[Goanet-News] Goa news for April 7, 2014

2014-04-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Cong shows Goa CM's remarks on mining in campaign; angers BJP - Deccan Herald XQBveaagclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=43982368835052ei=e-NBU6TUC8qBgQfwCg

[Goanet-News] Coders with a cool solution make it to Montreal

2014-04-07 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
A couple of young students from here making it from Goa (BITS-Pilani Goa Campus) to Montreal for the global Python software developers conference, with a rather interesting solution to teach braille... Sanskriti Dhawle (culture.dawle at gmail.com) and Aman Srivastav are going places. Literally.

[Goanet-News] Goa news for April 8, 2014

2014-04-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa poll diary: Tejpal loses hair, MaNo lurks in NaMo's wings - Firstpost n-chief and incarcerated Tarun Tejpal has chosen to shear his pony tail; the stubborn appendage which has seen him

[Goanet] what is a religion

2014-04-07 Thread Ana Maria Fernandes
People put dividers while talking to religion. Each person feels superior and their leaders still higher. Our attitudes need to be changed and our thoughts towards the other person need to be changed. Our christian religion wants us to do just two things. Love God with your whole heart and

[Goanet] Goanet Review: Vignettes of a charming Goan childhood (Ben Antao reviews *A Matter of Time*)

2014-04-07 Thread Goanet Reader
Vignettes of a charming Goan childhood - A review by Ben Antao of Brenda Coutinho's *A Matter of Time* - One of the first decisions a writer of fiction or non-fiction should make in this: Who will want to read this? If you're Brenda

[Goanet] London Gears Up for the Goan Fest - Article by Rahul Laud in Asian Lite Digital (Response by Melvyn Fernandes)

2014-04-07 Thread Melvyn Fernandes
Dear fellow readers I was astonished to read in the first line of Rahul Laud's glossified article in Asian Lite Digital dated 31 March 2014 (courtesy Goan Voice UK) titled London Gears Up for the Goan Fest he writes There is excitement in the air.    Let me assure all our readers worldwide that

[Goanet] Rains, winds wreak havoc in Bicholim, Sattari talukas

2014-04-07 Thread samir umarye
-- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM/VALPOI: Lightning reportedly claimed the life of a 50-year-old man from Pilgao-Bicholim, as heavy rains and gusty winds wreaked havoc in Bicholim and Sattari talukas on Friday evening, causing heavy loss to property while also blocking roads and damaging telephone and

Re: [Goanet] Crooks in Goa

2014-04-07 Thread Roland Francis
Over to you Senhor Gabriel de Figuereido. Don't let this sully against Senhor Ismail Gracias another Lotlecar go unanswered. Roland On 2014-04-05 5:23 PM, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@gmail.com wrote: I express incredulity based on actual reports that I have read in contemporaneous sources

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Re: Incubator For Political Crooks?

2014-04-07 Thread Santosh Helekar
I express incredulity based on actual reports that I have read in contemporaneous sources about corruption and crookedness in the Portuguese administration. It is not based on third person hearsay or from the misty nostalgic childhood memories of summer holidays in Goa. So as promised, I

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2014-04-07 Thread Averthanus D'Souza
CHANGING THE GAME. Averthanus L. D'Souza. Amid all the cacophony of so-called electoral 'issues' which now dominate the pre-election campaigns, the electorate seems to have lost sight of the very real danger which threatens Indian democracy. There is an implicit

[Goanet] Fwd: Re: Incubator For Political Crooks?

2014-04-07 Thread roland.francis
Actually dear doctor your examples of criminal acts of inflated rice manifests are so sketchy that even I, once misty eyed holiday going Goan would hesitate to tell this to my own brother (if I had one). What will be your next example if I push you for a worse case? Over-   manifesting imported

[Goanet] Natasha goes as bald as an Easter Egg, for kids in Goa

2014-04-07 Thread Cecil Pinto
A young woman from Aldona, Natasha Lisa DeSouza, has agreed to shave her head bald on Easter Sunday if she can raise Rs. 50,000/- for charity. The two Goan charities she has in mind are Sethu and Bookworm. Sethu is doing fantastic work for children with mental disabilities. Check it out at:

[Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: Saturday, May 10, baseball game, Oakland, California

2014-04-07 Thread George Pinto
Goa Sudharop's FAMILY FRIENDS AT THE BALLPARK DAY is Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 6:05pm. Please mark your calendars and come enjoy professional baseball on a glorious spring evening in California. The Oakland A's vs the Washington Nationals followed by fireworks. We have secured a limited

[Goanet] Watermelons

2014-04-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
  Refreshin Watermelon Kalling Kaying or kaingam https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13634926014/in/photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13634581205/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/13634932254/in/photostream/

Re: [Goanet] Incubator For Political Crooks?

