[Goanet-News] Andrea Colaço: The next tech for the smart-everything era

2013-12-07 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
Andrea Colaço: The next tech for the smart-everything era http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXM6OJl31-M Published on 2 Dec 2013 http://inktalks.com Goa-born researcher Andrea Colaço shows us what she has in store for consumer tech. With digital devices shrinking from bulky desktops to wearable

[Goanet-News] Controversies fail to hit tourist flow to Goa

2013-12-07 Thread Goanet News
Controversies fail to hit tourist flow to Goa Himanshi Dhawan,TNN | Dec 8, 2013, 12.18 AM IST NEW DELHI: Drug-cartels, trouble with Nigerians, even allegations of sexual assault may have given Goa notoriety but has not dampened the allure of the beach destination. As the winter holidays draw

[Goanet] CHIEF MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR IN CLEAR CONTEMPT OF COURT

2013-12-07 Thread Aires Rodrigues
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s statement that the charge sheet in the Tarun Tejpal case would be filed within 45 days, only reaffirms that the Chief Minister in rank violation of law is charting the course and manipulating the investigation of the case. The law requires that the

[Goanet] Link: Tehelkatv continues to publish. This painful session is worth watching.

2013-12-07 Thread Albert Peres
Good to see that, courageously, Tehelkatv continues to publish. They have uploaded new material to their site from THiNK2013. Ironically one of the sessions is about rape survivors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_LaslwdH2o 1:12:20 THiNK2013: THE BEAST IN OUR MIDST. RAPE SURVIVORS SPEAK

[Goanet] Anyone knows CX Furtado, botanist?

2013-12-07 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Does anyone know where in Goa botanist CX Furtado hailed from? CX FURTADO (1897-1980): CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF PALMS By Dennis V. Johnson, Cincinnati, OH, USA and Eng Pin Tay, Canning Vale, WA, Australia, published in Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 51 (1999), pgs. 141-150 (extracts): Caetano

[Goanet] Book Club

2013-12-07 Thread books
The Book Club will meet on 16th December 2013 at 8.15 pm to discuss The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson over potluck

[Goanet] Crowdfunding fro The Mysterious Scholar

2013-12-07 Thread Communicare Trust
Dear Frederick, I am sure you are aware of our play The Mysterious Scholar that was held on the 5th of November at Kala Academy. We are planning to have the play again in Margao and in Calangute. Hence to raise funds for the same we chose crowdfunding with the help of our partners Wishberry.

[Goanet] Seeds of Death | Watch Free Documentary Online

2013-12-07 Thread Con Menezes
Documentary about GMO foods. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/seeds-death/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

[Goanet] Portuguese babies are disqualified

2013-12-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
Straight from the hoses mouth:- read on...*http://tinyurl.com/onq8yke http://tinyurl.com/onq8yke* -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Christmas Carols from Goa

2013-12-07 Thread Joseph de Souza
Dear Jazz Goa, I would like to thank Jazz Goa for this wonderful gift that you have given to all members of Goanet. Joseph de Souza On 07-12-2013 09:35, Jazz Goa wrote: Jazz Goa has produced a Christmas Carol album with twenty six tracks featuring some of Goa's most

[Goanet] NIHSeniorHealth: Parkinson's Disease - What Causes Parkinson's Disease?

2013-12-07 Thread Con Menezes
Some of my aged friends are victims of this cruel disease. Some info here for those who might want to know... http://nihseniorhealth.gov/parkinsonsdisease/whatcausesparkinsonsdisease/01.html --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.

[Goanet] Getaway: Aussie legends take on India on MSN Video

2013-12-07 Thread Con Menezes
Aussies take a tour of North India http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/aussie-legends-take-on-india/x0inbpl --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

[Goanet] DR UG Barad. Plain Wrong

2013-12-07 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
- Original Message - From: Albert Peres albertperes at 3301.caSent: Friday, December 6, 2013 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] DR UG Barad. Plain Wrong we should be able to take banter among adults as adults, and not seek revenge. Hence, I suggest that we put an end to this

Re: [Goanet] Goanet..Frostbite the cold hard facts

2013-12-07 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
After spending over a decade in Goa I was missing the snow and decided to visit my other home in the USA and also visit Canada last November/December. After seeing the snowbound Michigan (where I have my other home) and Toronto, I decided I was much better off in the balmy weather of Goa. I

[Goanet] Dr. Barad

2013-12-07 Thread eric pinto
   Sorry folks !  Sorry Dr. Barad.  There was a reverential  to her in the forwarded article: it was obviously outdated.   I too now believe we should put this to rest. Some of us did not see eye to eye with our friend, but a forum profits  from a diversity of opinions.  Dr.B did educate me on 

[Goanet] Education, marriage, and mom.

