[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Forgotten pages from history -- diasporic destinies along the coast (Alan Machado)

2014-01-18 Thread Goanet Reader
By Alan Machado alan.macha...@gmail.com A most startling fact emerges from population estimates of Goa's Christian population between the late 17th to 18th centuries: for a full century it remained static. Late 17th c 1722 1779 Tiswadi 30,000 36,226 37,240 Chorao/Divar 13,052 Jua/Amjidiva

[Goanet-News] OBITUARY: Flaviano Dias, freedom fighter, journalist, ex-PTI bureau chief

2014-01-18 Thread Goanet Obits
GUJ condoles Flaviano Dias' passing away The Goa Union of Journalists condoles the death of senior journalist and freedom fighter, Flaviano Dias. Dias was a leading light in Goa's media fraternity for more than two decades. He headed the Press Trust of India's Goa Bureau for over a decade in the

[Goanet] Why do we sleep? To clean our brains, say US scientists | Science | theguardian.com

2014-01-18 Thread Con Menezes
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[Goanet] Did Antidepressant Play a Role in Navy Yard Massacre? | Cross-Check, Scientific American Blog Network

2014-01-18 Thread Con Menezes
Violence: is this the side effect of antidepressants? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2013/09/20/did-antidepressant-play-a-role-in-navy-yard-massacre/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

[Goanet] SONVARCHIM SUNGTTAM: Apleach Fonddar Apnnench Mati Oddop..... (Jose Salvador Fernandes)

2014-01-18 Thread Goa World
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Forgotten pages from history -- diasporic destinies along the coast (Alan Machado)

2014-01-18 Thread Goanet Reader
By Alan Machado alan.macha...@gmail.com A most startling fact emerges from population estimates of Goa's Christian population between the late 17th to 18th centuries: for a full century it remained static. Late 17th c 1722 1779 Tiswadi 30,000 36,226 37,240 Chorao/Divar 13,052 Jua/Amjidiva

[Goanet] CRIME BRANCH SHOULD PROBE LAND GRAB BY TOURISM MINISTER DILIP PARULEKAR

2014-01-18 Thread Aires Rodrigues
The police probe into the Serula Communidade land grab case against Goa’s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar should be handed over to the Crime Branch and be investigated by an officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. The current investigating officer Porvorim Police Shivram

[Goanet] Fw: Outwitting Our Aging Brain - Life Extension

2014-01-18 Thread Con Menezes
Subject: Outwitting Our Aging Brain - Life Extension http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2014/jan2014_Outwitting-Our-Aging-Brain_01..htm?utm_source=eNewsletterutm_medium=emailutm_term=Highlightutm_content=ArticleMagutm_campaign=2014Wk3-2

[Goanet] God loves you

2014-01-18 Thread Ana Maria Fernandes
We have celebrated Christmas with pomp and glory. We have made models of mud and wood to represent Jesus, Mary Joseph. All these things do not have any meaning in our lives only if we would understand that God wants to be born in our hearts. But our hearts are dirty. It is not possible for God

Re: [Goanet] The Flight And Fall Of Kingfisher Airlines

2014-01-18 Thread Alfred de Tavares
A VERY HAPPY PROSPEROUS PEACEFUL GREEN 1914 A.D. to all of You, dear dear Boys Girls...of course... Lamentable to begin the year with mean Mallya's swindles scams. Swindlers scamsters have operated, often with spectacular success down the annals of civilization. Mallya's antics remind me

[Goanet] Deaths whilst cleaning the septic (sewer) tank

2014-01-18 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
Themistocles D'Silva tdsilva at bellsouth.net on Fri Jan 17 11:13:51 PST 2014 wrote: The gases produced in the sewer tank (also known as sewer gases) are hydrogen sulfide and methane. Both are colorless, highly toxic and extremely flammable materilas. These gases are produced due to anaerobic

[Goanet] OBITUARY: Flaviano Dias, freedom fighter, journalist, ex-PTI bureau chief

2014-01-18 Thread Goanet Obits
GUJ condoles Flaviano Dias' passing away The Goa Union of Journalists condoles the death of senior journalist and freedom fighter, Flaviano Dias. Dias was a leading light in Goa's media fraternity for more than two decades. He headed the Press Trust of India's Goa Bureau for over a decade in the

[Goanet] ABC iview | Confessions Of A Wedding Planner Episode 3 Jewish / Hindu

2014-01-18 Thread Con Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Remembering a luminary