2014-04-07 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Jose Colaco wrote: You are a finance man. You know that when Wealth is transferred from A (say Goa)  to B (say Portugal), one would expect it to show up somewhere that B became wealthy. Now,  I know that Mervyn will demonstrate that. jc Doc, One of my

[Goanet] Goa news for April 6, 2014

2014-04-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Congress releases manifesto for Goa - The Hindu XQBveaagclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=43982368835052ei=-5FAU-jZOMXogAfqHw

[Goanet] Bus Conductor - Half Ticket (II)

2014-04-07 Thread Melvyn Fernandes
Dear readers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7cpZqPYl_4 Can someone kindly let us know the year when the above song was written and by whom as there is a very important line at minute 1.40 that says poixe ghott dhorta (money tight holds), in order words hesitant to part with money in this

[Goanet] Fw: Petition to disqualify INC south Goa Candidate Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco for lying under oath.

2014-04-07 Thread floriano lobo
- Original Message - From: floriano lobo To: ceo_...@eci.gov.in Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:40 PM Subject: Petition to disqualify INC south Goa Candidate Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco for lying under oath. Date: 05 April, 2014 To: Mr. Keshav Chandra, CEO- Goa, Election Commision

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

2014-04-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
Tony Orlando - Halfway to Paradise (1961) Just heard this one on the Radio - wake up call! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Ymli6C868 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Manish Sisodia

2014-04-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
 Speaking at Azad Maidan, Panaji, Goa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyDEcIdQnCQ AAP For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] My piece in OHeraldo

2014-04-07 Thread Eugene Correia
I have written, The Voter's Dilemma, in today Sunday Review section of OHeraldo, Apirl 6. Eugene

Re: [Goanet] Fwd: Re: Incubator For Political Crooks?

2014-04-07 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dear Roland, What my dear Santoshbab has proved, beyond a scintilla of doubt, is that Goa under the Portuguese was just as corrupt as Goa under the present dispensation. Would you not agree? Would you not also agree that one had to bribe one's way for every little thing unlike now. As far

[Goanet] NOW CCP DIRECTS HOBLE TO STOP BUSINESS ACTIVITY

2014-04-07 Thread Aires Rodrigues
The Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) has directed Sandhya Hoble wife of BJP leader Anil Hoble to immediately stop business activity of her Hoble River Lounge Bar Restaurant on the Panaji - Ribandar causeway. The CCP has also removed the sign boards that were displayed by Hoble. The CCP in

[Goanet] Fwd: Is Narendra Modi genuinely BJP?

2014-04-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
As politics, as style, as message, Narendra Modi presents an ersatz version of the BJP. There is little that is civilisational about him. Worse still, he creates an artificial Swadeshi, without any sense of Swaraj A civilisation is greater than the sum of its individual values and an election is

[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Passion Sunday

2014-04-07 Thread Jude Botelho
6-Apr-2014 Dear Friend, Today is Palm Sunday and also Passion Sunday, reminding us of Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem and at the same time his readiness to enter into his passion.  The cross and the crown go together and as we enter into Holy Week we need to keep both perspectives in

[Goanet] Article: India Is Becoming A New Frontier In Mining Personal Data

2014-04-07 Thread Bosco D
My last article described how Indian marriage web sites publish far more intimate details about people than Americans are accustomed to, including details such as blood type and HIV status. These disclosures cover millions of people. Indians are totally fine with it: the upside of revealing such

Re: [Goanet] OBITUARY: Fr Vivian Lobo, SJ -- accomplished teacher, good administrator

2014-04-07 Thread Jim Fernandes
Sad to hear about the passing of our former teacher at Loyola High School, Margao. He was a very fine teacher. During my time at the school, Fr. Vivian Lobo was not the Principal - he might have been the Vice-Principal. My Principal at the school was Fr. Savio Rodrigues. Anyway, being part of

[Goanet] Goa news for April 7, 2014

2014-04-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Cong shows Goa CM's remarks on mining in campaign; angers BJP - Deccan Herald XQBveaagclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=43982368835052ei=e-NBU6TUC8qBgQfwCg

[Goanet] GSRP's New Theme Song THIS IS GOA .... RESPECT IT

2014-04-07 Thread floriano lobo
Goa Su-Raj Party exhorts each and every Goan in South Goa's Parliamentary Constituency to ponder for a moment if their votes in the previous years have been productive or if these precious votes have made selfish persons more selfish, conceited and revengeful for not allowing them to contribute

[Goanet] Fwd: Will do nothing with bad intent: Modi

2014-04-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
Closest he has to admitting 2002? *http://tinyurl.com/pytll8j http://tinyurl.com/pytll8j* -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Joke du Jour

2014-04-07 Thread Tim de Mello
I assume the pretty lady is now a widow. :-) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 21:51:42 -0400 From: roland.fran...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Joke du Jour With apologies to those who have heard it before. A drunk arrives very late

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

2014-04-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
Patsy Clinehttps://www.youtube.com/artist/patsy-cline?feature=watch_video_title - Crazy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVtpnpCOKM g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Song for the day....Tony Orlando