2013-12-07 Thread eric pinto
              The grandmother syndrome is a powerful urge in      women past middle-age.  Fifty percent of Jewish women in      the 'eligible' group are unmarried professionals. The joke      is that the bribe to a daughter to produce a child starts with a BMW   and then notches up to an

[Goanet] Mandela apostle of peace and forgiveness

2013-12-07 Thread Nelson Lopes
Nelson Mandela Apostle of peace forgiveness Born in 18 July, 1918,in Thembu royal family in Mvezo village, Xhosa speaking Thembu community, eastern Cape South Africa .Baptised as Rolihlahla(troublemaker)Dalibhunga, known as Madiba and later called as Nelson by English teacher. His father was a

[Goanet] Fr. Mark Valder baggs Raknno Platinum Jubilee award of amount Rs. 50, 000

2013-12-07 Thread Ancy S DSouza Paladka
Dear Editor, As Fr. Mark Valder received Raknno Platinum Jubilee Award of Rs. 50,000 please publish this profile prepared by me based on the video interview I had taken on 1 Nov 2013. I have attached the profile in the word document. With regards Ancy -- Ancy S. D'Souza, Paladka E2-139 Diwan Apt

Re: [Goanet] Anyone knows CX Furtado, botanist?

2013-12-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 7 December 2013 12:52, Valmiki Faleiro valmi...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know where in Goa botanist CX Furtado hailed from? CX FURTADO (1897-1980): CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF PALMS By Dennis V. Johnson, Cincinnati, OH, USA and Eng Pin Tay, Canning Vale, WA, Australia, published in

[Goanet] Andrea Colaço: The next tech for the smart-everything era

2013-12-07 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
Andrea Colaço: The next tech for the smart-everything era http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXM6OJl31-M Published on 2 Dec 2013 http://inktalks.com Goa-born researcher Andrea Colaço shows us what she has in store for consumer tech. With digital devices shrinking from bulky desktops to wearable

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] March of the Goats

2013-12-07 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'March of the Goats' Caprine encounters. The Icelandic goat is a very special animal, an ancient breed dating back to the first settlement of the island. We encountered this herd at Möðrudalur last month in near-whiteout conditions.

[Goanet] schadenfreude

2013-12-07 Thread J. Colaco jc
I was in e-conversation with a well known Goanetter about this rather unpleasant tendency among some of us to beat up on other people, especially those who might be down. The term 'schadenfreude' came up.I suppose that most among us would know what the term means. The term, indeed, is

[Goanet] Rare Pictures of GOA

2013-12-07 Thread eric pinto
Peninsular India: Old Goa If the Pacific Ocean was once a Spanish Lake, then the Indian Ocean during the 16th Century belonged to the Portuguese. The administrative center of this Portuguese Lake was Goa. What did it look like? Most of the city of that time has been obliterated, partly by

Re: [Goanet] Anyone knows CX Furtado, botanist?

2013-12-07 Thread Joseph de Souza
Hi All, Caetano Xavier dos Remedios Furtado happens to be my mum's first cousin (maternal side) . I am still in contact with his son, Carlos Furtado, who lives with his family in Singapore. Joseph de Souza On 07-12-2013 18:22, Valmiki Faleiro wrote: Does anyone know where in

[Goanet] Controversies fail to hit tourist flow to Goa

2013-12-07 Thread Goanet News
Controversies fail to hit tourist flow to Goa Himanshi Dhawan,TNN | Dec 8, 2013, 12.18 AM IST NEW DELHI: Drug-cartels, trouble with Nigerians, even allegations of sexual assault may have given Goa notoriety but has not dampened the allure of the beach destination. As the winter holidays draw

[Goanet] Goan part of team...

2013-12-07 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Goan part of team devising cosmetic surgical technique in UK http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goan-part-of-team-devising-cosmetic-surgical-technique-in-UK/articleshow/27040330.cms Dr Ana Sharlen Teles, a doctor of Goan origin, was part of a team that devised a surgical technique that

[Goanet] Goan heads team to fight...

2013-12-07 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
Goan heads team to fight red palm weevil in Yemen http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goan-heads-team-to-fight-red-palm-weevil-in-Yemen/articleshow/27040219.cms Former Chief Scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Dr. Romeno Faleiro from Goa, who is currently