2014-01-18 Thread Joe Lobo
Comment :-- Was not this the gent , who while Foreign Minister of India..?.ignored the Chinese Threat on the NEFA border, with his protestations ofHindi- Chinee bhai, bhai whilst they slaughtered hundreds of WW-1 Lee Enfield ancient rifle toting indian

[Goanet] Why Goa is looking to go upmarket - and banish Brits and backpackers

2014-01-18 Thread Melvyn Fernandes
Dear readers The above article published in The Guardian/The Observer UK (August 2013) touched on how Goa was working on ridding itself of budget tourists and moving towards attracting a more affluent tourist who will be spending a lot more rupees wining, dining and enjoying our Goa sunset.

[Goanet] beach volleyball at Miramar beach

2014-01-18 Thread JoeGoaUk
Lusofonia Games 2014  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP4KRi8xSrc For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] Xit-Koddi - E-newsletter of Bahrain Goans - January 2014

2014-01-18 Thread Bahrain Goans
From: bahrain.go...@hotmail.com To: cra...@hotmail.com Subject: Xit-Koddi - E-newsletter of Bahrain Goans - January 2014 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:42:37 +0300 The door has opened on yet another year, and we have entered 2014. In the year ahead, we at Xit-Koddi hope to find common ground for

Re: [Goanet] Remembering a luminary

2014-01-18 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 18 January 2014 11:10, Joe Lobo jl...@rogers.com wrote: Was not this the gent , who while Foreign Minister of India..?.ignored the Chinese Threat on the NEFA border, with his protestations ofHindi- Chinee bhai, bhai whilst they slaughtered hundreds of WW-1 Lee

Re: [Goanet] The Flight And Fall Of Kingfisher Airlines

2014-01-18 Thread Tim de Mello
1914? From: alfredtava...@hotmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org; ericpin...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:34:24 +0100 Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Flight And Fall Of Kingfisher Airlines A VERY HAPPY PROSPEROUS PEACEFUL GREEN 1914 A.D. to all of You, dear dear Boys Girls...of

[Goanet] Defrocked Priests

2014-01-18 Thread roland.francis
The recent news that Benedict has defrocked 387 priests in the past two years is another shocking episode in the never-ending Catholic Church saga. The figure is much higher if you read the ABC news link shown below that outlines the procedure that has allowed many more to slip through the

[Goanet] Observations on Student Life

2014-01-18 Thread roland.francis
My generation has been fortunate enough at least for those who have wanted to pursue a post secondary education, to have not had it so hard as students today. We had a family unit of father and mother in whose home we lived and which allowed us to focus on studies for betterment in a future

Re: [Goanet] Observations on Student Life

2014-01-18 Thread J. Colaco jc
Nice article, RF. Enjoyed reading it. While individual experiences might vary, the central theme in your post is solid. If we Goans and our youth are to succeed in this very competitive environment that we live in, we have to learn to move with the times. This means that we have to continuously

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Davea Hatacher Talltar Povitr Prosad Ghetanam...

2014-01-18 Thread lino dourado
Davea HatacheaTalltar Povitr Prosad Ghetanam... Tea disa Misak vochunk mhaka vell zal’lo. Vegim-vegim Igorjent bhitor sorunk hanvem davo pãy ukhol’lo to fattim ghenv, mhozo uzvo  pãy fuddem kaddun igorjent bhitor sorlom. Achar mandpi? Nam! “Lognacho ekvott zoddunk tumchi khuxi dekun, ekamekacho

[Goanet] Goa news for January 19, 2014

2014-01-18 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** South Goa taxi union decries 'losing out' on Games - Times of India ames-to-begin-in-goa-from-today-1390017749Lusofonia Games to begin in Goa from today

Re: [Goanet] Observations on Student Life

2014-01-18 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 18 January 2014 23:18, roland.francis roland.fran...@ymail.com wrote: My generation has been fortunate enough at least for those who have wanted to pursue a post secondary education, to have not had it so hard as students today. But that's more or less what we still have here! If you

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Siddhanath Hill

2014-01-18 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Siddhanath Hill' An ancient shrine. The shrine of Siddhanath (Lord Shiva) is perched atop the eponymous hill at an elevation of 370 metres near the village of Borim, Goa. The linga here is of great antiquity dating back to the 12th C when the