[Goanet-News] Goa news for March 20, 2011

2011-03-19 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa planning 'helicopter tourism' - NDTV.com ye-view of the state's beaches and thick forests with state government planning to develop 'helicopter tourism' in the state. ...

[Goanet-News] Goa news for March 19, 2011

2011-03-19 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa planning 'helicopter tourism' - NDTV.com ye-view of the state's beaches and thick forests with state government planning to develop 'helicopter tourism' in the state. ...

[Goanet] Easy “Anti Aging” Tricks for Staying Sharp As A Tack

2011-03-19 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.healthiertalk.com/easy-anti-aging-tricks-staying-sharp-tack-3596

Re: [Goanet] Your visit to Goa

2011-03-19 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dear Mrs. Brown, Thank you for your message. I will take this opportunity of re-posting it on GoaNet and separately on The Goan Forum (TGF). Accordingly, you will receive two messages. In order to protect your e-identity, I have removed the identifying features of your e-address and have copied

[Goanet] Old Goa -- for pictures.

2011-03-19 Thread eric pinto
Write me directly.   eric. From: eric pinto ericpin...@yahoo.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Fri, March 18, 2011 11:56:12 AM Subject: [Goanet] Old Goa.    A FACINATING HISTORY OF OUR MOTHERLAND Peninsular India: Old Goa If the Pacific

[Goanet] Fw: Holistic Medicine (Clarification)

2011-03-19 Thread Ivo
From: Ivo icso...@bsnl.in From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com It is not very clear as to what kind of medicine is being promoted in the Goanet post and Huffington **It is not a new type of medicine. It is the old approach to medicine. Now there is better knowledge of the side effects

[Goanet] Books - SPOKEN KONKANI COMPLETES TEN YEARS

2011-03-19 Thread joelds
SPOKEN KONKANI COMPLETES TEN YEARS** ‘Spoken Konkani – a self–learning guide’ in the Roman script by Dr. Edward de Lima - is completing 10 years on Sunday, 20th March, 2011. The first edition of the book was released on 20th March, 2001 at Kala Academy by Uday Bhembre, Damodar Mauzo and Fr.

Re: [Goanet] SMILE...................... IT'S WEEKEND (17/03/2011)

2011-03-19 Thread joelds
Hi Cajetan, Asertad! Terrific one. Thanks. Joel. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM, CAJETAN DE cajde...@yahoo.com wrote: HOW MUCH.. Cyril: He is threatening to douse himself with kerosene and set himself on fire if people didn't contribute with money to help him pay the fine! Pidu: So

Re: [Goanet] Well Said By A Few.... Good If Remembered By All........

2011-03-19 Thread Sunil Thakore
Thank you Gina.  Please keep posting more. Sunil Thakore --- On Fri, 18/3/11, Gina Fernandes fg...@rocketmail.com wrote: From: Gina Fernandes fg...@rocketmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Well Said By A Few Good If Remembered By All To: estb. 1994! Goa's premiere mailing list

Re: [Goanet] Obituary.. .Germana Driscoll

2011-03-19 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Dear Dan, Do accept our thoughts on the passing of your Germana from this time. The poem below is by Mary Elizabeth Frye and was written in 1932. The song is almost identical translation in Japanaese. (A) Thousand winds (I am a Thousand winds): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWcfzS6LsZo

[Goanet] Frogs!!! A nice story...

2011-03-19 Thread Gina Fernandes
FROGS Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogswho arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants The race began Honestly: No one in crowd

Re: [Goanet] Obituary.. .Germana Driscoll

2011-03-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
Sincere condolences to our friend and Goanetter Dan on the loss of his wife Germana. I'm sure she will be missed, and not just by Dan! My first encounter with Germana was sometime in the late 1980s, along the ferry across the Mandovi. The ferry, after the Mandovi bridge collapsed in 1986/7, was a

[Goanet] Beating Cancer on a Shoestring Budget

2011-03-19 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.healthiertalk.com/beating-cancer-shoestring-budget-3595

[Goanet] How to Protect Yourself From Radiation

2011-03-19 Thread Con Menezes
http://www.healthiertalk.com/how-protect-yourself-radiation-3597

[Goanet] Medical Tourism

2011-03-19 Thread Mervyn Lobo
How about this one, folks? Mervyn1420Lobo --- Written by Admin Business Times, Tanzania Friday, 18 March 2011 Dar es Salaam goes great guns for medical tourism dividend MAKUMBA MWEMEZI

Re: [Goanet] Obituary.. .Germana Driscoll

2011-03-19 Thread roland . francis
Let the happiness of her memories chase away the sadness in your heart. Roland Toronto Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.

