral Vassalo e Silva but 2 telegrams dated December 14, 1961 from him (1) to delay the advance of the Indian army in case foreign intervention by friendly powers was a possibility,

Re: [Goanet] Goan Abroad! #3 - Francis Rodrigues

2010-02-10 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Francis Rodrigues wrote: Seriously, Bal Thackeray remonstrated, I could have used a man of Mr. Bobo's talents myself, to con the RSS. Despite Udav's warning, they're bothering us in Mumbai, and now I hear from Narendra, RSS goons are trying to outsmart folks in Gujarat! What's sauce for the

Re: [Goanet] Question about Met(UK) office

2010-02-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Sorry, I specifically asked the question to the UK readers. This is not a scientific question, but a plain investigation, in my own way, into what is and what is not massaged data to suit current thinking. NASA's data could also be subject to suitable massaging in its own way to get govt

[Goanet] Videos of Kentucky miners which we Goans could use to raise our consciousness

2010-02-10 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Here are a few testimonies of Kentucky miners speaking from the heart, on issues related to hilltop removal, water, land, and ways of living. They appeared on alternet.org from Jeff Biggers. Jeff Biggers is the author of the new book, Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the

Re: [Goanet] CACOPHANY IN A CAANSO

2010-02-10 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 10 February 2010 13:48, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: Frederick Noronha RESPONSE: Now why does Mario believe he has the monopoly on the truth? Rather who decides what is the truth?? Mario responds: Untruths include Bosco's snide insinuation that I have

[Goanet] Daily Grook #621

2010-02-10 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #621 === SIGHT FIGHT === by Francis Rodrigues lenses are fashions of a different sort, seeing competitions are a contact sport! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com

[Goanet] Indian high commissioner to Australia to apprise govt about student security - dnaindia.com

2010-02-10 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_indian-high-commissioner-to-australia-t o-apprise-govt-about-student-security_1346128 G'day Goanetters, Superb time of the year to be in Australia. A working holiday for the IHC? She should be so lucky, lucky, lucky! rubygoes

[Goanet] What's on at the Kala Academy: Gems, ideas, Indo European Dance Festival and school days ...

2010-02-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
Feb 8-26, 2010 10.00 am to 11.30 pm The Gem Jewellery Export Promotion Council Conference Feb 13, 2010 10.00 am to 11.30 pm DMKM Directorate of Art Culture D.D. Kosambi Festival of Ideas 2010 Free 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm Black Box KA-FIM Purvi Rangh (Pt. Dinkar Panshikar) Free 6

[Goanet] Theatre owners in Mumbai don't trust govt to protect them - dnaindia.com (THE MOB RULES!)

2010-02-10 Thread Ruby Goes
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_theatre-owners-in-mumbai-don-t-trust-g ovt-to-protect-them_1346230 Goanetters, Now ain't this dandy? Have a nice day. rubygoes

Re: [Goanet] Goan Abroad! #3

2010-02-10 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Wed, 2/10/10, Francis Rodrigues fcarodrig...@hotmail.com wrote: Langoti Long John Silva is a globe-trotting Goencar, always accompanied by his foul-mouthed parrot Cocky N.Y. conman Mauvin Bobo's starched shorts fuels his chronic bile.