[Goanet-News] Goa news for March 6, 2011

2011-03-05 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sand exports from Goa banned - indiablooms nd-economy/economy/article1512435.eceTransportation of sand out of Goa banned

[Goanet] Hem Amchem Goem

2011-03-05 Thread Joel Moraes
Hem Amchem Goem I am very much proud to be goemkar but when it comes to law and order in Goa,I really feel very much ashamed.Our Constitution do says that Equally we stand as far as law is concerned but in practical,Laws differ from person to person.With regard to the CRZ regulations our

[Goanet] Fwd: Hi

2011-03-05 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Looks like Ariosto's email account has been hacked. Can someone who has access to his alternative email account kindly inform him. Thanks. Regards Marshall -- Forwarded message -- From: Ariosto Coelho ariostocoe...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 6:08 PM Subject: Hi To:

[Goanet] Full day school in Goa make sense ?

2011-03-05 Thread Marshall Mendonza
What is important is not half day or full day school. It all depends on the quality and quantity of work done. During my time we had school from 9 am to 4 pm with a lunch break of 1 hour and two mid-day breaks of 15 minutes each. But such was the quality of work done in the classrooms that we did

[Goanet] Carnival PARADE STREETS, 2 HOURS BEFORE THE START

2011-03-05 Thread JoeGoaUk
Carnival PARADE STREETS, 2 HOURS BEFORE THE START   http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk36/5499160936/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk36/5499162150/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk36/5499159588/sizes/l/ a video preview -noon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkh_NTQude8

Re: [Goanet] Immaturity in Goa's activism

2011-03-05 Thread floriano
:-) After the lightning, the thunder is sure to follow. In'it??? Cheers floriano - Original Message - From: SOTER so...@bsnl.in To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:37 PM Subject: [Goanet] Immaturity in Goa's activism floriano says; After carefully reading what

Re: [Goanet] Science and God: A Scientist's Quote

2011-03-05 Thread Ivo
Dear Goanetters, A good news for all of you. It is a Scientist who speaks: A little science estranges a man from God, a lot of science brings him back. ~ Sir Francis Bacon Regards. Fr.Ivo

[Goanet] Full day school in Goa, makes sense?

2011-03-05 Thread SOTER
Tony wrote: The additional hours of work are supposed to be for teachers to remain in the school premisesin order to mark books, prepare the next days lessons by using the libraryand otherresources which the teacher may not have at home. It is also time for students to do their home work and

Re: [Goanet] Full day school in Goa, makes sense?

2011-03-05 Thread Tony de Sa
Prabhakar Timble, educationist, has written a well reasoned article in today's Herald advocating full day school which more or less is in consonance with my views http://www.oheraldo.in/newscategory/Opinions/14 -- Tony de Sa. tonydesa at gmail dot com

Re: [Goanet] mining in Goa - the insolence and dare

2011-03-05 Thread rajendra kakodkar
Dear FN,   Yes, Policy makers in Delhi are serious of pleasing their master at 10, Janpath. They would do little for public good unless forced to. The increase in export duty from 5% to 20% is not because people wanted it. It is because steel lobby wanted it to be 30%. They threatened to increase

Re: [Goanet] Full day school in Goa make sense ?

2011-03-05 Thread J. Colaco jc
Vivian A. DSouza wrote: ... I just cannot believe that a child has the attention span to spend the entire day in schoolThere must be time to do homework, research information and of course time to be with friends and play. ... I feel that after a certain amount of time in the classroom,

[Goanet] GOA CARNIVAL 2011 PICS

2011-03-05 Thread joelds
Some Carnival pictures at the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52243088@N00/

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Panjim Carnival Floats

2011-03-05 Thread JoeGoaUk
Talking Photos: Panjim Carnival Floats   As usual, it started one hour late and it took about 3 hour. i.e. around 7pm, must have ended at 8pm at terminating point. The float parade journey is about 1.5 kms. From New Pato Bridge to Kala Academy.   Ok, the pics (Did not cover all of it..)  

[Goanet] Fwd: How the cookie will crumble (Letter to the Editor)

2011-03-05 Thread Arwin Mesquita
*http://oheraldo.in/newscategory/Letters/13* *How the cookie will crumble! *This refers to the recent outburst of Churchill Alemao that NGOs in Navelim are working at the behest of Luizinho Faleiro. For most of us in Navelim, life is much more than the above named individuals. There are a lot of

[Goanet] Immaturity in Goa's activism

2011-03-05 Thread SOTER
Floriano says, After the lightning, the thunder is sure to follow. In'it??? Response: It will not stop with a thunder. Floriano's presence is enough to cause a hurricane and GRA will be blown away. -Soter

Re: [Goanet] Full day school in Goa, makes sense?