[Goanet] ‘Zomnivoilo Khell’ on Stage

2011-03-19 Thread JoeGoaUk
‘Zomnivoilo Khell’ on Stage On 12th March we had a chance (out our busy schedule) to watch the ‘Khell’ on stage by Shri Vitorin Pereira, a well known personality in the Khell or khell tiatr world including shows on All India Radio, Ponnje. The same ‘partio’ or plays were performed during

[Goanet] Instituto Camões Scholarship Program 2011

2011-03-19 Thread CLP Instituto Camões
Dear All, The Centro de Língua Portuguesa/Instituto Camões is pleased to inform that applications are opened for the Scholarship Program to be awarded by Instituto Camões, Portugal. The applications to the program, shall take place in two stages: a) Pre-application stage, from March 15 to

[Goanet] Chalo Azad Maidan

2011-03-19 Thread Joel Moraes
Chalo Azad Maidan   The elected government is working day and night to get Goa ruined and the last five years was really worst for Goa and goemkars.Now the Education bosses in Goa have plans to ruin the future of our innocent children by forcibly throwing ugly education policies on our

[Goanet] The family maze !

2011-03-19 Thread Gina Fernandes
Two men, one American and an Indian were sitting in a bar and discussing about their family problems. The Indian man said to the American, 'We have problem inIndia. We can't marry the one whom we love. You know my parents are forcing me to get married to this so called homely girl from a

[Goanet] Goan musician nominated for IMA award

2011-03-19 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
Goan musician nominated for IMA award One of Goa's finest guitar players, Elvis Lobo from Saligao, is one musician who has been a true ambassador of music for the music loving state of Goa. He has performed all over the world with India's greatest ever live performer Sonu Nigam. Elvis has

Re: [Goanet] Obituary.. .Germana Driscoll

2011-03-19 Thread DAN DRISCOLL
Thank you, Fred, for your kind words about Germana. We had beautiful cremation service for her today; Fr. Delio said the prayers, and she was carried on bamboo litter with banana leaf cushioning constructed by neighbors in the yard. She always insisted that she was to be carried on a litter, and

Re: [Goanet] 1904 Goa photo

2011-03-19 Thread maria couto
From: Frederick Noronha Photograph from 1904, Goan Catholic family from South Goa http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoart/2532359183/ Lovely image from the GoaProject Lovely photograph ! What is goaproject? Pardon my ignorance ...

[Goanet] Invite for book release of Inside/ Out --- New Writing from Goa /Anthology

2011-03-19 Thread Pamela D'Mello
Hi, If you are in Goa next week, please do come for the book launch of inside/out -- New Writing from Goa. The Anthology is published by Goa 1556 and Goa Writers, both of which one is closely associated with. The release is on Wednesday 23 March, 6 pm at Literati, a book shop in Calangute.

[Goanet] [GLOBAL GOAN YOUTH network.] Hi all, to join the Global Goan Youth Forum, ...

2011-03-19 Thread john desa
--- On Fri, 18/3/11, Peter F. Borges fbmessage+m2wer...@facebookmail.com wrote: From: Peter F. Borges fbmessage+m2wer...@facebookmail.com Subject: [GLOBAL GOAN YOUTH network.] Hi all, to join the Global Goan Youth Forum,... To: John Desa johnd...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, 18 March, 2011,

[Goanet] Communicare: II Film making workshop

2011-03-19 Thread Communicare Trust
II YOUNG FILM MAKERS WORKSHOP FOR ASPIRING FILM PROFESSIONALS Communicare Culture Centre with the support of Lotus Film TV Productions is holding a workshop for young film makers. Lotus Film TV Productions is a well established company having collaborated with the Portuguese International

Re: [Goanet] 1904 Goa photo

2011-03-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
Dear Dr Couto: Edgar de Montreal has described his GoaProject as below. Hopefully some of his work will be showcased in Goa towards the end of this month... on another theme. FN QUOTE Some pictures from a project I am working on folks holding on to their possessions/their identity in an

[Goanet] GOA SUDHAROP: April 24 (Sunday) event, San Francisco Bay area

2011-03-19 Thread George Pinto
GOA SUDHAROP is hosting a fun SPRING event for the entire family, net proceeds to benefit its YEAR OF GOAN HERITAGE projects (2011 theme). The event is open to all, a family-friendly event. All invited, no membership required. Please send for your tickets now, the event will sell-out. See

[Goanet] Latest Dabolim airport controversy

2011-03-19 Thread Goanet News Service
CM sacrifices Dabolim at altar of politics SURAJ NANDREKAR Kamat bypassed Governor’s suggestion not to denotify land for parking Earmarked alternate land which belongs to Navy Asks AAI to acquire land in Sancoale, 3 kms away PANJIM, MARCH 18: After Herald’s expose, last Sunday of how Chief

Re: [Goanet] Obituary.. .Germana Driscoll

2011-03-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
Nice thought, Dan! Some of our villagers in Saligao (Gerard Delaney and others) were promoting the idea of eco-friendly coffins (made of bamboo and cloth, rather than costly wood). FN Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On 19 March 2011 20:02, DAN DRISCOLL

Re: [Goanet] The family maze !