2014-04-07 Thread E DeSousa
Gabe Menezes writes: Just heard on the radio -wakeup call! Dev borem korum . Can't have Tony Orlando without:   Tie a yellow ribbon    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtDQxJlcUxE Play (Show link) Tony Orlando - Halfway to Paradise (1961) MaltShopPopsicle Charted at #39 on

[Goanet] Coders with a cool solution make it to Montreal

2014-04-07 Thread Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا
A couple of young students from here making it from Goa (BITS-Pilani Goa Campus) to Montreal for the global Python software developers conference, with a rather interesting solution to teach braille... Sanskriti Dhawle (culture.dawle at gmail.com) and Aman Srivastav are going places. Literally.

[Goanet] Vote for KONKANI

2014-04-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
Yes, leave everything and vote for Konkani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNW9xqF-7iA Now, which Party is that?? For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc

[Goanet] Article: A New Capital of Call Centers (India's next competitor)

2014-04-07 Thread Albert Peres
India's next competitor ... Philippines --- A New Capital of Call Centers http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/business/philippines-overtakes-india-as-hub-of-call-centers.html?pagewanted=all_r=0 By VIKAS BAJAJ Published: November 25, 2011 100+ comments MANILA — Americans calling the customer

[Goanet] Goa news for April 8, 2014

2014-04-07 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa poll diary: Tejpal loses hair, MaNo lurks in NaMo's wings - Firstpost n-chief and incarcerated Tarun Tejpal has chosen to shear his pony tail; the stubborn appendage which has seen him

[Goanet] GSRP files Disqualification Petition with EC against Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, The South Goa Congress Candidate

2014-04-07 Thread floriano lobo
http://www.goasu-raj.org/gen/news/3432.asp Vote for Savio Rodrigues; the man with vision, determination and the man who coined the phrase, This is Goa. Respect It!. A Vote for 'CANDLES is a VOTE for GOA' http://free.mp3songurls.com/1364282.mp3

[Goanet] Taleigao fields vegetation this year has been quite successful.

2014-04-07 Thread Stephen Dias
Sub: Sewage entry destroys fields in Taleigao? The Press news says that the sewage has entered into the fields in Taleigao is apparently not correct. I know from my maid from Taleigao and from other farmers sources, who are working in the field in Taleigao says that this time ,lots of vegetable

[Goanet] Fwd: BJP vows to improve economy, end policy paralysis

2014-04-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
Contentious issues like construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, abrogation of Art 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir and enactment of Uniform Civil Code have been included in the BJP's election manifesto with the party making promises on them. Full read @ *http://tinyurl.com/qc9hsp7

[Goanet] PRESS STATEMENT for kind favour of publication.

2014-04-07 Thread floriano lobo
GSRP has filed a 'Disqualification Petition' with the CEO Goa at Altinho, Panjim, against Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, the Congress South Goa Candidate for the Lok Sabha Elections, 2014. Speaking at a press conference given at 4.00 p.m. on 7th April, 2014 at the Party's Mapusa Office,

[Goanet] Santos Passos, Veronica singing etc at Agassaim

2014-04-07 Thread JoeGoaUk
  6th April 2014 Video 1 Veronica Singing http://youtu.be/C-9nKjHjERw Video 2 includes procession etc http://youtu.be/zgPKyGKif6s Pics Singing of Veronica https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/13674593455/in/photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk68/13674630255/in/photostream/

[Goanet] Fwd: Deputation of reporters, photographers for programme Meet The Artiste

2014-04-07 Thread Tiatr Academy Goa
Sir/Madam, Every month Tiatr Academy of Goa invites artistes of repute to interact with their fans/followers and other tiatr loving people. Such a meeting helps the audience to know more in detail about the artiste. A famous trio from Mumbai, ZEEMIX TRIO comprising of three excellent singers:

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Sunset at Zabriskie Point

2014-04-07 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Sunset at Zabriskie Point' Enchanting light in Death Valley. These photographs were taken a couple of days ago from the same spot, the first looking westward towards the Panamint Range, the second looking eastward towards the Amargosa Range.

[Goanet] G.O.A ROLLING TROPHY

2014-04-07 Thread Goa World
www.goa-world. comGULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ http://www.colaco.net/ http://www.live365.com/index.live Tumcam Maie-mogacho ieukar. Stay tuned to Gulf Goans e-Newsletter - everyday someone, somewhere learns a

Re: [Goanet] London Gears Up for the Goan Fest - Article by Rahul Laud in Asian Lite Digital (Response by Melvyn Fernandes)

2014-04-07 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 5 April 2014 20:51, Melvyn Fernandes mel...@orange.net wrote: Dear fellow readers I was astonished to read in the first line of Rahul Laud's glossified article in Asian Lite Digital dated 31 March 2014 (courtesy Goan Voice UK) titled London Gears Up for the Goan Fest he writes There is