2011-03-05 Thread lenny dsouza
With all due respects to all what he has written, its looks very good on paper. we need to look at the childs mind also. Going to school and for working is different. I also agree that there is a saturation point in the mind, where you can take that much only. I have been to full day school

[Goanet] Panjim Carnival 2011 - Floats (Video)

2011-03-05 Thread JoeGoaUk
  video clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPwzsIVSvws     Both my DVD footage discs had problem (got corrupted) Managed to recover one but in bits and pieces using a special recovery software but the other one later half of the parade is non-recoverable (unfinalise status) It had to happen

[Goanet] Leader, lead thyself!...an Election Special (3)

2011-03-05 Thread Wilson Wilmix
Leader, lead thyself!...an Election Special (3) By Wilmix Wilson Mazarello (The dialogue is deliberately written in Salcete-Konkani, as the situation visualized is in Salcete, although applicable to the entire of Goa. I will be sorry if even one Goan complains of not having understood the

[Goanet] Goan Authors in Digital Format

2011-03-05 Thread Roland Francis
Congratulations to Silviano for making his work available for purchase in cyberspace. He has opened wide doors for Goan readers in the diaspora. Now if only FN makes all other Goan books available in like manner, I will no longer have to meet poor Bosco out in the cold with my $20 note to buy

[Goanet] Goa news for March 6, 2011

2011-03-05 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Sand exports from Goa banned - indiablooms nd-economy/economy/article1512435.eceTransportation of sand out of Goa banned

[Goanet] Throw the casinos out of Goa

2011-03-05 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - I read about Manohar Parrikar declaring that he wants to shut down illegal casinos. Not enough, I say. THROW OUT ALL CASINOS FROM GOA. We know how legal and illegal are fungible entities in Goa (and in India). These are meaningless terms. The Supreme Court gave a judgement on

Re: [Goanet] Goan Teachers

2011-03-05 Thread Mervyn Lobo
SantoshHelekar wrote: Being good at research and teaching are not mutually exclusive. In today's world to be successful in research, especially scientific research one has to have great communication, leadership and interpersonal skills. Most cutting edge research today is done collaboratively

[Goanet] Full day school in Goa, makes sense?

2011-03-05 Thread SOTER
Lenny has hit the right chord in this debate on full day schooling. With due respect to all the views shared, we are masters at moulding our opinion based on media hype. Do only those students going for coaching classes excell? Parents want to dump their children onto someone while they are at

[Goanet] Goan Authors in Digital Format

2011-03-05 Thread Silviano Barbosa
Hi Roland, Here is how you would download the free software application for PC if you don’t own a Kindle! It works just great! For US Amazon site, click on the link below or enter this url in your browser http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004PLO6YQ When you see the Kindle webpage, look in the

Re: [Goanet] The Charms of Goan Dhobitalao

2011-03-05 Thread Roland Francis
Thanks for your post Marshall. Glad you enjoyed reading it and thanks for the DT updates. I might have included your info had I know those facts but didn't. Hope you are well. Roland. -Original Message- From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org [mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On

Re: [Goanet] Goan Teachers

2011-03-05 Thread Roland Francis
SH: Being good at research and teaching are not mutually exclusive. Reply: In an ideal world perhaps. When you are measured on your research skills you are bound to put teaching on the back burner. As in any situation, there are of course exceptions, bt we are talking of generalities here. I said

[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Downloading

2011-03-05 Thread lino dourado
    DOWNLOADING  Koslea tori ghorjecha kama khatir mhagelea eka lagxil'lea ixttak fone kel'lo. Khub vell fone vazlea uprant ixttache ghorkannin fone utthailo. Boro dis mhagun ani tigele bholaykechi khobor ghetoch, hanvem fone korchem

Re: [Goanet] goan teachers

2011-03-05 Thread Eugene Correia
JC (our own Jesus Christ for showing us that he has great morals) should take over the role of playing Devil's Advocate from Fred :-) eugene

[Goanet] Hurry Goans ...... NIZ GOENKAR

2011-03-05 Thread Camillo Fernandes
Saturday, 5 March 2011 HURRY GOANS! GO TO AZAD MOIDAN! GOA WAITS FOR YOU! by Menino Fernandes Whatever I was fighting for my beloved Goa looks like is coming true. It certainly appears that the voice of Niz Goenkar is being heard in Goa. The great forthcoming event on 15th March proves

Re: [Goanet] Goan Teachers

2011-03-05 Thread Roland Francis
Mervyn Lobo wrote: Folks, Teaching is easy when you have people who want to learn. Comment: I think only a learner was entitled to make that statement. Roland.

[Goanet] Daily Grook #900

2011-03-05 Thread Francis Rodrigues
DAILY GROOK #900 TRUCKERS' RUCKUS by Francis Rodrigues the tow-trucker racing stressfully thru' town, is definitely heading - towards a breakdown! *GREAT ALL-OCCASION GIFT* http://www.KonkaniSongBook.com

[Goanet] ARZ launches website in Goa to help trafficked victims get quick justice.

2011-03-05 Thread Goa Desc
- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. -