2011-03-19 Thread Charudatt Prabhudesai
Two men, one American and an Indian were sitting in a bar and discussing about their family problems. The Indian man said to the American, 'We have problem inIndia. We can't marry the one whom we love. You know my parents are forcing me to get married to this so called homely girl from a

[Goanet] Ekvatt to perform in Goa: Shri Faleiro

2011-03-19 Thread Goanet A-C-E!
Ekvat to perform in Goa: Shri Faleiro Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Shri Eduardo Faleiro has said that the office of Commissioner, NRI Affairs has invited Ekvat a group of Goan artistes based in Portugal formed more than two decades ago to visit India in the month of June 2011 and perform in

[Goanet] Govt employees strike is illegal

2011-03-19 Thread Goanet News Service
Govt employees strike is illegal Principle of No Work, No Pay will be invoked: Government The Government has declared the strike by the Government employees from March 21, 2011 as illegal and warned that anyone found not discharging their assigned duties during the strike period, shall be

Re: [Goanet] Invite for book release of Inside/ Out --- New Writing from Goa /Anthology

2011-03-19 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Invite for book release of Inside/ Out --- New Writing from Goa /Anthology I recommend this Book; I was lucky to get an advanced copy, a month ago when I visited Goa recently.; it is a good anthology. Well written and makes very good reading indeed. So do go

[Goanet] Built for protection, Mormugao Fort now cries for protection

2011-03-19 Thread Goanet News Service
Built for protection, Mormugao Fort now cries for protection The Mormugao Fort, a 17th century heritage structure has been given a measly grant of Rs 21 lakhs for its restoration. But at least it’s a beginning to preserve this fort built by the Portuguese to ward off the Marathas The

[Goanet] Chalo Panjim!

2011-03-19 Thread SOTER
I support the PTA agitation against the attempts of government to make konkani compulsory from Std. V to X. These communal casteist politicians are doing no service to Goa nor konkani. They send their children to posh English medium schools and then to USA while the people in the villages are

Re: [Goanet] Holistic Medicine by Pandurang - Part 2

2011-03-19 Thread Santosh Helekar
In this circular I will tell you what means Holistic Medicine. People will tell you many things. They will give you sermao that this medicine is the same thing like allopathic medicine. Don’t hear their anything. Say aan and keep quiet. You see what I am saying? Holistic Medicine means not

Re: [Goanet] Your visit to Goa

2011-03-19 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:01:57 -0700 J. Colaco jc colaco1 at gmail.com wrote:… 5: Sadly, while some development has occurred, that tranquil, gracious and clean Goa has all but disappeared. COMMENT : Can somebody who’s competent in the Oxford English language please explain me this

[Goanet] Fwd: What does Bernard Costa of Dabolim have that Dhaku Waraq of Mopa does not?

2011-03-19 Thread Arwin Mesquita
What does Bernard Costa of Dabolim have that Dhaku Waraq of Mopa does not? SUJAY GUPTA http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/What-does-Bernard-Costa-of-Dabolim-have-that-Dhaku-Waraq-of-Mopa-does-not/46593.html What does Bernard Costa of Dabolim have that Dhaku Waraq of Mopa does not?

Re: [Goanet] Special Status for Goa

2011-03-19 Thread floriano
Dears, This link tells us that the Goa Legislative Assembly passed an UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION to the tabled motions by Mapusa MLA Francis D'Souza (BJP) and Curtorim MLA Reginald Lourenco (SGF) sometime in 2008 that Goa should get SPECIAL STATUS. Apparently, this resolution was expected to

[Goanet] Fwd: Locals left high dry as Rs 131 cr land deals done

2011-03-19 Thread Arwin Mesquita
Locals left high dry as Rs 131 cr land deals done AJAY THAKUR http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/Locals-left-high-dry-as-Rs-131-cr-land-deals-done/46594.html Locals left high dry as Rs 131 cr land deals done AJAY THAKUR PANJIM: It will perhaps be more than a decade before the

[Goanet] Re : Copyright Law

2011-03-19 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
On Thu Mar 17 14:51:10 PDT 2011, J. Colaco jc colaco1 at gmail.com wrote: re [c] I know that you are an expert in the English language. Even so, I am not so sure that GoaNet is a MEDIA. I always thought that it was a medium. COMMENT : “MEDIA” : journalism 1. the occupation of